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Trying to Ride the Steepest DH Track in the World

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The first time I rode the Champery Downhill Mountain Bike track was easily the scariest day of my life...and it's time for some redemption. Equipped with my brand new Scott Gambler, I headed out with the person that actually built the track to take on the steepest race track that has ever been on the circuit. Disagree? Let me know in the comments!
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@clarkpark 5 лет назад

“My wife does this all the time... by herself” goals

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Sure is 👍

@elliottglynn5055 4 года назад

rode it this summer... my brake pads were literally smoking at the bottom

@charleygaines5112 4 года назад

Elliott Glynn I did to I had to replace my rotors

@rcfux 4 года назад

...I had to replace my underwear....

@matejmanceta1794 4 года назад

Tou mean coward lever pads???

@oanatudor1339 3 года назад

Holy crap

@laszloodler7760 3 года назад

where is this DH track?

@ben.g05_63 4 года назад

“he snapped his leg in half” is not what i wanted to hear right before i go riding 😂

@Twitch0331 5 лет назад

This is me on blue trails! "This downhill is SO steep!" 🥶🥶🤣🤣👍👍

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Hahaha

@akronyme 4 года назад

@@PaulThePunter and @James Long try the blue in Morgins bike park just near champery, never seen a blue as steep and technical ;) Nice video BTW, I'm always impressed how you are trying and trying again, great motivation!

@fillfreakin2245 5 лет назад

You're right about gopro POV footage never looking very steep. You really have to look at some of the other cues to even grasp how steep some of that is. But on the bonus side, you do get to see that it's actually rideable, because it flattens it out to just the features themselves, which mostly look like big berms and a bunch of mostly medium sized drops. The problem is letting your mind see it that way in person so you can let go of the brakes enough to get the necessary speed, and knowing when and how much to brake to keep your speed in check - a pretty fine line by the looks of it. Right on, nice progressing!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@Marty000 4 года назад

I think I’m getting the go pro effect, it looks not that bad 😂

@mattdeso1672 5 лет назад

That looks terrifying steep, even with the wide angle lens flattening it out. I can feel the sweaty palms and puckering.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha nice

@kevinh4631 4 года назад

That set f trails looked like a blast, lots of variety and skill building Terrain. Total confidence booster when you get to the bottom I’d think.

@WaechterDerNacht 5 лет назад

All the time during this video i heard Tracey Hannah in my head saying "Sing, sing, sing.... keep singing Paul!" :-P

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha yup!

@jereddennis4110 5 лет назад

“....Another one bites the dust “

@WaechterDerNacht 5 лет назад

@@jereddennis4110 that one is good... You also could change some words... "...bike trail to the danger zone"

@jereddennis4110 4 года назад

Philip Wächter yeah definitely looked steep even on GoPro!!

@MTB_Nephi 4 года назад

Yeah 👍 i remember that

@CodyWBrown 5 лет назад

I wonder who Ben pissed off at SCOTT bad enough that he had to ride with you at Champery

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha no idea 😂

@jonibz1456 5 лет назад

I tried to do this about 4 years ago on a 130mm trail bike, i have no idea what i was thinking, and was lucky to make it to the half way point. was good to see how you progressed with some encouragement.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

You're insane! Hahaha

@cybersub 5 лет назад

Hey Paul, if you are still in Switzerland there is a magic place to ride near Champery. It's call "les Renards" (the Fox) situated betwin Bex and Barboleuse (40 minutes by car from Champery). When you ride there you take the train from Bevieux station to Barboleuse station for the lift, five minutes of pedling on a little road call "les renards" then you connect plenty of increadible trails. Ask Ben i'm shure he know the place.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Ahhh I'm sure he does know that and is probably riding it now! I've ridden Dorenaz many years ago (sorry if I spelt it wrong) so I am keen to check it out. As always, never enough time with these things. Thanks though!

@Scottbenwalker 5 лет назад

Bex is one of my favorite spots!!! I wanted to take Paul down the Mythique Chable to show him some steeps in Bex but maybe next time.

@nickcummins3084 5 лет назад

cool video Paul, riding with people better than you is a good way to progress your own riding

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Sure is!

@selder03 5 лет назад

Don't know why. But this has been one of my favorite episodes to watch so far. The progression is amazing. PUNT!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Scott! It's always nice to see some good things at the end :)

@colindixon9543 5 лет назад

Awesome, shows how some talent and great coaching speeds progression. That was still scary from my sofa.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Colin!

@bull3tfr0g 5 лет назад

Makes me wish i had trails like this closer to home. Looks epic, great job on challenging yourself bro.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Tim 😂

@essexhertsmtb 5 лет назад

Great vid Paul - having ridden it a few times it is comically steep. You look down and it’s just a ridiculous hill full of catch netting! Its well built though so I imagine really good riders can get it to flow. Kudus to Ben and his crew who have been trail building out there for years and are givers of stoke if you ever run into them!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

So true, I think comically steep is a pretty apt way of describing how it is too.

@llullwllallkll 5 лет назад

Thanks Paul for taking me along with you!!! ✌️✌️✌️Sobrang nakakatakot!!! ( It's so scary!!! ) ✌️✌️✌️

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

No problem ron!

@ArmaniFlyHigh 5 лет назад

U got to trust the bike and just fly Paul :-)

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Let me know how you got on on this track :)

@dan-5678 5 лет назад

@@PaulThePunter so then if I challenge you to a race down this...?

@rorytippett8345 4 года назад

Yes he does he has a good bike just ride it. If u are to scared and on the brakes to much u are going to go head over tea kettle

@BigDescent 5 лет назад

WOW... looks steeeeep af. Great progression dude!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers my friend 🤙

@geneh2972 4 года назад

Nice quality video. The couple look like a nice ppl lending their patience and expertise to guide you down.

@jvlienj 5 лет назад

You say "in France" you mean in Switzerland xD, hope my friends from chocolate's country didn't hear that. And in fact it is like that in all of europe for ski slopes and mtb tracks.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Ahhh well played....it's just so close to the border! But this was foreshadowing for my other videos from France to explain the grading. Really I should have said Europe as you say.

@rabitoblanco 4 года назад

haha, we were getting to Grenoble and saw signs for Chambery and thought it was Champery--my son was SO excited to visit, until we realized we were another 4ish hours away!

@jvlienj 4 года назад

@@rabitoblanco Champery is not Chambéry !

@josemorenoporras7506 5 лет назад

Totally agree Champery is scary at the first time ,got some heavy action in a few spots...I crash in the worst part,in the steps protected by the green net. My bike flu over that like 30 meters or so,in that moment my first thought was,ok I broke my bike it is impossible it survive that any damage. It was OK at the end. Best thing to do is take Danny Hart video and compare while you are there,then you got speechless, I brake a few times to look at the jumps. There is one jump at the top,the mountain is so steep there,if you take the jump 90º to the right I´m pretty sure you can land on Champery village from the top of the mountain hahaha. Awesome video!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha yeah that's exactly how it is!

@toddjohnston5504 4 года назад

Dude.. that was sick!! Good job, I was feeling it just watching!

@kimandersen3588 5 лет назад

Speed is your friend on a bike like that. Keep pushing on 🤘

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

ok!

@kimandersen3588 5 лет назад

Its not hate, i totally get where youre at in the process.

@michaelwynn7772 4 года назад

Face your fears and live your dreams, just goes to show what you can achieve. By the end of the day you were starting to shred. 10 out of 10 for effort.

@fifthpinnedracing 5 лет назад

GoPro Effect was in full swing untill you looked uphill around the 10:30 mark. That looks gnarly! Props to you for conquering this course!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers! I'd say you're pretty spot on there.

@JakeOlsonTheSnake 5 лет назад

great video, Paul! Kudos for sticking with it

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Jake!

@caylanwojciechowski8233 5 лет назад

there are levels and world cup downhill tracks are on another level. respect the levels.

@kentweyers1845 4 года назад

That track is mental!! Even with the GoPro effect, it looks steep, real steep.

@benspear 4 года назад

Hands down the strongest GoPro effect I've ever seen. This track HAS to be seen to be believed. Kudos for lapping it! I got down it once (just) but super keen to return.

@PaulThePunter 4 года назад

Nice work Ben 👌

@vivianfaithfull4748 5 лет назад

Great work mate. Yes it did translate on screen how steep it is so fair play to you.

@TheMeta6 4 года назад

I rode this in the summer on an enduro bike. Hands down the steepest thing I've ever ridden and one of the only tracks that I'd have rather been on a downhill bike but i loved it!

@TrailPOV 5 лет назад

The GoPro definately doesn't do it justice, but the sound of your brakes gives me a good indication when it really points downhill. I bet it's a little bit better on the new DH bike :)

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

There ya go :)

@MrJordanmclachlan 5 лет назад

Love this. You sound like I would on literally any of the stuff you usually smash through... "Drop me like a stone. Oh..."

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha yup!

@stewartleese561 4 года назад

Love the fact you don't make everything and bail on some stuff. BUT you do keep trying. It doesn't make me feel so bad. LOL. Keep up the good videos.

@FatGuyBiking 5 лет назад

The best part of a track like this is everything else is going to seem tame now in comparison. You'll be Gwinning(Did I just make that up?) up in no time.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Oooo maybe!

@ygerber 5 лет назад

I rode this with some friends earlier this summer. 10min before the beginning of the track it started to rain like hell. One of my friend kept saying "it's raining grip lads!". Few corner later he layed in the middle of the forest with a dislocated shoulder. Had to walk half of the track down. It was sooo slippery. You basically had to jump from tree to tree because it was unwalkable in the rain. Nuts

@peterhilgersom9370 5 лет назад

'Just stay home and watch Netflix Ben'. Summing up these crazy trails!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha he was having none of it!

@hobmarg 5 лет назад

Great vid Paul, huge fan of the races from that track and it was cool to see POV of those sections spliced with race footage. 1000m drop on a DH race track is insane! Over double many tracks today!!

@dadmadforgot4050 4 года назад

I’m just starting to get into this sport and I’m amazed how good people are!

@bobbygutierrez1519 4 года назад

Jon Willis watch Red Bull rampage that’s some skill

@ALLINCLUSIVE2k 4 года назад

scientists say "if its steep on GOPRO its actually a wall"

@MikeKoPhotography 5 лет назад

Holy crap! Even with GoPro effect looks steep as heck!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

There ya go!

@jmdelecea001 5 лет назад

Heey question here!! Was she using a ransom with DH setup??? In love with your gambler!! Awesome video!! Cheers!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Perhaps she was....Yeah the Gambler is the DH bike of dreams 👌

@JB50713 5 лет назад

Hard to believe how easy the pros make it look all the time. Insane!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Right???

@philthorley5229 4 года назад

Omg .....cracking video Paul, massive kudos for just dropping into some of those sections 👏👏

@justintownsend7400 4 года назад

This video made my hands and feet sweaty. Love your channel

@theonlyjasonkirk 5 лет назад

Respect for pushing on.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Jason

@andrest2003 4 года назад

I can feel the heat of your brakes sick video sick track !

@cambike 4 года назад

Well done, crazy steep, scary as lines..... You ou did us proud

@arloridesbikes9921 4 года назад

This has some insane go pro effect

@grantcarter5951 5 лет назад

Massive respect Paul. I'm sure a shout of "dick yeah" would of been appropriate for the steepness of that place. Could see you were getting more comfortable with every lap, although certain death was just pedal strike away! Keep shredding.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha always DICK YEAHHHHHH

@stevefox6753 5 лет назад

Great video Paul, you definitely got a lot faster!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Steve! Guess it's the bike 💁‍♂️

@stevefox6753 5 лет назад

@@PaulThePunter oh yeah that'll be it, haha.

@powhana6019 4 года назад

I flew from the US to ride Champerey. The exposure is super intimidating

@IthacaDon 5 лет назад

I am very impressed with how much better you did at the end. I have had so many days ruined because I lost confidence and never recovered. And pointing out the obvious, those trails are even harder when you were going slow and had no momentum to clear some of the drops. Well done Paul. Question. Could you even ride those trails with your enduro bike?

@flarix17 5 лет назад

Nicely done the Gopro effect was super evident in this one!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Sure was eh??

@JoshuaClarked 5 лет назад

Yeah especially when Ben was way up on the berm and Paul was looking back up toward him you get a sense of how huge that angle is. Crazy!

@Magromancer 5 лет назад

Awesome video Paul!!! would love to see how steep these trails are in person one day. I have a question though, I’ve seen you tackle some pretty steep trails at Whistler and I was wondering how they stack up to this place? I know that this place is incredibly steep but would love to hear what you think of them.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

This is just more intense and for longer. There are usually flatter bits on the trails around here, but Champery is nooooon stop!

@Magromancer 5 лет назад

Paul The Punter thanks for the reply and info :)

@frankthetankricard 5 лет назад

That trail looks bonkers. Once I was riding down a mountain and wandered off the trail somehow. There was a path going down where I ended up and I said fuck it, I won't push the bike back up, I'll just go this way. Well it turned out to be too steep to even walk the bike down. There was no chance of using any front brake because I couldn't lean back far enough not to go otb. On some sections I had to slide down on my arse while using the bike to dig into the ground and slow me down. Hard to tell from camera but this trail looks somewhat close to that so I say kudos for having enough control to go down, even if you walked some parts and went slow. Yeah, some parts are certainly easier to clear at speed but people fail to realize that these are not individual features but chained together and you can't stop midway and correct your approach.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Frank, look forward to some of that meatloaf.

@jaaphoefman 5 лет назад

When you can accept the fact that you have almost no grip at all due to the steepness it is actually pretty ok to ride. You just ride from berm to berm, like Ben told the berm catches you and you wil have enough grip to brake. If you think Champery is steep you should try the tech black line in Morgins. That track is making Champery look like a flow trail. The black trails in Chatel are also amazing with some very steep parts. Maybe you can do a collaboration with Nico Vink and Vinny T to do the lines I mention above since you are all on Scott now.

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Not to worry, that video is coming this week haha. Needless to say I walked a whole bunch of that, namely because it was really wet.

@budman8926 4 года назад

This dudes not ready for nico. He shouldn't even be riding these lines at his level really. Better riders get annoyed by getting stuck behind these guys trying to learn on a track they don't have the skills to do

@Spitfire194 5 лет назад

You are awesome Paul! Proud of you!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Kevin!

@GH-lv6xm 5 лет назад

Ben is living the life every bloke on this channel wishes he was

@MrTonka 4 года назад

I know what you mean by individually, the features are doable. But string them all together and things fail to process in my brain. That's my problem on steep trails as well. Give me one and i'm good. Make a line of them and my mind revolts. haha Loved seeing you pick up speed with each successive lap. Nice work!

@philippeletendre8989 5 лет назад

Good job! that would have been me at the beginning of the day: "Glad I got new brake pads" and at the end of the day "need new pads!" Le f@#k! as they say in French...

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Yup haha

@BigMan-cu2dw 4 года назад

2:05 my brakes 😂

@clemgraham6958 3 года назад

"just stay at home and watch netflix Ben" - Paul the punter 2020

@arendscholten6835 4 года назад

Agreed, very steep, looks great though, lots of trail to hold you. Great riding man! I got Two words for you......Diesel Wolf , it is halfway between Whistler and Pemberton. Not sure if it's consistently as steep, but the trail is Hardcore, and extra extra hardcore when it's wet. Cheers!

@Ripstop_pilot 4 года назад

Been there....walked that!

@iruledaworld333 5 лет назад

In June I checked out Windrock in Tennessee. At that point I'd only been biking for 3 or 4 months. I was scared shit less haha!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha probably a similar experience to me

@iruledaworld333 5 лет назад

@@PaulThePunter Similar but I crashed on my run. Nothing broken though just scrapes and bruises!

@bigb7157 5 лет назад

Windrock is the steepest, scariest, track for me. It’s another level steepness at the top.

@brickbros211 3 года назад

Paul the Punter: this is the steepest trail in the world HorseFace: hold my beer

@bikemad 5 лет назад

Well paul after this those rock rolls in squamish will be a walk in the park!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha that's what Ben kept saying 😂

@diegoarranz2518 4 года назад

3:07 Ive been looking for that race run for years!! Is it possible for You Paul to upload it??

@asdfgoogle 4 года назад

I don't mind trails like this at all! It looks fun! As long as there aren't large (small to people who are good at them. lol) jumps or drops of more than one or two feet, I'll ride about anything.

@stephancobb13 4 года назад

That trail looks wicked!!!....REALLY STEEP!....Reminds of hill here in Inkster, Michigan(where i live now) called "Dead man's hill".

@TheSimple46 5 лет назад

Well done Paul 🙌😎

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers!

@liammulligan1279 Год назад

You were probably the best at what you were doing with these videos

@julesowen-jones9815 4 года назад

Well Paul you did much better on one run than I did in five on a blue where I almost died at least once every run.

@LeandroLiberal 4 года назад

Maaaaaaate! That's freaking EPIC! That's my training track, love that place, and honestly hats off for riding all the way down. If you ever come back to Switzerland DH or Enduro bike, don't hesitate to hit me up, would be more then welcomed to show you around some more gnarly track, fun but gnarly :P

@bicycleremedies4391 5 лет назад

well done Punty man

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

That's a new one 😂

@jpdirt289 5 лет назад

Dude finally a video how I would ride these sick Pro DH trails WOW! I dont know if I will ever but you got the bikes for this, cool video dude! 10,000Ft of descending you can see that shit wow dude insane good job!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers my dude 👌

@tossi160 4 года назад

0:00 "I wanna get really serious for a minute here" yeah and really close 0-0

@dorothyb. 5 лет назад

Jesus, that’s crazy. But high five ✋ for pushing on

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Dorothy! 👋

@JDJuniper 5 лет назад

Paul, some of your comments had me thinking of the Lion from The Wizard of OZ, just need a little courage!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha there ya go!

@Extremegaz25 4 года назад

Got the feeling of fear just watching lol

@mongooseman310 4 года назад

Wow Kool to see a video of a guy more like the average Joe Mnt Biker hitting a Legendary track and seeing the SDG effect as you let the breaks go Abit more and line choice got better on such a Steep Big Dawg track man. Cheers

@DailyMTBRider 5 лет назад

The real question is - would you rather ride this 10 times in the wet or Jaws at whistler? 😂

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Oh jeeeeeez......in some ways I’d take Jaws 😂

@mrs8171 4 года назад

Man that is a CRAZY course. You did well!

@MTB_Nephi 4 года назад

I feel with you every Seconds 😜😜 o.m.g. amazing 🙈🙈 very very steep. Unbelievable. Very Brave of you, to Ride down there.👍👍🤙🤙

@adrnln_jnke 5 лет назад

It's nice to see you progressing Paul. Did you have any brake pads left after your time in Champery?

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Haha thanks Chris, there was a little left in the tank for sure...

@darthduck3634 5 лет назад

My heart cringed and shattered at 2:06

@derekjarman1638 5 лет назад

Nice job Paul! If it looks steep in the video - it must be really steep!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Cheers Derek!!!

@jaykellett7693 4 года назад

My hands were sweating watching this! Fair play! 🤜

@TheHeyoo 5 лет назад

Paul, well done! Scott bikes look great and that track was beastly!

@siglinde_raw199 5 лет назад

Nice progress on that, dude!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

Thanks Fabian!

@monkeylordofdoom14 4 года назад

They need to make a GoPro that doesn't ruin depth perception. I want to see how steep this is so bad!

@PaulThePunter 5 лет назад

What do you reckon, is the normal GoPro effect a bit less on this?? Thanks for watching and just check if you're subscribed...are you?

@Stopadoodledoo 5 лет назад

Paul The Punter definite gopro effect, especially on the slab which looks like nothing on the video but is just bonkers in reality. I ended up in the catch netting first tie down, upside down, in hysterics. There are steeper trails but this one is steep for a long, long time.

@cougar231000 3 года назад

@@Stopadoodledoo what tracks are steeper?

@Stopadoodledoo 3 года назад

@@cougar231000 I've ridden down Champery and it does have some damned steep sections; I ended up in the bright orange catch netting at one point (much to my mate's amusement). There's probably steeper trails on Le Pleney in Morzine (naughty trails that we aren't supposed to ride) but not quite as prolonged. The scariest, steepest trail I have tried to ride was the one in this video, at Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire; that was just bonkers: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NZxCZsSaFB4.html