Maelstrom 

I am excited. They are building a new dj park with all the fixings. Lights, water sprayers, gaps, hips berms big jumps and little jumps. Heres a little preview

bruiser2

That looks like such a sweet park, i wish they had stuff like that around here.

monkey69

jealous!!!!
that looks like it will be great!!!

Dirtbike

DAMN!! Wish I could have on of those in my backyard.

troie

What is a berm?

Cornish_Rdr_UK

Wow, looks fun, do you know when its opening Mael?

And a berm is a sloped turn that if you get right, you can come out with more speed than what you went in with (I think)

Maelstrom 

Thats a berm and hopefully soon, I wanna start jumping

Dirtbike

Are you kidding me?

markhr

banked elevated radiused mound - b.e.r.m. - aka pile o dirt so ya don slide out inna turn










....I'll shutup now

che_lives90

sweet setup nice jumps and stuff......All i have to ride is some sucky trails

hapypinkbubbles

I guess that looks OK.

kaptr1d

i hope they get really good insurance and a really well written waiver.

a guy i know opened a skate park locally, had mandatory waivers and full insurance...
some kid got hurt, his dad was a lawyer, and managed to sue him despite all the precautions he thought he had taken. shut down the skate park for good.

same thing could happenn to this dj park if they dont make sure all their ducks are in a row.

TroyLeeRacer199

That one replace the old one..im guessing thats in whistler right? I went therre a few years ago and it looks like the same area.

Jason222

I wish we had stuff like that around here.

Dirtbike

I think that is at Whistler, because Maelstrom lives there...
Im sure they already have some good waivers that you have to sign.

madbiker555

Those jumps look like alot of fun.

arboc!

super cool... they are so smooth, they look like bmx jumps. are there bigger one, or what. i would expect whistler to pump out some 20-30 ft gap jumps.

Maelstrom 

a) its canada, waivers don't work anyways (as do prenups...they are useless)
b) whistler does have insurance but generally the legal system applies responsibility on the person taking the chance. Its actually pretty rare here for someone to win a signifigant case. Gotta love canada, I hope we never become like the lawyer leeches in your country.
c) TroyLee - yes, where the back-o is, is the original dj park. Its improved quite a bit
d) dirtjump - thats what the mountain is for, this is a bmx style dj park. And whistler isn't about going huge, its about progressing. There are bigger gaps and drops elsewhere. I imagine the bigger section (where the back-o is) will get to be bmx jumps with maybe 15 to 20 ft gaps. Last years were about 10 ft or so...but the point to these is to get tonnes of air....not distance.

arboc!

ok, cause all i can see is waist tall table tops and neck high doubles. kind of unrelated when i get my new fork.. im hitting this 20ft gap double seen here


the take off is about 10ft tall, you cant tell, because the road is elevated and slopes on both sides

Maelstrom 

hehe...they aren't waist high (the 1st table is actually lower, they get bigger by the 6th or 7th jump). The doubles are up to my head (maybe neck so 6ft and its the beginner area as far as I can tell). The old ones were 9 ft tallish and 9 ft gap. I imagine the back-o area will be similar bmx jumps but still a focus on the flow and rythm.... And really in whistler djing is only one part of the scene. The djers don't get much of the credit if thats all they are doing, about as much as skiing on rails only (pretty funny to hear the skiers rag on jibbers). Pro hos are pretty useless. The only ones who consistently dj are the bmxers, most of us mountain bikers go there when the mountain closes (or to watch the pros go off) and I guess in the summer with the lighting system we can jump until 5 am...that would be cool.

that jump you posted, thats a little less than the height the good jumpers were boosting off the big set in the old park. I am hoping that big hump before the back-o is the ramp. It 'looks' like it is going to be huge and fast. Can't wait to see derpack nail them

arboc!

there was a dj contest at the dh race today @ beacon (where the photo was taken) and joe (from the ufc) threw a no footed back flip... it was crazy. there was some guy jumping a 2000? gary fisher level betty

Maelstrom 

Nice...I REALLY wanna pic of the kid that just won the dj jam at sea otter (jamie) who can pull backflip supermans. My buddy films this kid but hasn't gotta that shot yet.

Maelstrom 

btw..is that mike metsker? (sp)

arboc!

yeah.. his was the only good pic of the jump on pink bike.

Maelstrom 

Yeah, my buddy films him quite a bit. Thats his stylee move