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| Second week of the 50-50 Project |
The week began very well with the best bike park I’ve visited since the beginning of the trip : Geisskopf. It’s the first time that it was hard to stop riding and put the bike in the motorhome and continue on the road. The DH is incredible with the first line and 5 doubles! The other trail that I spent time on was the Biker-x. It’s probably the European trail which is the most similar to the A-line in Whistler. The next bikepark was in Autria : Leogang. Once more, it rained the whole night (for the fifth time in a row), but in the morning the sun was back again! Sweet! The bottom of the park is huge with the line of the 26 Trix. I also found some nice jumps on the Flying Gangster (freeride trail beside the World cup trail), but I was expecting more fun on the trails. They were destroyed. I had a similar experience in Schladming. They have some nice jumps, but between it’s too steep, with no flow.
Then, I went to Slowenja to discover Kranjska Gora. They have a lot of trails, but I had more fun on Airline with lots of tables. At the end, all the trails arrive to the same place with some good berms and nice tables. Air time! Then back to Austria to ride in Wagrain. The weather was all new with fog and 9 degrees at the summit !
I met the two shapers (Tony and Jacky) and their dog Lili. For the riding, I enjoyed the R’n’B northshore which is a versatile trail with tables, hips, step-up, …
Next to come: Saalbach-hinterglemm. After 10 years of traveling around the world, I have never had such a bad welcome for the riders who want to spend a night under their tent or in a motorhome. Even the Tourism Office send you to the nearest campground, 10 km away from the lift. I was pretty disgusted! But Saalbach-Hinterglemm has also good things to offer like the free pass if you sleep in a hotel and the biggest bikepark I've seen since the beginning of the trip. The Pro Line in Hinterglemm offers some nice north shore style with drops and a road gap. In Saalbach, the best option is probably the X-line trail with more than 1000 meters of elevation. The shape crew (Roland, Sascha & Mario) is also very passionate and friendly. The end of this second week was in Innsbruck, where I found the steepest and hardest trail I have ever found in a bikepark. When it’s wet, it’s almost impossible to do the whole trail on your bike. But the view of the city is very nice! It was good to change up the style of riding!
Yesterday I was in Davos and today in Livigno, then : Flims / Bellwald / St-Luc / Crans-Montana / Anzère.
