...turns out it's actually pretty hard. 😅 A huge thanks to Eric (@BCpov), Bobby (IG @bcbltd.bobby) and Chris (IG @valleymtbcrew) for building this gem of a trail. Don't forget to support your local trail association to help make projects like this one possible!
Watching this video makes me realize two questions: 1) Why are mountain bikers obsessed with really narrow skinny ramps? 2) Why are mountain bikers obsessed with barely squeezing between trees? Just seems like a deathwish.
Glad Dave didn't die on Bobs Bobsled :) I think the trick is to ride off it straight. Don't keep turning unless you've got your whips down (i don't). You guys figured that out on your own though 😀 Fun video!
I too am glad Dave did not die that day, his POV is pretty terrifying. Thanks for the awesome trail, I'm sure there will be a ton of smiling faces on it in the years to come! 🙂
As much as I'll remember the sketchy wood in the bonus clip, the new line is far, far better. An awesome surprise. 🙂 Thanks for all of your hard work Bobby!
Lmao, when you crossed that bridge on Middle Rock Diva and you just said 'don't' to Dave after crossing it when he looked back, I'm guessing you were thinking he might want to skinny the handrail xD
I'm not into mountain biking, but I came across a few suggested videos and now I'm hooked. I actually watched the BCpov video showing the finished product. Nice!
"Surprisingly smooth" he says, conversationally, after squeezing through that tree gap that had me cringing. this is why I like watching y'all's videos - I can adventure vicariously through you without risking my own life and limb. Much appreciated!
Those are some classic lines! Never knew this was in Abbotsford. Looks steep and technical in some parts! The trail work is amazing here, id love to ride here and support he bulders.
Some of those features look like they’d be at home in a lift accessed bike park! How long do we have to wait to see Dave ride that handrail on the bridge? Pretty sure that’s what he was eying up.
Based on your previous videos, if I could ride near as well as you guys, I think I’d be spending some time at Sumas. Seems like an under appreciated destination. To Dave “No, don’t!” 🤣 Congrats on the sponsor!
@@DaleStone thanks for the encouragement! (Although I was referring more specifically to the trails you ride and post, and not what I’d hit if I went there lol!)
actually getting of the bike, and showing someone else next to the jump, shark fins etc really sold this video man, I've not done mountain biking, though been down hills and jumps on an old bike when I was a kid, but I would LOVE to do this (obviously on a beginner level course not this one haha)
@@DaleStone Yep, I'd like to try to hit it all in one go. I found the Yu'kan do it drop and the stump gap a bit much for me on the day, but I enjoyed bobsled and huck finn. I didn't do a top to bottom though just to feel it all come together. Having a tow-in would help, but Eric was injured when I went out and wasn't any help at all :) Some of those features have no frame of reference - they feel really unique.
This trail looks awesome. Wish I could drop everything and move to BC. I'm a mech eng student and by spending some time lurking on linkedin (on bike manufacturer's pages) I kind of found out you're a design engineer. Would you ever consider talking about how you got into the industry in a video? Personally as someone who comes from a similar background and loves MTB the idea of working in the industry seems like a dream come true. Thanks again for always uploading sick content like this
It's something I've always considered, but has to be very carefully executed on. tl;dr: the industry is smaller than you think, so don't be picky with a specific company in mind. 🙂
I quit riding way back in 02. Lived in So UT. Averaging 150+ miles a week, for years, then I moved to CA. Watching this makes me bummed. This looks dope af!
Thanks to you and Dave for uploading this pretty dope content all the time. Always good times when I´m seeing you sending it, but even more importantly, it also makes a perfect source of inspiration for the trails that I´m just planning for a project, over here in Europe Ger. We don´t have such trails here yet, especially not with such excellent wood work. There´s still a lot to do here in order to create more understanding and acceptance for the sport, which is why I´ve founded an own non profit thing this year. It´s really going well, but we still need to convince the guys from the nature protection in another meeting some time soon. Would you two mind if I take some of your stuff as demo material, or do guys have insta, where I can send a pm? Ty!
That sounds pretty exciting! What exactly are you looking for? All of these videos (most Eric's) are public and do a great job of explaining things. You're welcome to clip anything from this one if you don't reupload it yourself!
@@DaleStone Hey! So I´ve been in touch the the land owner of the forest for almost 9 months now and we could agree on a really nice area with the goal to build around 22+km of trail in the next years. Now it´s on me to present our concept to the administration of the county because their departments for nature/water protection need to approve the project and they would like to have some material that shows how everything will look like and what impact on the nature these trails will have, they are interested in the building materials and so on. I can tell them a lot which I did, but I also just need to show them something. You need to imagine that this part of the country is so densly populated, that all the forests are a nature preserve, protected biotopes, or under any other sort of protection. 2 hours far away in the highlands or in the mountains down south its a different ball game but here we need to do a lot for the reputation of mountain biking and be very diplomatic, because the comprehensive opinion still is that we are destroying the nature with our big low pressured tires. Now over the fb group I was able to get around 360 locals together and just recently I have founded the association together with 6 others from this group, achieved the non profit status and will be able to open the thing for new members soon. Nobody would talk with just a few people on bikes. But people take it serious and talk with you when you pop as a club with a critical mass of members. However, we all agreed on that people from an administration usually do not have a wider understanding of the bikers demands and we agreed on that I would show them how classic mtb trails flow/tech look like. They said "Can be any language and does not need to be a documentary - we just wanna get an understanding of it) But the German material from other good projects hmmm lets say they are not the real deal and if then theres no footage. So taking some screen shots and scenes of your videos and putting them in for example my power point presentations and so on is what I wanted to ask you for initially. I have no intention of uploading my material anywhere. But again: thanks for making these videos man. It´s cool to see good trails, classics and bangers just to get inspired. I would like to offer the people here real trails and show everyone that there can be solutions that will be awesome for everyone whos visiting the forest. :D
I waiting to see a bear standing up when you come around those corners so fast. How the hec do you guys stay in control? Amazing. I hope you make it to thirty years old. LOL. Wow, I'm blown away.
@dale stone dude your video quality are insane. Please. Please share your gopro record setting and setup, and above all your preset export. First time I see this much clarity in a gopro footage. Well done.
@@DaleStone yes please. Because we are caped by RU-vid for the bits... Like if you go above their max allowed they resample your video. And then it's crap
Awesome clip guys, loved t stops and walks to analyse, perfect pace to keeping my attention. they should keep you guys away from timberyards class build, made my morning out here in NZ. we’re allowed some more freedom back from tomorrow! so back to our track-fun
