Last Saturday I finally decided that the Whistler dirt jumps have had enough time to dry out.

I rode into the village and checked out some of the happenings going on due to the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival.

After that, I rode over to the jumps, and they looked like they were in relatively good condition, seeing as though they have been buried under snow for the last 6 months. After riding them I decided that they were actually pretty good, sure there were a few rough sections, but over all really good.

On Monday I headed back up to the jumps to have another little rip, and to my surprise the maintenance crew were there re-shaping and fixing them up. So no riding today. I asked one of the guys who was working on them how long they were going to be working on them and he gave me the answer, “two weeks, but you should be able to ride most of them by the weekend”.

The re-shaping that they had done looked pretty good, and they had even mixed the dirt with a small amount of concrete to harden them right up, which should help them last a bit longer.

So no more jumps until the weekend, but it should be great after that.