LIVING THE DREAM: An interview with course graduate John Inman

  We love it when we get a trainee that is enthusiastic, passionate about shredding, and keen as mustard. John ticks all of those boxes; he loves everything to do with mountain biking, from the people, to the trails, and the gear……..especially when it’s free! We were really fortunate to have John on our 3-week Whistler Bike Park Academy this Spring as his attitude and […]

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Working as a guide at Whistler Bike Park – Blog 9

  The madness that is Crankworx Festival continued last week, and following on from the Garbo DH on Tuesday, it was straight on to the Fox Air Down Hill. I had a lesson in the morning, which I found fairly hard following my ‘race-hangover’ from the day before, but I finished guiding at lunchtime and managed to go and watch some of the race. I headed […]

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Whistler Bike Park Coaches Camp – Week 2

  Crankworx has been and gone far too quickly, but it’s been a special time to be in Whistler. Our favorite moments of the week have to include the Whip-Off Competition. This was a jam-session format of the best shredders in the world launching several 30 to 40ft kickers along a track surrounded by thousands of spectators, spectators making lots of noise and mayhem. The […]

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Whistler Bike Park Coaches Camp – Week 1

  We are a few days into the Peak Leaders Whistler 5-week ‘Coaches Camp’ and strewth we’ve been busy! After arriving in Whistler all of the trainees made their way to our digs and after chatting for a while and eating something they were all ready to get horizontal and rest after a long flight. The only minor setback was for Andy, whose bag containing […]

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Working as a guide at Whistler Bike Park – Blog 7

  Things kicked off on Wednesday with one of my bike 101 lessons being filmed by some promotional guys from the Wanderlust Festival, it appears they were making a video on the other things to try in Whistler during the festival. Although I felt the added pressure of the camera to begin with, I soon relaxed and gave a good lesson in the end! It’ll […]

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