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		<title>Whistler Birthday Celebration + Bike Park 6/12/13</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All I wanted for my 30th birthday was laps in the Whistler bike park, good friends, a visit to the spa and sushi dinner. Whatever else was just a bonus to a fun day! The best part &#8211; I got everything I wanted for my birthday. We started the morning with a ride up Whistler Mountain so we could check out the Peak to Peak gondola. I had ridden it many times in the winter but it was fun to check it out in the summer. The weather cleared up top for us despite some rainfall on the ride over. For the afternoon, Carrie and I headed back to Whistler Bike Park to get in our laps. Her goal for me was to start my 30s stepping up my bike game and it worked! We did funshine rolly drops, smoke and mirrors, blueseum. I finally did the scary rock section of the samurai pizza cat. Last summer I started drops, I went from the tiniest drop in Wednesday night delight to the fourth jump by the end of the summer. To kick off 30, I went to the fifth jump (second biggest) and landed twice! It was good fun. Ever [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Whistler Bike Park 6/11/13</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When it came time to figure out where I wanted to spend my 30th birthday, it was an easy decision. I opted for a dirty thirty celebration in the actual dirt at Whistler Bike Park for a couple days to ring in the big day. It offered a chance to ride terrain I had accomplished previously and master new terrain when I reached the ripe age of 30. We arrived into Whistler on Monday June 10, ready to start the celebration at our condo. Since it was the big 30, I wanted something close to the lifts/bars and a spot where everyone had a bed. Our condo in the Carleton Lodge was sweet and I could check out the progress on the Bike Park Crankworx features from the balcony. Last year I had bought my first legit downhill bike, the Norco Aurum but unfortunately I didn&#8217;t want to deal with bringing it on the plane so thank to Whistler Mountain I was able to demo the Giant Glory bikes during my stay. Reunited with my Whistler Bike Park buddy Carrie for laps in the afternoon. She talked me into doing the GLC roll where i hit butt to tire and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Weekend in Moab</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was a long winter in Colorado so when it kept snowing in May, I realized I needed to get out into some warm heat and sunshine. Moab, Utah offered up the camping, hiking, biking and heat without traveling too far to get it. Plus it was a far enough, it seemed like a mini vacation on its own. We loaded up the truck with our bikes and arrived late on Friday to find a camping spot. It was just us girls (Rachel and myself) for the first night before other friends (Laura, Nick and family) arrived for Saturday night. As night set in, we got to see the canyon walls lit up around us (still not sure what that was about) which was pretty cool! On Saturday we loaded up the bikes and headed just north of town to ride some easier trails with my dog. I had brought my downhill bike so it was a struggle getting up some of the hills but I made it.I was really proud of Capitadog for staying with us during the ride and leading the way. Really looking forward to spending more time on the bike this summer enjoying bike parks in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Whistler Bike Park &#038; Women&#8217;s Bike Clinic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 06:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I might have missed Crankworx but I didn&#8217;t wanna miss out on getting more laps in the Whistler Bike Park and experiencing one more women&#8217;s clinic night. Since I had been traveling through Vancouver so many times this summer, it was the perfect opportunity to come ride Bike Park and do a Vancouver twitter scavenger hunt on Wednesday. Since today would be a full evening of bike park with the women&#8217;s clinic, Carrie and I had a late start to the day. By the time we arrived, the lines were reasonable and we quickly made our way up the mountain. Since Carrie was coming back to her bike from an injury, today was a confidence boosting kind of day. At 5:30pm it was time to meet up for the women&#8217;s bike clinic. This was my second time taking advantage of the $20 clinic. I liked being able to try trails and work on skills with other women. Today we wanted to head up to Garbanzo to ride the intermediate blue trail Blue Velvet for the clinic. A couple girls had already ridden it but a couple of us hasn&#8217;t or hadn&#8217;t in a while. Tim was the coach for our [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stevens Bike Park 8/17/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After spending the last couple weeks in California, it was good to come back home to the sunny northwest and hit the trails at Stevens Pass Bike Park. A lot has changed since I was up in July, both trails are now fully top to bottom with tons of features jam packed into them. I met up with Dennis to spend the early afternoon lapping the bike park. It was good to have a riding buddy at Stevens since I had only been riding alone this summer. Now that the trails are noticeably longer, it&#8217;s definitely full runs of fun. I found that the Rock Crusher lower section is full of berms and table tops plus a couple new bridges along the way. The conditions are a lot drier, looser dirt than the last time. Even with the warm temps on the mountain, it wasn&#8217;t too hot while riding  but I made sure to leave a water bottle at the bottom for each lap. The downside of the day was getting the flat tire on the last run. I noticed the flat right after the first couple turns at the top of the chair so I hiked the bike up [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Northstar Bike Park 8/2/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After spending Tuesday in the Bike Park with the bumps and bends clinic, today was about getting back on the same trails and motivating myself to continue to conquer them while working on my riding. Conditions were dry and sunny but the breeze up and down on the ride were perfect for mountain biking. I started out on Live Wire, then headed over to Gypsy for a couple laps and ended the day on easier Coaster and Easy Rider to get back to my truck. Gypsy has been a good trail for me. Super hard, heart pounding with technical rocks and really fun rideable features like rocks to bridges, rock stairs, crazy rock drops, barrels to rocks. Basically imagine a lot of rocks from small to big, sharp to dull on one run. I&#8217;ve managed to ride every feature in place except this one below. There&#8217;s something about the rocks in place especially the smaller ones that can move on you. I&#8217;ll have to redeem myself someday but thankfully I walked around it whenever I encountered it. I was having a great run on Gypsy until right before the wall ride, I was coming in to hit it and felt [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stevens Bike Park 7/15/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having the Stevens Pass Bike Park in my backyard is a dream come true. I knew that I&#8217;d be busy organizing and re-doing the website this weekend but was counting down till I could head up to the Bike Park for an afternoon break of lap after lap to clear my head. I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect for weekend crowds but found that even with the two trails and one chairlift, that the flow kept up during the day so lines were almost non-existent. Since it&#8217;s been sunny in Washington, the trails were a lot drier and there were less snow spots than the last time I rode on Opening Day. It&#8217;s pretty amazing scenery to see Stevens Pass in the summer. I noticed people were scenic riding the chairlift, relaxing at the top tables and watching the downhill bikers take to the mountain. The best part was Rock Crusher has an extended section which is now my favorite section of the trail. It&#8217;s a mix of huge berms, technical turns and fun rhythms to start it out.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Whistler Bike Park 6/26/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The last day of my Whistler trip finally arrived. Cue the sad sappy music. On a good note, the sun was shining, the lines were short and the trails offered up a more loose ride for the day. Today was a day to ride by myself, fast lap with the singles line and work on what I learned from the women&#8217;s bike clinic last night. There is a photo of me riding through Heart of Darkness when I took the first jump (it was my air of the day but I got air), click here to see it with a lot of watermarking covering it. I went back to lower Duffman trail to redeem myself on the sketchy rock part that I crashed on two days ago. Redemption was won. The best part about today was trying out the Norco Aurum from Fanatik Co in town. They mentioned taking out the demo bike yesterday at the shop so today was the day. I had tried a couple bikes this summer but hadn&#8217;t found one that completely won me over. The best part is they sell their demo bikes with brand new parts at the end of the season so you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Whistler Bike Park &#038; Women&#8217;s Bike Clinic 6/25/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the past month, I&#8217;ve been progressing in the Bike Park. Sometimes it&#8217;s been baby steps, sometimes huge leaps. I&#8217;m still moving forward, gaining confidence (and losing it on some days) but I&#8217;m always having fun. This trip to Whistler was based around coming up just in time to experience the Whistler women&#8217;s night clinics to help my progression along with coaching. A little coaching can go a long way and it seemed like it was time to work on specific skills in the right environment. Today started in the local bike shop, Fanatik Co., to purchase new grips and a handlebar. It was cheaper than a new bike and should be a short-term fix for one of the issues I&#8217;ve been having on my current setup. [singlepic id=14213 w=500 h=375 float=] After getting set up, I got in a couple laps to get used to the wider handlebar. It was a less progressive day than yesterday, I enjoyed the runs without feeling like I needed to prove myself or get wrecked. I had heard so many good things about Whistler creating a clinic that helped women take their skills to the next level. For less than $20 with your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Whistler Bike Park 6/24/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It felt really good to return to the promised land of bikes and boards aka Whistler to be able to work on my Bike Park progression. I&#8217;ve been missing the carefree environment, friendly atmosphere and all-around fun that goes on in resort towns so it&#8217;s been my main mission to return as much as possible. I scheduled this trip around the Monday night ladies night so I could partake in it with three days of downhill time in the Bike Park. Sunday was my only day to ride with my friend Carrie so we hit up the mountain, warmed up on the trails we knew and then immediately she pushed me to try the GLC ramp. Because anytime you hit a new feature, thinking about it all day is going to be a mental mindfuck. We ended up doing it twice, I had one stall coming up to it the second time but still managed to do it. With more terrain open, we ended up trying new trails on the mountain. It was my first time to check out a couple trails that I wanna work my way up to (same with Carrie). One of them has the first feature [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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