Emily Johnston, 31, is from the United States of America. She is one of only three women to land a flip to dirt, but in recent years she has settled down a little to coach other people to get better riding their bikes. She works in the Bike Park as a coach/guide. She first visited Whistler nine years ago and has been coming and going ever since.

Born in the home of the monopolized coffee bean, a ferry ride away from the scene.
Lived to ride in the Rockies and California,
Before riding drifted her to Whistler.
Nine years since her first visit,
This summer isn’t the last is it?
From pushing and exceeding her limits,
To coaching a host of riders to mimic.
One finger, pedals level, stand up my friend,
Your technique she will mend.
More hours on the pedals than time on her feet,
Envy of the town with a job hard to beat.
Paid to ride lap after lap,
But glamour an illusion, sometimes it can be crap.
Out in the rain, the dust and through pain,
Another lap of Easy Does It may drive you insane.