Riding The Most Famous Bikepark In The World! | GMBN's Whistler Vlog

Welcome back, guys. I am in possibly the mecca of mountain biking, Whistler Bike Park. I'm going to take you guys along with me. I have one day and I'm going to run you through a few of the do's and don'ts when you first come to a bike park. Also, we're going to try and hit as many trails as possible. Let's go. When I first arrived at bike park, it's super easy to get overexcited and want to just get elapsing, but give the bike a quick bolt check, take a set of tools with you, and just make sure that all those bolts are done up because you're going to be doing so much more riding you would do in your normal day. The last thing you want is to lose out on a run because you get mechanical. Oh, see, there you go. Better safe than sorry. Don't worry, Ferg, I'll get this one for you, mate. We got to the top of the lift and first lap we're going to do is crank it up. This is a blue trail and it's got plenty of jumps, but they're all tables and it's just perfect for warming up, really. I think it's super important when you come to a bike park, you want to explore, but you want to also be safe, so definitely take a warm-up lap just to make sure, again, just check the bike, loosen yourself up, maybe even do a bit of stretching in the car park, but a nice cruisy lap is always a good way to warm up and get your reactions ready ahead of when you want to push yourself a bit later on. First lap, up a crank it up, we're starting on a blue, we're warming up properly. Loose ass. Got it again. Oh, we made it into a train. Smooth ass. Sick, man. Oh, it was good. That first lap was insane, super fun, loads of berms. I forgot how big the berms were here, but it was a really good warm-up just to loosen myself off. I think it's only natural the next line I have to hit, a bit of a jump up in progression, but the reason that everyone comes to Whistler, we've got to hit a bit of A-line. The top half's not open, but we're going to go to just where the wood section starts. It's nice because it just starts with some smaller tables and then gradually builds up, but we're going to have some fun. I think I'll meet up with a few of my mates a bit later on, so it's good to get myself warmed up before I see them. They all live over here, so they're absolute rippers. To get to the top of A-line, we're going down upper B-line. Let's see what this is about. I haven't ridden this very much. Super dusty today. We've had some crazy hot conditions. Straight in a little bit. It's so good. Oh, we've got speed now. A little kick on that. Yes. Now into the lower A-line. A little breeze. Oh, man. It's crucial when riding these faster jump lines, look really far ahead. Just stay as relaxed as possible on the bike. It's easy to get super stiff with the jumps. We're going to a little floater jump under the bridge. A little floater. Now into my favorite jumps. Go in this corner well, then full scrub. Boost mode. Oh, we're going to do the moonbooter. Oh, we are. No brakes, no brakes. That's it. Oh, boost. Oh, my God. This is a bit of going from floater to proper tech. Oh, quite full on. Oh, I'm back down. What a lap. I think one of the reasons why riding bike parks is so good is just you get so many jumps and the lips are super consistent. If you're getting yourself comfortable on something, the key always is repetition. I grew up riding four corners and I just hit them over and over again. I think those jumps are just amazing for trying out whips and scrubs and just practicing it. I'm going to grab a quick drink now and then ride back to it. We're here at the top of Ninja Cougar. This is a blue trail and it makes up the start of the Orient Express here in Whistler. It's a really good trail, loads of turns, and it's got a few slabs and lots of things. It ends in Ho Chi Minh, which is one of my favorite turns and possibly the best turns in the world. All right, let's go. Here we go. We're in the turns now. Oh, like I say, a bit of tech. It's a boardwalk. Oh, I'm trying to remember this trail as I go. Oh, these turns. Great, they've got rocks on the entry just to help you work on your setup and braking. Into Karate Monkey, right? Straight in. Continuing the Orient Express. Again, just always looking ahead. Oh, slippery. This is one of the awesome things about bike parks. They can change so quickly the style of trail, so you don't get caught up just having that. Oh, there we go, right by the river. Now to make that turn. Like I was saying, you've got so much variety that you can just work on such a different plethora of skills. Raced this in the EWS a few years ago, end of the top of the world. By this point, your arms are super cooked. It's a great one to be able to let your brakes off. Right, guys, we are here at the top of possibly one of my favorite trails, Ho Chi Minh. Now, this has some of the best corners in the world. Just to prove that it doesn't have to be a black trail to be the best trail, this trail is so much fun. We're going to get into it, hit some turns, and I'm going to take you guys along with me. Ho Chi Minh. This is the last trail on the Orient Express. It's super cruisy, but this is a fun trail for beginners or pros. You can double up these rollers or you can roll, but the turns are ridiculous. It is super dusty right now. Oh, it's getting hard to see. The light's pretty daffled. Oh, my God. Roller. It's a long one. There's a little cheeky gap in this one. I'm going to try and hit it for you guys. Oh, no. There we go. I have to concentrate on here. Oh, big rock. Trying to turn out the turns. Now, into the transfer line. Let's see if we can get it good. Oh, we've gone large. Guys, we've clocked about three or four laps. I've stopped and had a bit of lunch, and I've had a drink and got myself rehydrated because it's super hot out here. We're on our way up to go hit more laps of A-Line. I'm in shock. I really love A-Line. I could hit it all day. They really aren't lying when they say there is only one lap. I'm going to go hit that. I think Dirt Merchant is getting some work, so that's going to open up a bit later on. I've got a few of my mates arriving, so I can't wait for some party trains down that later. Yes, we're going to go hit that up a bit later. Then I'm probably going to try and hit a few of the more techie trails as well because it's all good and fine and well hitting the flow trails, but I'm really keen to branch out a little bit and hit some of the more technical stuff. Well, that was refreshing. Let's go. Oh my God, proper line. Joe's absolutely hooking. Oh, Joe, where the hell? Joe, that was not the line. Where are you going? We were not on the track at any point. Oh my God. He just suddenly went right and gabbed something, and then we were in these trees, hopping over stuff that wasn't even the track. I was losing my mind because I could see where the trail was going. I was like, I want to get back there, but we are not facing the right direction. Now, that was a lap. That was pretty loose. Those boys were definitely cooking. Joe was taking some pretty interesting lines and obviously ended up rear-ending him a little bit. Yes, short pedal back. We're back in town now. They're off to the lake to go get some beers and suntan, but I got more riding to do. One of the things that makes Whistler Bike Park so unique is its complete variety of trails. As you've seen so far, we've ridden hardpack flow trails. We've ridden a mixture of technical corners, amazing manicured berms, and then even just breaking off into some fresh loam, rock gardens, technical trails. I'm going to ride a bit more of the tech now, but they really do work hard here to give you the full variety, allowing you to work on whichever skill or area of riding that you feel you need to improve on. One of the advantages of being on chairlifts and being able to do so much riding is you can hit a trail two or three times in a day, allowing you to really hone your skills and really develop your riding. We're off to Dirt Merchant now. We're going to do Dirt Merchant into A-Line. It's just had a refresh. It just has such a variety of jumps and terrain that you can really apply those skills or try new things on all these different styles of jumps, which then means when you come to jumps in other places, you're already prepared and you have such a backlog of history and understanding of how your bike works on certain jumps that you can apply it anywhere. Time to drop in on Dirt Merchant. Hi, mate. Thanks for your hard work. Dropping in. What a lap. Oh, this is fun. A little whoop section. Oh, and then a floater. Oh my God, it's smooth. Oh, yes. So many cool jumps. That came out of nowhere. Oh, this is amazing. How have I not ridden this before? Oh, it turns. All right, we're going straight into the A-Line. A little shrub and a jumpy corner. Oh, it's great. Oh, we're loosening it up now. Loving it. A little step down and now we're going bombing into that technical section. Oh, yes. Bit of a pull-up just like that. So the afternoon's come. I've managed to find the local Brit. I've found five friends and she's going to come for a lap. She's a fellow bluegrass athlete and she's got some pretty cool things written on her helmet, so check this out. Stay average. I think you're a little bit better than average, right? Should we go ride some bikes? Okay, let's go. All right, let's go ride some bikes. Brit's just warming up, so we're going to go for a crank it up. She's going to show her free-riding prowess. Where are you going? Oh, look at the local lines on it. Ew. I'm going, right? Wherever you want to go. Brit, did you just pedal? I thought you were free-riding and didn't pedal. Good job, girl. It's good, huh? It's got so much variety. Oh, God. What it's all about. Oh, God. Oh, my God. I can't believe it's 6.30 in the evening and we're still lapping out. Let's see the magic. Yes. What a squad. Right, so I've finished the day here in Whistler. I've had an amazing time, done so many laps with a bunch of good friends, caught up with some mates, and I'm going to finish it with a beer. Cheers for following along, guys. Cheers, everyone. Cheers, guys. And I'll catch you guys in the next one.