Obo
East Coast Canada
Here's the rough GPS for NS as well as the scheduled route...
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2026 WoodSToc 4 - Aug 10-15, 2026 - Woodstock, NB
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Obo
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If I was a betting man, New Brunswick often gets a bum wrap about things to do, see and places to go. It becomes the drive-thru province to get to places like PEI, NS & Nfld. It's also vast, so to see all the things it has, you'd really need a rolling stoc type event, like Newfoundland often does. You can't relaxingly do lots of the good stuff in a day from the current location (RiverRun.) Distance and time just works against that. George found this spot with hopes of cabins, domes, trailer & tenting ability, all in one place, so that folks could easily mingle after a day's riding, possibly with caveman TV. It's the people that make the event great & memorable too, not just the places you ride.
It's a challenge to get folks from NB, NS & PEI to come, given the fact they either have decent roads to ride where they live, of don't want to outlay funds for something in their own backyard. I can ride most of these areas in a day if I wanted, and avoid hotel costs. I come for the people experience, not the locations.
This event is still in it's infancy too, this being the 4th year. The 3 previous events each were varied, and had some good bits and some that were reworked next time around to try and improve them. Anyone who came in the past and had a poor experience, likely passed that onto others. That spreads faster than any of the good. Every event will have it's pluses and minuses. That's normal. How you fix those, well that's what builds character.
Considering this is the only other running SToc in Canada other than OnSToc, I think it's doing OK-ish for being new. OnSToc has a large, local, repeat base, and an existing reputation. It's also close to WoodSToc's time frame. If you had only so much free time and dollars to spend, are you going to choose an unkown, or a known. As noted, OnSToc seems to have it's own challenges as well.
There's also 5 or 6 other MC rallies in the Maritimes that draw folks from all MC brands. As a SToc event, we're only publicising this in a limited base of attendees. Perhaps if this ever was to expand outside the SToc world, the story might change....
So there's my ramble, and my thoughts - right or wrong.
If anyone's got anything to add, or disagrees, feel free to pipe in. Everyone's opinion is welcome and valid. Who knows, your comments may even catapult WoodSToc to an inernational level.
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If I was a betting man, New Brunswick often gets a bum wrap about things to do, see and places to go. It becomes the drive-thru province to get to places like PEI, NS & Nfld. It's also vast, so to see all the things it has, you'd really need a rolling stoc type event, like Newfoundland often does. You can't relaxingly do lots of the good stuff in a day from the current location (RiverRun.) Distance and time just works against that. George found this spot with hopes of cabins, domes, trailer & tenting ability, all in one place, so that folks could easily mingle after a day's riding, possibly with caveman TV. It's the people that make the event great & memorable too, not just the places you ride.
It's a challenge to get folks from NB, NS & PEI to come, given the fact they either have decent roads to ride where they live, of don't want to outlay funds for something in their own backyard. I can ride most of these areas in a day if I wanted, and avoid hotel costs. I come for the people experience, not the locations.
This event is still in it's infancy too, this being the 4th year. The 3 previous events each were varied, and had some good bits and some that were reworked next time around to try and improve them. Anyone who came in the past and had a poor experience, likely passed that onto others. That spreads faster than any of the good. Every event will have it's pluses and minuses. That's normal. How you fix those, well that's what builds character.
Considering this is the only other running SToc in Canada other than OnSToc, I think it's doing OK-ish for being new. OnSToc has a large, local, repeat base, and an existing reputation. It's also close to WoodSToc's time frame. If you had only so much free time and dollars to spend, are you going to choose an unkown, or a known. As noted, OnSToc seems to have it's own challenges as well.
There's also 5 or 6 other MC rallies in the Maritimes that draw folks from all MC brands. As a SToc event, we're only publicising this in a limited base of attendees. Perhaps if this ever was to expand outside the SToc world, the story might change....
So there's my ramble, and my thoughts - right or wrong.
If anyone's got anything to add, or disagrees, feel free to pipe in. Everyone's opinion is welcome and valid. Who knows, your comments may even catapult WoodSToc to an inernational level.
Yeah, the same thing is happening for WeSTOC. I think too much is going on with costs of everything, gas food, hotels, etc.
Two years ago, there were about 75 people. Last year, only 46 showed up. This year, I have 26.
The only things, I can think of.