Great photo essay here from photographer Marcus Riga, who recently took a road trip down the west coast with Knolly team riders Curtis Robinson and Alan Crisp. This dispatch comes from the rider-built trails at Black Rock, near Salem, OR, where they camped out for a week getting to know the stunts and waiting for the perfect combination of action and light to bless their viewfinder.

The results are visually stunning and the story of their camping out in the rain and fending off both Sasquatch and Deliverance-style locals is more than a little entertaining.

Some highlights of Riga’s work are below, with the whole story including many more photos over at Pinkbike.