JIB from 2002 captures the brief period where urban freeriding was at its peak. Mountain biking without mountains, as director Thor Wixom put it. The trend didn't last long, but it was spectacular while it did. Lots of broken parts and one of the best crash sequences ever. (Video posted with permission of Thor Wixom.)
Ah yes. The time when hucking to flat wasn't enough and we decided it would be cool to huck-to-flat on concrete. Also, I broke my knee cap wearing those damn Lizard Skins shin pads (with no knee pad).
@ junkyard I know he must have thought highly of himself. It was 2002 for gods sake the music would have been shit in 1984... I think Thor started the DJ/street Bike movement cause after that train wreak of style no one wanted to be associated with it by riding a mountain bike
"JIB from 2002 captures the brief period where urban freeriding was at its peak. Mountain biking without mountains, as director Thor Wixom put it. The trend didn't last long"
There's a Matt MacDuff video on the homepage right now that begs to differ...albeit with less shin guards.
Well true, that one wasn't the best example but plenty of his other vids have the same hopping walls and manualing everything with a bit of park mixed in. The fact that he's running a different bike set up doesn't change the type of riding he's actually doing. The only thing really lacking is the stair hucking.
"with a bit of park mixed in" well half the shit is impossible without brakes.. and they are running 40 pound DH bikes.. thats the trick..
and to be honest,.., after some years doing street meetings with some guys.. i find that brakeless street/park riding is like skate boarding. they normally pull 99% fails.. and one succefull trick occasionally i watched matt's video.. but after a few minutes i was bored..props for running brakeless.. but i see a lack of diversity.. although matt did pull some crazy shit a few times..
this movie was so super boss, it redefined what I thought a bike was for! I had the most badass urban freeride rig! Norco team with 3.0 kenda flames! If only I could sender like super T!
We still do. Even if it's just bombing peoples front yards on the way back to the van for another DH shuttle. It's good fun at night too, when it's too much like effort to hook up the night lights etc to go bush. (bush = forest)
great! i've seen a segment in youtube a time ago, and i wanted see the full film, nice to find now
only i dissapointed that a few riders don't use helmet, being who this is anything basic
anyway the movie is sick!
I still ride my circa 2002 hard-tail. A lot of people don't understand why it weighs almost 40 pounds. This video is a good example of why. Flat hucks to concrete, drops onto stairs, etc... This video put a big smile on my face.
Williams' move at 33:00 has always impressed me. Trials pedal kick on a fully to a fairly narrow landing... not the biggest fan of the location with serious consequences for failure. Glad he nailed it.
Seems crazy to hear that. I was just having fun riding my bike. Couldn't believe someone would want to film me. Couple of my friends did this vid for a high school film project about a year ago - vimeo.com/41808417 - still riding for sure. Broke my tibia last fall at a jump contest so that slowed me down a bit. Can't believe how long ago we made this video. Crazy...
Thanks for linking to the video. Was cool to watch. Felt like a "whatever happened too" episode...lol Good to see you still going at it. Your comment about what you will be riding when you are 40 is totally my motto (and being in the same age bracket getting closer and closer).
Enjoyed the documentary, Von. Enjoyed you riding in Jib immensely, and was glad to see you still out there enjoying it.
p.s. at 48 I ride more than I did at 28. Keep it up, and what a testament to your parenting your boys gave. You seem a well-rounded person. Sweet.
@vdubmtnb1ker: at the time you were one of the best riders in the world. It was pretty f*ckin wild. No one was doing things you were doing. Mixing trials, bmx, and downhill into your own version of freeride. f*ckin style!!!
Living in the Prairies this was the only kind of aggressive riding we had outside BMX. I watched this vid so many times back then. It was awesome, still have the DVD somewhere.
Everything is good when you get to see Tyler "Super T" Klassen ride his bike! I fell in love with that Ellsworth Dare right after watching JIB... Oh, sweet memories!
Williams' move at 33:00 has always impressed me. Trials pedal kick on a fully to a fairly narrow landing... not the biggest fan of the location with serious consequences for failure. Glad he nailed it.
What happened to the guy who fell two flights of stairs in the wipeout section? I hope he was wearing somthing a little better than the lizard skin shin pads! # adove, I think he might have you beat with two broken knees!
Monsters, dual crown HT's in skateparks, heeeeavy trials influence, fullys on DJs, stair gaps, urban ledges, shin only pads... great times. great times indeed.
"....as urban mountain biking. The only problem I see with this is, there are no mountains involved." *smug look as to imply he's the first person to observe this*
Wow its amazing to see the progressionnot only in the trick variety and difficulty of djing, but even just style in general. The flow back then has nothing on the flow now thats for sure haha.
Man o man, what are we going to think of the videos that are current right now, in ten years or so? I couldnt even watch half of this video it hurt my eyes!
The term jib in mtn biking for urban riding is pretty lame. First of all get a bmx bike. Stop trying to grind shit and trials is trials. That's it that's all.
I know he must have thought highly of himself. It was 2002 for gods sake the music would have been shit in 1984... I think Thor started the DJ/street Bike movement cause after that train wreak of style no one wanted to be associated with it by riding a mountain bike
There's a Matt MacDuff video on the homepage right now that begs to differ...albeit with less shin guards.
and to be honest,.., after some years doing street meetings with some guys..
i find that brakeless street/park riding is like skate boarding. they normally pull 99% fails.. and one succefull trick occasionally
i watched matt's video.. but after a few minutes i was bored..props for running brakeless.. but i see a lack of diversity..
although matt did pull some crazy shit a few times..
Umm...er...well,people don't use triple crown DH sleds these days, but really....
And as for 18:15... brings tears to my eyes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrumsWvUY_4