Vancouver, BC – The 2012 Whistler Longboard Festival with be held at the Whistler Sliding Centre on the base of Blackcomb Mountain on July 13th-15h 2012. The UNKLE Event team was ecstatic to host the inaugural event last year and the Festival was a huge success! This years Festival is expected to be bigger and better drawing over 2000 spectators, many will be locals coming from the action sport mecca of Whistler, BC. With a total of 13 corners including seven (7) 200 degree hairpins, racers have put the Festival at the top of their list for 2012. For more information about how to get involved with the Festival please contact [email protected]
Our 2012 website is still under construction. It can be viewed at http://www.longboardfestival.com
The UNKLE Event Team is looking to add a second event to the Festival. A distance race is being planned at the Whistler Olympic Park in the Callahan Valley home to the 2010 Winter Olympic Biathlon and Ski Jump. UNKLE is still working hard on that relationship and hopes to announce full details once plans are finalized with the Whistler Sport Legacies.