I hope WB have flattened and tamed down a few more features this year, far too unsafe previous years! everyone and their kids should be able to ride and experience ALine, one of the most popular 'freeride' runs in the world, no matter their abilities.
Rediculous ​ramp on end of a-line? Ya, let's put even slower Joey's on a run that is fast and full of jumps...makes it unsafe for all. Poor decision WB get rid of that thing
@meat: Unforatenelty I doubt he will ever grow a pair. I've been pushing him to send it but doesn't. Yeah I think it sucks how they added it, A-line isn't the trail to gain skills if you aren't going to push yourself hard.
I will be there 16th-22nd, probably see ya there. The 17th will be our first ride day though. Send me a pm as the time gets closer we will have to do some runs together. @Caiokv:
which is better morzine or whistler? is there a huge difference? moneys tight and if theres not alot init i cant justify it. but if its way better il make the effort as you only live once. im no dh god . no bigger than 6ft drops prefered so the sort of stuff i can use my 153 process on and still enjoy
You can't compare these two. Morzine is a great bike park but Whistler is just the greatest place on earth. Yes, the difference is huge! Not just the riding more like the lifestyle and the people. But you can have tons of fun in Morzine too. Go to Morzine this year and safe some more money. Then next year or year after when you have enough money and time (at least 3 weeks, better 3 months) go to Whistler!
Your bike is good enough to handle most things on Whistler and I'd say go now whilst the Cdn $$ is low. you'll get more bang for your buck. If you can wing it, get a work visa and spend a few month - a couple of years working and playing at Whistler. A great all-year destination.
Living in whistler and having been to morzine and porte de soleil lots...whistler hands down is better. Morzine and porte de soleil has great potential but the trail design and maintenance at whistler is next level...from crazy tech gnar to great hand cut expert sing;track to blue singletrack to flow trails, we really do have it all and on your process you can take advantage of whistlers 100km+ singletrack outside the park ...which in itself is world class...just watch some of the whistler EWS highlight videos
@markg1150: if I were you, I'd go to morzine first as it's alot closer haha good place to get used to the bike park. Whistler is really dialled and makes you feel like a pro though hahaha
@adrock-whistler: it was only 2 feet tall or felt like it haha I'm sure it did more harm than good. they need to start with a small mandatory gap like it used to. (before they filled it in lol)
@makripper: Old drop was small, but put enough people off, which was good. If you did cock it up then at least it wasn't a big crash. I really don't see the point of the ramp at all.
Clearly you haven't been to whistler..just happens that for some reason they mainly film Aline, but maybe 30% of whistler is flow , the rest is all tech
Yeah, no disrespect for Whistler trails. It's just that I realized that with a couple thousand yards of dirt I could transform the Marin Headlands INTO A-line.
@EricHarger: totally..I lived 7 years in San Fran before moving to whistler...you could totally build a sweet jump line on that fire road that lead up and over to the horse ranch ????
whistler bike park is so overrated. i went there last summer and the jumps weren't big enough. i like big jumps and those were not big jumps. having a rule that says you have to have 2 working brakes doesn't make any sense, my bmx doesnt even have a front break mount.
looks like im going whistler then. best get saving. thanks everyone
already been morzine and love it hence why i was wondering if if really worth the effort to go whistler.
They replaced it with a huge step-up jump