Comments on: Are Canadians better freeriders? http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/ Dirt is good. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeremy http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23407 Jeremy Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:21:13 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23407 "better healthcare". I think you're on to something Aliso-rider. “better healthcare”. I think you’re on to something Aliso-rider.

]]> By: Aliso-rider http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23402 Aliso-rider Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:28:20 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23402 Also, I have heard they have a better healthcare, so that'll take some hesitation off your mind when you are DHing fast :) Also, I have heard they have a better healthcare, so that’ll take some hesitation off your mind when you are DHing fast :)

]]> By: Aliso-rider http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23401 Aliso-rider Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:22:28 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23401 Well I've seen the videos of Whistler DH, the ground you land on seems soft, moist and there's good vegetation for cushion. If you fall, it won't hurt as much as compared to SOCAL's rocky, loose-sand, cactus-and-hard-bushes terrain. Well I’ve seen the videos of Whistler DH, the ground you land on seems soft, moist and there’s good vegetation for cushion. If you fall, it won’t hurt as much as compared to SOCAL’s rocky, loose-sand, cactus-and-hard-bushes terrain.

]]> By: Joe http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23374 Joe Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:20:58 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23374 Snow Summit was sued several years ago. They were the last of the local resorts that ran DH every summer. I've only been there a few times in the late 90s; DH'ing on a hardtail wasnt fun :( but the trails in itself was amazing...to have something local. Fontana is ok, nothing like what the Canucks are ripping on. Mammoth, North Star and other resorts are starting to build stunts that'll hopefully propel the US freeriders into the Canadian's level. Snow Summit was sued several years ago. They were the last of the local resorts that ran DH every summer. I’ve only been there a few times in the late 90s; DH’ing on a hardtail wasnt fun :( but the trails in itself was amazing…to have something local. Fontana is ok, nothing like what the Canucks are ripping on.

Mammoth, North Star and other resorts are starting to build stunts that’ll hopefully propel the US freeriders into the Canadian’s level.

]]> By: Mark http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23373 Mark Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:16:41 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23373 It's not just Canadians -- read bike magazines from the UK; the culture of freeriding, slopestyle, downhill, four-cross, even trials is just more entrenched in Canada and the UK than it is in the US. Yeah, the North Shore scene has been a huge draw -- bike manufacturers build bikes specifically for that scene and those trails, there are several Canadian companies making bikes for the western Canadian bike parks, it's a completely unique phenomenon. That being said, trail building around that kind of riding seems to be gaining a lot of momentum in the US as well right now. It’s not just Canadians — read bike magazines from the UK; the culture of freeriding, slopestyle, downhill, four-cross, even trials is just more entrenched in Canada and the UK than it is in the US. Yeah, the North Shore scene has been a huge draw — bike manufacturers build bikes specifically for that scene and those trails, there are several Canadian companies making bikes for the western Canadian bike parks, it’s a completely unique phenomenon.

That being said, trail building around that kind of riding seems to be gaining a lot of momentum in the US as well right now.

]]> By: Lance http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23371 Lance Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:07:55 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23371 Actually SoCal's downhill venues closed due to either litigation or illegal trailbuilding. One kid rode DH at one of the resorts with his mother's signature on the waiver of liability and the mom STILL sued the place after he was badly injured. Fontana really is one of the few dedicated DH places now. I'd have to agree that the Canucks are better freeriders in general because they have the terrain for it. Actually SoCal’s downhill venues closed due to either litigation or illegal trailbuilding. One kid rode DH at one of the resorts with his mother’s signature on the waiver of liability and the mom STILL sued the place after he was badly injured.

Fontana really is one of the few dedicated DH places now. I’d have to agree that the Canucks are better freeriders in general because they have the terrain for it.

]]> By: RL Policar http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23367 RL Policar Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:41:34 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23367 I'm sure there are a handful of Americans that are really good at this stuff, but I think the Canadians have it down. I’m sure there are a handful of Americans that are really good at this stuff, but I think the Canadians have it down.

]]> By: Quinn http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23366 Quinn Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:39:02 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/04/10/are-canadians-better-freeriders/#comment-23366 are they? look at the bikes made in Canada, Cove, Transition, Rocky Mountain, and they get to ride Wistler, I think they have an advantage. are they? look at the bikes made in Canada, Cove, Transition, Rocky Mountain, and they get to ride Wistler, I think they have an advantage.

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