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sunshine coast

I think I just love bikes way too much. I had a million things to do today but I got talked to into going to the Sunshine Coast for the day. Stoked I did. Strand, Paulo, Mantlepiece and myself. I had suchhh a good day. Bikes just give me clarity of mind, love it.

torch relay

Tonight the Olympic Torch Relay came to Whistler and it was so COOOOOL!! I have never seen so many people in town…EVER. Everyone was just glowing…so happy and having so much fun. A lot of people were actually in tears. It’s crazy the effect that the Olympics have on people- it’s impossible not to be touched in some way…at least that’s what I think. I mean there is so much drama around them and people fight and argue (way too much!!) but when it actually comes down to it- they get sucked right in and fall under the Olympic spell…I thinking anyone who denies it is lying! :)

7 days to the games, 100 to the bike park

I am definitely a bit of a hermit in the winter as training is serious business and I am usually pretty busy with school and what not. Anyway, last night there was a Haiti Benefit/100 Day Bike Park Countdown at Merlin’s so I had to make an appearance. It was definitely good to see peeps and have a couple of beers. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games officially start in one week! the torch relay is in town today so I am gonna go check it out….

just a friendly reminder

Or not so friendly! This douchebag almost killed my friends. Don’t drink and drive!!!!

The douche crossed the middle line on the highway and pretty much hit them head on! Luckily seatbelts were on and luck was on their side (and maybe a good split second reaction?) and all that happened was a broken rib for Keene and a broken elbow for Beautiful. Could have been so much worse! Don’t know what happened to the other guy (good thing he had no passengers!!!!) but I am sure he will be sitting behind bars shortly. Don’t be dumb. Seriously. There are no excuses.

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ITS HAPPENING

The Olympics haven’t even started yet and I already feel like I am going full throttle. I have been pretty much living in the gym and when I am not there….I have been at Olympic training sessions or trying to get some rest in. I can’t believe how things are transforming on a daily basis! There are Olympic rings and Vancouver 2010 overlay EVERYWHERE. The lights in the trees have all been redecorated…red lights mean entrances and exits to the village and white lights light up the rest of the trees. Mass 24hour transit starts tomorrow! There are broadcast platforms that have been erected all over town which will be live broadcast points for the thousands of media…plug and go! The Whistler Sliding Centre is virtually unrecognizable! Wow! I am really getting pretty excited for it all. It is so hard to imagine that in 12 short days the whole world is going to be watching our little town!

Back to whistler

Got back to Whistler yesterday morning. I was pretty reluctant to head back to the snow after spending the last month and a bit in Santa Cruz with the sun and bikes…but now that I am back, I am pumped! So good to be home! The town has this crazy energy right now. There are so many new structures around in preparation for the Olympics. One of the most impressive ’structures’ is outside the Conference Centre which will be home to the Whistler Media Centre, it is HUGE. Over the course of the Olympics there will be around 5,000 accredited media in and out of there (there is also Whistler Media house which will welcome around 1,000 unaccredited media). Pretty cool.

I picked up my accreditation yesterday. I will be working at the Whistler Sliding Centre and the Whistler Creekside ski venue. Rad!

Supercross and breaky time! :)

in case you haven’t noticed…

my site is in the process of a major makeover. i will tell you guys about it soon and my reasoning behind it all…stay tuned. exciting things on the holdenfront. :)

i am world cup bound next year and this vid gets me so pumped to shred!

NISSAN UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Bromont DHI Top 5 Men from hbfs on Vimeo.

some video coverage from the season

Pro GRT Round 1 from Goldstein Productions on Vimeo.

2009 Pro Gravity Tour – Port Angeles, WA from ChannelMTB on Vimeo.

Lucent Productions Promo – 2009 Bromont UCI World Cup from Lucent Productions on Vimeo.

2009 US National Championships – 4x and Dowhill from ChannelMTB on Vimeo.

some of my favorites of the season

These are just a few pictures from the 2009 season that I like and bring good memories!

peak seasons.

I thought you guys might get a kick out of this….

So MTV premiered a new reality show called Peak Seasons a couple of weeks ago. Think the Hills…but Whistler. Pretty much the same thing. They even have the Aftershow! Kind of weird….and funny but cool none-the-less. So weird to see your home…which is a really small town on a reality show like this. In Whistler, everyone knows everyone. Anyway, my friend Jason with whom I drive to school with everyday is on the show as “Dre’s Best Friend” (Dre is Jason’s roommate). Dre is one of the main guys on the show…he is a DJ with lots of girl problems, figures. So far the boys have played pool and discussed the breaking up with the girlfriend. Played hockey and discussed the girlfriend some more. And drank a lot.

I have been hearing about this thing for the past year so I can’t believe it is actually happening…I mean I knew they were filming and stuff and I saw the cameras but most stuff that gets filmed never gets used. And I guess I never thought it would.

I guess I am just kind of weirded out by it all. I have watched it and I think its funny but VERY cringeworthy….hahah…some of the stuff that some out of the boys mouths’…so bad. Whatever, its TV and I am still watching it!

Weird.