There's several shuttle vehicles in these pictures. Can anyone suggest a good shuttle service for taking a day trip to Squamish from Whistler?

Makes sense, as the Norco guy is an engineer, whereas the other a "president".

The Norco guy talks about engineering. The Niner guy is just trying to sell his bikes.

Well, there's bike parks and all in Switzerland and all over Europe. And one of the main reasons they just aren't as good as the ones in Canada is that there are TOO FEW people riding there. Because there are many parks and not that many mountain bikers, the critical mass to make a bike park as good as Whistler is never reached. So I think we need more and not less riders, even the "unskilled haddies". As for the remote tracks that need to be accessed with pedal power: there will always be only a few people fit enough to actually ride them.

I was just going to write a reply along the lines of "loosen up, let them have their fun", but this article almost has the taste of colonialism to it. "We were pioneers, pirates almost, hoarding singletrack gold in an entirely foreign land - right from under their noses." In 2003??? What??? Maybe if his trip was 10 years earlier that would sound credible. If they knew how hard it can be to get a gondola or chairlift to take along bikes they would know that they were certainly not "some of the very first to hit these amazingly epic trails in downhill/all-mountain fashion". Anyhow, check out their website and you'll see that they offer 3 weeks for small groups. That cannot really be called "circus and funfair". So, loosen up and let them have their fun.

Extremely well written!

He just confused "stiel" with "steil". Minor typo.

No matter what you say, riding in the snow with a T-shirt is just ridikolous.

Damn, that video so makes me want to go out and ride!

Have you tried wearing it with body armor, i.e. with a back protector or full jacket? I know that may be a hassle, heavy, and hot. But it may still be a good idea to wear one, and it would be really cool if the neck brace was compatible with the body armor.

You should have that dude from further up in the thread e-mail you the article. It does in fact distinguish between "trail" and "park" riders. Also, it mentions the use of helmets and "other protective gear". This is a retrospective study. They can obviously only work with the injuries that occurred in the last years in BC. I guess that for a study focusing on "extreme" riding and the use of neck braces, there is not yet enough data. If you want to examine that, you would have to conduct a study with crash test dummies or cadavers, which is what the companies like Leatt or Alpinestars most likely did. They would not publish their research however, because they paid for it and want to be the only ones to profit from it.