Photo Epic: If You Open, They Will Come - Whistmas 2021
Five days ago, none of us knew when the Whistler Mountain Bike Park would open. The uncertainty of the expiring health order from BC Government put everyone in a waiting game. Five days later, the mountain returned to life. If the turnout today is any indication; the sport we all love is alive, healthy, and thriving. Despite an average of 45-60 mins waiting in line, you could feel that summer vibe coming off everyone now winter has passed. We are entering into a new, optimistically positive season... and it's gravity fed.
Whistmas is here.
I wonder what the pass smells like at the end of the season...Who else puts their pass there?
Home.
Julian and his buddy Gabriel with the first steps on the park today. Officially.
Matt Boltz rocking the XC bike
Jesse Melamed coming in hot on opening day!
Masks... yeah, still a thing.
Aidan, why the mean mug?(Hi Coop!)
Lifties, we love you!
The first couple of zones on A Line are undergoing some significant changes.
Would it be a Clint post without a couple of pans?
The stoke was high all day!
I really hope he wasn't suppose to be filming his friend...
Trail builders, we salute you.
In the trees
Not lying, I love shooting this hip.
Today truly was a family day!
I was quite happy to see a lot of riders checking features before sending them. Good on you folks!
The park was running hella good today!
To the moon, Alice!
And with that, I wrap up another brief recap of Whistmas 2021. Thanks to the fine folks at WBP for today. It's such a good feeling to get the community back together and share some stoke. It's going to be a hell of a summer!
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Trail crew killed it mountain was mint
- extend play being back is dope
- ticket sales guys killed it passed where super easy to get
- line up is completely f*cked
- the mask police are ridiculous, they expect you to stand in line for over a hour and not be able to drink water , yes you can’t drink while standing in line .
- one person chairs going up the lift
My advice to anyone wanting to go . Avoid the park till Garbo and Creekside open .
Next provincial health update is in 2 weeks
People are forgetting that Canada is coming off of a major outbreak over the last few months so their restrictions and paranoia are understandable. While the US has seen declining cases for a while, several provinces in Canada were in full lockdown until a few weeks ago.
And this is from a very un-science based newspaper.
restrictions, yes but paranoia? These rules are supposed to be (1) science based and (2) managed by people who know what they're doing. Over the past year-plus I've realized it's often politically-motivated and they rarely know more than your average paranoid witch burner. Somehow we drifted from "protect the vulnerable from severe outcomes" to "zero covid cases", hence our current situation.
@unrooted I cannot see the article you are referring to, but I think it is the one that talks about zero transmissions in casual open space encounters. This refers to walking by someone that is infected on the street, but does not consider 30+ minute constant exposure in outdoor areas. It is dishonest to say you can get infected by someone on the street, but it is also less than truthful to say that there isn't risk in certain outdoor activities. There are multiple clusters recorded from outdoor activities but zero from casual encounters. A lift line straddles between the two so I can see why they are enforcing mask rules there. Single person chairs make zero sense, but there are non scientific people coming up with rules to make non scientific people comfortable with paying money to stand in lift lines and get on chairlifts. That is how we end up in this Dr Suess world.
Whistler is a long way from Melbs, obviously, but there are super infectious variants out there. No idea how things are going in Canada, but they'd have to be aware of what's happening in places like Oz, seeing as we are pretty much warm Canadians.
@h8r: hope you get banned or suspended for saying such ridiculous and threatening things
2. I don't think you know how annoying it is to have to continually tell people to put their mask back on and follow the damn rules - I don't care what the stats say, it's about respecting the rules and the people surrounding you (who may be feeling a bit apprehensive but happy that mask rules are still in place)
3. Line ups are fine now! I'll still happily wear a mask for an hour at a time if it means the park stays open.
Maybe I’ll stick to morzine
I once accidently went skiing in school holidays - that was a mistake never to be repeated.
In the UK, 35 to 45 pounds per day for a van uplift bikepark
But it looks mint anyway
quite frankly, I trust no one on this site to not do something stupid with information that is pointless. while the chance is infintessimal, I see no need to help anyone f*ck shit up.