Whistler Opening Weekend 2019

#followcamfriday is never one to miss a party. Whistler Bike Park opening weekend mega-train shenanigans. 

If you follow my ramblings, surely you know that Whistler is one of my favorite places in the world to ride my bike. If this is your first time here, I'll try and break this down for you. Best bike park in the world, 100 of your closest friends, bikes, and trains for days. Oh, and partying every night. This sums up life in Whistler. Vegas of MTB.

A-Line may be the most videoed trail in the world. That definitely isn't going to stop me from riding this beauty over and over and over again. 50 person trains, all damn day son. I mean after all, Dirt Merchant was closed, so what is a squad supposed to do?? Laps. That's what. It really never gets old. 

Whistler is the Vegas of MTB. Basically, if you are here with industry folks, on an event weekend, it is generally rude to not go out and party.  Bad form. And so the cycle goes. Ride, party, find yourself underground, repeat. It would be rude not to. Oh yeah, and eat at Sushi Village 5 times. #whistlerlife done correctly. As long as you can balance the fish levels with the alcohol levels, you are sure to feel chipper the next day when you get out of bed at noon. Don't worry, the chair turns till 8. Repeat. 

Moisture levels were on point. Day 1 was reasonably moist. Moist like I can't tell who you are, or what kind of bike you are riding. Day 2 brought hero traction. I'll save you the loam-brown-pow chatter, but rest assured, things were perfect.  When your friend leaves tracks each time he rips a turn in front of you, things are prime. 

Dumped as. Billy Lewis doing his best Cody Kelly.  Pull up, not out people. Jumps are for boosting. Quit riding so fast everyone. 

The goal here is to get as many people in the air together as possible. You aren't doing it until things get sketchy. This train had one rule. The man in the lead cannot pedal. Sketch pass fest 2019 begin. That's what friends are for. 

Crank It Up isn't actually fun, but if you ride it 3 wide, insiding your friends the entire way down,  it may have been the most memorable run of the weekend. All the sketch. Mark is even riding with a 20KG camera bag to keep things honest. Seemed to be making him ride faster. 

So yeah, I'm out. Stay classy Canada. I'll be back soon, but for now, I am headed to New Mexico for some bike racing. Got to offset all of that poison I put in my body somehow. If you see me sweating on a transfer in Santa Fe, give me a high five. Yay bikes.