As much as I love to call Whistler home, it’s only right to go back to my hometown of Los Angeles, California to catch up and visit with the fam. I only arrived here yesterday, and I’m only gone for a week, but man I’m already craving the bike park. It really does suck you [...]
From the twisted mind of Seb Freemont, Events Guru, here is the course detail and associated trail closures for the event next week… Friday Sept 10th 2010 - No trail closures in effect, will only have the course flagged and it’s OPEN TRAINING. Saturday Sept 11th 2010 – Qualifying day - Original Sin closed from the [...]
Many of us like stepping out in the Whistler “near-country” in search of untracked powder in the winter. Ski runs like Husume, D.O.A, Corona and the Cake Hole have become as popular as some lines within the ropes in recent years, and for good reason. Whistler Blackcomb has, quite simply, the best lift-accessed backcountry skiing [...]
It feels like September, which I guess makes sense because in about 4 hours time it will be. It’s easy to get jonesed out on the weather and miss the heat, but this is really time to get your shred on. I tried the other night (turns out that it’ll be about a year to [...]
AKA Dirt Merchant, has a new product for ya and it’s dirtier than ever. With the outstanding trail crew WBP is known for, you can only expect magical things when a trail is closed for more than a day. In this case, one of our favorite trails was closed for about a week and people [...]
It has been a little while since my last posting, and that is mostly due to a hand injury in which I suffered only a week before Crankworx. I figured it would take maybe a couple days to settle down, but I slowly began to realize that it was going to take a bit longer [...]
It’s true, with Krankworx now in the books we have officially entered the “late summer” period. The proof lies within the shorter days, the cooler temperatures and the tinge of orange upon the alpine leaves. At times, when I see these tell tale signs, I feel like I did when I was a kid seeing [...]
Hey gang, I finally got a chance to preview the work on Dirt Merchant today. I dropped everything and went up to see what was up after being asked a few dozen times what the deal was with DM and when it would be ready to go. What I discovered was that the upper section [...]
I like rainbows as much as the next guy, but when one beamed across the sky on Saturday I was elated. After one of the longest dry stretches I can remember we got some much needed rain. As Sunday rolled around and the spotty showers continued and temperatures leveled out below 20c I saw the [...]
3 Tips for a good crankworx. 1. Have no job. 2. Stay hydrated. 3. Do at least 1 event. I feel that after Crankworx is like after Christmas. All the decorations come down, the family leaves, and things feel a little empty. I’m not going to miss the crowds and lineups or the constant loud [...]
