Our crew was a pretty good size and mix: we had Stefan and Ralph (“We are from East Germany and we are not homosexuals”); an older couple, Herb and Linda, who also know my good buddies the Swetlands up in the Koots; another Stefan who is an engineer for Airbus; Peter, an electrical engineer; Ben, who seems to take lots of pictures of girls; Frank, who rides a Nicolai; a former European BMX champ named Ecki; and an apprentice guide by the name of Christian.

We started of our first full day in the bike park with some skill development.

The skills seemed to develop pretty rapidly.

Everyone stepped up a notch in the drop parks pretty quickly.

The East Germans seemed to be the most comfortable with the advanced terrain. Here’s Stefan showing us how.

…and again on the GLC.

Ralph was right behind him.

Holger shows the style which has earned him many paycheques in his native land.

Ummmm……..yeah.

Nightlife….Whistler……yeah.