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Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp – Level 2 exams, and Crankworx
16/08/2010

Well done to the crew for all passing the Level 2 of the course! A tough exam and a high level of riding and knowledge needed, from teaching drops and jumps, to high speed cornering. Nice one, Makes ya proud, brings a tear to the eye.

The last week has been a combination of epic riding down some out of the way trails from the Peak of Whistler, and checking out Crankworx, the biggest MTB event in the world and incredible to be around. Seb managed to get within a respectable 30 seconds racing in the Air DH. The final weekend of Crankworx brings the Slopestyle finals and the Canadian Open Downhill, and the riding was as usual being pushed to the limits.

The Peak Leaders Mountain Bike Course is coming to an end soon. The crew has been wicked this year, and I hope to see us coaching in the park next year! Here are some more photos of us, and some shots of the Crankworx comps (vids to come).

Dahj
 

Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp – A-Line Whistler video
28/07/2010

 If you've never experienced or watch the classic "A-Line" run on Whistler's Bike Park, here it is on video. It's one of Whistlers classic jump runs. The video is Seb filming and Mark in front. You could be doing this also on one of out MTB instructor courses.

Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp – IDP bike course under way in Whistler
19/07/2010

The IDP course is on its way here in Whistler! The first week has given us perfect Whistler weather and a chance to start to check out the trails and get our legs. Plenty of shredding and good times.

Mike is an uber-techy suspension and bike mechanic genius, and has help us fine tune our machines on the first couple of days. More to come too for sure.

Mike is also the head instructor for Whistler-Blackcomb, and because of that he can guide us with unprecedented access through some out-there trails that no-one else is allow to even ride on. A first taste of this little privilege was to get up to the top of the Alpine area of the “Peak Chair”, and then down some of the roads that are only ski/snowboarding runs in the summer. As you can see from the photos, we had a huge winter snowfall this year. 30 feet in November was a good start! The ride also included a MRA (Mike's Ridiculous Adventure), with some hike-a-bike into a trail down an old never used hiking trail, and up to a pretty nice little waterfall too.

The IDP Level 1 starts next week, as we learn the basics of teaching and guiding in a bike park.
 

Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp – A crew on video....
03/11/2009

Here is a short vid of the crew, ripping it up in Whistler. Nice one Spencer on the quality editing!

Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp – Crankworx and The End
21/08/2009

The end of the couse has unfortunately arrived. It was an awesome time, and I'm fairly sure I'll catch some of the crew back next year in the bike park, some as bike guides. We were given official bike guide uniforms by Tom, the supervisor of the Bike Park, to celebrate passing the exams. Crankworx kicked off and was totally awesome. We did some volunteer marshalling for some of the race also.

Cheers have to go out to Mike, our amazing coach, and to Tom for all his support too. Thanks also to Whistler Bike Park, and to all the Peak Leades crew on the course!