Video: The Whistler Bike Park is What You Need

Feb 13, 2015
by Connor Macleod  
Views: 134,960    Faves: 2,094    Comments: 63



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  • 239 22
 I mean who doesn't love reading people bitch about bike vids ruined by terrible music? Almost wanna pick up a camera and start throwing together bike edits to some Cher just to piss you heshers off who want nothing but ACDC and Metallica in bike edits. Go crawl back into your 1982 chevy hesh van. This edit was filthy

Edit: I'll do the whole edit in slow motion too
  • 13 15
 FFS, chill out, we all make mistakes, lol
  • 40 6
 @anchoricex is right though; If you don't like the music, just mute the video and play your song of choice, problem solved.
  • 16 2
 It's funny because I'm mostly on pinkbike at work so I never have audio .... I think that was rad and it was silent, so how bad could the music be?
  • 14 3
 All music can be enjoyed!! If I like it and it enhances the experience of watching the video its good! Music is about the feeling you get when you hear it, not the "genre". Any music that brings out that euphoric feeling inside you is good music! But I suppose maybe that works opposite if you really aint digging the tunes.
  • 23 3
 The internet and comments sections have given the world the false idea that opinions matter. No matter how kick ass you think what your typing is someone somewhere thanks you're an idiot. And by the way. Its a 2 minute video. no music is that bad just focus on watching someone rip
  • 11 30
flag freeride-forever (Feb 13, 2015 at 12:03) (Below Threshold)
 I love reading it when vids are ruined by the kind of garbage playin' on this video. \m/

So @ DARKSTAR63, to answer your question, it was terrible. You made the right choice bruh.

"Buttchulee, butt buttchulee, buttchulee, uh uh eezy weezy buttchulee!
  • 11 0
 all that matters is that the whistler bike park opens in................. 91 days............. or 131, 040 minutes. can't wait. hard opening date set at may 15th for 2015, closing oct 12th.
  • 17 1
 My van isn't that shitty...
  • 6 22
flag KUNTHER (Feb 13, 2015 at 14:02) (Below Threshold)
 @anchoricex...you're bitching about people bitching. STOP BITCHING!! From now on we mountain bikers make a pact to understand this is a MTB website and not a music website. We swear to never again bitch about the music and just take it for what it is. All who swear to never complain about the music again say I..... Enjoy the mountain biking and Metallica is king.
  • 8 3
 Probably the first edit that i have really enjoyed in a while, because of the song. If all you can do is complain about the music, go make your own edit, and choose what ever song you like because you can on pinkbike, unlike youtube.
  • 7 9
 @kunther ... Stop bitching about me bitching about bitching. See where I'm going with this? My point was to not walk in on someone else's creation and immediately dismiss it because the music, which happens to be a very subjective thing in regards to taste, doesn't happen to be the same shit that captain cutoff jeans has in the tape player of his rusted out Nova.
  • 1 11
flag KUNTHER (Feb 13, 2015 at 14:46) (Below Threshold)
 Wasnt bitching at all just making a valid point. Read it again.
  • 17 0
 I don't know. As long as it isn't Justin Bieber I don't really care that much.
  • 13 5
 Is Manning going to stay in Denver is the real question
  • 4 0
 Going to the jaguars I heard Wink
  • 9 2
 Hesh, what's that mean? Help out a 37 year old out here. And I love me some Metallica. I don't own a van, but I do own a Camaro.
  • 2 1
 OMAHA> OMAHA
  • 1 0
 HUT
  • 2 0
 That was awesome! So stoked for the park to open. Only 3 months!
  • 2 0
 @hetfield1..........

hesh, short for hessian.

hessian, headbanger, dirt, duh duh(first two notes of smoke on the water), rocker, greaser, head,trailer trash,black leather, chips and pop, stoner,mullet, dirt stash ,etc etc.......

anyone got anymore words for hessian?
  • 1 0
 @stacykohut

I see! When I was in school we called them hoods. I miss hoods!
  • 2 0
 Headbangers and greasers don't seem like they would fit in the same category to me.
  • 3 1
 I honestly don't give what the song is. As long as it matches the riders style and goes well with the video its a sick edit
  • 106 9
 Just me that likes the music then, think it went awesome, same as ante up in Remy Metailler's burning whistler. Both awesome
  • 43 9
 Im a fan of rap on vidz too
  • 10 3
 That's not a song I would've ever imagined in a bike edit but I absolutely loved it.
  • 4 2
 Ante ups been used in a ton of bike vids.. I remember Cedric Garcia put one out with an acoustic version of ante up.. It was good
  • 14 14
 People on pinkbike are too white to appreciate this song
  • 4 4
 I personally hate rap, but for some reason I kind of enjoy it in bike edits. Example: www.pinkbike.com/news/Things-That-Go-Tipp-In-The-Night-video-2012.html
  • 1 1
 some one need to get a filthy edit of them blowing it up in the rain to "its going down for real" and when it says "now bust it down and get loose" i see some epic scrub and then some fast berm shredding dirty edit. urgh, if only i was good enough.
  • 4 1
 I think the song worked for the edit too. Hip hop gives it a dope old school feel.
  • 1 0
 @TFreeman there is a line when rap becomes pop, and Flo Rida definitely crosses that line. so no.

This is personally my favorite track off watch the throne (with the possible exception of Otis), because as @Mcfc1987 pointed out, the production is kinda going back to more 90s style like M.O.P. and that's awesome, big ups to Yeezy and Jay
  • 2 0
 Steezy edit - the riding matched the music too - serious style bro - keep it Rollin!
  • 23 2
 subliminal message received... I need to ride Whistler....
  • 4 0
 Not sure if it was subliminal, but it sure was sublime.
  • 16 4
 Music wasn't that bad. Atleast it wasn't dubstep, radioactive, or sail
  • 12 4
 Jay-Z, Kanye, and fresh Nikes... I think it works.
  • 10 3
 kanye with jay are perfect in this vid !
  • 8 2
 Is there an "all-time favorites" button? Hahaha he is sick, his part in alchemy 2 is a fav segment of mine as well.
  • 5 0
 I think BERN should enter the DH helmet market. They have always been good to me in the winter sports world...great customer service as well.
  • 6 0
 That gap on Canadian Open at 1:34. Boner.
  • 7 0
 I cased that gap end of last year and ate shit hard, still have marks on me from it. Its on my list this season though!!
  • 5 0
 Dude that is scary as fuck, you jump into this dark tree tunnel, only to see you should have been going even faster....
  • 8 4
 I remember when remy metailler was on this bike --- man why did he change !!????
  • 4 3
 Because he wanted to? Maybe he feels more comfortable on the Commençal?
  • 3 1
 Because the Commie is awesome
  • 9 1
 Sponsors?
  • 25 0
 Because Commencal gave him more free shit.
  • 12 1
 $$$$$
  • 11 0
 Free shit is the best kind
  • 2 1
 Is the Whistler bikenpark that great? I'm doing a 6 week PNW trip in June-July, and I'll be spending a lot of time in Squamish, and Pemberton, but I haven't really planned on going to the park. I definitely want to do some of the single track around Whistler, but should I make a stop at the park for a day? I'll be on a 6" bike and am not super into park riding, but if there's less park-y trails that are worth lapping over and over in July?
  • 12 0
 If you're not into the bike park scene, I guess you can skip it, but if you like *any* type of gravity riding without earning it you should hit the park for at least one day. You get tech, DH, stunts or jump lines in arguably the greatest bike park in the world, so I'd say - yes, give it a go. Pretty tough to beat something like Freight Train -> Dirt Merchant -> Aline unless, you know, YOU'RE CRAZY...
  • 1 0
 If by "park-y" you mean large somewhat lippy jumps, then yes that is a lot of the better trails at whistler. However, there is also a good amount of old fashioned gnar like schleyer/joyride/original sin/ etc. Personally, the black and double black tech runs are pretty intimidating on a 6" bike, tho. The 6" bike would do much better on dirt merchant/a-line.
  • 1 0
 If u are going to be going that close to whistler I would say u have to ride the park. And don't it at the end of your trip. Cause I think u will be upset that after u ride it on a Sunday and have to go home on the Monday. Try it out and see what all the fuss is about. There are lots of trails I'm sure u will not be disappointed. B
  • 2 0
 Quite honestly you don't need to, best advice I can give to someone in your boat, buy the 3 run sampler or a top of the world trip and go do that (Top of the world is cool and takes about the length of 2 or 3 laps). Chances are if you aren't a consistent park rider then you probably wouldn't do many more runs than that in part of a day, and this way you can make it part of a day. My suggestion is ride some surrounding trails in the morning and do your peak/3 runs in the afternoon finish up with the trails on Blackcomb. I lived in Whistler for a summer so I can totally see where the "gotta ride whistler" comes from but you don't. I was a lot more of downhill/dirtjump/park rat kid when I lived there but since buying a trail bike I don't feel like the park holds all that much. Just an FYI a lot of the trails mentioned above (FT DM A-Line) can get pretty mashed in that part of year (right when every highschool kid has finished school) so the bumps can be insane.
  • 4 0
 A 6 week PNW trip and you have to ask if it's worth a trip to Whistler? Really?...
  • 1 0
 you will miss something if you don't try the park! your pass gonna be a good investment as soon as you will be at the top of the lift!
  • 1 0
 You can enjoy it on a 6 inch bike. I have to go to Vancouver for work several times a year and live in an area that does not justify a DH bike. I usually take my 6 inch (Pivot Mach 6) before that was a ReignX, hav also taken a Giant Faith. Had a blast on all bikes. As phatone17 says if you stick to dirt merchant and A-Line you can have a lot of fun, but only if you are used to jumping. Those are some HUGE jumps, going 30+ feet is an easy feat. The local stuff outside the park is great to. As samnation states that time of the year the trails with the most use are littered with brake bumps. Still fun nonetheless.

If you are not used or never experienced park riding, start small say something like B-Line, then as you get more comfortable and confident step up to Crank It Up, you can start connecting a lot of different blue trails to give yourself a great experience. If that is too easy, then step up to Dirt Merchant, A-Line, and even Freight Train. All of this is doable on a 6 inch bike. Depending on your skill of course Smile
  • 9 8
 So f*ckin' steezin' out, word? The scrubbies & bonks say'n? And how 'bout that crank flip yeah? I could go for some more vids of this guy, even if I do have to mute that noise pollution playin' alongside it. I got my Rise Against ready. Wink
  • 1 0
 ..here i am trying to not throw dead sailors and go over the bars in tight switch backs..this was absolutely disgusting.
  • 1 0
 Can't wait to see how many times I have to go to work in Vancouver this year!!! Even though my trips to Whistler are usually only for a day, I still get home and can't ride for a week because of the high I'm on and my local trails will just disappoint and mess up my high Smile
  • 2 0
 Those were some of the best chest mounted cam footage i ve seen !!! seriously, go back and check near the end of the video, its like i was there !!!!!
  • 3 0
 When I ride, this is exactly what I try to do, with not so similar results!
  • 2 0
 Quit complaining... Watch it and if you don't like it.move on. Simple as that. Good vid
  • 5 2
 music suck and title is wrong
  • 3 0
 Probably one of the sickest edits I've seen in a while
  • 2 0
 Banger video, tis making me count down the days till whistler BP is open....=D
  • 2 0
 The only problem is that the only thing to do in whistler right now is wakeboarding down the slopes
  • 1 0
 Trails are clearing up, I've been riding a lot
  • 3 0
 Love this art of gangster riding ! ^^
  • 2 0
 Way to Dial the Style Reece, Music was cool too, Add to Favs and F the Haters, Cheers.
  • 3 0
 Them scrubs tho!
  • 13 10
 More rap in vidzzz
  • 1 0
 Man whats wrong with people these days. The man shreds dont matter about the music!
  • 2 1
 generally felt like that music choice worked, can definitely tell he was pumped to film and edit this
  • 1 0
 I had my volume down so I just enjoyed the shredding. Damn, he makes it look easy!
  • 2 1
 Something about raunchy hip hop in videos of one of the whitest sports on the planet seems odd.
  • 2 0
 Well done Reese!
Nothing complicated, just pure riding skill (period)
  • 1 0
 Dope scrubs. Smooth styles. Usually pretty ho hum about WBP edits but this was tops.
  • 1 0
 I wish it was so much longer. sick vid
  • 1 0
 Cool video the Muzak ruined the FLOW!!!
  • 3 1
 So dooooope
  • 3 3
 say what you like about the music, moutain biking could do with more black mountain bikers
  • 10 0
 Huh? Like I give a shit about the color of another mans skin? As long as hes not in spandex we're good.
  • 3 1
 MONEY IS WHAT I NEED!!!
  • 1 0
 There can be only one....
  • 2 0
 Filmed today
  • 1 0
 So good!
  • 1 0
 Song?
  • 2 1
 Flipping amazing
  • 4 6
 That's actually the 1st time I've heard either of those artists. Hopefully it's the last too. I quite like rap myself but I felt nothing during that.
  • 1 1
 Thanks Connor, I mean captain obvious.
  • 1 0
 I am loving it
  • 1 0
 perfect usage of slow mo
  • 2 2
 But it's not open yet.
  • 6 1
 With the current dismal snowpack it might as well be. Won't take long to get it going in the spring if it stays like this.
  • 1 1
 if you have no snow over there would they open whistler bike park earlier, or is it a fixed opening day, I'm not going unfortunately just curious
  • 1 1
 Keeping my fingers crossed for an early opening. Garbos gonna be dry fast too. Unless it dumps snow some time soon....plsnoplsnoplsno
  • 1 1
 @mark3 I'm guessing there is a fixed opening day since its a big resort, but decreased snow pack might mean that more trails are open earlier. The Upper Mtn usually takes longer to open. Here in WA state its like 60 degrees today and the snow has been awful, so we might see Stevens Pass open earlier than last year.

There's almost always been big dumps late in the season though, so we aren't out of the woods yet.
  • 1 1
 Its generally fixed, but they will open it early if conditions allow it. They have in previous years.
  • 2 2
 That was truly rad!
  • 1 1
 Wonderful!
  • 1 1
 I already knew that...
  • 1 1
 yep, already knew that.
  • 3 3
 what is the song?
  • 2 2
 Gotta have it - hov ft. ye
  • 1 1
 im so ready for summer.
  • 1 1
 whistler.......
  • 1 2
 sick mang
  • 1 3
 So Nasty!!!! Dirtier than a hooker rolled in shit!
  • 1 1
 You mean the casual Bulgarian hooker with mustaches?
  • 1 1
 I'm not familiar with Bulgarian Hookers, but I presume that any hooker with a moustache would be a filth bag
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