Wait, when did you go to Whistler? That's sick. Tell us stories! I'm jealous.The Kadvang said:yeah u guys gotta make it out west. whistler was sick, hopefully i will get some pictures up.
I was there from August 1-4, if I can remember correctly. It was SWEET! Saw Andrew Shandro, Richie Schley, and Thomas Vanderham style it out down through the boneyard, which just blew my mind. Vandeham had the 2005 RM RMX with a Fox DHX, the new Marzocchi 66, Spinergy DH carbon wheels, and full Saint stuff. Shandro was on the new Trek freeride bike, which looks pretty cool. Very beefy looking in person- the pivots are huge. Garbonzo is f**king amazing. Almost an hour from up there to the very bottom. Very tight, technical, and steep- a real nice change from the rest of the mountain. Hit that hip thats in all the pictures- its really really fun, shoulda got some pictures. I rolled the 'manager' rock face on Garbonzo, and looking at pictures of it now, I am very suprised I made it. So steep there is no way to keep your back wheel on the ground, pretty nuts. Trails: A-Line is all it is said to me, just beautiful tables and berms all the way down, braking bumps were pretty bad though. Note: the rock drop has the worst landing ever, braking bumps, roots, huge rock, ruts, the worst. Apparently the key is to go off way left or right. Dirt Merchant is sweet. All step-ups/step-downs, with a cool rock drop. If anyone knows the two doubles really close togther before the bridge, I ate s**t really bad there. Whipped out the first one and didn't get it back it, completely squirrley accidental no footer to nutting to into bushes off the second one. Schyler is awesome! Sooo sweet, super flowy and just cool, the rock faces are sweet. Clown Shoes and Crack Addict both kicked my ass! On Clown Shoes, theres a part where you either hafta air it between skinnies a little wider than a curb, or sidehop. All about four feet, six feet in the air. Not confident of my ability to sidehop a DH bike, I tried to air it between. Way too fast, and I bailed as soon as I landed. Landed right on my hip/side on a rock and rolled downhill. I was full black and blue on my left side, huge gouge outta my helmet, destroyed one of my shin guards. Luckily it was at the end of the day, because I was done. On Garbonzo the next day, me and this kid who I met up there went up early, no-one up, looking back down the chair, no body there. Then going down Goats Gully (I think, maybe Original Sin, dunno exactly where) some guy on a Cannondale just blazes past, going soo fast and just flowing everything. He was damn good. Maybe it was Gracia, too fast to tell, lol. Whistler was sweet, all the people there were awesome, and I really wanna go back. Yeah. On a side note, I dunno if anybody knows about these, but all the ghetto kids at my school (aka the whole school) has these shirts that say: "650 East Palo Alto, Killafornia" on one side and "murder capital of the USA or something like that" on the other. I really wanted to sport one at Whistler, It woudda been mad RESPECT. But I was too white to go buy one in the ghetto. And with that the story closes.dexterq20 said:Wait, when did you go to Whistler? That's sick. Tell us stories! I'm jealous.
Hahha, yeah. The school is about 3/4 people from EPA. I wanted it because its a cool shirt, anything that says 'Killafornia' is cool, gotta show those Canadians what its like down southdexterq20 said:
Sounds awesome. That's crazy cool stuff. I wanna go to Whistler sooooo bad.
BTW, I highly recommend avoiding East Palo Alto. Not a good 'hood. And why in the world would you want to actually advertise that you live near such a god-awful town? I don't get it.
Uh, I live in West Menlo. By the creek. Tha hood.dexterq20 said:Yeah, but dude... you live in Menlo Park. That's as un-ghetto as it gets. I don't get it. You silly kids and your ghetto-fabulous-wannabe fads.
Yeah, that would kinda suck, huh?The Kadvang said:...if I wore one around here I would be shot.
Unless I could be as thug as 50 cent and get shot hella times and not die. Word. neaky:dexterq20 said:Yeah, that would kinda suck, huh?
No no no, you've got it all wrong. It's HELLA WERD. Not just "word". Gotta R3SP3CT the Nor*Cal style.The Kadvang said:Unless I could be as thug as 50 cent and get shot hella times and not die. Word. neaky:
I am a disgrace to all Nor*Cal denizens. May God forgive me for my sins. Hella.dexterq20 said:No no no, you've got it all wrong. It's HELLA WERD. Not just "word". Gotta R3SP3CT the Nor*Cal style.
Mega R3SP3CT points for the impressive vocabulary. Good work.The Kadvang said:I am a disgrace to all Nor*Cal denizens.
Why thank you.dexterq20 said:Mega R3SP3CT points for the impressive vocabulary. Good work.
REPREEEEEEEZENT FOOOOOO!!!!dexterq20 said:
Sounds awesome. That's crazy cool stuff. I wanna go to Whistler sooooo bad.
BTW, I highly recommend avoiding East Palo Alto. Not a good 'hood. And why in the world would you want to actually advertise that you live near such a god-awful town? I don't get it.
The Kadvang said:See, punkass knows whats up. Westside till I die. (punkass, you westside or eastside sc?). I rented a Norco A-Line/Demo 9 for a little at Whistler, couldn't bring my bike up. T-Pirate, Hella Werd. I gotzta represent R3SP3CT till the day I die.
Lol. From surfing I'm used to all the foolz like Flea and whatnot claiming Westside. I guess I'm more of an Eastsider, pleasure point/the hook are my spots. Hella werd.punkassean said:I live in SEABRIIIIIIIIGHT!!! (neither east nor west but slightly east...)
I got lucky finding a place smack in between east & west, I don't have to claim a hood... but lord knows I will... RAT A TAT TAT, I neva' hezitate to put a foo' on his bayack!The Kadvang said:Lol. From surfing I'm used to all the foolz like Flea and whatnot claiming Westside. I guess I'm more of an Eastsider, pleasure point/the hook are my spots. Hella werd.
Hahahahaha, I love that. And no, why do they call it the hook?punkassean said:I got lucky finding a place smack in between east & west, I don't have to claim a hood... but lord knows I will... RAT A TAT TAT, I neva' hezitate to put a foo' on his bayack!
You know why they call it the hook?
You're learning! I'm impressed.The Kadvang said:Hella werd.
Loren, I hope you realize that you contribute absolutely nothing to any of the threads that you post in. Don't be a post whore.TheMontashu said:wow i have the vocabulary of a 6 year old and the spelling ablities of a 5 year old
Makes sense to me.punkassean said:I hear it's cuz of all the kelp...speed bumps...you know getting hooked on your fins. Not sure if that's true but it's what I've been told.