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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Musical guests help usher in Crankworx, Whistler’s ultimate freeride festival
Tourism Whistler media release
For immediate release - August 02, 2012
Musical guests help usher in
Crankworx, Whistler’s ultimate freeride festival
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Whistler, B.C. – Visitors to the resort during this year’s Crankworx
mountain bike festival will be treated not only to the skills and talents
of some of the world’s finest freeriders but also to the musical chops of
several exciting performers.
This year’s Crankworx
Whistler takes place over 10 days, from August 10-19, transforming the
resort into the “Colosseum of freeride mountain biking” with riders and
bike enthusiasts from all over the world gathering here to take it all in:
the mountains, the vibe and the competition. From the intense athletic
challenges of the competitions to the artistic ambiance of film and photo
contests and outdoor concerts to the uproarious antics of the Canadian
Cheese Rolling Festival participants, Crankworx Whistler entertains on all
levels.
The action kicks off August 10 with the Fat Tire Crit around the
perimeter of Whistler Olympic Plaza. Adrenalin pumping, nerve-testing
challenges of technical skill and endurance take place over the course of
the event. The Teva Best Trick showdown is bound to be a crowd favourite
with the world’s best slopestyle riders participating in a jam format,
offering up stunts you won’t believe until you see them first-hand.
In addition to the bike events, The Go Pro
Dirt Diaries film contest takes place August 14 at 7 p.m. while the Deep
Summer Photo Challenge is at 7 p.m. the following day. Both events are
at Whistler Olympic Plaza.
And what’s a festival without music? The Bud
Light Crankworx Concert Series brings four free outdoor concerts to
Whistler’s Olympic Plaza featuring The Young
Empires Friday, August 10 at 7:45 p.m. followed by the Juno-Award
winning Arkells
at 8:45 p.m.; Victoria, B.C.’s Jets
Overhead perform on Saturday, August 11 at 7:45 p.m. followed by
Juno-Award winning Said the
Whale at 8:45 p.m.
Whistler cranks up the summer heat with a robust events calendar.
Upcoming Whistler
Presents concerts include: The
Mocking Bird and Wil on
July 27 and Chantal
Kreviazuk on July 28. Jason
McCoy performs August 3, Spirit of
the West August 4, Great Lake
Swimmers August 5, Vince
Vaccaro Band and Blackie
and the Rodeo Kings August 31, The Boom
Booms and Kytami September
1 and Emmanuel
Jal September 2.
Also in August, the resort welcomes Whistler Presents: Celestial Cinema
brought to you by the Whistler Film Festival with free outdoor film
screenings at Whistler Olympic Plaza: The Whale
(August 8), and Marley (August
22) and Score:
A Hockey Musical (August 29). All movies begin shortly after 8 p.m.;
the series is weather permitting and will move to nearby Millennium Place
in the event of inclement weather.
For the most up-to-date Whistler event information visit www.whistler.com/events.
Whistler-based travel consultants at whistler.com
can customize vacation packages, taking care of flights, ground
transportation, accommodation and activities. Whistler.com
offers the largest selection with no booking fee for accommodation and
activities. Call 1.800.WHISTLER (1.800.944.7853) to request a no-obligation
quote or visit whistler.com
for more details and offers.
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Whistler
Festivals, Events & Animation Program
Celebration has always been an important aspect of Whistler culture as was
highlighted during the 2010 Winter Games when the community presented the
most outstanding display of sport, entertainment and culture the town had ever
seen. The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) and resort partners have
continued to build on this momentum by coming together to develop quality
year-round, cultural programming. Complementing the many great events the
resort has become known for, the Festivals, Events and Animation (FE&A)
program showcases a variety of events, concerts and lively village
entertainment for all ages. In support of Whistler’s place-based cultural
tourism strategy, the RMOW invests in many cultural projects. The FE&A
program is financed almost entirely by the funds it receives from the
Province of British Columbia’s Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI)
designed to invest in programs and projects to build tourism in the
province. Click here for
additional details about the FE&A program.
Whistler
is Canada’s premier year-round
leisure and meeting destination located in the Coast Mountains 120
kilometres (75 miles) north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Consistently rated the top ski resort in North America, Whistler was the
Host Mountain Resort of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The
resort offers an extensive range of accommodations totaling 10,000 bedrooms
among 24 hotels as well as townhomes, condos, B&Bs and chalets.
Whistler also boasts more than 100 restaurants and bars, 200 retail shops,
25 spas and countless activity options from world-renowned skiing and
snowboarding, mountain biking and golf, to hiking, rock climbing, and
watersports. The Resort Municipality of Whistler is home to a diverse
community of more than 10,000 permanent residents.
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Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler Golf Club, Whistler Visitor Centre, as
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Municipality of Whistler, Tourism Whistler represents more than 7,000
members who own, manage and operate properties or businesses on resort
lands including hotels, restaurants, activity operators and retail shops.
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