Rip it hard!

We leave Tofino/Vancouver Island as the weather turns bad again and the winds are weak. We hop on a huge ferry leaving Nanaimo/Vancouver Island towards Horseshoe Bay/Vancouver. After 90 minutes cruising the sea our beloved RV is on the way to Whistler.

To my big surprise we meet my bro Adi and his buddy Fabio in Whistler. We love to fly kites these guys love to fly with their bikes. Whistler Mountain is something like a paradise for downhill-freakzzz or bikes with wings. But hold on we are all hungry from a demanding day and decide to go for some good meat!

Sunday morning the sun is shining and my head is telling me that I had to many beers yesterday evening. Never mind Sabrina and me are up for a nice kitesurf-session in Squamish 50 km away from Whistler.

Squamish offers reliable thermal winds on a sunny day. Wind average is 20-25 knots. The spot is out in the water on a dam on the right side of the dam a river ends in the ocean on the other side there's a perfect flat water spot. A great playground for kite- and windsurfers. The only drop of bitterness they charge you 15 dirty Canadian Dollars to use the spot on the other hand it costs a lot of money to maintain this site completely built on a dam and the spotowners offer also a rescue service. However Sabrina and me have fun playing around at Squamish Spit. The fun ends at 6 o'clock as the wind becomes gusty. So back to Whistler to stay overnight for free on a huge parking lot. We meet Adi and Fabio for dinner. Unfortunately Fabio had again a crash with his bike and the right side of his leg is now fully covered with colors from blue to green to yellow to brown....arggggggffff. Get well sooon dude!

Ohhh lord what am I doing! Fabio offers me to use his bike and to try to follow my bro. A 60 bucks later my brother and me sit on the lift towards the mountain. What I see makes me really nervous. There are some huge gaps, kickers drops hoooooollly sh******t! My brother tells me that there are different lines to ride downhill. Green for the dummies, blue for the intermediate, black for the rookies, double black for the hospital.

Seven minutes later we are on the way to a blue downhill track with the beautiful name "Crank it up"!  My brother gives me the advice not to go to fast over the first kickers to make me comfortable with the bike. Seconds later we drop downhill into the forest. After 10 minutes and some near crashes and accidents I'm happy to be in the valley again. Coool it's a ruuuush let's do it again!

Adi shows me some real tricks. Unfortunately you can't see how steep it is on the picture but the kicker is massive.

Yeahhhhh broo fly smoooooooooth! That's the way to do it. Absolutely craaaazy!

Thanks a lot to Fa for the bike and to Adi for showing me the trails and riding slow ;)