As the saying goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun!” I can’t believe we are now firmly ensconced in September. Kids are back in school having their minds expanded and the Park is in its annual pre-hibernation phase. The shorter days, cooler temps and increased ground moisture from the dew are allowing the Trail Crew [...]
I had a friend comment once that the entire time he was in Whistler he was served at restaurants, bike shops and other front line spots exclusively by Australians. “Whistla” just wouldn’t be the same without them. The positive vibe and solid work ethic of the good folks from Down Unda make this place tick. [...]
I have exactly two minutes to type out this report as the frenetic lead up to Crankworx sucks the time out of me like a mosquito consumes blood. I better use all four of my typing fingers. Before I paste in the list of daily trail closures resulting from Crankworx events I want to pass [...]
The Gravity Logic trail crew has been hard at work building more alpine single track since Top Of The World opened on Saturday, July 28th. As of this Saturday, August 4th two new sections of TOTW single track will be open adding 500m of new trail. In addition to amazing riding the views are simply stunning [...]
My favorite kind of post always involves the opening of a new trail and today I have the pleasure of announcing that as of Saturday July 28th we will be adding Top of the World to our list of open runs. This offering is a long time coming, after years of planning, design [...]
I can’t stop biking. I mean it, I can’t stop biking. Allow me to explain. The other day I was riding up in Garbanzo enjoying temperatures more suited to my body comfort zone while pinning it faster than my speed comfort zone on Original Sin. When the speed comfort zone exceeded my genetic reprogramming for fear, I started to feather the levers on my brakes to [...]
I do some of my best thinking in the evening while I’m walking the dog. Sometimes it is while zoned out on the trail bike climbing up behind my house and other times it’s while trudging up the same hill in flip flops. Either way, I seem to do a mental recap of my day [...]
Summers. Some-r good and some-r bad and some-r late. This one seems to be the late kind. I wouldn’t mind so much if the timing of the big rains came mid-week so the good folks coming up on the weekend could have some decent weather. My desire for this pattern is somewhat selfish; I [...]
…could be construed as a double entendre. Your parents, teachers and the police hope you do so in a figurative sense of the word, while golf course workers and the weird old guy in your neighborhood with the perfect lawn meant it quite literally. In my case the sign could read “Keep off the green dirt [...]
Although recent day time high temperatures would indicate otherwise, it is less than two weeks before the longest day of the year, the official start of summer and most importantly Extended Play begins on June 16th. Three more hours of riding pleasure added to everyday until Labour Day. Sweet. And, if you haven’t already heard [...]
Brian Finestone