New from Canada

[turbo_steve]

Hello All -

My name is Steve, I love my Surf, and I'm addicted to offroading!! I've been lurking around here for about a year now, I joined when I started preparing to get a my surf which I purchased in March '10.

I've always loved the power of big chevy and dodges growing up on the farm but when it came to pickin a truck I needed an SUV for work and I wanted something that could have fun off road but be a daily driver and not break the bank on fuel. After seeing a couple of surfs on some offroad trips I started doing research and watchign vids online. I was sold on the surf!! My other options were a 2000-2004 pathfinder or 4runner, but here in Canada those have 200,000km+, are rusted, and came with the V6 petrol. We are LHD here but having previously owned a Skyline I had no worries about RHD or the joys of dealing with parts and the such.

My truck is stock except for removing the rear bumper, half the front, the side steps, doing the exhaust, adding a CB, removing rear ARB, OBA, and getting recovery gear. In the next couple months I plan to do LC springs, shocks, BJ spacers, BL, and then fit 33" MTs, lock the rear, and do a few other lil goodies to help out on the trail.

Enough talking, here's some pics and vids:

This was from Sunday:























And here are my vids from past runs:

Whores Gone Wild: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyCAdfi-JrE
Matt Mudd Boggin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=konI9AoPOoI
Gull Lake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns49VRgd8KU
Gull Lake 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhp7UxpYKiI
Seddons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSqBAMLmvdE
Osenfeld/Monominto/Anola: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUJ2Vg-0msc
Reynolds Ponds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQOcc6312yc
Gull Lake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk0G0WF_6sM
St Francois Xavier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpL2MArQg20

Cheers!

-Steve

[GBV8]

Hello matey

Fantastic pics you have there. Nice scenery too.

Looks like you really know how to put these trucks through their paces.

[gary-r]

great scenery - i love the pic in the lake, was that to save washing it later.

[JUDWAK]

welcome dude wicked pictures dude wicked

[sabreuk]

Hello mate welcome onboard again nice pics and vids. What part of Canada are you from? I'm originally from medicine hat Alberta but now live in the uk.

[flounderbout]

You've got a little bit more "off-road" to play with than the rest of us too...! Great pics - thanks for sharing.

[geordie john]

welcome to the forum steve, very nice pics looks like a snorkel will be needed soon

[IanB2]

STEVE! Welcome to the board, lol. I bought a Surf, pick it up in Vancouver the last week in Feb! With Heights down, it's easy to loose track of people, lol.

[MWS]

Hi Steve. Welcome to the forum. Those pics were great! Look forward to seeing more pics when you continue with your mods....Cheers....Mick.

[Dara]

welcome to the site mate...some great pics there.

[Wolfracer]

Love the one in the "lake" (Ocean?) erm, where were you heading exactly? England?!
Excellent pics, some very good trails/off road stuff there, very jealous.

[Calos]

Hey Steve great introduction

Get some Muds on that truck! loving the scenery too great place you live.

peace
cal

[puddlesurfer]

Hello welcome - cool pics

[turbo_steve]

Thank you everyone for the very warm welcome!! This forum is great with such a wealth of knowledge, this is the first place I go for anything surf. I've learned alot from all of you so thank you!

I apologize for the 3 broken pictures, I've gone in and fixed them so you can enjoy them as well . Also if anyone didn't see elsewhere, the WHORE group name stands for Winnipeg Heights Off Road Enthusiasts. Winnipeg Heights is a large local auto community forum.

Hello mate welcome onboard again nice pics and vids. What part of Canada are you from? I'm originally from medicine hat Alberta but now live in the uk.

I live just outside Winnipeg, Manitoba down in the bottom middle:



Winnipeg is actually the center of Canada and as you can see from the map Manitoba is known for it's many lakes. The scenery is amazing and I know we're lucky to have all these areas available. Most places we go are about 45-60min from the city limits, there are also plenty of options past that as well.

great scenery - i love the pic in the lake, was that to save washing it later.

We were ripping it down the beach and playing in the water, wasn't actually too dirty at that point lol. It's actually very shallow quite far out, if you're careful you can follow some sand bars a good distance. That is Lake Manitoba, the second largest late to the left of Lake Winnipeg.

welcome to the forum steve, very nice pics looks like a snorkel will be needed soon

I actually had most the pieces to get this done in the fall but when the snow fell I figured there was no point. I'll do it in the spring before the ice melts, I plan to make one of the pvc type.

STEVE! Welcome to the board, lol. I bought a Surf, pick it up in Vancouver the last week in Feb! With Heights down, it's easy to loose track of people, lol.

Hey Ian, congrats on the Surf!!! It's too bad you're getting it end of Feb and won't make the mega run to Seddons. Just checked and I still have you on FB so I've added you to our WHORE FB group, that way you can see whats what. If you aren't on WORE go jump on there too! Cya around bud.

Love the one in the "lake" (Ocean?) erm, where were you heading exactly? England?!
Excellent pics, some very good trails/off road stuff there, very jealous.

I joked I was off back to Japan to get some parts and work done, or at least Vancouver if I didn't make it! lol Thankfully I have diff breather lines ran up nice and high.

Here are pics from our trip to Gull Lake yesterday:





Here you can see how deep some of the snow got, I didn't even bother with this, he's got 35"s and a decent lift lol:


I'm the only Toyota in my group of Jeep buddies as you can see, once in awhile we get somebody else out but around here Jeeps are the majority on most runs. I can keep up though, just need the odd pull

Again thank you all for the welcomes! I'll continue to learn from you all and share my pics/vids!!

-Steve

[Surf01]

Great pictures. I am from South Africa which is at the bottom of the world and now live in the UK. I really miss those wide open spaces!