First Day of Whistler

Second day of skiing. I was a little skeptical because the report said 0cms.

Good thing I don’t trust the report.

And, it’s Barb’s birthday all week so me and P-Dub dragged the girl out for a massive ski day.

We did Whistler and Blackcomb and it was deep like you only get at the beginning of the season.

Here’s some shots taken from Blackcomb. Sort of thin on these lower runs, but you get the idea. We were doing full top to bottom runs.

The Birthday Girl.

Last run of the day, just below Cockalorum on Whistler. Mid thigh deep.

‘Ooligans — Day 2

First off, congrats to Lance. Poor Basso. He looked sad.

OK, now on to the trip. About the last update, I did that at 1 am after another epic day so I may have forgotten a few things.

This is the part of the post where I drop names. We rode Whistler with Wade, Schwarzie, Bourdon, and Shaums. We also saw Schley, Lopes, Watson, JJ, Dyer, and a load of others. We also got to ride with two time Olymipic medallist (moguls) Ryan Johnston. Homie can ride a bike pretty good.

Enough wanking, on to the pics.

Did I mention that Ticket to Ride BC has the best lodgings in Whistler?

A good cabin does farkall for a hangover though.

Oh well, a five hour drive to Williams Lake will cure that. When we got there the first guy we see is “Grandpa” from Back in the Saddle fame.

After a stop into the local eatery, the Gecko Tree, and the local shop, Red Shreds, we hit the trails.

The first run was Hillbilly, an inbred abomination of rickety crap stunts. The opener is a teeter made of twelve foot twigs. You’ll have to wait for the vids to see that. Pure comedy.

Anyway, this hit here is where the boys started to ramp it up. Barb on her virgin run at it.

Run two really set the tone for the rest of the trip. We went over to Snakes and Ladders for a blast. It’s a huge collection of ‘lovely’ skinnies and hits.

Here Rocket balances a teeter.

Here’s Rocket blowing it on same.

Then we hit the Cherry Popper. Our assistant Nelly earned a new nickname with this move. Say hello to “Gnarly Bird.”

Then I found about a certain tradition amongst these ilthy blokes. When Chaos committed a beer crime, I launched into the Alexander Keiths “Lake of Beer” tirade. Suddenly Chaos runs up the hill towards the highway.

“Where’s he off to then?”

“Oh, he spilled his beer so he has to wave his cock at traffic.”

Rig-g-g-h-h-ht. That set the tone alright.

Happy boys at the end of the day.

‘Ooligans on ‘Oliday

OK, here it is.  The trip you’ve all been waiting paitiently for. 

13 maniacs from the UK. 

13.

Jedi, Skip, Chaos, Llew, Rocket, Emandem, Marvellous (or Rowan), Stuff, Ed, Mark, Pierre, Stew, and Paul (or Pole as I hear it pronounced).

With myself, Barb, and our illustrious assistant Nelly of To the Top Freeriding that’s 16.

That’s way too many.  I figured after a day at Whistler we’d be cutting that number back a bit.

(For those of you who don’t know yet, Whistleris a bit of a meat grinder.)

Anyway, here’s the boys getting unloaded at midnite at Casa de Smokie. 

 

We got up early and headed straight to Whistler with the crew.  Here we are up on the top of Garbonzo getting to know each other.

 

…and riding it. 

Here’s Skip dropping a rack face on Original Sin.

The soon to be infamous Chaos on the Clown Shoes drop.

Well, we got through the day without incident, and all had a great day.  We spent the night at Ticket to Ride BC, the best accomodations in Whistler at only $30 a night.

One day down.  Good start.  Tally ho gents!