Rene Wildhaber shredding Whistler and Pemberton, BC
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| Dale, John, X, and Jordan from SORCE bike club |
This past weekend, we had the pleasure to visit Surrey, BC, where the Surrey Off-Road Cycling Enthusiasts (SORCE), call home. Before arriving, we wondered what this large, but relatively flat city situated south-east of Vancouver would have to offer. Most input we received from others (upon mentioning our next visit) was that Surrey had lots of farmland, but had little to offer in the way of riding.
Boy, were they wrong. What Surrey has is a group of hard working club members and progressive city officials that understands the benefits of cycling and urban bike parks. Get these two things together and you have the recipe for bike park awesomeness!
Surrey, population 468,000, has four progressive bike parks around the city with many options for dirt jumps, pump tracks, and urban singletrack. We had the pleasure of visiting two of the four parks during our time in the city, Invergarry and South Surrey, which were both filled with riders young and old.
Our afternoon field session took place on South Surrey's trail network, working with a group of SORCE volunteers to rejuvenate existing singletrack into a new, progressive flow trail. It was incredible to see such a great urban cycling facility alongside other city infrastructure like tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and soccer pitches.
A huge thanks to SORCE for planning such a great visit, to Norco for supplying swag and prizes to volunteers, and also to Beast & Brine (@beastandbrine) for providing great lunches to feed our hungry workers!
Check out photos from the event on Flickr.Submitted by AJ and Rachael on Tue, 2013-06-11 12:22In: Trail Care Crew | WestTags: bike park | Club Care | IMBA Club
Reunion Island - Enduro Movie - Episode 1
Here is the first episode of video series of enduro mtb on Reunion Island, indian ocean. Hope you enjoy it !
This short clip is about mountain bike freeriding in a beautiful mountains of West Tatras, Slovakia.
Alex Rankin is regarded by many as the godfather of all godfather's when it comes to MTB films. Rankin's ability to capture some of the wildest racing footage in the Earthed and Sprung films set the benchmark for all MTB films that followed.
Two of Hope Technology's riders were luckily chosen by Alex back in the day to feature in the Earthed films. Hope Factory team rider, Adam Brayton aka Gas2Flat aka Keswick Kestrel aka Eskiboy, got wild and loose in Earthed 5 - The Law of Fives.
Hope's Belgium DH/freerider, Nico Vink had an earlier Earthed début in Earthed 3 riding flat out on the Sprint Avalanche track in Oz en Oisans.
Both riders are fast loose and love a good huck, but have two of the most contrasting riding styles around. Brayton - flat out, on-the-edge racer and Vink with his flowy and super smooth style. Who better to bring them both together than the guy they both credit with kick-starting their media careers, the godfather himself, Alex Rankin.
After putting in a few weeks of day and night shifts digging tracks around the Lake District, Adam invited Nico and Alex to spend a few days filming and hucking. Alex hasn't failed to deliver, capturing the guys riding on the edge and pulling off some pretty big jumps along the way.
This "...Ultimate Hucker Sender" edit by Alex has a distinctively "Earthed" and raw edge to it - no fancy gadgets or slo-mo's - just flat out loose riding.
"It was really good to catch up with Nico and Adam for this project, we laughed a lot and got lucky with the UK winter weather, but the speed of Adam on his local tracks was insane and had us all with jaws dropped." - Alex Rankin
Enjoy!
P.S. Nico rides all the tracks blind - not bad ey?!
Summer of Summit - SEGMENTS - The Karver
Summer of Summit Segments episode #7 Chris Kovarik
With winter conditions like this, who would ever miss summer? Jay Boysen shreds up the trails of Bowen Island, BC.An "Arctic Outflow Warning" was recently issued for coastal British Columbia. Which coincidentally left sunny skies over Howe Sound for a few days, giving ample opportunity to catch the ferry to Bowen Island and shoot some dry and dusty trails.
This is not the first time I've met Jay at the ferry and proceeded to spend a day in the woods, but I had not experienced Bowen in such frigid conditions. Jay took us to some new zones he had spent time building over the last year. The hard work he puts into the trails he builds shows, and being an avid cyclist myself it was hard standing on the sidelines of the action. At least I had long time friend and photographer Keegan Pearson along for the chilly day ahead.
Filmed & Edited by: Dexter Robson ( dexterrobson.ca )
Photography by: Keegan Pearson
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James Doerfling charges fresh lines like he has ridden them 100 times. In this new edit to end 2013 he goes on a mission to find untouched downhill runs that he bombs like a man possessed.
Filmed and edited by Mitch Cheek. www.solosproductions.com facebook.com/solosadventure instagram.com/solosproductions
Music "Murdering Me" by The Smalls www.thesmalls.ca
Remy tears the Whistler bike park apart. A big thanks goes out to Garbanzo Bike and Bean for their support throughout the season.
Squamish offers a varied array of trails. From manicured groomer-esque Half and Full Nelson trails, to old school rooty, rocky, primarily fall line trails such as Powersmart. This is what makes the town such a renowned area for mountain biking. As with most trails in BC, the logging industry has created roads through the pristine forests to facilitate the cutting and removal of trees. This in turn created access for mountain bikers to explore the terrain and create trails through tireless hours of hard work. The down side to the access created by the original logging is, with the roads and infrastructure already in place, the area is also a perfect place to re-harvest. Throughout the past two seasons Powersmart and the lower Section Skookum are sprouting colorful patches of flagging tape marking cut boundaries, future skidder roads, and log landing areas. In time, this area will be re-forested and the trails will be, at least temporarily, lost. In recent years, local logging has done an amazing job working with SORCA (the Squamish Off-Road Cycling Association) and trail users to minimize the impact on trails and to fund the re-construction of trails. This trail evolution cycle has become quite common throughout BC, it can cause anger, frustration, controversy, and is a great topic for debate. Logging helped create the original trail, reforestation will alter the original trail forever.
For our edit this fall we really wanted to capture the look and feel of the Powersmart and Skookum trails in their current state: fast, rooty, rocky, technical. This trail has not received any significant maintenance in the past few years as logging has been expected for some time. The current state of this trail is far from how it began its life, and farther from what it may become once the surrounding trees are removed.
This season we also spent many rainy evenings working on a small playground of fresh take offs and landings between patches of lush West Coast foliage. Big jumps though the ferns was the goal while keeping impact on the living forest to a minimum. This new playground, although not physically linked to Powersmart/Skookum, was the final stop for our edit.
Riders: Jeremy Norris and Pat Foster.
Credit: Savage Films
Martyn Ashton blew everybody's mind (and a few fuses in the Youtube servers) with his Road Bike Party edit. Since then, he has suffered asignificant spinal cord injury while performing on his "Animal WD40 Action Sports Tour", but with a lot of the footage already in the box and a little help from his friends Chris Akrigg and Danny MacAskill, he has been able to complete Road Bike Party 2.
Martyn, you are a true inspiration and we wish you the very best as you continue down the road of rehab.
Invergarry - As it once was...
Short edit from riding this summer. This place is totally changing and this is just to remember how it started...
Racing is over now, you may think Jérôme wish to do something else. No way, fall is probably the best time of the year to enjoy some fun ride with his mate on trails in perfect conditions.
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La saison des courses est finie, on pourrait croire que Jérôme aurait envie de faire autre chose. Hors de question, L'automne est probablement la meilleure période pour rouler aves ses amis sur des sentiers en parfaite conditions.
Edited and Filmed by : reuiller.com
Is Gully the most well-rounded rider on the Shore? What’s going to happen when he does actually start pedaling?
bonus footage visit http://win.gs/lifebehindbars Watch All Episodes: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=... Previous Episode:http://youtu.be/4CiChbloUXI Brandon takes his Mustang out for some racing by the coast before some mountain bike riding on the rocky trails of Pemberton, BC. Stevie Smith comes out to film with Brandon on the downhill trails that Adam Billinghurst and Pete Matthews built specifically for them. In order to get the best shot, they captured the riding with a cable camera in the hopes of getting through it without any injuries
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Ludwig Jaeger - Summer 2013
Check out my latest edit. We filmed a couple of sessions this summer. Many thanks to all filmers, Tim Scholz for the Twixtor editing and to my sponsors - NS-Bikes/Trailtoys, POC & ALMOND
The plan was to head to the Monashee Mountains near Revelstoke, British Columbia with Wade Simmons and Kevin Calhoun to shoot an autumn alpine video for our new Instinct MSL. We wanted to showcase the bike’s versatility under two very different riders—Kevin is an XC racer on our Factory Team, while Wade’s contributions to freeride mountain biking need no introduction—.
Of course sometimes Mother Nature doesn’t play nice, and an early cold snap provided on-and-off snowfall throughout our adventure.
Despite the challenging weather, we knew we had an opportunity to capture a unique aspect of the changing seasons. From Kevin’s dawn patrol ascent to Wade charging snowy trail features, the rapidly changing conditions ended up being the perfect way to showcase the Instinct’s versatility.
We’d like to thank the crew at the Sol Mountain Lodge for all their help with this project. Their lodge was a great base-camp and their trails were a blast even in the snow. We’ll be back again in warmer weather.
Thanks for watching, Love the Ride!
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| SORCE president Jordan helps stockpile dirt for the final massive landing |
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| Alpine Bike Parks - Shovel Buster trail new landing |
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| SORCE president Jordan enjoying the heavy rain |
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| Peter, Vince and Wilma toughing out the rain |
Coloured Ti Spring Summary
Add some bling to your bike!
These truly unique coloured titanium springs are made to order and so are pre order only.
The price is just £150.
Any springs pre ordered between now and 01/11/13 will arrive with you no later than the beginning of December.
Specification:
Grade 5 Titanium
ID: 36.5mm (Fox, Cane Creek, BOS Etc..) or 38mm (Rock Shox, Avalanche Etc..)
Benefits:
Add some bling to your bike with a unique coloured spring. The main benefit of using a titanium spring is to save weight. In most cases you will save nearly 0.5lbs, a noticeable difference in weight; making you bike lighter, faster and easier to maneuver! Unlike steel, titanium is also corrosion resistant and does not fatigue so much over long periods of time.
Manon Carpenter seems to have had bit of turn and become some sort of wild woodland cat for this edit. Aboard the Saracen Kili Flyer she’s pinning it through the woods being chased by Liam Murphy’s camera. Happy Halloween! For one night only @manoncarpenter is the Wildcat. A film by @liammurphyfilms
All families possess their own dynamics, characteristics, and individual traits. Ours consists of a group of riders with distinguishable styles that compliment the next. It is these differences that contrast and set us apart, yet, tie us together. Diversity is inevitable within families, but should be admired as everyone has something to offer. This parallel results in synchronous action that has something for everyone. Flip through the pages with our riders as they take you through our Family Album. - Reece Wallace, Team Manager, Chromag Bikes
Video by: Rupert Walker
Animations by: Scott Waraniak
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Mike Hopkins and James Doerfling riding a selection of BCs best big mountain terrain, from Williams Lake to Cache Creek. Song - Numb by Gary Clark Junior
The first round of the Gravity Project’s Pumptrack race series went down just before Christmas and our tea-boy Ben Windog popped to down to have a look around.
The Gravity Project is situated in Lower Froyle, Hampshire and as well as this ace indoor pumptrack have a number of downhill tracks too, oh and some bees aswell.
If you fancy checking it out then hit up www.facebook.com/GravityProjectGP and get in touch with the guys there.
Warning: this video features gratuitous skidding and all-out freeriding… just what you were looking for?
Ewan Fafard & Taylor Bloy segment from 'You Like This'artbarnproductions.blogspot.com
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This is pretty much what I saw and captured at the Pumptrack Challenge at Crankworx Whistler this year. Everyone had skills, but I was absolutely amazed by the amount 'Specialized Kids' Ropelato and Brosnan had, they were just having fun and thinking of new 'challenges' all the time during training. I loved to watch this event and I hope I translated this well into the video:) Enjoy!Please check out my website larsveenstra.nl or like my Facebook page facebook.com/LVmedia to stay updated about my other projects and upcoming videos!
Pumptrack Pontresina Inauguration, by Velosolutions The first pump track in the beautiful valley of Engadin. One of the biggest pump tracks, built for kids, pros, and grandpas! With Timo Pritzel, Adrien Loron, Xavier Pasamonte, Claudio Caluori
Evolene, a typical Swiss mountain community in the Valais was recently invaded by rowdy unsophisticated mountain bikers. They destroyed the loamy trails and shocked the local, simple mountain folk with their lack of manners and dangerously out of control mountain biking. Shaperideshoot documented this invasion of free spirits, who have sent shockwaves throughout the Swiss Valais. Enjoy our take on simple mountain living.
1) Get your seat down and use a mid-foot position on your pedals. Cornering is all about getting your hips moving around the bike and if your seat is in the way it can be a lot tougher to do. In fact, if you try to learn with your seat up you’ll most likely pick up bad habits.
Also, you’ll need to be able to drop your heels so you can weight the outside foot and “carve” the corner which requires a more mid-foot position on the pedals. I recommend flat pedals since they naturally put you in this position but if you run clipless then make sure you don’t have the cleat set under the ball of the foot as this will throw your weight too far forward and make it harder to use your as hips effectively.
2) Be able to ride switch-foot so you can enter a corner with the outside leg to the back. This will let you drop your heel and carve the corner better by giving you a better platform to laterally hinge the hips from. Even though you can get away with either foot being forward entering a corner - and there are times you want to keep you dominate foot forward in fast paced DH sections - you will be better able to execute your technique if you can get your outside foot back. I've also found that most of the time riders who argue this point can't ride switch foot in the first place and are looking for reasons to not have to learn how but that is another subject for another article.
3) Set your hips before entering a corner by weighting the outside foot. If you enter a corner balanced it is too late, you’re going to be playing catch-up with your balance points through the corner. By shifting your weight and entering the corner with you hips set and ready to shift you can set your edge faster and more easily dictate the balance points.
4) Use counter-pressure to lean the bike over and your vision to pull you through the corner. When entering a corner you want to lean the bike over by pushing with the inside arm and look through the corner to make sure you ride smoothly through it. Counter-pressure is critical to maintaining good traction and since you go where you look your vision is your ultimate guide.
5) When all else fails focus on shifting the hips laterally and not squatting down or leaning over with the shoulders. When you are doing it right you’ll feel your ribs laying down one by one on top of your inside thigh.
Freestyle MTB in Slow Motion
A GridStars production starring Monster athlete Sam Reynolds
Filmed in a day at Woburn. Shot entirely on GridStars own Phantom high speed camera at 600 frames per second.
GridStars specialise in Motorsport video production but always enjoy filming any extreme sport. If you require slow motion for your next project or just curious about what we do, check out www.gridstars.co.uk
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Rain, Snow or Shine, You've Got to Ride Every Day!Wallis, Herbst 2012
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Qualifying is over and Graham Agassiz placed 1st. Woot. Here's a video of him hitting the new 70ft canyon gap. Some close call from other dudes on the same gap, yikes! Video after the jump>>
This is an example of Morrocco Media's (morroccomedia.com) Mountain Bike Sports Video Analysis service filmed at the 2013 Fort William Downhill Mountainbiking World Cup. It illustrates how we can help you find the fastest lines, test bike set-ups and compare yourself to other riders during a race weekend. We can help identify small technique issues that can be worked on over the weekend to gain those extra tenths of a second. It shows how important line choice and technique (even at world cup level) are and just where riders were gaining and losing time.
Edit: David Podrabský, Vašek KolářMusic: Vasha (instrumental by Dj Fatte) thanx Mařas
Camera: David Podrabský,Vašek Kolář,Honza Sladký,Tomáš Lachman,Jirka Hollmann,Ondra Šenk,Vojta Křiva.
Mad Skill - When my titles roll (Emdee feat C.Monts)
Want to know what pepper spray feels like? Ever wondered what it's like to be a professional mountain biker? Then this is the video for you...
We follow pro mountain bike rider Brendan Fairclough to Les Deux Alpes during Euro Crankworx 2013. Catch Brendan racing the Air DH on a gnarly French track with big jumps and loose off-camber sections.
Euro Crankworx also held its first official MTB whip off, where Brendan throws some massive whips and one-foot nacs - you decide whether he should have won or not...
Finally we finish with some riding in Les Deux Alpes, not a place that's familiar to most, but with tracks like these it sure should be.
Director: Chris Seager
Producer: Aspect Media
Athletes: Brendan Fairclough
This video was more of a stop motion learning experience for me. It was tricky at first but i'm always finding ways to make them smoother and higher quality with each one I finish. Expect to see more of this style from me in the future. Enjoy!
Thanks for watching,
Karl Heldt
Dylan Shredhard and From Kona Bicycles, longtime creators of passionately forged two-wheeled emotion, comes one of the most inspirational webisodes of the year. This is what a couple's ride should be. A brand new, super affordable, great riding bike, covered in a dash of love. New love actually. Dylan Sherrard shines in his acting debut, striking a performance so convincing, so real, you actually see him falling head over heals.
One of the best feel good webisodes of the year...try and hold back the tears, we dare you. - Plentyofcyclists.com
Dylan Sherrard's performance is commanding. If he didn't actually fall in love, I'd be shocked. - Sally Feldman, Hook Up Today
We didn't want it to be so cheesy, but when the bees starting buzzing and the baby frogs go leaping, it's virtually impossible to stop the fromage waterfall from overflowing. - Jay Trusler, Director of Photography for Love at First Sight.
Check out Dylan and Diana get all puppy-eyed on Kona’s new entry-level 27.5 dual suspension Trail bikes, the 2014 Precept and Precept DL.
This is the entry-level version of our new Process Platform, with great standover, 27.5-inch wheels, plush rear suspension and capable geometry that makes both models, the Precept and Precept DL, very easy to fall in love with. All at a price that will leave you wide-eyed and rosy-cheeked.
Ryan Gardner is a Kona Supergrass rider who travels around the United States in his van to race his mountain bike professionally. This video features Knapps Castle trail in the backcountry of Santa Barbara, California.To make this video we used Magic Lantern software installed on Canon 5D iii cameras to shoot RAW video. This allowed us to gain more dynamic range and make each shot incredibility sharp. We also used a Red EPIC for the slow motion shots and a GoPro 3 for the octocopter and POV shots.
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After Edwin Delarosa, The Diggest is proud to present his second documentary about : M I K E A I T K E N.See more pictures, words and behind the scene here :
From his riding to his brain injury recovery, everything shows that he was a true model of strength, willpower and style. Discover a video portrait that pays tribute to one of the most stylish and influential rider of his generation.
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