Video: Kovarik Racing Session Mt. Buller

Jan 30, 2013 at 0:01
Jan 30, 2013
by Tyler Maine
 
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The unstoppable Claire Buchar and Chris Kovarik session Mt Buller on a dusty day. There's heaps of slow motion shots, so I'm selling it by saying this is a close look at how their bikes and bodies move to the rhythm of downhill.

Music is a mix I did for the clip provided by amazing GRIZ.
The original song is WHERES THE LOVE from the album MAD LIBERATION.
The original one is brilliant, I hope this mix compliments the energy.

Thanks to Chris and Claire for the time and your sponsors for keeping you two out there always blowing our minds.
Cheers,
Petri
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79 Comments

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flag boogaloo77 (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:33)
 maybe a little too slow motion for me, but they still ripped!
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flag Danny-P (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:38)
 yeah man I nearly stopped watching it if I'm honest.
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flag boogaloo77 (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:40)
 me too, but they were killin it so i had to keep watchin it
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flag Danny-P (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:59)
 So well shot, the framing of each shot is so nice. The use of natural light is spot on as well and of course the riding is awesome. The Slow-mo just kills the mood after 3rd or 4th shot. ah well
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flag foghorn1 (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:49)
 If it's full of slomo I'm not even watching. I'm so over slo mo. Thanks for the warning!
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flag pierszdan (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:50)
 There were a total of 10 full speed shots. Slow-mo overkill.
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flag boogaloo77 (Jan 29, 2013 at 18:00)
 definitly! but you cant deny that them two shred
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flag bobsten (Jan 29, 2013 at 19:07)
 Icremin77, thank you. I've never skipped through a Kovarik video. There's always a first I guess.
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flag boogaloo77 (Jan 29, 2013 at 19:22)
 same here, i did still watch it, but it woulda been better at full speed. they took like two minutes of riding, and stretched it into four and change...
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flag JRohlik (Jan 29, 2013 at 19:29)
 At least all the slow-mo was shot on a nice lens... Not some shit gopro slow-mo. The amount of detail shown is amazing, ie, the dirt roosting from the middle of his front tire at 2:59. Music wasn't too bad for an original mix. Overall I enjoyed it. Not in my Faves, but a good flick none the less!
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flag paulclarke (Jan 29, 2013 at 20:42)
 I thought it was cool, he did say it was slo mo to show how their bodies move with the bikes. Wicked dudes!
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flag rockin-itis (Jan 30, 2013 at 19:37)
 Awesome. Love watching suspension in slo-mo. Great riders, great trail.
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flag rhys-the-rider (Jan 30, 2013 at 20:45)
 still awesome. but kovarik is just one of those guys that needs to be watched at normal speed to blow your mind.
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flag Jimmy0 (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:31)
 my girlfriend can hardly ride down the street. sweet vid guys
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flag scott-townes (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:49)
 My girlfriend is a figment of my dirty imagination. That was a sick vid. She's a rippa
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flag Moodgethedog (Jan 29, 2013 at 19:40)
 Yep...I warned you lot about heaps of Slomo..
When i stop frothing on the new camera ill get back to filming normal speed again. It's only the 4th time ive used it and i wanted to see Chris's calves wobble.

Regardless, hope y'all liked it. Smile
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flag lexdamis (Jan 29, 2013 at 20:25)
 Hell Yeah!!! that was so BAD ASS...Slo Mo was SWEET..don't ever mind if it is done well..Great song for vid..and it is so seldom to see a girl RIP!!! in a vid..Excellent work!!!!..Thanks you for that!!!
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flag Moodgethedog (Jan 29, 2013 at 20:29)
 Cheers lexdamis, greatly appreciated. Smile
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flag highstreet (Jan 30, 2013 at 2:44)
 What camera are you using?
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flag hillatoppa (Jan 30, 2013 at 12:34)
 Some killer shots here dude! Ignore all the haters jumpin' on the 'we hate slo-mo' bandwagon... When it's done well, there's nothing that beats itWink
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flag Moodgethedog (Jan 30, 2013 at 15:22)
 Thanks hillatoppa and highstreet, it's a Sony FS700. Cheers
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flag MattErhardt (Jan 31, 2013 at 12:37)
 This was awesome! I personally enjoyed the slowmo! Also sick kits!
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flag gwarior321 (Jan 29, 2013 at 21:34)
 blah blah blah .. yall are crazy ! you do realize with out all that slow mo you woulda never even been able to really watch either of them right ? & that the video wouldve been like 18 seconds long ...
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flag casums (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:57)
 damn... she's HELLA FAST!!
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flag foshizz (Jan 29, 2013 at 18:32)
 Don't ever use that word again
  • + 7
flag casums (Jan 29, 2013 at 23:40)
 Sorry your not where I'm from. Damn your acting like I'm saying "swag" or
"yolo"
  • + 37
flag wolfebar (Jan 30, 2013 at 1:15)
 how can a guy, whos name is foshizz tell people what to say?
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flag ibis09 (Jan 29, 2013 at 18:59)
 Hope to see more of slow mo video like this, so we can see how A-1 athletes do their stuff around their bikes.
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flag g-man27 (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:35)
 That was sick. You could really see the different riding styles and areas where Chris carries more speed with the slow mo. Killer video!
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flag WAKIdesigns (Jan 30, 2013 at 2:18)
 Chris Kovarik in Slow-mo? What a depravation! Heresy, blasphemy, utter impiety!

Thy shall not show our god of Aggro in ways toning down his power to desintegrate trail features. When Chris comes into a burm, the whole mountain moves! If he went to ride on a Mount Rainier, the entire North West would cease to exist!
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flag Azamac (Jan 29, 2013 at 23:12)
 slow mo can be gay but i love watching sweet sweet big bike travel getting a work out. oh and CK and CB are fucking bosses!! nice edit dude
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flag general-lee (Jan 31, 2013 at 18:38)
 So tired of 3-4 min vids with 1 min 'intros.' barely made it past the slow-mo synchronized goggle scene. And that's the problem, because the shots and riding are otherwise top notch. Can we make riding the new intro in 2013? I've seen enough slow-mo time lapse clouds roost getting dressed chairlift shots to last at least a full season.
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flag bigwheels29er (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:23)
 The riding was awesome, and the slow mo wasn't that bad, but the music killed it for me. I had to watch the second half of it on mute!
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flag Patsplit (Jan 29, 2013 at 18:29)
 Once the "bass dropped" at 1:09 MUUUUTEE! So many tracks start out great and then have to turn into Dubstep Sh1te.
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flag mosierman (Jan 29, 2013 at 19:07)
 ahhh! No more dubstep please.
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flag patchesuk (Jan 31, 2013 at 4:07)
 Wasn't quite sure at first what it was about this video... although now I think it's the lighting.... that really just got me very very excited about riding this summer! - and that's coming from a skier!
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flag JoseMPM (Feb 1, 2013 at 10:13)
 A bit too much slow motion for my taste, particularly since I've been sort of addicted for a couple of months the Karver Summer Of Summit episode in which he absolutely killed it. But cool nonetheless.
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flag downsouthrider (Jan 29, 2013 at 18:11)
 is it just me or does the slow mo take away from Kovarik's style? he is so fast, it's a shame to watch him in slow mo...still awesome. thanks for warning us though!
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flag High-Flying-Roller (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:44)
 This has got to be in the top vids of the year 2013 everything was just wix!
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flag Hermit185 (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:29)
 easily the most entertaining rider of all time.
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flag big-G-84 (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:43)
 Really wanna see these two back on the world cup circuit, would be sick. Smile
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flag djfloorfiller74 (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:04)
 sick sick riding....forsure one of my alltime fav. riders to watch...even back in NWD 1 his riding style is banger forsure!!!!
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flag CookiemonsterMan (Jan 30, 2013 at 18:41)
 wow I loved that. I was okay with the slow-mo actually. defiantly a POD extremely soon, thumbs up if you agree Wink (y)
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  • + 4
flag Loucas (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:16)
 Ladies first
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flag jfyfe (Jan 29, 2013 at 19:24)
 It seems like every team is dropping marzocchi this year. Are any teams still running them? I don't want to see that company tank because they're still making good forks.
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flag konakid8 (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:00)
 stopped at 2:53, waaay to effin slow!!
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flag Moodgethedog (Jan 29, 2013 at 22:33)
 huh... u didnt make it to 2:57 to watch Chris' leg flex?.... sheesh Wink
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flag rbka (Jan 30, 2013 at 6:05)
 Clare's such an awesome rider. I love seeing footage of her! & him! I hope they race the rest of the nationals/Victoria series. & cheeky ending... hahaha.
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flag slidways (Jan 30, 2013 at 6:45)
 last time I saw these two they were still running the 888, when did they switch to fox....
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flag superbikes (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:55)
 Well filmed 10/10
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flag bok-CZ (Jan 31, 2013 at 8:02)
 you simply have to use slomo for Chris otherwise he moves faster than your eyes can catch Smile
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flag dontfeelcold (Jan 31, 2013 at 14:10)
 Hasn't anyone seen the Dave Chappelle episode where he shows how everything is cooler in slow motion?
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flag bhd13 (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:32)
 Faved before watching.
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flag Davidsym (Jan 29, 2013 at 18:48)
 if you look at mr kovarik's calf at 2:57 when he hits bumps his leg flexs and contracts. kovarik is a beast
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flag Kinsey (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:34)
 Im feeeling it!
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flag dv8416 Plus (Jan 30, 2013 at 10:06)
 I think everyone deserves a "slow motion walk" film...just like in Superbad
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flag boomerbaird (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:35)
 Claire is fast as hell! I always watch all these videos in mute...
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flag jkoprider11 (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:32)
 awesome sauce on them cool beans, so funny she kept throwing dirt at him.
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flag jtaylor (Jan 30, 2013 at 10:52)
 Is that a rock smashing into her front wheel at the end??
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flag bogey (Jan 30, 2013 at 20:24)
 Thaaaaaaat waaaaaas boooooooooriiiiiiing.
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flag ericj11697 (Jan 30, 2013 at 17:10)
 I honestly loved the slow mo.
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flag extention (Jan 29, 2013 at 16:51)
 CK is always on it. Awesome style
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flag swampdog (Jan 30, 2013 at 2:45)
 Yeah I had to skip through most of it. Can't handle all that slow motion.
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flag BDKR (Jan 29, 2013 at 17:47)
 There is nothing cooler then seeing girls rip! NOTHING!!!!
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flag samsemtex (Jan 29, 2013 at 18:01)
 I dunno man, seeing girls naked is pretty cool. You should look it up, there are probably some pictures on the internet.
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flag BDKR (Jan 30, 2013 at 5:12) (Below Threshold) show comment
 LOL.... Yeah, I've seen plenty of girls naked. Slept with a good number of them too. After a couple of b1tch3s, I find that having one that does the same things you do is better then the super model with a world that revolves around shopping, her hair, and her nails.
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flag SwintOrSlude (Jan 30, 2013 at 8:52)
 I want the bike park to open again sooo bad
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flag karaknic (Jan 30, 2013 at 4:45)
 I counted just over 30 seconds of normal speed footage... overkill to the max!
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flag brooce (Jan 30, 2013 at 4:51)
 Has anybody else felt the smell of SUMMER?
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flag M9er (Jan 30, 2013 at 7:21)
 Carbon m9???
  • + 2
flag Bcrider36 (Jan 30, 2013 at 17:23)
 thats what I was thinking
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flag hp-mountain-b77 (Feb 4, 2013 at 8:06)
 well video
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flag indianJoe (Jan 29, 2013 at 20:31)
 kovarik racing logo looks like manny pacquiao logo. lol
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flag faritafilms (Jan 29, 2013 at 22:24)
 Dust for days
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flag peschman (Jan 30, 2013 at 14:40)
 chris riding the brakes hard.... no good
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flag cameronb3321 (Jan 30, 2013 at 1:06)
 The video actually consists of only 20 seconds of filming, stretched out to 4 minutes of slomo
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flag billy860 (Jan 30, 2013 at 11:02)
 Smile
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