Video: Riding Downhill in Squamish - Top to Bottom Lap With Henry Fitzgerald
For this top to bottom, we head to our hometown of Squamish, with local Norco Factory Racing rider Henry Fitzgerald.
Squamish is home to some of the best mountain biking on the planet and we took Henry down 19th Hole. The trail is steep, loose and fast. Plenty of line choice for a downhill racer to get sucked into!
Who would you like to see do a top to bottom? Leave a comment and let us know!
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I dont think you’ve sponsored ONE toonie race this year , while other local businesses are donating.I cant even think of a single local event you guys ever sponsored.Im sure you have but quite frankly with all the revenues your making here Id expext to see PB everywhere and I just dont.I would be real curious to see how much money you are donating to Sorca every year....Surely you must be contributing in some ways...but how?
Heres an idea, Instead of using old beat up tracks, how about you commission and maintain a brand new trail?You could do all your racing/testing on it, get real consistency with your timing and old timers like myself would get pissed at you for taking advantage of all the volunteer work that weve done here over the past 30 years...
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#stopbeingsof*ckingcheap
I have some sweet socks and a t shirt I won at it
Can always do more but the business they drive here helps allow all the local businesses to have the revenue to pony up and fill the calendar every year now with stellar events week in week out
We give back to the local trail networks here in Squamish and in the Sea to Sky corridor through direct donations, sponsored events and fundraising activations. We sponsored a SORCA Cinco earlier this year with Fergies. And our Xmas party will have a SORCA fundraising component too. (December 14th - Norm And Rudy’s - locals save the date).
Through our work with Trailforks we advocate proper trail usage and provide a platform for direct donations to trail associations around the world via Trail Karma.
Happy to send you more details of our donations. Please send me an email: alan@pinkbike.com
Now with Trailforks, any joe can get access to a trail system and put together a pretty decent ride. Now, we know some of the trails don't make it on Trailforks if they are not sanctioned, so there still has to be some local knowledge to ride the really good stuff.
So, who really benefits from a video like this and even more so Trailforks? Pretty much everyone except the locals that already know the trails and really don't want a bunch of extra people riding their trails.
We all agree if there weren't cool videos featuring these trails, we would have a hard time getting through the work week. Without Trailforks, we can't come up to Squamish and ride these awesome trails. So the solution? Simple:
If you use the app to help you navigate a trail system, simply make a donation to that area. I put my money where my mouth is and just made a donation to SORCA. The link to the local trail association can be found right on the trail area's page thanks to Trailforks (AKA Pinkbike).
So, if you have ever used Trailforks and not made any contributions, get on there now and SHARE SOME LOVE! Let's overwhelm all of the hard-working folks out there with the single biggest day of contributions they have ever seen! Who's with me? Hello? Anyone?
Bring your DH bike for this trail.
Warning: trail is actualy steeper than depicted in this video!