My First Time At The Whistler Bike Park - Video

 Can we carpool?

 rode up to blue mtn pa from va(3 hours) to ride. classic dh bros shenanigans all the way up. 5 runs in i washout on the smallest table on the mountain and break my collarbone.....

wouldnt trade it for the world though!

 @bagginz

 @cptstoney: That is just the absolute worst luck on a great day to shred. After I finished my race run, the team and I went on other trails we have been looking at during the weekend and as we enter the rock garden I wipe out......thank god for my 661 chest protector the armadillo back saved me...I took it easy after that and yea...I was ok.... Blue MTN CA

 @calhoun

 bro, my car's totally in the shop and I get paid next week though I'll totally hit you gas money then if I can grab a ride with you this weekend...though I do have this thing to get back for...

 LOL, and to those people it was a good day of "riding"
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 In other words, fat people.

 Pffft I made my original reply before I actually watched the vid & the dude actually is a fat ass. LMFAO! Too funny.

 I agree entirely- the gopro footage highly distorts depth, especially how steep sections are.

 Greens it is for me then!!!!!

 Yep, went to whistler last year and trying to tell my friends that the terrain is soo much gnarlier than my GoPro footage suggests is just getting boring

 Actually it is precisely Pi times gnarlier in person than on camera.

 @against-grain: i rode the steepest trail of my life, watched the gopro footage, trail looked flat, i sounded like a tool. :-\

 I said the same, when I saw crabapple hits....... do I have to feel ashamed? xD

 @against-grain: Double post

 awe c'mon, ridin' "freight train" with gatorskins is a hoot...

 Last year was my first time there, had no flats, but I was running 30 psi on my tires

 Never had a flat in Whistler.. Should I ride harder? Or should you ride smoother? Lol

 Haha. Lol. Does anyone even ride dh tubes anymore. Not seen one in many a year.

 @GetREkTm8: well ive done dh runs many times in xc tubes and i was fine so....

 @GetREkTm8: what are tubes? Not used them in years

 bc tubeless?

 i flatted in garbo with 28 psi, so i swapped the tube out, ran 38 for the rest of the day and it was money!

 @betsie: I have them on my 26" trail bike

 Along with heavyish wheels

 @GetREkTm8: Or, you know, just run decent tire pressure appropriate for your tires. I used to buy into the DH tube idea too, then I worked at a shop and fixed 1000's of flats. DH tube or not, if you are going to flat it's not the tubes fault.

For the record, I've flatted at Whistler. Both times I pumped my tires up with a hand pump and didn't put enough in - I could even feel it was low when riding. Took the risk, paid the price.

 @GetREkTm8: why so rude?

 @GetREkTm8: I'll ride how I please, thanks. Also I run dh tubes. Aaron gwins the smoothest rider on the circuit... Smooth is fast?

 @GetREkTm8: also where's your videos?

 Maxxis FR tubes. I have a grip of them

 @GetREkTm8: so what's our issue here? I run dh tubes... And ride my bike to have fun, isn't that why you ride? Or are you that guy who buzzes tires on blue trails?

 @GetREkTm8: I'm a mechanic at Summit and all of our DH rental bikes come with DH tubes direct from the manufacturer. And when they flat, we replace them with DH tubes. Do you think I would actually enjoy replacing tubes all day if we ran XC tubes in our DH rentals? No thanks.

 @GetREkTm8: All i have to say is 5-10 inner tubes per year (with little or no puncture protection)at lets say £5 each = stans conversion kit £50 fro the first year, £12 per year for the sealant afterwards( minimum punctures) its worth the long term investment guys. in the words of NIKE....JUST DO IT.

 @GetREkTm8: lol never once said I supported selling xc tubes. Just simply stated I've never flatted in Whistler. Good on you tho! Being a prime ahole

 @GetREkTm8: @GetREkTm8: ive never been to whistler though... so must have been someone else sorry. And I dont live in the US so why would I support Trump? maybe a bit more pressure and you wouldnt flat. I find its mainly the tires casing hardness that prevents flats the most. there will be hardly any more puncture protection between a xc and dh tube if your tire pressure is still too low to prevent rocks from hitting your rims. I agree there should be more options of tires and tubes at such a big park for people who want them but lets be honest if you smash your rim into a squre edged rock a dh tube wont make a difference. Also youd have more friends to film videos with if you were nicer to people just saying. that way you may be able to find people that can keep up with your godly speed. haha have a good day and good luck finding friends with your attitude im going to go on a ride now... with friends

 whoops posted twice sorry guys. no spam intended at least he wont miss my message now with his insane scrolling speed. bet its as good as his riding

 hey guys, remember when we were talking about a funny video? good times

 @lyophilization: it has become , pick a tube, pick a psi - be a dick about it

 DH/Freeride tubes are the scam. IMO if your going to "pop", it will happen with the regular tube just as easy as the heavy tube. Tubeless is the way to go.

 Same.

 Hi friend

 @mrsteve1982 wanna be friends?

 @Caiokv: back off...I saw him first!

 @bizutch:

 i am that very person ...say hallo next time

 The locals probably playing the part of "Shenanigans Master". It's intentional.

 Man... I just spray people for shits and giggles. Its hilarious... "oh sorry" ha ha suckers

 Make sure the hit up the wood work on the North Shore after rainfall.

 Based on what I did last year and the tremendous wealth of local knowledge, I think you'd be really well served to to hit the park right off the bat for a day, then jump into the Squamish and North Shore stuff, then back to the park.

The guy we went to visit with was trying to talk us into going to do Pemberton shuttles when it was raining in the bike park. Video was SOOOOO tempting, but riding Whistler in the rain is like riding Pisgah (my home) in the dry. My dream trip up there would be 2 days in the park, then down to Squamish for a day of just beast mode exhausting trail rides, rest day at the lake and stuffing my face with food and beer, then hit the shore and Pemberton for two days, then finish with 2 more days in the park.

But to be honest, I could ride the park for a week solid if my body would take it. Get to stop, look around, walk back up...hang out and wait for lots of people to hit stuff to get ideas, really REALLY explore all that just the park itself has to offer. After that, two days of just wandering on foot. Last night...complete and absolute bender!

Oh, and not one urge to see Crankworx. I'm a participant, never a spectator.

 @bizutch: it has to do with the mix of my low skill and my ambition... I will hurt myself or my bike in Whistler, the only question is how bad. So I want to see BC before that I'm not into just riding for the sake of riding. I want to visit and ride with people I met through Pinkbike.

 @WAKIdesigns: I am an only child. If I'm in motion, I'm happy. Trying to link up with others is my worst nightmare. Got lucky to go with a hard as nails, down to business guy last year and we hardly spike except on the lift. Just rode from 10-5 3 days straight. Stopped for a 15 minutes swap of broken parts a few times and the mistake of bothering with lunch day 1. Other than that....burning rubber. Hah. I busted my Whistler like a hooker on meth.

 So you're the one!? I'm in Morzine for the summer and there are a lot of people embarrassing themselves trying to put the bikes on the lift, alas it had to be said mostly ladies, it's not about strength, just wheelie the bike on ????

One thing I noticed in the video is it looks stupidly busy and expensive in Whistler !

 @andydd: It was the end of the day so I'm blaming tiredness. ????

 @andydd: I am a chairlift struggler. Im guilty of getting the bike on the back wheel and handing it over to the attendant.I've not quite mastered the get the bike and myself on same lift as of yet one time I did, I nearly face planted and just got scooped up in time...others just see the attendant at the top thinking 'wtf' as there's a bike and no rider.I am not proud of this but saves carnage. Everything is easy when you know how.

 @icklerachy: a good tip would be just practise wheelie-ing the bike in front of you and be able to walk along with it in that position if it gets wobbly just rest the seat in your crotch and be able to walk forward in that position, all the chairlifts require you to do this and just pop it forward do the wheel lands in the correct place.

Unfortunately some of the staff are not that helpful and don't do it for you.

The thing is it's not about male v female strength, DH bikes can be heavy so lifting them is not the problem.

Have a practise getting your bike into the wheelie position and walking forward and next time hey presto no probs ????

 @andydd: @andydd: the new set up on Zore catches the missus out. The two racks are quite close together and as the people in front sit down the thing you're aiming the wheel for lifts higher than the axle of the front wheel so then it does become strength thing as you have to lift your bike. In Les Arc two of their lifts you physically have to elevate the back wheel off the floor by around a foot, she had no chance with either bikes. If they have the wheel catcher a the right constant height then it can be a piece of piss.

 @andydd: I'm sorry but I've never had any experience with the morzine lift system,could be very simple.I think you'll find not every chair lift uses your method though,some you need to lift onto the back or hook on.I never once mentioned male v female strength though? I merely said I struggle getting myself and my bike on the same lift.I can get my bike off the other side no drama.i am more than capable of wheeling my bike in a straight line and get on with gondolas a lot better tbh.some of us don't go to bike parks season after season and got our chair lift bike placement dialled hey

 HAHAHA!

 hope you at least bought him a drink afterwards

 I should attend those classes.

 ...and it was only the pedal from paid parking