The trail crews have been busy making improvements to NE Style:

Berm after "Old Growth" (1st drop)

Right berm after WALL

1st Table after WALL

Hip Jump

Step-Up / Step-Down

The new section of trail is below Dave's Whistler post...

Its been raining in Whistler the past two days so today I went up to the airdome to ride.  The airdome session was full; 30 riders is the max number and when you’re in there it feels crowded.  Even with a full session it was awesome; there are many new changes since last year.  You can see in the photos there is a big box line, small box line, and foam pit with a drop line which is sick.

Tomorrow I am heading over to Vancouver Island for the Bearclaw Invitational.  Check out bearclawinvitational.com

-Dave

Crankworx has stepped it up again.  There was a best trick contest last Thursday and it was unreal; Greg Watts landed a ground breaking flipwhip off the big step down. Cam McCaul landed and superflip and many other riders were cork flipping and tailwhipping the step down as well.  Check out a few pictures of the nastiness.

Greg Watts catching a tailwhip while flipping the big drop....NASTY

Andreu flipping the step down

Andreu superman off step down

Before moving on to new trails we decided to make a much needed change to NE Style.  The makeover ready to ride!

The makeover starts after the big left berm about 1/2 way down NE Style

This used to be a hip now it's a table.

After the table you will have 2 options: 1. Berm right into new NE Style line or 2. Break away from the line and head straight to Killicrankie. 

1st new table and 2nd in foreground

After the 2nd new table there's a left hand berm

then a 3rd new table

Table number 4 out of the woods, into the open,

and into the 2nd right hand berm.

Roller and Table in foreground

Step-Down

 

Table

Right berm

Rollers

The rest of this blog is from last week...

Powerful storms have been on and off all week and can play a role in slowing progress. 

Here's one that rolled in Friday afternoon.

This picture shows a vertical cloud just beyond the telephone pole.  The cloud looked like it was spinning and trying to form into a funnel.  The last tornado was about 15 miles south of the mountain.  Crazy weather!

Many of you may know that NE Style is a great trail but there was one section of four tabletops in a row that were dicey managing your speed on.  As I am typing this, what once was the worst section of trail is being rearranged into the best section. 


This jump was a hip jump...Now it is a straight jump, from there you can continue straight onto a connecting road to the top of the slopestyle or you can rail a right handed berm and stay on NE Style.






After the right handed berm there are two new jumps cutting perpendicular to the old ones.









The reworked trail zig zags back on forth down the entire section where those four staight jumps were with new berms and jumps tying back into the original NE Style before the wood rollers.