Day two at Whistler, and things have been a bit up and down. On the second lap of the trip I blew a corner while pinning an easy trail, washed out the front end, and ended up hitting a large rock with my thigh. I rode the rest of the run in survival mode since I could not bend or straighten my leg, and then watched bike movies in the condo while everyone else rode. Basically, it sucked, but it was about $1000 cheaper than my
first day last season.
This morning things were a bit stiff, but the leg loosened up as the day went on and eventually I stopped riding like a total gaper and got into the flow a bit. Near the end of the day I decided to go do a lap down Schleyer to Detroit Rock City and had one of the most spectacular, but relatively harmless, crashes of my life. I was wearing the GoPro, so I have a sequence of the crash below.
One run later, Jen had herself a much more harmful off while pinning the bottom section of Heart of Darkness. Her shoulder is a bit pissed and she broke her derailleur hanger, so we'll see how it goes tomorrow.
Despite the offs we're stoked to be here and can't wait to ride more.
It's our last day at Whistler, and it pretty much had to be a photo day since I crashed pretty bad on Dirt Merchant yesterday and can't really use the thumb on my right hand. Keep that in mind when you see photos of me here and wonder "why isn't he doing anything cool?" Well, you'd be stoked to straight-air those jumps without a thumb too. Everyone was killing it today, so the photos pretty much took themselves. Big thanks to everyone for their patience, and I'm so happy that Zak is alright. Holy shit that was scary to watch man.
