Dave Watson


Favorite mountain bike product from the early ninties or 80's? Michelin Comp 24 tires.

Favorite Current Trend in Mountain biking Diversity, everyone doing there own thing BETTER & better each year – from building trail, to teeing up booters, to new tricks to epic back country assaults our snow ball just keeps rolling!

Least favorite Trend in mountain biking ever. Riders doing epics in Jeans & tee's – I hope it rains on you!

You're flying down a trail when you come to section with three options to clear a stream that is about fifteen feet wide. You can either:

1) Go straight at it, launch off a root at the edge of the stream which will get you to a small island in the middle of the stream where you could hit a small lip and clear the second half of the stream
2) Carve left and hit a hip to the tranny on the far side
3) Go right and ride a 12" wide ladder bridge that has a lip half way that sends you over a 3 foot gap to downhill ladder bridge tranny. (bridge 4ft above water)
All fast and flowy…but what do you choose and why?

All options sound fun but I'd probably hit the 2nd one most of the time, so I could whip it out and get some loft.

How long have you been riding? My whole life, since the times of hockey cards in the spokes…. Hope there wasn't a Gretsky rooky in there.

Favorite Nick Name you've been given? DeeWat – from the C-Units, but I have lots, spindles, hightower, twatson, stretch

Dream Car? 2008 Mercedez Unimog, 2010 Toyota Tundra (turbo diesel) jacked up….Jazz, the Porsche Transformer, 1967 Lincoln w/ suicide doors, Austin Healey Mach 1 (BT7), Aston Martin DB5, Aston Martin DB9, Audi Avant RS4…Yes I like cars!

Favorite Trail in Lower Whistler Bike Park? Dirt Merchant

Ideal place for a dream vacation with your significant other given unlimited budget? The Maldives with a pass through the Apls for a few days riding!

G-Unit or Wu-Tang Clan? Both

Megadeth or Linkin Park? Megadeath

Modest Mouse or Johnny Cash? Both

Favorite off season training activity? Surfing

More traction or less rolling resistance? Both, depends on the day

Honest opinon of Road Riding? Respect

Words of advice to the Groms? Be wise & surround yourself with people who care about you & your riding so you can improve. Plus, be patient & most of all make it fun!