"Finally got my self into gear and decided to write a bit of a weekly/bi weekly blog about the season in Whistler!!! So here goes part 1…
Been a very mixed few weeks in the Bikepark from the swamp we had on opening day to dry dusty 30 degrees of last weekend to the torrential rain floods of the past few days. The bone yard is coming along well with lots of lines, a funky curved wall ride on to the Giro box, and lots of smaller trail type jumps packed in.
Crankworx is set for the 21st to 29th July and is going to be the year of the hardtail (could this be Lance McDermott’s year??). It looks like theirs no big mountain lines except for the drop to step up from last year, which has grown! Expect some huge airs off that one...
The 4x track looks like it might be a bit of a let down. There’s some huge tables and a nice step down, but its got no flow. Lots of berms in strange places and 3 funky ones that send you up hill killing your speed for the jumps! We’ll see how it develops through the season though!
As for the rest of the trails it’s the same old runs. There’s a new bridge on "Schleyer" but we all jump over that anyway! The best thing the trail crew has done this year is resurface the landing from the GLC drops, which was holding up super well till the rain of the last few days and now it’s rutted up big time!! The only bad news really is the trashing of the start of "Lower Joyride", so "Crank It Up" can be linked to "Heart of Darkness"… but hey we are meant to be getting two new tracks over the summer.
Away from the Bikepark, the skate park is seeing lots of action from the bmx crew of Evolution. Bruno, Jared, Sam and me are all killing it in the snake run and wishing that Bruno's trails were not all the way down at function junction and currently flooded!
Away from bikes, I’ve been watching the Stanley Cup and learning all about the finer points of hockey. I still think its just men with sticks but the fights are good, and Ticket2ride head honcho Scott (panzi)Lanzi is currently rocking a Commencial Supreme DH, in long and slack mode, but he might be fettling that! Who let that boy have a bike he can change head angle, wheel base, and bb height?!
PS I’ve also seen the proto Rocky Mountain on the trails but can’t tell u much. I followed him down angry pirate, but couldn’t see much of the bike. Will get more pics soon!! Promise. I’ve also got lots of info on the new Collective video… but I might loose my job if I tell you!"
