The Peak Leaders ‘Whistler Bike Park Instructor Academy’ has kicked off and it’s been a bangin’ first week! It’s fair to say that we have an awesome crew here for the next 3 weeks and they’re all settling in nicely to life in the “Whistler Bubble” (It really is tough to leave The Bubble). We all spent the first day getting sorted; building bikes, […]
If you’re a Mountain Biker you’ll know that the Mecca for all gravity-fed biking is Whistler in Canada. Imagine what spending a summer riding the Whistler trails could do for your riding. Sounds expensive doesn’t it? Imagine if you were paid to ride the Whistler park and trails all day, every day, for 5 months of your life. Peak Leaders run a 3-week hiring/training […]
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 […]
Jumps, drops and tricks were the flavour of last week! The gang has been busy digesting the technical aspects of teaching drops and jumps. We’ve been learning the theory behind jumping and dropping, and different techniques for taking on these features. We’ve also learnt the teaching progressions for taking someone that is new to jumps and drops all the way through to advanced coaching […]
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 […]
