Video: Fern Surfing on a Prototype Rossignol Trail Bike
Hub sounds courtesy of Nobl TR38s on I9 Hydra Hubs.
Locations: Lower Vancouver Island
Riding and Video: Max McCulloch
Made possible by: Nobl Wheels
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Stöckli (swiss brand) also started as ski-manufacturer if I am not mistaken, but they stopped producing bikes some years ago...
It is as real as always.
Lift companies do not sell runs down the hill but instead an alternative (to walking/hiking/cycling) way up the hill, how you get down is entirely your own decision - you could take the gondola/chair down.
If it insurance of equipment to which you refer then again I wouldn't be so sure. Ski and snowboard equipment, much like bikes, comes in a variety of flavours with a wide range of pricetags. Of course hanging bikes on the back of a gondola or chair does mean they have to be a little more vigiliant about wind and in particular wind direction to ensure the safety of users.
Not so sure insurance comes into it as much as general popularity of the sport.
...but if it does, it's about assessing risk management. No risk on the part of the lift company (beyond ensuring it operates correctly and safely). The risk is to the resort.
A ski resort needs to consider what they need to do to make using their resort as incident-free (see also: idiot-proof) for their paying customers as reasonably possible. This means that there is no legal culpability on them for any incidents or injuries that occur. If they've assessed and managed risk successfully, any incidents are either unforeseen (i.e. nobodys fault) or the person's own fault through recklesness or misuse of the facilities.
MTB brings in a whole new host of risk and risk management. The cost of implementing it would surely be factored in to any assessment of the profitability of such a venture.
Climate is not something you can measure like like fast or slow changing,it is a complex chain reaction.
Honestly if you were arguing that cigarettes don’t cause cancer, or that sunscreen is unnecessary, or that mobile phones do cause cancer, I wouldn’t bother responding...you would be the only victim of your ignorance.
The difference here is that the victims of global warming will be billions of other people for a thousand years or more.
Climate changes are so complex even super computers struggle to simulate it. We don´t have all the clues to made an accurate model. Last year a big crater was found related to Younger Dryas events,those who kick out us of the ice age 12.000 years ago. They are still puzzling the evidences.
I think your point of view is a very childish one,like many other people. I´m not saying or negating the climate change,just saying it works in many other ways we don´t know yet,cos it is very complex indeed. It is not white or black thing.
I also feel like Transition are the MTB equivalent of Lib Tech. Would love to see them working together. Lib Tech definitely have a Party On The Piste vibe that would complement the Party In The Woods ethos.
*big mountain Jeremy Jones, not jibbing Jeremy Jones
www.lib-tech.com/blog/2019/11/19/t-rice-evil-and-t-rice-orca-limited-edition-giveaway
I’d say either change the sound track or mute the bike. Having both in that video makes it sound like the bike is noisy.