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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.