cut in here
there we go oops
today we are riding Whistler it's running really nice and fast A-line is open so we're gonna hit
that I even signed up for my first Phat Wednesday race today I can't wait to hit all the big jump
lines with my patrol so let's hit it up and the rain just started like just as I got to the top
but you know what I think today's gonna be pretty good it's probably not gonna rain for too long I
got my enduro bike out here today super excited to try this out in fact I even put on the uh
rockshox super deluxe coil this is the coil shock that came with the frame when I bought it two
years ago before I had the marzocchi bomber cr coil and that one desperately needs to rebuild
so for now I thought you know what I want to try this out and this might even be better than the
marzocchi's this fork actually really needs to rebuild it's never gotten rebuilt since I
first built it up so it's gonna be super awesome we're gonna meet up with some other friends and
we're gonna have an amazing time otherwise it feels great to be on the enduro bike out here
I need to get some gloves on now that my grips are wet it does not feel good
oops
oh man
oh yeah until the sun's coming out let's get some gloves
it's always exciting to see the progress of the slope style course being put together
and soon after that they'll build a biker cross course as they always do and maybe even a dual
slalom like last year got some gloves I also put pants on it's just a lot more comfortable
right now and uh the rain has stopped so what I'm gonna do now I'm gonna do angry pirate into
crabapple turns into del volca vista the reason for that is I signed up for the Phat Wednesday
race today and that is the racetrack it also happens to be a great warm-up run as well
i think this will be pretty fun to race on and it's perfect for the enduro bike
okay well the race is supposed to go down crabapple turns which is right
beside crabapple hits I guess it's closed right now or something but it's just a green trail
I don't think there's much to practice on with that thing
then it goes into double vista it should be a pretty fun race I'm looking forward to it
i've never done a Phat Wednesday race before
oh I gotta get used to these conditions they're a little wet and this bike
see I have like all these different bikes and the problem with that is I never get like
really really good at any one bike because I'm just switching them up all the time so that is the
downside to riding too many different bikes but yeah I really want to be really good at this bike
and that will be the end of the race I guess uh yes that'll be the finish line
a-line oh man I haven't ridden a-line at all this year
that is gonna be sick okay should we good to go all right let's do it
a-line
whoa that's running fast these berms are beautiful that's perfect
wow I gotta get used to these jumps again
whoa yeah right on okay what do you say we do more a-line
okay
you
looking clean look at all this get up oh man you haven't you're not dirty at all and you're oh
your bike is looking good yeah thanks just put a new crank like break your other cranks and stuff
yeah I twisted them oh yeah I think it was really bad like when I looked at it from the top my pedal
was like facing this way oh wow yeah putting the new cranks on it's still like pedals weird
yeah I was just wanting to do like a ninja cougar fade to black or something you want to do that
all right
all right oh it's windy what's up the wind
I'm just gonna do ninja cougar
whoa okay sir peanut butter berms someone's calling me
sorry I'm busy riding
whoa on the fork out
uh what do you wanna do you wanna do some attack let's do a line okay doing some more a-line
let's uh let's try these jumps
whoa that's hilarious
yes that's it
i really need to strengthen my hands that was feeling good yeah nice techno handler i've just uh
my hands are not strong enough like oh you don't have the endurance I don't have it yet like I
definitely develop it but like it just takes a bit of time yeah I just don't have the same like
control or looseness kind of thing i've never done a Phat Wednesday race yeah so that'll be new
I mean i've just done like a few races here and there like a couple enduro races I'm doing like a
couple indoor races this year and uh doing the ews 80. it was max who suggested to me the day before
that I should enter today's Phat Wednesday race and I thought that sounds actually like a great
idea they're pretty short and simple races maybe about three minutes long I think that's going to
be more up my alley compared to the petally enduro races so we'll see how this one goes
right on
oh man that's good fun all right let's uh do some more practice runs so max
here is going to race it as well so it'll be pretty sick see how we do
and this stuff is tight
and my bike is quite fast
rolling grab apple turns I figure this is the part of the race where you can
really gain a lot of ground if you've got the endurance and 29 inch wheels
those are things that I'm lacking today but I'm definitely going to do my best so max is kind
of taking this race seriously he actually wants to get on the podium for me I'm just having fun
see now my arms and legs are getting tired I got lucky because last time they did this race
the finish line was up here oh yeah oh wow
oh cut in here
there we go
whoops sure we could do something different yeah why not
okay that's a line I didn't see before oh oh my gosh
max was busy riding the racetrack all day today as practice while I couldn't be bothered to ride
it that much more so I just wanted to get out and ride other trails let's do a good fun one
b-line into sunshine rolly drops so sunshine rolly drops has some uh new work done on it
and i've never ridden it yet yeah I can really tell this enduro bike rolls faster it's kind of
nice the 27.5 wheels the I think the tires are faster rolling tires especially the rear one
I almost don't know what to do with all the speed
all right my rear tire is kind of like a semi-slick tire it's the michelin wild enduro
rear it's faster rolling which means less grip but I do prefer having more grip in the rear though so
I think I'm going to change the tires pretty soon oh yeah this is the new stuff what do we got here
cool beautiful berms
okay
oh wow thanks you know what we could do dwayne johnson that's gonna be sick on this bike
oh that's so good oh that's sick
man that felt good so the fun thing about afternoon delight here is it's not actually
fat techy but that was weird
something is going on how about we go into double black afternoon delay
yo felt like the fork was like like it kind of felt like a bottom out but
or like I smacked against the thing
i don't know yeah there's a couple times the fork
just felt really harsh I know it needs a rebuild that's for sure
okay
my rear tire likes to drift
there we go that was good oh my hands
oh my fingers so I decided to do at least one more practice run before the actual race I mean
I do want to do a good job on it so so at this point we're able to get our race plates now so
I just wanted to fit in one more practice run as well as get more accustomed to a-line and
I'm going to get my plate and then let's try out my first ever Phat Wednesday race
so these races basically run on a first come first serve basis so we just get
in line wait for it to start and we typically have about 30 second intervals between riders
is it possible for me to get some extra time thank you
oh really they crashed oh shoot okay okay okay it was a little bit awkward because I ended up
having about two full minutes to wait so my nerves were getting a bit antsy you really
don't want to have to try and pass someone on this race particularly with these skinny trails
wow that would sketch
that could have been bad oh my goodness
huh
now it's just about keeping my endurance my legs are getting tired
oh man my legs
we're almost done
wow well I was pretty happy with my run and in the master mail 30 to 39 category I got 21st place out
of 50 riders so I'm in the top 50 and I'm pretty happy with that considering I'm racing against
pretty much all whistler locals and they are so fast on these trails max grayston beat me by seven
seconds earning him 14th place so he didn't get the podium like he was hoping but there's lots
more Phat Wednesday races this season and I might want to try one or two more these are pretty fun
okay starting to get the hang of these whips again oh I don't like landing flat on that
one I just wanted to try it without gloves see if I feel more comfortable with that
oh that's my butt there
the sun came out conditions are amazing whistler's running so fast and smooth right now especially on
my enduro bike I think that's it for this week's video but in my next video I actually rode with
some bigger names and we rode some of the sickest jump lines out here you're going to want to stay
tuned for that otherwise if you haven't seen last week's video yet please go and check that
out I wrote diesel wolf in pemberton and there's some really cool features on it it was actually
my favorite day riding all year and yes I know I have to take my boost monster out to whistler
I'm planning on doing that pretty soon actually but i've just been doing more riding and filming
in some other places first stay up to date with what's going on with my boost monster with the
whole playlist right here thank you guys for watching and I will see you guys next time