The person who hits a wooden drop by pedaling slowly from a dead stop at beginning of the platform just kills me. I mean.. surely they've watched people do drops before and know that's a bad idea? Yet, I see it on almost every Friday fails.
What about their "friend" who watched them do it and videoed? Who said "yes, start on the wooden part and pedal slowly off the end, I will video your 'attempt'"...
One of these days they should throw in an old school 90s wheelie drop, too keep the fires burning for all the people slowly pedalling down bridges and skinnies! Apr1 “Thursday” fails edition??
That clip was my local rec center “bike park.” The disservice the builders did with that feature is that there’s not a great or very long approach before the ramp (can’t see in the video) which creates a challenge for a good rider to hit it with proper speed, and creates false expectations for an inexperienced rider that you can just roll in and it’s safe. Add to that the fact that it’s at the community rec center, it’s a recipe for this sort of disaster.
@stylishskier: Sadistic bastard knew what was about to happen...Like Napoleon Dynamite's brother when he electrocuted his balls with the phony time machine!!
Dude, at first I skipped over that as just another throwaway idea from the comments section, but then I thought about it again, and you're a freaking genius! That's a brilliant idea, man. In fact, it's such a good idea that once you really think about it, it's almost hard to understand why it hasn't always been how they do things.
Ah man that was the greatest. I loved the slo mo reply. Bit like that Red Bull Bird man competition where they all leap off a pier and try to fly. I guess he wasn't cool enough for that schralping
1:17 - moments earlier, getting some coaching: Ok. You're going to let off the brakes and let the bike roll. You have a clear roll out, the ONLY THING to avoid is hitting the lone stump. It's the only obstacle you need to watch out for.
Those Hydro berms, amazing! I found myself acting like a true Pacific N.W. MTB'r shaking my head and muttering "drainage, drainage, drainage". Poor Mathew is never gonna' hear the end of that one. Face plant at the plaza, he might see his FF every time he looks in the mirror...
The dude at 1:05, was that simply a lack of upper-body strength, or did his seat bump him forward at just the wrong time? His skill level looks to be pretty dang similar to mine, yet I've never had that happen. Not sure if it's because I'm strong or lucky.
I love how the first minute was just laughing, various vocalizations of surprise, and raw trail sounds. No unnecessary screaming oh ----, BRO! and shaking the camera when the dude tips over on a 8" jump
hahaha I think you're referring to my screaming when my friend on the green transition went off the lip without his bike He was just testing a feature I was building on my behalf
Any Yeti owners on here that want to help him out, def missing a few teeth...
Kid at 2:40: UK, hold my beer.