http://www.gravityrides.com/blog Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:35:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After much blood sweat and tears the Whistler bike park finially completed the much anticipated Crank it Up trail!! Although only a blue run, it definitely fills a void for the beginner riders and it is a super fun fast flowy trail for those with more experience under their belt! In ... http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/08/24/phat-wednesday-crank-it-up/     http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/06/30/mtn-biking-pemby-phd-trail/ Yesterday was our first Phat Wednesday race for the season. The course was set for B-line and with the sun shining and the competition hot over 180 racers entered with many deciding to go chain less to keep things interesting! Winner Mens ... http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/06/20/phat-wednesday-whistler-may-20th/ Whistler Dirt Jumps are in great condition this year... with many of the locals ripping it up each afternoon! Jimmi Mackintosh Scott Collingridge http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/05/30/whistler-dirt-jumps/ For May long weekend a group of us decided to book a cabin at Lac La Jeune. Just 15min out of Kamloops on a beautiful alpine lake, we booked out a 4 plex cabin for 12 of our closest friends!! It was a great weekend, with loads of mountain biking ... http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/05/23/mountain-biking-in-kamloops/ Its not everyday you get to go wakeboarding on the same day you go snow skiing, let alone do it in the same town. We went skiing on Blackcomb in the morning, the snow was awesome and the sun was shining. On the way home we got the phone call to ... http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/05/16/wake-boarding/ The skiing in Whistler is still so good. The snow base is still hovering around the 3 metre mark(Mid-mountain). The past week it has been blue bird and nice and warm. The snows been soft but staying relatively fast. What more could you want at the end of the season. Here is ... http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/05/16/spring-skiing/ Just a little clip from riding the Dirt Jumps in Whistler. QT_WriteOBJECT("/images/blog/dirt_jumps.mov" , "320", "256", "", "AUTOPLAY", "False", "SCALE", "Aspect"); http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/05/16/riding-the-djs/ I've hit up the Dirt Jumps a couple of time lately; they are in really good condition since they have been worked on.  The dirt has dried out and packed in a bit since all the rain. There are so many different lines you can take, and I advise everyone to ... http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/05/09/trails-drying-out/ I just went up to the jumps to see if any more work had been done to them. I guess due to the rain they have been unable to work on them as it is now pretty muddy up there. It's meant to keep raining for the next few days ... http://www.gravityrides.com/blog/2007/04/25/dirt-jump-maintanence/