6 Mile DH With the Ocean On Your Back: Oats Peak 

I like Pinkbike for industry news and general discussion but they don't hold a candle to creators like you for showing me local trails her in SoCal. I think you will always be relevant to me personally and I would guess many others too!

Tony your vids helped me learn the So Cal trails when I first moved to OC. Without people like you and Alan I would have been lost. Much respect and many thanks for doing what you do.

Tony, your channel is one of the primary reasons I bought myself a new mountain bike and started exploring the trails you cover, especially in southern California. There is definitely a place for everyone to upload videos and share them with people. If I buy myself a GoPro, I might even start recording and uploading them, although my skill level is beginner to intermediate. As few others have mentioned, I like watching non-pro and racer RU-vid videos as I can relate to the riding styles and the trails they typically take. Thank you once again for uploading your content, Tony!

Hi Tony, I'm a bumbler, just started mtb in late July. Thanks for helping instead of discouraging. You are truly an embassador for the sport.

Thanks for showing us your adventures. I'm a retired senior citizen who is trying to stay active and have fun on my bike. I don't ride double black trails or hit massive jumps. But I do post a video of a ride now and then and my friends seem to enjoy seeing what I'm up to. And I think I'll keep posting no matter what the experts at Pink Bike say.

Your videos are perfect & so helpful for me. My kid just moved to Los Osos. I just ordered a couple bikes. I appreciate you brother. Post all those trails.

We like both, the chatting and the shredding!

I want to start my own channel just because of Pink Bike. Don't care where you go, what you do, and how you do it, there always be haters. I only go to pink bike to look for quality used bike parts and equipment. Otherwise I don't read or pay attention to there articles anyway.

your videos have always been helpful as gauging if a trail is my style and skill or not. Thanks

I think there is space for everyone. I enjoy finding new trails and I see lots of fun options on your videos. We are planning a park city trip next summer after watching your videos. Keep doing what your doing.

Ah my god it's still beautiful! I found a fossil at the top of Valencia Peak once. Absolutely magical place

I'm kind of surprised by PinkBike allowing those opinions to represent their channel. I'm sure they are feeling the blow back and I'm curious if they're going to recant those comments or try to make good. They turned off a huge portion of their subscribers. Oats Peak doesn't seem to ever be a downer. I couldn't climb Oats Peak when I rode up to it. The shale was even too much to walk my bike up. I kept slipping and sliding all over the place since it was after some heavy rain. The ocean views are so distracting coming down that crazy beautiful flowy singletrack. Thanks again Tony. We can't wait to get back up there to Morro Bay/SLO.

dude... you rock! i have always been a follower of your videos and channel and will always be. don't let the haters discourage you or us! happy trails.

im glad you said something about pink bike article. everyones different...

What Henry (PB) said def did come off as elitist so I'm hoping he was just speaking for himself. The MTB community has always been close knit, encouraging progression and supporting each other out on the trails. I don't know of any other sport where we ask stopped riders if their "good" or "OK". Also, I've had more success learning from independent user channels due to them explaining things in chunks and terms I can understand. Pro's don't always make the greatest teachers because they're riding at a much higher level than I can keep up with, so their observations and explanations will make more sense to higher level riders. On that note, Subscribed!

There's alot of snobs out there in every sport or hobby. Some also on two wheels apparently. They don't define cycling for anybody really. They are narrow minded people . Cycling is a sport of endless possibilities and opportunities for ANYONE! Im with you buddy! Keep riding, keep posting 🤙

Great video! One of my favorite places to camp and ride.

Enjoy your content, keep it rolling no matter what the so called EXPERTS say 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I love it when you talk🤣 hey I'm not even a meatball guy and still love to hear you talk about it 🤣hilarious! Ya the pinkbike bs you wanna talk about un stoking the stoke. They're so many different kinds of mtb riders and so many different types of trails. To just get out on the bike means you're livin🤘Oh and send PUPPER pip our ❤️

So awesome to be able to see the ocean right there. Like my riding spot at Virginia Key here. Oh, and dont stop talking! Thats why we watch! HA!

Looks like a fun spot.

I’d much rather follow channels like yours , much more personal and real and for the most part the people posting their experiences and locations weekly are amazing riders and some of those just in the last two years since I got back into riding it’s been really cool to watch them grow , improve and even recover after injuries But yeah no matter what a riders “level” is if it’s encouraging to them to post their rides then it might also encourage someone else and imo is the heart of the industry, do pro racers buy bikes , accessories or equipment ? No we all do though For people like you Alan , Adam , the segment, the sampler, bkxc , Heather Munivie (forgive me if I miss spelled her name) Frankie , Tommy Hyguen (T_wrex) you should all know you’re inspiring and thank for sharing your lives and experiences with basically the entire world

Great ride T, I was hoping to run into you out there I was just there Wed. I couldn't quite make it to the top a little over a mile short but down was great though. Windy as heck also. I hope to get a E Bike one day , that climb looks so much smoother than huffing it. 💯👍 Hey a guy asked me what my GoPro was for at a trail recently, I laugh my A off. Great job dude.

Tony, Top of the Good Morning to you! Awesome looking ride...Thanks for the Video

I very much appreciate you covering easy trails for novice MTB riders like me. I actually wish you'd cover more chill trails around SoCal! Start the compendium! 😉😉

Thanks Tony, now I really want to move to CA, winter here in the northeast... :(.

SLO is awesome. One of the few towns that feels the same now as it did in the 80s and 90s. I responded to the Loam Ranger's video with a specific mention of you and Tommy as examples of RU-vid channels that do a service to the local MTB community. I am sure anyone who has posted a RU-vid video of mountain biking took the comments very personally. I also think they forgot the reason RU-vid exists. I do urge people to listen to the podcast, though, for context. I think Henry was attempting to make the point that less talented riders ( himself included) were taking resources away from the racing community. Instead, it devolved into a rant about pov trail guides and tik tok dances by Henry and Kaz. Keep up the good work. This one makes me really want to do a SLO/Santa Cruz/Pacifica trip really soon.

Next time you come to SLO county let me know man. We can take you on some good trails here .

Awesome video brother. Love the central coast. That last part looked steep and loose. Stoked you took us all the way to the top. If you get a chance when your going home stop off at the Steaming Bean in Shell Beach right off the 101. I used to live right there and that was my local coffee hang.

You're filling a niche, and making some money doing that. So there's that.🏁

Hey if it wasn’t for us, they wouldn’t have Friday Fails 🤘

We should link up and ride some local SLO trails!

Btw, Pinkbike is just another channel and group of creators that couldn’t get a job for Redbull or GCN.

That Pinkbike commentary was truly awful & elitist. Don’t let it get to you. Professional riders are amazing, but most of us want to watch riders that are closer in skill level so we can relate to the line choices. Keep up the great vids, Tony.

I have never gone Mountain biking there but I have wanted too since your last review. I don’t own any e-bikes but have some really nice hardtail and great gravel bikes. Would you see these trails better for a gravel or a hardtail?

Me personally, I way prefer watching the non pro, non racer channels/videos. I'm the furthest thing from a racer and would easily fall into the "bumbling" category as that dude called it. I can't really relate to pro racers that are going 50 mph down chunder and doing back flips. I thoroughly enjoy watching local people riding trails I can ride on and paces that I might actually be able to keep up with. All in all, there is plenty of room for both type of content creators, I don't understand why he feels the need to call out the regular folks.

Pinkbike has always been too cool for themselves. They think they’re all serious and respected, couldn’t be further from the truth.

You're in my hood

Pink Bike is the last place I look for content unless it's bike reviews and even then I'd rather check out GMBN. I watch the channels I do not because I hope to be a racer or think that any of you do but because you provide localized content that Pink Bike in the rarified air of the Pacific Northwest doesn't think warrants coverage..

Those guys on pinkbike are idiots...😂 bro I got in to mountain biking because I like to explore and ride different trails anywhere and everywhere....never did I ride because I wanted to be a mtb racer I didn't even know you could be a pro mtb racer when I first started mountain bike riding.

there was a while where various hollywood movie stars made certain comments against 'reality' shows and the lack of talent of participants vs professional stars such as themselves. those comments revealed some aspects of their poor character

Looks like a great beginner trail that I could take my wife on?

William

I have zero interest in watching professional racing videos. I subscribe to your channel and many other SoCal riders so that I can learn the local trails and understand how to ride better. Pink Bike can suck it.

Stopped following pinkbike years ago. They are totally over rated

F Pinkbike. I saw that response that loam ranger posted. I’m not watching them anymore. Not even going to their site. Why poopoo on other people? Every freaking channel offers something different. I think trailforks is related to Pinkbike. Stop using that 💩. Ok no more ranting. 😅

The Hub is a cool spot! 🤙🏻 Central Coast Brewery donates to the local trails! Love riding in Montana de Oro!