Yeah man, and where was the 30 second mid video high-five's and chest bumps section? I mean, who wants to watch a mountain biking video that just shows someone riding a mountainbike? Madness!
Perhaps this was just the raw "filler" footage. Hopefully they will release a final edit with all the actual important stuff built around the filler segments in this trial release.
And why didn't he explain what really drives him to get out and ride? WHAT IS HIS MOTOVATION?! No one can shred like that unless they explain it in the beginning of the video.....those are the rules....
yeah, where are the panning nature shots and scenic and artsy shots of random shit near the trail? how am i supposed to envelope myself into the picture if i don't fully understand the Aura of the trail? and no long convoluted message about wisdom and inner peace to help me understand his life's experience.
MAN f*ck THIS!!! YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE A CLAPPED OUT RAW SHREDDIT AND THINK PEOPLE WILL LIKE IT
I wish there was more slow mo, nothing is more badass than taking really fast shots, and slowing them right down....so you know what's going on of course!
nah, but those are kinda wicked sometimes. especially over rock gardens. you can watch how the riders move, and for engineers, how the suspension moves.
Why do mountainbikers always analyse why videos are uploaded? Almost every video is made for commercial reasons thats the game! If pinkbikers could just once stop hating on commercialising while loving new inventions that'd be great.
@Pasivoelkel I totally agree with you. I really don't understand why something being a commercial makes it any less awesome? Pinkbiker's do realize that the only reason we have such awesome gear is because there is money in selling it right?
I kinda agree. I think it was in life-cycles where he said "this is aptos man. we ride bikes, its all we do". For some reason at that point I totally undeservedly decided I didnt like him much. Really cannot tell you why. I must admit I even took a certain pleasure in seeing semenuk slap him in the face while stood on a ladder in Not Bad. I feel bad about that.
Now I think he's awesome. Couldn't tell you what has changed. But I'm sorry R-Dog, I regret the year I spent mildly disliking someone I've never met. Now I think you're great, even tho I still haven't ever met you. I'm sure this will change your life drastically and you will now sleep better at night knowing that some brit you have never heard of has changed his tune. If I ever meet you I'll buy you some haribo or something.
That was insane riding for sure and its sad that I'll never be able to ride like that. He held some high speeds and overall looked flawless. I hate when non-mountain bikers say, "how can you spend that much on a mtb bike and it doesn't even have a motor??? How can that even be fun???" I'd like to show those idiots this video and more like it and ask them to tell me it looks like he's having just a horrible time on a mtb bike or that he's not having fun! They just don't get it....
Garbriel-mission9, I couldn't picture who R-Dog was but I knew the quote you stated, " this is aptos...." and it was bothering me because I knew it wasn't Life Cycles (love that one, awsome in blu-ray) and googled him to see what he looked like. R-Dog said that quote in Strength In Numbers which is also awsome. Life Cycles and Strength In Numbers are easily my two favorites.
Ahh, makes sense, I got those two dvds at the same time, watched them both a million times and now haven't watched either in a while. Saying that, its bank holiday weekend coming up....
No reason really. It's was never a thing if me not liking him - always seems like a nice dude. Probably more that I hadn't seen a lot of footage of him doing riding that I enjoy or can relate to.
I can't explain why I' ve never liked him that much, no real reason, but HOLY SHIIIT ! He knows how to ride like a man ! Awsome skills, that speed, that style at 0:32 and the rest is so dialed ! That's what I call Freeride.
BEST EDIT OF 2015 (so far) So fast and so smooth. Riding like that would be a dream come true. My mouth was literally hanging open when he did the big berm transfer whip and then the flat 3. WTF.
R-dog has just turned me into a child for a minute- I've just seen riding through virgin eyes- I thought I had seen it all but this is plain bonkers. I cannot recall seeing a bike ever being ridden any better, ever. And I watched it for free. Winner.
This is one of the most awesome edits i have seen here on PB, and specially from R-Dog, after watching him win the Whip-Off, i was really waiting for some other sick video from him, but THIS is by far my favorite video this year
don't you wish that the parks and trails weren't so muddy right now. Anyway those slippery switchbacks near the end made want to get much better because that's true freeride yo
I was riding with my wife and daughters yesterday doing cutties behind them to slow me down and had forgotten how fun that is!!! Well done with the abundance of cuttie...
MAN f*ck THIS!!! YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE A CLAPPED OUT RAW SHREDDIT AND THINK PEOPLE WILL LIKE IT
So joke. Much Sarcasm.
Honestly man I don't think peeps would tell you even if they knew.
If pinkbikers could just once stop hating on commercialising while loving new inventions that'd be great.
Now I think he's awesome. Couldn't tell you what has changed. But I'm sorry R-Dog, I regret the year I spent mildly disliking someone I've never met. Now I think you're great, even tho I still haven't ever met you. I'm sure this will change your life drastically and you will now sleep better at night knowing that some brit you have never heard of has changed his tune. If I ever meet you I'll buy you some haribo or something.
Garbriel-mission9, I couldn't picture who R-Dog was but I knew the quote you stated, " this is aptos...." and it was bothering me because I knew it wasn't Life Cycles (love that one, awsome in blu-ray) and googled him to see what he looked like. R-Dog said that quote in Strength In Numbers which is also awsome. Life Cycles and Strength In Numbers are easily my two favorites.
like "ski freeride" ! ... earth-skiing