As folks on the North Shore might know, there’s not much scarier than bombing down a double black diamond on Mount Fromme. Except for maybe Grant Baldwin’s front yard.
Baldwin, who North Shore residents might already know as the director and creator behind the Knowledge Networks popular Search and Rescue: North Shore docuseries, has put his creativity to use decorating his yard with a distinctly Lynn Valley (or Sin Valley) mountain bike-themed Halloween display.
“One of the main reasons we moved to the North Shore was biking,” said Baldwin. “It’s a mountain bike mecca here.”
Baldwin’s display, which his kids Arlo and Juniper always help with, has grown over the years, and now features mountain bikers from beyond the grave suspended from the trees and riding ramps. There are also trail signs parodying the names we already know. Boblsed is now Bobs Dead. Digger is now Gravedigger. Executioner is, well, probably fine just the way it is.
“We’ve just kept scaling up. It started with one character and then kept going,” he said. “The rule is that we try to do it as homemade as we can, and then let the kids use the tools.”
Baldwin said it’s been popular in the neighbourhood.
“People stop and chat or stop and take pictures, or bring kids by to check it out,” he said. “I think it’s good for community.”
For people who can’t make it by the display on the 1000 block of Shakespeare Avenue, Baldwin used his drone piloting skills to shoot a 50-second “flight of fright” video, which you can see here:
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