Trip Report: Back at Alta
Blister is back at Alta, and these photos from last weekend will show you why Alta makes for a pretty great place to carry out our mission.
Dan Finn
F-stop Loka Backpack
If you're skinning up, hiking into, or riding down mountains with camera gear, the F-stop Loka should be regarded as an essential component of your kit.
Trip Report: Alta, Late April
While some of you were breaking out your bikes and running shoes, some of us were out skiing pow. Alta's open for one final 3-day weekend, and the conditions are fantastic. Get up here.
Trip Report: Rocky Point, Alta
Over two feet of snow fell at Alta Ski Area this past week, so we decided to go hit up some of Alta's famous side country. (It was very, very good.)
Crankworx: Day 9, Canadian Open DH
Half party, half bike race, the Canadian Open Downhill rounded out the events at Crankworx Sunday night.
Crankworx: Day 9, Red Bull Joyride
The Red Bull Joyride: slopestyle, dirt jump, and North Shore mountain biking all in one freeride comp—winner gets $25k, and you get some very sick pics.
Crankworx: Day 7, Ultimate Pump Track Challenge
The Ultimate Pump Track Challenge at Cranworx Thursday night saw a field of 32 finalists race back-to-back down a 20-second course of berms, doubles, and gaps—without making a single pedal stroke.
Crankworx: Day 6, Air DH
The Air Downhill is at the heart of Crankworx. Four hundred racers individually take to A-Line, one of Whistler Bike Park's most iconic runs, for 1,200 vertical feet of speed, berms, and jumps. Each rider gets one timed run, winner take all.
Crankworx: Day 5, Whip-Off World Championships
The Whip-Off World Championships at Crankworx seeks to answer one question: Who's got the best style?
Crankworx: Day 3, Garbanzo DH
Rounding out the events this weekend at Crankworx was Sunday's Garbanzo DH, a 7-kilometer, 3400-foot descent through some of the gnarliest terrain of the Whistler Bike Park. Masochists, right this way.
Crankworx: Day 2, Dual Speed & Style
The Dual Speed and Style event debuted Saturday at Crankworx, pitting an invitational field of Dual Slalom riders and slopestyle superstars against each other head-to-head and side-by-side down tricked-out Dual Tracks.
Crankworx: Day 2, Canadian Open Enduro
Day two of Crankworx featured the Canadian Open Enduro, a rally-style mash-up of DH and XC riding.
Crankworx: Day 1, Fat Tire Crit
Crankworx 2012 got off to a fast start, with big crowds, the Fat Tire Criterium, and an Arkells concert.
Whistler Crankworx 2012
Eight days of sick riding are set to to go down at Whistler Crankworx 2012, and we're there to capture the highlights.
Dan Finn
Current Residence: Salt Lake City, Utah
Background:
Dan was born and raised in a tiny town in western Massachusetts, near the borders of New York and Vermont…