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Are Canadians better freeriders?

In almost all of the freeride videos you see out there such as New World Disorder, Roam, Collective and now Seasons…most of those guys are Canadians, eh.

Darren Berrecloth….one of the best freeriders in the world…is Canadian!

I’m going to take a wild guess why Canadians are better. Well for one they have Whislter Park and all that forestry that they can ride on. Also I did talk to a few guys at last year’s Sea Otter Classic at the Magura Flow Show and asked them how they can do all the stuff that you see on the video. Andrew ( one of the guys in the video ) told me that almost everyone up in Canada, eh, freerides.

I was puzzled by that comment and so later on in the day we ran into the folks of Loeka Clothing, another Canadian company, eh, and Coreena Fletcher, one of the owners also told me that everyone she knows, both men and women all ride down hill bikes.

So would it be safe to assume that Canadians are just better because that’s what their environment produces? If they didn’t have Whistler and all those places…would they suck? In the local SoCal Mountain Resorts, down hill bikes have been banned because they think its causing too much erosion on the trails and slopes. I wonder if the act of closing the access to downhill riders sissified Americans and caused them to focus more on XC and 29er stuff…