I guess you missed the first and second sentence where he mentions dead and or dying.

I'm Norwegian

Can you imagine how many different sets of prints are on that thing, riders, mechanics, and friends of such everywhere

not everything happens like in the movies

lol ya numbskulls and that's not to say there aren't just as many anglophones as there are francophones in Quebec, and having lived there and traved France I can tell the two languages have differences, there's France french and then there's Quebec French :P

i think the term freeride is thrown around an awful lot lately. but perhaps it's not lost, but become something more underground. yes i said it like a hipster, underground. the next generation has come in, and do you know what they're saying? build us this, take me there. i find it hard to classify places like whistler, freeride havens since everyone rides the same trails. right now they are putting the final touches on a bike park here in lethbridge. it's got dirt jumps, log rides and drops. sure in the beginning that is a sweet formula for some nice freeride, but it's no different than a skatepark, sure you ride with your own "free"style, but even freestyle skiing has lost it's "FREE". the whole freeride movement is lost on this new generation, they're not willing to put in the effort to go out somewhere never before ridden and build trails or jumps and truely ride free, with NO LIMITATIONS. that's what i think freeride is about, the other day i heard some kids whining about the bike park not being done because of rain delays. what did i do the next day? i went and hacked my way down one of our coulies clearing brush and rhubarb so i can later shred the line. it's about the guys that are willing to go "out of bounds" and ride or build something completely free, and we have lost touch with that. what i have written may seem a little redundant with what a few of you have said already, but that's what i feel in my heart and mind, I AM A FREERIDER! always have been always will be, sure i love whistler, fernie, kicking horse, mt.7 etc. but now these places are the developed, nobody is pushing the boundaries and stepping off the beaten path like they used to. i don't mind, means more virgin trails for me, but riders should learn the difference between freeride and slopstyler or djer. sorry for the essay. i'll be happy to discuss this in a forum with anyone, or even here still:)