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Advocacy, bc, bike park, british columbia, Downhill, expansion, News, whistler - April 7, 2016

News: The Whistler Bike Park May Double in Size During New Expansion

Whistler-Blackcomb recently announced a new “Renaissance” expansion, in which they plan to invest $345 million in expanding various parts of the resort. While this expansion will be rolled out in three phases and isn’t solely focused on mountain biking, Whistler claims that this project has the potential to double the size of the bike park! Pinkbike reports …

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Someone Is Sabotaging MTB Trails in BC Again

Last year a woman in North Vancouver, BC was caught and eventually charged with intentionally sabotaging local mountain bike trails. Well, it seems someone is at it again in BC, this time in the Nanaimo area across the water from Vancouver. From globalnews.ca: Police say on Feb. 27, a local woman found wire strung at neck …

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bc, british columbia, canada, DH, Downhill, video, Videos - February 5, 2016

Watch: The Sound of Speed – Testing a Brand-New DH Track of Epic Proportions

Following on from our first clip featuring Yoann Barelli, we travelled to Canada to shoot with a young rider who has quickly carved out a reputation for himself as one of the best all-round bike handlers in the world, Mark Wallace. This series is designed to showcase mountain biking at it’s fastest, most exhilarating and exciting form. …

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Watch: 2 Fat 2 Furious: A Fat Bike Freeride Film

2 Fat 2 Furious: A Fat Bike Freeride Film from Rocky Mountain Bicycles on Vimeo. Geoff Gulevich, Wade Simmons, and Noah Brousseau got rad on fat bikes this winter. Bike: Rocky Mountain Blizzard — bikes.com/blizzard Shot at the Coquihalla Lakes Lodge, Kamloops Bike Ranch, and Coastal Mountains, BC Filmed & Edited by Liam Mullany Additional …

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Watch: Smashing Corners and Roots in Squamish with Joel Ducrot

Joel Ducrot shows off the Scott Genius LT Plus in Squamish in this raw video. The lack of a music track really lets you hear the crunch of the tires and the suspension hits!

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