Just back from 9 days up in the Whistler area. This is the third year I've gone up there in the summer and it was way fun as usual. Did a bunch of park days and also some other riding in the area: A heli drop on rainbow mountain (incredible!!), some valley action, and some shuttles up in pemberton. I know there were some other monkeys up there, hope you all had (are having?) fun. Ran into Luc a couple of times, also DW and Ska Todd, but somehow managed to miss out doing any runs or other shenanigans with them or any other monkeys.
We had some rain so the park was pretty messy at times, especially at the top from garbonzo. Freight Train is not finished and there were only some parts of it open when we were up there, but no question it will be friggin' awesome. We rode it and some other stuff up there, way fun but just ridiculously sloppy.
The boneyard has a lot more stuff to play with this year, the box and wallride are still there but there are a bunch of hip jumps, a fun little gap to wood bridge thingy, and the big quarter pipe from crankworx is up for all to play with. There is also a huge "C" shaped wall ride that is just off the hook.
The Biker Cross Course is all new and it is friggin' huge. I mean ginormous. You need to be going about Mach 10 to clear most of the tables. I had no trouble last year but never got a clean run on the new course. I did see plenty of people just killing it though.
The Kona Jump farm is looking pretty sick too, the pro line is as "burlesque" as many locals have been saying. With the original jump area near the skate park and the new Jump Farm, they've definitely got the DJ crowd covered.
We hit everything but at the end of the day, I could ride nothing but Dirt Merchant and A-line and still be happy. Nothing makes me happier than hitting the zone on those lines top to bottom.
Don't have any pics, we got some helmet cam footage but none of us were interested in stopping to set up still shots. Anyway that's the report, now excuse me I gotta do some laundry...
We had some rain so the park was pretty messy at times, especially at the top from garbonzo. Freight Train is not finished and there were only some parts of it open when we were up there, but no question it will be friggin' awesome. We rode it and some other stuff up there, way fun but just ridiculously sloppy.
The boneyard has a lot more stuff to play with this year, the box and wallride are still there but there are a bunch of hip jumps, a fun little gap to wood bridge thingy, and the big quarter pipe from crankworx is up for all to play with. There is also a huge "C" shaped wall ride that is just off the hook.
The Biker Cross Course is all new and it is friggin' huge. I mean ginormous. You need to be going about Mach 10 to clear most of the tables. I had no trouble last year but never got a clean run on the new course. I did see plenty of people just killing it though.
The Kona Jump farm is looking pretty sick too, the pro line is as "burlesque" as many locals have been saying. With the original jump area near the skate park and the new Jump Farm, they've definitely got the DJ crowd covered.
We hit everything but at the end of the day, I could ride nothing but Dirt Merchant and A-line and still be happy. Nothing makes me happier than hitting the zone on those lines top to bottom.
Don't have any pics, we got some helmet cam footage but none of us were interested in stopping to set up still shots. Anyway that's the report, now excuse me I gotta do some laundry...