This Kid

Check the homie Ola straight murderin this park!

VIRGIN UTAH part 1

If you want to prove yourself as a mountain biker as far as I'm concerned there is nowhere that compares to Virgin Utah. The place is the home to the Rampage and for good reason. As proven by Where the Trail Ends, there is nowhere that offers such perfect terrain to push yourself and depending on your skill level what is possible on a bike. So some friends and I decided going there for 5 days would be a fun idea.  

After a long drive that honestly wasn't that horrible due to constantly changing scenery  Kent and I finally made it to Utah and met up with Will Sharninghausen and his homie Treven. The next day we went out to the old rampage site. It was pissing rain the first day,but we didnt care. The excitement was at an all time high. The first thing we did was hike around and just take in the vastness of the zone. After hiking around and checking things out it was time to bust out the bikes and start riding. Rain is a good thing because it makes the dirt amazing, however too much rain turns the dirt into spinning clay. We hit what we could for the conditions and decided to call riding early because hitting big stuff with 5+/-lbs of mud on your tires is sketch. It resulted in me doing a nice ronnie mac impression in front of Cam McCaul hahaha.

After calling it on the riding, we decided to go make a line to ride. It took about 4 hours of digging and we had a line that looked pretty fun. Granted it was an incredibly pussy line compared to what goes on at rampage, it was still a fun experience to go build a line. We left it and decided pack it the next day when the dirt wasn't sculpting clay.

On day two we started with messing around riding, then went to pack the line in. After packing the line in we went back to do some more riding. While riding we ran into Antoine Bizet and Nick Pescetto. They asked us if we wanted to go do a shuttle run. Sure, why not we though. Once we found out what we where going to ride, stoke turned to fear. We where going to do a run down king kong, a trail built by Josh Bender. To put it mildly, king kong is the scariest shit iv'e ever ridden. Ill admit I pussied out on one drop, but it wasn't even the gnarliest so I don't really care. I'll let this helmet cam of lecondeguy tell the rest of the story, my go pro died halfway down it. All im saying is riding down that trail is my biggest accomplishment in biking so far.


               
Lacondeguy full run KING KONG from Andreu Lacondeguy on Vimeo.

UK with the goods again

This is probably one of the best edits I've seen in a long time. Its also fucking hilarious to watch pilgrim try to corner. Blows my mind how good some guys are at tricks and jumping, but put them on a trail and they shit the bed.



Fairclough, Pilgrim, Reynolds and Wilkins "Backcountry" Extreme - S4P - More Mountain Bike Videos

Soooooo

Community college sucks, minus the bullshit, this video doesn't.


There are enough good whips to make up for the bullshit though.

BAD ASS

Now THIS is how to use a GoPro. Holy shit I felt like I was this dude, mad adrenaline rush

Biting Elbows - 'Bad Motherfucker' Official Music Video from Ilya Naishuller on Vimeo.

Scott Gambler Review

From the first time I saw the Scott Gambler until now. Having finally had the opportunity to ride one, my opinion remains the same. I will own one, at some point. Hopefully soon, if all works out.

Build: Being that this bike is owned by a sram rep, it was decked out with all the recent goodies from Sram, Rockshox etc. The drive train was XO carbon crank, shifter and type 2 derailleur. All preformed flawlessly through the testing. Brakes were dual piston XO trails. I weight like 150 give or take, so they were spot on. They had the best modulation of any brake I've used, which lead to holding better traction while hitting corners and they could still stop on a dime. The controls were a generic Truvativ direct mount(nothing special here) and a Stevie Smith blackbox bar. I have always liked the feel of a boobar, so the Smith bar felt great. Suspension was a Boxxer Worldcup and a Vivid R2C. The fork preformed just as I would expect from a boxxer. Now the shock was what got me stoked. After the launch that the shock had, I was very curious to see how it felt. I thought that the shock preformed up to par; it tracks insanely well, takes big hits like a champ and stayed solid throughout the testing. Also, I gotta hand it to rockshox for the counter measure, it is surpirsing how little force is required to activate the shock. Wheels were covered by Novatec demon dowmhill wheelset. They had stout rims at  a decent weight and very quick egaging hubs which made pedaling out of corners noticeably faster due to quick power transfer. Overall, it was a very solid build that I had no complaints about. 

The Ride: The first thing I noticed in the parking lot is how damn aggressive this bike feels. With a low bottom bracket, short chain stays and a head angle that might leave some scratching their heads. I was pumped to get it on the trail. The first place I rode the bike was a steep loamy trail that I am very familiar with. I was stoked on how the bike rode. It would hold a corner like a bobsled,  something I dont do well. In addition to good corners, the trail has a solid huck to test on. The bike aced that one too, it was astounding how well this bike takes big hits. The next test was at Squaw Valley to race the beast; It was a 10 minute run, that a trailbike would have been ideal for, but it was a test for the pedal-ability of this bike. Seriously, this bike scoots under pedals, I was beyond impressed. Aside from the pedaling, Squaw had some awesome real downhill. The top was an awkward  rockgarden similar to Fontana; features like these usually are challenging because it can be hard to carry speed. The gambler floated through the rocks where it could and felt incredibly solid while plowing when it had to be done. The last place I tested the Gambler was at Northtstar at Tahoe the closet lift access I have. What Northstar gave me was a great place to test the bikes jumping ability. Honestly, this bike is almost too good at jumping. I never had to really preload a jump to clear it. Whenever I preloaded the suspension hard, I over jumped whatever I was jumping. After riding the bike, I can conclude that this bike has a very confidence inspiring feeling. It stayed stable in 99% of situations and there wasn't anything that it wasn't good at at or a characteristic that made it not fun.  


Here is a vid of some testing



Scott Gambler test + shredding on Pinkbike

SCHLADMING!!!!

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Uk has the goods

NEW OLD from Tom Grundy on Vimeo.

LOVE SQUATS

just click it.....

great form I must add.

Slap to yo face!

This is a fucking dope edit. However, after watching it. I was left wondering something. Who, the fuck, filmed, and edited it?? It was posted on pinkbike and the only credit is devinci cycles. I personally, think it was Anthill or the Costa Crew, but who the fuck cares it was a dope video.

  
Steve Smith on Devinci on Pinkbike

Tyrone!!

This shits original! So funny and so good

Now this is dope

Brycland blowing minds in whistler. 

 

Adam Hauck being really gnarly

entertaining

This makes me really want to go to whistler.

Austrailians kill it.

All of these chillen edits are dope, so here is episode 1. Whats I think makes these better than most edits around these days, is that it seems all the riders ride a bunch of different disciplines. That shows diversity and real skill.   



Chillen ep1 on Pinkbike

Nine Nights

So sick! The way they filmed this is so legit and I am so stoked to see this shit go down!

FIAT NINE KNIGHTS MTB 2013 | GoPro Building the set up on Pinkbike

fuuuuck yea!!

This is a fucking dope shot!

The future

Gus Weir will dominate at biking. He can drift and rail berms, and I guarantee he is younger then

 you.

Mental

Erik Elstran Goes to Berlin from Sunday Bikes on Vimeo.

Gee Atherton

Skip to 1:50. Holy Shit...

The Title Says it All

Hahahahahahaha this is some funny ass shit. EPIC FAIL

Go home Your Drunk

I've done similar going much slower, its not that fun.

DUGAN!!!

you will laugh

I have been slacking majorly, but these two are great. Skip to 5:20

Vid of the Day

This video came the closest to giving me the experience of being in the passenger seat so far. Good shit!

WTF of the Day

The people who take the time to make this.......................

Fuck the Police

Haha this is great. GKC killing it!

Peaty!

Great series, great laughs, great riding. Check it!

This is Peaty - Season 2 - Episode 4! on Pinkbike

Have You Ever Been?..

Naked Tree Fort That Bitch

I had no idea Brayden kills it this hard! This is one of the doper edits around, check it!

Brayden Barrett-Hay: Candid on Pinkbike

A Little Bit of Everything

Best DISPOSED by Defgrip ever. Hands down. Take a look into the life of Sean Burns and Bone Deth!

http://blog.defgrip.net/2013/07/photogallery-killed-by-bone-deth/

Oh Sheit

Please Shut the FUCK up.

There is a new trend that is fucking lame and becoming a reoccurring thing on Pinkbike comments. Whenever there is a good roost shot in a edit, there always has to be one butthurt person that claims that whoever the rider is, is ruining the trail and causing irreversible damage that will tilt the earth off axis. On top of that, people need to also realize that most of the time when there is a massive roost shot it is a drift not a skid. Big difference. In two of the most recent Yeti edits, there has been a butthurt anti-drifter hating on Joey for "skidding". When in reality he was drifting  the fuck out of the corners. A video I was in also received the same kind of "bro your skidding isnt cool" and "you ruined the trail" kind of comments. People need to chill out and realize that most of the time when edits are filmed. Shots are staged to look cool, the riding isn't meant to be a how to on riding fast. If you want that, go to a race clinic. Edits are meant to be visually pleasing and show off cool shit. In my opinion blowing up berms is cool looking. Sure, if you blow up a berm and dont fix it I see where people get butthurt. Honestly most people dont have the ability to blow a a berm properly anyway so I fail to see the problem, especially if you fix it. I just wanna see people quit bitching about roost shots. One more factor. People need to take the dirt in to consideration too. If you are riding a place with moon dust i.e Bend Or, the Tetons, it takes no effort to make a ton of roost, that shit is powder to begin with.     

The Tetons on Pinkbike

Keepin it sideways

After hurting myself and not being able to ride for 4 weeks I was itching to ride. On  my way home from work I decided to blow off some stress and go hit the Scott Valley jumps. It turned out to be a very short session, but made me feel 100 times better after not doing shit for 4 weeks.  Flying through the air sideways is still my favorite thing to do and i plan to keep it that way.

                               Will S. photo

a good POV by the most baller dude that races

Greg Minnaar absolutely demolishing boondocks. I like this POV a lot because it shows how rough Northstar really is.  

Only watch it in 720hd.   

Da Homiez

Check out the Novato homies killing it at Woodward!

GKC Must Watch

Mmmmmmmmmm

Megavalanche Mayhem

WTF!!!!!

northstar enduro course

the northstar enduro course has been posted. I am bummed it doesnt have any of the super technical stuff but it should mstill be fun.

Northstar California Pulls the Enduro Card

Northstar will host an enduro race this month. That is good news for anyone in norcal,  who wants to try enduro without having to drive a good while. northstar has pretty solid terrain and their old super ds where solid so this could be a cool races. Hopefully trailbikes will survive.

China peaks: the good

Downhill is probably one of the best spectator sports ever. Just watch this if you don't agree. Important fact: this is the pro class, best of the best. Imagine shittier riders going down this.

Film of the Year!

This is a must must must see. Fucking brilliant. That is all. The video will speak for itself.

WTF of the Day

Just watched this documentary...bewildering to say the least..

A Flying Bike?

This is cool and all, but what is the point of the bike? Are you really going to ride it? Like Seriously..

Ridin' Dirty

mobbin.

Just a Squirrel After His Nut

Olive Juice..

Good Shit

WTF of the Day

Utah looks fun

This is one of my all time favorite edits. Whoever had the idea for those whoops made a really good call. This video really makes me want to go down to Utah and find some cool stuff. A Utah trip will happen one day.................... 

Butta

Matt Macduff!

Definitely one of, if not the best MTB street edits I have seen!

Fox's 831 holding its ground!

Matt Macduff - Welcome to Octane One on Pinkbike

The Title Says It All

WTF of the Day

This has been out for a few months, but here it is: Scotty Cranmer's welcome to Hyper Bikes edit. Nucking Futs...

I Like Me Some Loops

Brett Rheeder mixed with some Stirling Lorence will never fail.
I can picture them adding this feature to contests in the near future..

These guys are pretty stupid for thinking that they could just slide down from the roof and loop it, but they come up with a creative solution..

WTF of the Day

This shits intense...how do you even think of this sport??

That holy shit feeling

We have all been here. You think you are about to have a massive crash and probably die. But then you somehow don't. Its a crazy phenomenon that happens every once and a while. Be it a nasty nose case, endoing in a sketching rockgarden, clipping a rock mid bunnyhop it could be anything.

Here is a prime example of someone surviving one of these.














ps: I hope a 26 inch bike wins the first enduro world series. Lets keep it real people. 

   

Rippin and a tearin

squaring corners off hard might not be fast but damn it is fun. Watch as Kyle Strait abuses the fuck out of his poor tires.

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3 Feet of Travel

This shit is sick. Period.

WhipItTuesday

Fuck whipitwednesdays im gonna be a rebel.

This is sick, might wanna throw another song on and mute this but check it!

Good Shit

New Daft Punk album is leaked and is sick as fuck. Heres my favorite song, so good. You can check out the whole album HERE

absolute gold

Watch, learn, fucking shred.

Pizza Time

This is pretty stupid, but we had fun making it. Making pizza TeamDirtyFive30 way

WTF of the Day

Rubiks cubes are no longer that cool once you realize that its just a pattern, especially because no one actually figures it out nowadays they just look it up online. This, however. Next level shit!

BAM

THIS is how you three invert. Soderstrom ftw 

Prisecolinensinenciousol

Ever wonder what English sounded like to foreigners? Check it...100% gibberish (except for the first few seconds)!

Corn Flakes

Chris Akrigg is Dope

He makes riding uphill look fun, does trials on a slope bike and kills it on a 16".
Chris Akrigg - five from chris akrigg on Vimeo.

More Topaaaa

Crutch Wars

Jackie Chan needs to be on crutches around his family minding his own business, and ninjas need to come in and then Jackie will destroy them all with his crutches. Maybe he'll have some add-on knifes and shit. That would be a badass scene. This is what comes up when you search for that scene. A hobo vs a tourist, watch and enjoy

WTFs of the Day

Dennis Enarson. Enough said.


And the ending banger is one of if not the gnarliest things I have seen in BMX. 2:40 is also straight retarded productions

Biking needs some stomponomics

Its all about clean landings. I would say the closest people to achieving this on a bike is Soderstrom, Semenuk and Lecondeguy. They lack any bit of sketchiness when doing tricks and they land very clean.

Lars Tynes "PhD in Stomponomics"! from Lars Wien Tynes on Vimeo.

Photo Friday

Killing It

This is how we do in the Dirty 530

Random Shit 4.0 from Allen Bissell on Vimeo.

WTF of the Day

BIke mag interview

Second group interviewed, I think we win for most awkward. Also featuring Brian's lady who handled the interview far better than us. 

ahhhhhhh

WTF of the Day

I know most people have probably seen this, but it has to be here in the records. This guy absolutely KILLS it...on a road bike....give it another watch if you've already seen it. It's worth it.

Cedirc killing it

Cedric straight pinned.

best interview yet.

Pinkbike's Volkswagen Rider Interviews on Pinkbike

Only question, wasn't this in a r32?

ohhh my gawwd

Brian Lopes on Telonics on Pinkbike

Gore Warning (my arm)

I have got really good at crashing recently. Slapped at Sea Otter in practice. Broke my d3 on the Tuesday before Sea Otter. Now today on the same trail I broke my d3 I put a nice hole in my arm.

I have got really good at crashing recently. Slapped at Sea Otter in practice. Broke my d3 on the Tuesday before Sea Otter. Now today on the same trail I broke my d3 I put a nice hole in my arm.

Dreams do come true!

Today was awesome. Aside for getting stitches, but fuck that it still was a good day. Shuttle runs plus some more awesome. I got to drive a (pretty sure it was a 2012) Subaru Wrx STI. I have loved the wrx since I started caring about cars. It is legitimately my dream car. The feeling that you get when you stomp on it is fucking awesome. When you are thrown back into you seat because of acceleration, that is fucking cool. Also you can hit corners stupid fast. I had a grin from ear to ear and pretty much laughed the whole way I was that stoked. Bottom line, I will own one at some point in my life end of story.

                                                        sorry I had to i was waayyyy to stoked.

                                                                   super dialed car

WTF of the Day

American Cheese

"The emulsifiers reduce the tendency for tiny fat globules in the cheese to coalesce and pool on the surface of the molten cheese."

How's that for a sentence? Yum...

Photo Friday...again

Had to throw this up, sick Nik steeze at the pumptrack

Red Bull Pushing It

Although I don't like energy drinks at all, especially Red Bull, I have to hand it to them for pushing the limits of all sports. Who else would fly a group of bmxers to a pumice field in Argentina to ride the natural skatepark-like terrain? This is so rad, mad props to Red Bull!

Photo Friday

Peaty!

OG Chico Shit

Hell yeah these trails are MTB history. Zach Dank went to federal court for these, so gnarly

Rampage ain't got Shit on this

Not approved by Dik Nommen

Sea Otter 2013

It all started at 2:30 in the morning when me Conor B and Joedog left San Rafael and headed to Leguna Seca. After a car ride I half slept through. We arrived at leguna seca at about 5am. Conor is a champ for making the drive. As soon as we got there I just threw my stuff on the ground and passed out. Slalom practice was in 3 hours.

Sleeping Arrangements Day #1

 I woke up pounded a redbull and ate some pudding. Talk about food for a winner. After dealing with registration I headed over to the dual slalom course. The course was all time awesome except for the flat corners on the blue lane. After having a great time in pratice, quali came around. I just wanted to have a solid run and chill. I ended up 4th. Which was cool considering I barely pedaled and was running on 2 hourse of sleep+redbull pudding. The rest of the day was spent cruising the pits talking to people and meeting people. Good stuff. I went to bed early and kept it mellow because I had slalom finals the next day and wanted to do well.

On Friday I woke up and got ready for slalom. I went into round one knowing I had a good chance of winning because the guy qualified comfortably slower. I proceeded to win both heats and was stoked. Then I realized I had to race the #1 qualifier. Luckily we where already at the round of 4 so either way I would make a medal round. I ended up loosing both rounds but would have won the first if I pedaled. Then I went into the small final and proceeded to loose the first round. Sense i was down time and had nothing to loose i went 100% the next round and ended up making up the gap and winning. I was stoked to finally get some redemption at Sea Otter Slalom.

For the record I was not arrested.









    

Drunk Monkeys

Watched this in class today...sick!

Topaaaaaa!

Here's the homie Andrew Topa killing it! 15 years old

Yes

Just yes.

Jumptrack Madness

Kyle's pumptrack is like none other. It is a cross between transfer gaps and pumps, that are super technical but can easy enough for beginners. There are literally at least 50 lines and counting and something is constantly being changed or added on. Kyle's yard may be small, but the use of space is ridiculous in how every foot is accounted for. Dirt skatepark. What other "pumptrack" has a wallride, vert wall, decent sized hip, spine, and step up? Check it.

Kyle Warner Pumptrack Self Edit from kyle warner on Vimeo.

class is in session

Fabien knows his shit when if comes to biking. There is not a single thing he says in this video that is off, especially about 29ers. 

Clips are taking over

You know when Sam Hill and Sam Blenkinsop are both running clips things are changing. Personally I think a lot of riders are switching to clips because the courses are far more beneficial to be clipped in. Not because of who is running them.  Bring schladming back and I bet flats will be back.


Sam Blenkinsop - Two Hours, Two Lenses on Pinkbike
Blenkinsop clearly able to adapt to clip-less

I believe I can fly

Whips on Motos

Just another reminder of how much better moto whips are then mountain bike whips....

What The Fuck of the Day

Skip to 1:05 for the action. This shit is straight original. So good

Dumb.....Ass.....

Like Buddah

Nosebutter dub 12 from Kevin Salonius on Vimeo.

want suma dat on mah toast

"He's so funny"

My cheeks hurt from laughing so hard at this. Shit had me in tears. I think the best part about it is that camera man is losing his shit the whole time he's filming. That and it's a dog in a suit with human arms eating peanut butter with a spoon and drinking water out of a glass. My dog is not gonna be a happy camper when I go home next, 'cause that dag is getting stuffed in a suit and getting force fed some easy cheese.

Well, he'll hate the suit part but that son of a bitch loves his easy cheese.

Photo Friday

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Fuck it Friday

Fail Friday (makes a comeback)

Eating shit at Sea Otter is generally a glory reserved for cat 2 and 3s. Here is our very own Hunter Morgan going it big. As sad as it may be that he cracked under the immense pressure and crashed. that dismount was fucking pro. He walked away completely unharmed. Learning to crash well is a good skill.


  

Mark Weir is good for the world

In under a minute you will learn why pumptracks are whats up.





Why everyone should build a pumptrack! from crowny-productions on Vimeo.

ENTER SYLVESTRI

Mikey is without a doubt the most underrated downhiller in america. Now that he has a good set up, just wait for the results to roll in. OH yea he can scrub too..............
Rapid Fire: Mikey Sylvestri DH Blazing - More Mountain Bike Videos

OH yea he can scrub too....

Photo Friday

Heaven on Earth

Steeze In That whip

Pretty terrible song, but the concept is real as fuck. At AT's showdown this year I foolishly entered the amateur jam, seeing as my only trick is mediocre dogpisser nac and maybe a tuck no. However, I would say I can do a decent whip. I was blown away by most of the kids that could do a flip or 3, but could not do a whip to save their lives.

  

Photo Friday

Mob Collab, a photo by brian raphael on Flickr.

Had some troubles posting this photo for some reason, but here is my Mob collab of a lot of the shit its been through. I rode this frame for a solid 5 years and bought it with a giant braze through the top tube from prior abuse. This thing has been through hell and is still alive today! Time to put it on the wall

WTF round 2

I had to re watch most things twice to compute what was going on.


And this is self explanatory. WTF

The Scariest/Sickest Job

This shit gave me an adrenaline rush just watching it

McCaul and Rheeder

This edit is rad a fuck. Now I want to see one with McCaul, Rheeder, AND Semenuk and I bet it will put all edits to shame. Nonetheless, this one almost does that, so sit back and enjoy some creative, mega stylish wicked  bicycle riding. Harrison Mendel kills it with the editing too

McCaul and Rheeder : Afterhours on Pinkbike

Photo Friday

First photo that isn't mine, but well worth the post!

Holy Shit This is Some Good Marketing

you will lol

"Go fast and pull up hard"

Following the go fast and yank formula you would be surprised how far you can go. Also trying to find crazy gaps that weren't originally made is really fun. Not saying I would hit all of these gaps, but they do look really fun. Except that berm transfer, that one requires a bit more then mobbing and pulling up hard.


Whistler Mega Gaps with Eliot Jackson - More Mountain Bike Videos


Here  is yours truly attempting a similar style of gap but not in Whistler. If you are ever in this place please try this gap and film it. I really want to see it landed, but honestly it might need a bigger lip. 


Good Ideas dont always work on Pinkbike

Palmer vs Warner

Slap Sunday #5

I have no idea how the guy survived at 39sec. Seriously insane how fast he hits that fence.



Earthed 5 crashes on Pinkbike

Photo Friday

I love me some nice Warner steeze

How to workout "properly"

What the fuck is the only thing I can come up with to describe this. Seriously made my day though .

Fuck Yeah Trevor

Shoutout to the homie Trevor Jacob!!! This shits good

Tabletop Tricks

It's not that often you see someone throwing down serious tricks at a bike park, committed is a good word to describe it! Check out Dueck killing it with some serious style!


Sam Dueck - Committed. on Pinkbike

Sam Pilgrim round 2

I would say Semenuk is going to have some decent competition this year in dirt jump comps. However, slope-style will still probably see the same podium of Soderstrom and Semenuk trading places with a chance of Rheeder or any of the other wild cards thrown in.

Another Sick Angle

I cant believe he rode down this course without getting stuck! Crazy shit

Slap Sunday #4

This is straight nuts. Ollie Wilkins is nuts for even thinking about that gap, let alone 360 it.


Ollie Wilkins bad crash.... on Pinkbike

Scrub Saturday

Im making Scrub Saturday an official thing, if it already isnt. Scrubs are one of the funnest things to do on a bike. Very few people can actually scrub. A scrub is where you legitimately drift off the lip. If done right, it can be fucking scary. I can at best, do a solid half scrub with a few real scrubs thrown in. 

Moto is where the real scrubs are at.

Photo Friday

Here is a flick of Mr. Warner cruising through some dirt. I miss dirt. About to build up a cryptkeeper, so stoked!

South America

One day I would really like to go do one of these races. As sketch as they look, it seems like it would also be pretty fun. I can for sure say there is no way I would attempt to win. In order to win one of these things you have to not give a single fuck. I would rather walk away alive, then try to win one.


 

RAAAAAAAT ATTTACK

This video shows what is possible on a trail bike. Most people are way too pussy to try and rally a trail bike this hard.


RAT ATTACK! Introducing the New Santa Cruz Blur TR from santa cruz bikes on Vimeo.

Some OG Youtube Vids

I feel like kids these days spend their whole lives on youtube. Youtube started in 2005 when I was in 8th grade. Here are a couple OG videos that I remember loving back in the day

Killing it

Slap Sunday #3: Grom yard fail.........

This is a small riding zone that was called "graveyard". I rode a fair amount in my grom days. Hell it was where I learned to hit jumps with a gap. Much has changed since its early years. Now it has been turned into a thirty-five year old's dream of freeride paradise. Basically, back when I rode it it was still a legit dirt jump zone. It had tallish lips, that where fairly steep and landings that where equally as steep. Now they are all lame long and low jumps that require no skill to hit. Also there has been a freeride trail built up top ,constructed to thirty-five year old riding a vp-free standards. "graveyard" has now become "gromyard".

 R.I.P graveyard

2004ish-2011

 To its defense, the trail is fun to pin and huck everything in sight on a hardtail. You can really scare the shit out of yourself with dirt jumping tires and one brake on a hardtail. Moral of the story, ride hardtails first. It produces bike skill and steeze. Just look at anyone with steeze, I bet they ride a hadtail. 

Now to the slap. After my discription of "gromyard" if you ride it on a downhill bike and hurt yourself just riding. You officially loose. If you do ride a downhill bike there you better sav out and do some cool shit. Watch the vid.



Norcal Riding on Pinkbike


Actually saving out at "gromyard"

Urban DH Radness

This makes me want to ride this shit so bad

Kona? Carbon?....WTF

Kona is making a carbon downhill bike. Hopefully it does better then their first Stinkys and we see no more of these. After seeing far less broken Konas sense they made the Entourage and Operator, I have a feeling we wont see many broken carbon Operators.

 

and here is Aggy's carbon operator at a claimed 34lbs flat! 

Photo Friday

Menlo Park is such a sick park. Here is Tyler Dunn blasting out of it

Something Funny Something Cool

I seriously want to try this. The reactions this must cause would be worth it. Also sense it looks like you "fall" they cant get pissed at you.

 

For as little riding as there is this video is dope. I wonder if he actually landed that whip at :17. Why else would it be cut early? Regardless the steeze shown throughout is off the charts. Frankly if I had the money, I would go buy a set of these pedals right now. They are super dialed and where designed by people that absolutely rip on flat pedals.




Brendog DMR Vaults on Pinkbike

Filming isn't easy.

Last weekend, I went down to SoCal to film an edit. It was an interesting adventure that started with     a sketchy bus ride from Chico with a potential drug addict seated across from me. Then, I had to board a Amtrak train in Sacramento. Let me tell you, lugging a gear bag, a helmet bag, my heavy ass school backpack and my 40lb v-10c. After a nice cruise through California hill country/east bay area . I arrived at Berkley. Then I had to wait for Kent Johnson, my friend from highschool who does work with a camera. Long story short, we went down to stay at Mike Lords house(khs/Fontana photographer) and use it for base camp to film a new edit. We teamed up with local racer Ryan Egusquiza who knows how to throw some good style. A trait very few racers have. Unfortunately Ryan had to leave halfway through the first day and couldn't make sunday. After two days in the blazing hot dry SoCal sun, we captured some shots we where happy with.

Kent can actually ride too......

Now sit back, and enjoy some chilled out riding just for the sake of riding. Freeride is not dead.

slap sunday #2 (sorry I was out of town)

This shot is pure insanity. I am pretty sure his brakes remain untouched until he is completely off the bike. That is a lesson we can all learn from. Always try to ride it out. If you get sketchy, dont hit the brakes and freak out. Instead, look ahead and keep it pinned. From a few experiences like this, I can say it works.

  








DH Maribor, world cup - Sam Hill crash on Pinkbike


If you want to see this in motion, check back later vid should be out soonish.......... no guarantees.
 

Photo Friday

One fast maple leaf

summer skidding - More Mountain Bike Videos





Simon Garstin riding the Knolly Chilcotin - More Mountain Bike Videos

OG GoPro Shenanigans

Because I am parting ways from my OG GoPro (the one that uses aaa batteries), I decided to compile all the footy into a little edit. Get ready for some mayhem...

Good Shit from Yeti

I grew up watching the Yeti Podcasts.Oh how they have changed, but this is seriously good. I just wish for once an edit was 3 times as long.


Green River, Utah - Yeti Cycles on Pinkbike

Retarded Productions

Photo Friday

Here's our very own Nik Dommen hucking my Covert off a drop we recently built

Slap sunday #1

Fail Friday is being discontinued and Slap Sunday is taking over.

Pretty worthy face to ground. I have personally ridden that trail and where this kid ate shit would not be fun at all. 


 
hard crash on hitler on Pinkbike

An Orange Peanut...Foo ME?

Heres some rad videos for your random thursday!

South Park Answers

Ever wonder what Kenny says in the intros? Here you go..

WHAT THE FUCK of the day

The Current Kings of Steeze

This is why Brendog makes bank and you dont...

In other current news, Elliot Jackson now retired still continues to blow minds. With the best moto whips on a downhill bike yet. I honestly cant comprehend how he can get that sideways and bring it back. It is one thing to blast sideways, but it is a completely different ballgame to bring them back.

Macklemore got it wrong

GKC Radness

I first met Trevor and his brother Jordan in Mammoth riding bikes. These guys are for sure some of the raddest most badass people I know. Never a dull moment with these kids. Check the latest GKC edit and you will know why. When you want more go check out their youtube channel here and you will be entertained for days.

BMXicles

Here are some bmx edits of the homies Ola Selsjord and Tristan Adams. They are killing it and are going to get real big soon....and then theres Danny Sandoval. This guy is on another level. Kinda unfair to put his video in with theirs, but all three are very solid edits, enjoy!