My son and I ride Northstar every weekend. The camera does not show how gnarly river sticks is. I prefer sticks and stones. I think river sticks is the hardest run at Northstar. You have to have so much speed and stay committed. 💯
Yea it’s wild how much the gopro can hide in some of those shadows! Definitely agree River Sticks is extremely hard to go full speed and not be scared or make a mistake!
Nice riding! What class are you in? Do they allow practice runs prior to the race? If so how many practice runs did you get in? Thx so much for sharing the footage of this savage race!
Expert 30-39 nice, that's the age class I was last doing any major riding...now I'm 52 looking to recapture the fun of my youth. I missed the 2024 series due to a back injury but fired🔥 up for 2025! Soooo much fun...
@@hjacobsen9306 thanks! I’m in the expert class 30-39. You can practice as much as your physical body will let you.. but I stick to a few practice runs the Thursday and Friday and then it’s game on come Saturday & Sunday 🕺🏻
Yea no lie! I’ve never gone that fast in my life off that final step down to finish… almost lost it all if I had found a large rock or hole 🕳️ This whole place was a war zone, thanks & stoked to finish the best I could 🤘🏼😎
Great video, some fun scary stuff, thanks for sharing! I have to say... as an event promoter I'd be docking every one of the early starters 10 seconds for jumping the start.
Thanks, but we use a chip timing ⏱️ system… so when they count you down from 5, you can go on 5 if you want kUz the timing doesn’t start till after the first 15-20 feet after you cross the secondary chip activator. They section us off every 30 seconds so you’re either going to catch someone or be caught by someone if your speeds are very dissimilar. Also everyone we race with ends up knowing each other very well, so we will follow or be followed by friends who you know will be faster or close to you in skill/timing to avoid dust or conflict of having to pass in a race run.
