We spent a week or so with the guys from the UK mag trying to get them into as many places as we could. Granted we ended up taking them up with the West Coast Freeride Guides on a heli drop, down to the North Shore, did a peak descent and still found time to ride them hard around the local trails.
It was a great week, and I was pleased to see the positive result of the feature.
When I first contacted the editor regarding the idea, he was talking about doing this Extreme XC thing.. I had to push him as to wjat he was expecting from the new fangled term.. and thought i'd better let him know that the locals would simply call that XC!
If you are interested, you can check out the article on our web site.
Whistler holiday feature - Follow the pic link and download the 3+Mb pdf from WMB55.
We had a great time with the mag guys and hope that it goes someway towards promoting the awesome trails that we have up in Whistler outside of the much hyped bike park!
Enjoy
Jonny
I really liked that article - that was a fun read. I used to do Cut Yer Bars and the Suicycle and Hand of Doom variations (the rockfaces in the article) on my pinner hardtail with U-brakes and 2.0 tires) so it was fun to read about all the old vs new gear comments.
Did Chris Markle really use the words "Extreme XC"? I'll give chris grief about that.
Another British mag did an article on Whistler (the bikepark and trails) and ripped off a bunch of pictures of mine.