AST Promo Video from Moves Media Vancouver
Published: April 23, 2014
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Moves Media is a video production company in Vancouver. Helping companies bring their brands to life with HD filming, aerial drones, micro videos and more. Here's an Avalanche Skills Training field day in Whistler from their perspective. More Info HERE |
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Surviving the Snowfall
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Mountain Bike Instructor Training
Published: April 8, 2014
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Here's a great video about Endless Biking's Mountain Bike Instructor Training. If you're interested in becoming a Mountain Bike Instructor and/or Guide this is the first step. This course will lead you through the essentials of breaking down the fundamental skills necessary to teach and guide a range of levels of riders in a very clear, concise and step by step manner. More Details HERE |
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The Great Canadian Bucket List with Robin Esrock
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Myself and the crew at Endless Biking took Robin out for his first North Shore experience. Something that we all agree should definitely be on every mountain bikers bucket list. Here's what he had to say.
Canada has some of the world’s best downhill mountain biking, and BC has the best downhill mountain biking in Canada. Whether you’re rocketing down single track in Burns Lake’s globally renowned bike park, navigating the advanced trails on Vancouver’s North Shore, watching wipe-outs from the lift chairs at Whistler or cross-country riding through alpine meadows in the South Chilcotin mountains, BC’s trail network has something for everyone, including those of us on the Great Canadian Bucket List. |
Seeking Altitude article on NSMB.com
Published on December 2, 2013
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A combination of two blog posts: The Inspiration, The Idea and The Solution (Fromme Classic) and BC Parks! Tear Down This Wall.
I have to give huge credit and thanks to Morgan Taylor of NSMB.com for seamlessly piecing together my two adventures, and of course for teaching me the difference between decent and a descent. Full Story Here: http://www.nsmb.com/seeking-altitude/ |
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Avalanche Week with Metro News
Published: January 28, 2013
“It can be done safely. Closing access, that’s not the answer,” says Brent Hillier, Avalanche Skills Training instructor at Vancouver’s Canada West Mountain School. “For people that do go into the backcountry, it’s where we learn about ourselves. It’s where we really understand what’s important in life. It’s who we are. You can’t take that away from us.”
“It’s a user group that’s exploding, I’d say exponentially,” says Brent Hillier, a snowshoe guide and Avalanche Skills Training instructor. “With $200 you can get everything you need to go snowshoeing. It’s a great way to take people out there, but at the same time there isn’t as much awareness of the risk in that world.”
Full Story Here
“It’s a user group that’s exploding, I’d say exponentially,” says Brent Hillier, a snowshoe guide and Avalanche Skills Training instructor. “With $200 you can get everything you need to go snowshoeing. It’s a great way to take people out there, but at the same time there isn’t as much awareness of the risk in that world.”
Full Story Here
Public Input on behalf of Endless Biking at the District of North Vancouver City Council
Different Bikes BLOG on the Empress TAP Trail Day
Published: May 12, 2013
Thanks to Keiko from NS Ride for providing a synopsis of the last Different Bikes / NS Ride Trail day on Empress. It was scorcher on May 4th, 2013. Here's some of what she had to say:
The sun was blazing and the team were sweating before we even lifted a shovel for the second NSRIDE Trail day of the season.
Once again Brent Hillier, our Trail build expert, briefed the seven NSRIDE members (and 2 non-members Steve and Laurie) on the plan for the day. Starting with a safety talk and overview of the tools- mattocks, pulaskis, McClouds and the shovels of course- we learnt what to use each tool for, from prying out rocks (with mattocks not shovels!) to tamping down the BC Gold with McClouds It’s an eye openere how many tools NSMBA have amassed to make this Trail Adoption Program (TAP) such a success.
Full Story Here: http://www.differentbikes.ca/north-vancouver/blog/different-bikes-ns-ride-empress-trail-day/
Video Here: http://vimeo.com/73498676
The sun was blazing and the team were sweating before we even lifted a shovel for the second NSRIDE Trail day of the season.
Once again Brent Hillier, our Trail build expert, briefed the seven NSRIDE members (and 2 non-members Steve and Laurie) on the plan for the day. Starting with a safety talk and overview of the tools- mattocks, pulaskis, McClouds and the shovels of course- we learnt what to use each tool for, from prying out rocks (with mattocks not shovels!) to tamping down the BC Gold with McClouds It’s an eye openere how many tools NSMBA have amassed to make this Trail Adoption Program (TAP) such a success.
Full Story Here: http://www.differentbikes.ca/north-vancouver/blog/different-bikes-ns-ride-empress-trail-day/
Video Here: http://vimeo.com/73498676
Norma Ibarra/LaPir0's BLOG on our trip to the Keith's Hut
Published: March 20, 2013
Here's an excerpt from Norma Ibarra's Blog:
I have been told that I talk too much on my blog, so this time I will try to keep it visual – but before I show you my photos and video I also want to say a huge THANKS to Tahnee and Brent because they were super brave to take me out there. They kindly helped me carry the food, hiked the mountain slower so that I was able to keep up with them and they always made sure that I was safe. Even though I really sucked at snowboarding they were always patiently waiting for me and always cheered me up. I am so pumped!
Without them I wouldn’t be able to show you these photos and video. I wouldn’t know what a true backcountry experience is, what a beacon, a shovel and a probe are for, and what a blue bird powder day on top of a mountain is! Thank you guys cause without you, I wouldn’t have hiked a mountain and snowboarded down a glacier and basically had the best winter experience of my life!
Full Story Here: http://lapir0.com/2013/03/20/the-backcountry/
I have been told that I talk too much on my blog, so this time I will try to keep it visual – but before I show you my photos and video I also want to say a huge THANKS to Tahnee and Brent because they were super brave to take me out there. They kindly helped me carry the food, hiked the mountain slower so that I was able to keep up with them and they always made sure that I was safe. Even though I really sucked at snowboarding they were always patiently waiting for me and always cheered me up. I am so pumped!
Without them I wouldn’t be able to show you these photos and video. I wouldn’t know what a true backcountry experience is, what a beacon, a shovel and a probe are for, and what a blue bird powder day on top of a mountain is! Thank you guys cause without you, I wouldn’t have hiked a mountain and snowboarded down a glacier and basically had the best winter experience of my life!
Full Story Here: http://lapir0.com/2013/03/20/the-backcountry/
NORTH SHORE NEWS Editorial: Rescue Charges a Problem
Published: February 8, 2012
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In response to a letter to the editor published in the North Shore News on Feb. 1: Make Out-of-Bounds Boarders or Skiers Pay for Their Rescue Costs, I wrote this.
Let's explore the option of charging lost skiers and snowboarders for the cost of rescue. Suddenly I'm hesitant to call for help, I'm merely a ski patroller on a limited budget. If I could afford a helicopter I'd be heli-skiing right now. So instead of calling for rescue I call friends, and my friends would help me do anything. They'd come up and look for me and in the process maybe get lost or hurt themselves. Suddenly there would be five people lost. My friends aren't wealthy either, perhaps help is called and instead of allowing for rescue to help us we avoid the search teams. Who can afford rescue costs in today's tough times? Full Story Here |
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Interview on Winter Mountain Biking with North Shore Tourism
Published: November 9, 2012
(North Vancouver, BC) Vancouver’s North Shore is world-famous for year-round mountain biking action. But come winter, even die-hard cyclists need an incentive to keep their momentum going. Whether grinding on the trail or picking the perfect grind for a cup of java, biking and coffee go together.
Brent Hillier of Endless Biking has been guiding and teaching mountain biking in North Vancouver since 2008, and can often be found warming up post-ride at one of North Vancouver’s many bike-friendly cafés.
Full Story Here: http://vancouversnorthshore.com/media/news-releases/winter-mountain-biking/
Brent Hillier of Endless Biking has been guiding and teaching mountain biking in North Vancouver since 2008, and can often be found warming up post-ride at one of North Vancouver’s many bike-friendly cafés.
Full Story Here: http://vancouversnorthshore.com/media/news-releases/winter-mountain-biking/
Endless Biking in The Express, Shaw TV with Peter Verge
Published: September 8, 2011
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Peter Verge from On The Verge, The Express and Shaw TV came to spend a day with Endless Biking Downhill Mountain Biking is a trend that's gained major popularity recently. Living in Vancouver, we have some of the best trails in the world and North Vancouver is building new ones everyday. I went to Endless Biking in North Vancouver to have a quick lesson, get geared up and hit the trails with Jesse Ritchie. Full Story Here: |
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