Video: 10 Year Old & 16 Year Old Shred Pro Lines in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park

 I often think "How the hell can these kids afford these expensive bikes". I'm not jealous, but I used to have to rode pretty shitty bikes and work on the side for it when I was 17 and younger...good old times

 @dh-corn: they have parents who love biking, work in the bike industry and/or are sponsored... they may themselves be sponsored as well.
Also, mountain biking is relatively cheaper than many other sports if the child is at a high/elite level for their given age... especially hockey!

 @mikeyorange: people keep saying hockey... I'm intrigued.. What's the cost to setup your kid for hockey?

 @nordland071285: Ice fees are $1200 to $2000 per kid per season for rec leagues in my neck of the woods, travel or club gets 2 to 4 times as expensive really quick. That doesn’t include tournament fees, hotels, gear, clinics, camps, etc... I wish my kids wanted to MTB more instead of play Hocky! Next summer I’m recruiting full force, Bike park trips for days!

 @mikeyorange: Yeah, I will support my son as well but mountain biking is many things, but certainly not cheaper than many other sports. I just meant that I see a lot of kids, like I used to, with pretty good equipment, which was obviously just provided and not worked out, that wasn't the case before. I'm not talking about the video directly but in parks I notice it more and more. Don´t get me wrong I´m happy for those kids! I have my share in it that it is so But they should stop destroying berms like every pro does in every video.

Anyway I was allowed to grow up with Kranked, Disorder and Crusty Demons movies

 I have a ten year old kid, he likes to ride bikes, he isnt this good and seeing stuff like this (weirdly) makes me feel a bit of a failure #emotimes

 @usmbc-co-uk: same here man

 @usmbc-co-uk: that is weird.. You're right

 @Chief2slo: interesting, id say hockey is an anomaly though.. Most sports don't require that sort of initial cost for a kid
Do you feel that the ice fee cost is warranted? Like, does it really cost them that much to keep it running? Or is it just greedy

 @nordland071285:
No, I do feel like it’s warranted for most of it. Some of the more elite teams paying $4k or over I feel like is a “price of admission “ to keep it elite, but for the most part, the city run rinks really seem to try to keep it as low as possible help out those that can’t quite swing it. I can’t imagine it’s cheap to keep that ice frozen and nice! There is also the huge community of hocky parents trading and lining gear fo keep the cost down as well. It’s just like anything I assume. moto x, MTB, etc. I love that my kids love Hocky and are working hard and having fun, but I’d much rather stand on a trail or lift line than freeze by the rink! Ideally this coming summer they will discover MTB and I’ll have 2 expensive sports to deal with!

 I can relate, thanks for making us all look so terrible at tricks there Cohen. hopefully im still faster then you lol!

 Don't go to Whistler then, there will be 10-15 of them.

 Haha I'm always telling myself the same thing!! It's crazy how people improve in like 3-4-5 years nowadays!! We probably weren't pushing it enough, don't know... lol

 @Timo82: as someone who learned to ride while in my teen years i can say the progression dropped off a ton once i suddenly had a job and couldnt afford to hurt myself all the time, thankfully the skills from my teen years were already there, gotta learn while youre young

 Neuroplasticity of the youth!

 Gotta get our shiz together here first mang. I don't blame him. On a positive note, bet they'll be able to do hella maintenance with the lower number of riders.