ANDREW SHANDRO

SPONSORS: TREK, SRAM, ROCKSHOX, CLIF, JBL, ODI, BONTRAGER, ADIDAS, ATLAS BRACE, BN3TH, CAMELBACK, DAKINE

MUSIC: ZEPPELIN, GNR, MARLEY, MUMFORD AND SONS, NEIL YOUNG

WHERE DO YOU CALL HOME: NORTH VANCOUVER

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PERFECT DAY: GREAT COFFEE, LOAM TRAILS, BBQ WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, COLD BEERS.

MEL SMITH

IF YOU’VE BEEN TO CAMP IN THE PAST 3 YEARS, YOU KNOW MEL SMITH. SHE’S ORGANIZED YOUR WAVERS, BOOKED YOUR RENTALS, AND MADE SURE YOU’RE IN BED ON TIME TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF THE NEXT DAY. MEL BROUGHT PARTY SHIRT WEDNESDAY TO CAMP AND WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT EVEN IF YOU CAN’T BE FAST, YOU CAN AT LEAST BE FLORAL.

KATRINA STRAND

Katrina comes from a highly educated and experienced background coaching riders of all levels and abilities since 2002. She spent over a decade racing and riding as a professional mountain bike athlete competing on the international stage at World Cup DH, World Championships DH, EWS and many multi stage events such as the BC Bike Race and Trans-Provence. During this time, she always set aside time to build up other riders and athletes. Katrina is all about collaboration, connection and building strong resilient minds and bodies on and off the bike.

THOMAS VANDERHAM

SPONSORS: ROCKY MOUNTAIN BICYCLES, SHIMANO, DAKINE, OAKLEY, FOX SUSPENSION, MAXXIS, PRO, OGK KABUTO, ACROS

MUSIC: ALMOST EVERYTHING.

WHERE DO YOU CALL HOME: NORTH VANCOUVER

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PERFECT DAY: BIKE RIDE, GOLF, BBQ, BEERS

GRAHAM AGASSIZ

SPONSORS: KONA BIKES, MONSTER ENERGY, SMITH OPTICS, FOX HEAD, EASTON, SRAM, ROCKSHOX, MAXXIS, THE SENSUS, BICYCLE ROCKERS, TACO DEL MAR

MUSIC: LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABATH, BRMC, JIMI HENDRIX, THE DOORS, MOTLEY CRUE, METALLICA, CALI P, DEAR TIC, JACK WHITE

WHERE DO YOU CALL HOME: KAMLOOPS, BC

ERIK LAWRENUK

BIO: ERIC HAS AN IMMENSE PASSION FOR RIDING BIKES AND SPENDING TIME IN THE OUTDOORS, AND HE WEARS THAT EMOTION PROUD WITH A PERMANENT EAR-TO-EAR GRIN. GROWING UP ON VANCOUVER’S NORTH SHORE, ERIC’S WITNESSED THE PROGRESSION OF FREERIDE FROM A YOUNG AGE AND IT’S INFLUENCED HIS ENTIRE LIFE. WHETHER IT’S RIDING HAND-BUILT STUNTS IN THE WOODS, SESSIONING STEEP DIRT-JUMPS, OR DESCENDING THE TECHNICALLY DEMANDING TRAILS OF THE NORTH SHORE, ERIC IS RIGHT AT HOME ON TWO WHEELS.

WADE SIMMONS

SPONSORS: ROCKY MOUNTAIN BICYCLES, RACEFACE, OAKLEY, BELL, SHIMANO, MARZOCCHI, LEZYNE

MUSIC: PRETTY MUCH LIKE IT ALL EXCEPT CLASSICAL, COUNTRY AND THAT NEW-AGE RAP/ROCK BALLAD CRAP.

WHERE DO YOU CALL HOME: LYNN VALLEY, NORTH VANCOUVER, BC CANADA

BRENDAN HOWEY

SPONSORS: COMMENCAL, MAXXIS.

HOWEY’S EFFORTLESS STYLE SETS HIM APART AND HE CAN BE FOUND FLOWING WHISTLER’S GNARLIEST LINES WITH EASE.

BRETT TIPPIE

SPONSORS: YT BIKES

DYLAN FORBES

BIO: ORIGINALLY FROM ST.JOHN’S NEWFOUNDLAND. FORBES HAS BEEN CALLING WHISTLER HOME FOR ALMOST A DECADE. WITH A CRANKWORX DIRT DIARIES WIN, FIVE DIRT DIARIES PODIUMS, AND COUNTLESS VIDEO PARTS, FORBES IS A PLEASURE TO WATCH RIDE A BIKE. NOT TO MENTION, HE CAN HIT A TURN LIKE A BAT OUTTA HELL.

SHRED TIL YA DEAD.

BAS VAN STEENBERGEN

HEY I’M BAS VAN STEENBERGEN, I WAS BORN IN THE US, GREW UP IN HOLLAND AND NOW LIVE IN COLDSTREAM BC CANADA. I HAVE BEEN RIDING PROFESSIONALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, DOING ANYTHING FROM RACING WORLD CUPS TO COMPETING IN REDBULL RAMPAGE. OTHER THAN RIDING MOUNTAIN BIKES, I LOVE DIRT BIKING, SNOWBOARDING AND A BIT OF BOULDERING IN THE OFF SEASON.

JAVIER MUÑOZ SANTOS

JAVIER STARTED SKIING & RIDING BIKES IN HIS HOMETOWN OF CERCEDILLA, MADRID, SPAIN AT THE AGE OF 3. GROWING UP WITH PARENTS IN THE SKI & MOUNTAIN BIKE COMMUNITY, IT WAS NATURAL FOR JAVIER TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. IN 1998 JAVIER BECAME A PROFESSIONAL SKIER & MOUNTAIN BIKER, A PASSION THAT LEAD HIM TO THE MECCA OF OUTDOORS SPORTS, WHISTLER BC CANADA.

BIKE BRAND AMBASSADOR: TREK, SHIMANO, PRO- COMPONENTS, FOX SUSPENSION, DTSWISS, FIVE TEN & SWEET PROTECTION

SKI BRAND AMBASSADOR: ROSSIGNOL, LANGE , SWEET PROTECTION, LOOK BINDINGS & SUREFOOT

JEREMY COLE

JEREMY HAS A MASSIVE PASSION FOR THE OUTDOORS AND GREW UP SHREDDING BIKES IN ONTARIO. THE RIDING IN BC ENDED UP CAPTIVATING HIM AND WHISTLER HAS BEEN HOME BASE EVER SINCE. FROM SPENDING A FAIR BIT OF TIME BETWEEN THE TAPE AND BEING A SEASONED ELITE COACH, HE HAS THE SKILLS AND PASSION TO PUSH.

BE IT UP OR DOWN A TRAIL, DJ OR DH, IT’S A PARTY ON WHEELS! – KEEP ER PINNED

STEVE-O

STEVE O IS AN SGC ORIGINAL AND HAS MANAGED TO KEEP THE WHEELS TURNING SINCE DAY ONE! OVER ALL THESE YEARS HE HAS BECOME A HUSBAND, FATHER, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ALL THE WHILE LOVING HIS TIME AT CAMP AND THE COUNTLESS LAPS OF LAUGHS, SCHRALPS AND AIRS WITH THE KIDS, ADULTS AND COACHES. SGC AND ALL INVOLVED ARE HIS FAMILY. HE CAN’T WAIT TO HELP YOU MEET WHATEVER GOAL YOU MAY HAVE IN YOUR RIDING. LET’S GET IT!!

CASEY BROWN

HI I’M CASEY, I CAME FROM NEW ZEALAND WHEN I WAS A GROM, MOUNTAIN BIKING AND SKIING BECAME MY LIFE AND I HAVEN’T TURNED BACK. I’VE DONE YEARS OF RACING WORLD CUP DH, EWS AND CRANKWORX ALONG WITH MANY ADVENTURES FILMING IN CRAZY PLACES.

DUNCAN MAINLAND

GREW UP RIDING IN THE WEST KOOTENAYS. I HAVE BEEN COACHING AND RIDING AROUND WHISTLER AND ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS. I’M ALWAYS STOKED ON EXPLORING NEW TRAILS AND SPINNING LAPS IN MY BACKYARD.

MIKE CARON

SINCE ARRIVING IN WHITLER IN 2011, MIKE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN SEEN RIDING HIS MOUNTAIN BIKE, WHETHER IT’S COACHING, OR BUSTING NEW MOVES IN THE WHISTLER BIKE PARK. HE NATURALLY COMMUNICATES HIS PASSION AND EXPERTISE FOR BIKING TO SUPPORT THE GROWING COMMUNITY OF MOUNTAIN BIKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. MIKE HAS COACHED IN NEW ZEALAND, WAS A
COUPE QUEBEC DH CHAMPION, AND A NATIONAL DH CHAMPIONSHIP BRONZE MEDALIST.

RIP JORDIE

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