Whistler World Cup: The Debrief

Whistler just hosted its first-ever UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup, and a few hours after the final runs, Pete Roggeman, Mike Ferrentino, Uncle Dave, and Deniz Merdano sat down to unpack the weekend.
We talk about how the new track actually rode, the roots and line choices that punished small mistakes, the huge gaps in the results, and the pressure of racing a World Cup on home soil. We also get into Asa Vermette’s win, Vali Holl’s continued run of form, some spectacular crashes, the junior racing, and the people and machinery behind a modern World Cup team.
Recorded immediately after finals, this is the NSMB crew’s first take on Whistler’s first World Cup downhill.