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10/17/2006 09:28 AM
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Podcast in Australia
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Hi Joan and crew
Thanks for your podcasts – they are fantastic! So helpful for the beginner that doesn’t have anyone to show her the basics. Please keep them coming !!
Cheers!
Posted on 10/17/06 by Jemma Coleman - Western Australia
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10/08/2006 07:58 AM
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Eric Stobin about WCS Freeride Fundamentals
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Joan & Daamo,
I am getting a ridiculous amount of useful information from the DVD. It has got to be the best freeride instructional DVD in the world. Since it was my first 2 days this year at Whistler, I took it very slow and focused on basics. I was more concerned with neutral position, cornering, breaking and manual-ing, than I was catching air. I had an amazing 2 days with no falls or crashes... I learned how to countersteer and dump my front wheel and snap it through multiple turns, and I got to do this on b-line and all the other trails, such as smoke and mirrors... I guess what I am saying is that it seems like at least 70% of the video was shot at Whistler and this is really helpful since that is the only place I freeride thus far. I do have plans to hit the Shore... but I find Whistler is great for starting off the season with mellow, flowy stuff.
Posted on 6/12/06 by Eric Stobin
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04/12/2006 02:10 AM
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Alexander Holstein about WCS Freeride Fundamentals
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Hi,
My name is Alex, I am from Germany and yesterday I received your DVD on the Freeride Fundamentals that I purchased in your Internet shop.
I'm have been doing (soft-) freeride for about one year now and before I used to do cross country mountain biking for about 10 years (but more in road cycling style).
As freeriding is quite a new development in the region where I am living in Germany it is really difficult for me to get a clear picture on how different sections in a trail can be managed with style and flow. Most of my efforts I currently spend to learn dropping and jumping. So far it was for example a miracle to me how to differentiate my movements between a drop in a flat and a drop in a tranny. I am always doing the same movement (bring your butt behind the seat) and feel very uncomfortable when landing in a strongly descending trail. There are two or three guys here that a pretty good in that but unfortunately they can't really explain how and what they are really doing.
So, I thank you very much for your instructional DVD. It is all very good explained so I understand what I should do to make my ride smooth, safe and also a little bit stylish. I am sure your DVD will keep me busy during the coming bike season 2006 and I am also really sure that at the end it will bring me to the next level of mountain biking, as you are promising in your advertising.
Posted on 4/12/06 by Alexander Holstein about WCS Freeride Fundamentals
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06/17/2006 07:56 AM
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Michael Maguire about WCS Freeride Fundamentals
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Just wanted to let you guys know that West Coast Style - Freeride Fundamentals has won a the prestigious Telly award, which is a fairly big deal in the television/film/video industry. Check out www.tellyawards.com
Posted on 6/17/06
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02/04/2006 09:09 PM
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Best Mountain Biking Instuctional Video on the market!
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The instruction is clear, effective and totally non-intimidating. These films would have answered many of the skills questions I had on my mind as I progressed through beginning to advanced skills. They would certainly have helped my bike handling skills keep pace with the potential of my bikes!
What immediately struck me about the film was the quality of image composition and the wonderful color. This film was almost exclusively shot on the North Shore, Squamish, the Woodlot and Whistler. The beauty of these areas really shows. The transitions between segments were also artful and stylish which was a nice touch. I only wish they sold a soundtrack. The video features music from Digital Motion, Adonis Tsilimparis and features the hit song, "G.L.S." from Salme Dahlstrom.
From an instructional point of view this video is top-notch. Blows Ned Overend's video out of the water. I highly recommend it to anyone that wants to take their riding to the next level.
Posted on 02/04/06
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11/02/2002 03:42 AM
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WCS Mountain Biking on Knightrider's Web Site
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Review from the Knightriders web site
WEST COAST STYLE: This is an instructional video from the West Coast School of Mountain Biking. Joan Jones has been giving clinics and running camps for years. She has a list of credentials a mile long. She has analysed all the skills it takes to ride a bike and broken them down into little learnable chunks that makes them easy to digest.
The video presents many of these skills for the intermediate to advanced rider who is ready to get to the next level. The video is hosted by Joan Jones and Elladee Brown (former Canadian downhill champ and present Norco team manager) and mixes teaching with cool riding sequences featuring Ryan Leech (Ryan rules!), Robin Coope, Cindy Devine, a gaggle of WCSMB instructors, and includes an awesome riding sequence shot at the Woodlot and featuring our own Knightriders and Spoke members Martin Kmet, Jason and Stevie Baia.
This video is fantastic! The perfect mix of instruction and entertainment! You can watch this video over and over and learn something every time. Buy it!" Nick Balenzano at http://www.icomm.ca/oloa-youth/knightriders/
Posted on 11/02/02 about WCS Mountain Biking on Knightrider's Web Site
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08/14/2002 09:18 PM
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WCS Mountain Biking in Pulse Magazine
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Review August 2002 issue of Pulse Magazine
West Coast Style - Mountain Biking is hosted by Joan Jones, the Director of West Coast School of Mountain Biking (certified coach and accomplished racer, freeride and trials rider) and Elladee Brown (former Canadian national DH champion and world DH medalist). The video is a 58-minute instructional video for intermediate to advanced riders and was filmed among the big trees and renowned trails of Vancouver's North Shore in British Columbia, Canada. Produced by the West Coast School of Mountain Biking (WCSMB), the video analyses, explains, demonstrates and progresses over two dozen skills essential to mastering technical terrain from the basics needed for Vancouver's North Shore to the famous "West Coast" wheelie-drop. The video also features riding montages with some of Canada's top riders, such as: Ryan Leech, Robin Coope, the pros of the Norco Factory Team, Elladee Brown, and Cindy Devine on the spectacular West Coast trails. Any rider looking to expand his riding skill base should inquire with WCSMB for the West Coast Style video.
Posted on 8/15/02 about WCS Mountain Biking in Pulse Magazine
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06/11/2001 01:55 AM
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WCS Mountain Biking for the June 2001 issue of Explore - Canada's Outdoor Adventure Magazine
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West Coast Style - Mountain Biking: The Way the West is Ridden. If you believe that once you learn to ride a bike you'll always know how, then clearly you've never tried riding the fabled trails of Vancouver's North Shore, where just staying upright is sometimes a major accomplishment.
But then again, chances are you've never seen a bicycle ridden the way it is in West Coast Style - Mountain Biking: The Way the West is Ridden. The brainchild of former Canadian downhill star Elladee Brown and Joan Jones, founder of the West Coast School of Mountain Biking, this video is part instructional treatise and part eye candy. It shows off the dazzling, highly technical moves that have been busting out of Canada's crucible of mountain biking, and then breaks them down and tells you how they're done.
Watching Brown and Jones ( not to mention Norco-Factory-Team trials stars like Robin Coope and Ryan Leech) is a lesson in "flow" - making your body at one with the bike and the fearsome terrain. Still, it's not all just mindless bunny-hopping from log ladder to swinging bridge - these riders can point 'em into the fall line and let 'em rip, too. There are over 20 techniques featured, from simple trackstands to launching wheelie drops off six-foot boulders.
Can you learn advanced mountain-biking technique by sitting in front of the TV and watching a video? Likely not. But by analyzing key moves like the manual front-wheel lift or the very cool tail-whip cornering method, you can crystallize them in your mind and then hit the trails and give them a try. - Steven Threndyle
Posted on 6/11/01 by Steven Threndyle about WCS Mountain Biking for the June 2001 issue of Explore - Canada's Outdoor Adventure Magazine
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