Old School Throwback: Mud Cows

Jan 20, 2013 at 1:42
Jan 20, 2013
by Matt Wragg
 
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This week for our old school throwback, we're going ghetto and heading for Australia. Mud Cows is probably the most low-fi, loose film of mates hurting themselves on bicycles that ever graced a VHS tape. Sketchy bikes, sketchy riding, sketchy filming and editing, a punk soundtrack and some brutal injuries make for wild combination. A lot of young riders who are making their own edits these days should watch this and appreciate how far a sense of fun and some personality can get you. It's not for the squeamish as there are some pretty graphic injuries many of them without the correct, internationally-certified protective equipment. And being Australians they swear a lot too.








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82 Comments

  • + 63
flag Angryham (Jan 20, 2013 at 1:51)
 Australians hurting themselves? oh boy
if i had £1 for every pixel in those videos i'd have enough to buy a spare inner tube and that's about it
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flag fade-to-black (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:00)
 youd have 75p
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flag Excalibur-DH (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:59)
 Rad movie, shame you can barely see what's going on due to the quality.
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flag iffoverload (Jan 20, 2013 at 4:21)
 this is what happens when you send a bunch of delinquents somewhere sunny...
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flag WDCCUTS Plus (Jan 20, 2013 at 6:10)
 Filmed with a potato
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flag scott-townes (Jan 20, 2013 at 10:26)
 Australians... enough said. Rowdiest country on this planet.
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flag groghunter (Jan 20, 2013 at 12:37)
 Australia: Mother nature's boss level.
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flag shinydonkey (Jan 21, 2013 at 0:57)
 That was so massively, authentically BOGUE, and not in the modern cashed-up miner way. I almost feel like having a shower.
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flag xiphon (Jan 20, 2013 at 2:06)
 Still got "Mud Cows" and "Burning Calves" on VHS, on the shelf, next to "Dirt", "Chainspotting", and "Getta Grip"

Essential part of MTB history! (I don't even own a video player any more!)
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flag evapor8 (Jan 20, 2013 at 9:58)
 been trying to remember those vid names for ages cheers man. funny they were the best thing available at the time must have watched em so many times, wish i still had em on vhs. im english dunno why the canadian flag has come up ha
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flag RoverDover (Jan 20, 2013 at 15:16)
 I watched this until the sound got crackly and the picture fuzzy. Still have it alongside my massive cassette collection of grunge and punk.
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flag PatMcG (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:27)
 f*ck yeah straya c*nt!!!
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flag dazpost (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:22)
 Ah the good old days when riders had a sense of humour and weren't so full of themselves
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flag lockwood (Jan 20, 2013 at 4:15)
 Correct
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flag miff (Jan 20, 2013 at 14:38)
 You mean... like now? One of the primary reasons I love the MTB scene so much is that most of the riders AREN'T full of themselves.

All my encounters with the big names (which are frequent when you live in Whistler) have been very positive. I'd like to know why you think today's riders are seemingly void of humour and humility ?
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flag blackdiamondpimp Plus (Jan 20, 2013 at 17:24)
 I agree with miff... I've shared a few lifts up at whizz with alot of legends of the sport... they are just people at the end of the day, and I've had nothing but positive and fun experiences, most of them initiating conversation.... sometimes I'm not even realizing who they were (sorry Kyle J..hahaha...no, you can't have your multi back...lol) ...Most times I load up and enjoy the ride to the top...who knows who Im sharing the bench with... yeah, there are douchebags, both pro and novice, but overall the community is awesome and stands worlds above other sporting communities
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flag powerline (Jan 20, 2013 at 19:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
 hahahhahhahahahahhaahhahhaha i lolz soooo much . you are hilarious milf . full of yourself much? like whistler really ? wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww you must be a pro ? who cares ? just shut your mouth ok
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flag miff (Jan 21, 2013 at 6:15)
 huh?
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flag blackdiamondpimp Plus (Jan 21, 2013 at 12:04)
 So yeah...like I was saying...there are douchebags in the sport....
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flag unleash (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:31)
 you might think this is shit now but when it was released i watched it over and over, together with stuff like crusty demons of dirt and various skate and snowboard vids .There was not the massive amount of content available at your fingertips via the internet .this kinda stuff was great back then to a young bloke who was bike mad still got mud cows and burning calves on vhs to this day.
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flag gazsutton (Jan 20, 2013 at 5:22)
 Well said Quite a few memories watchin them vids. Suprising how much technology has come on.
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flag scott-townes (Jan 20, 2013 at 10:34)
 Crusty Demons is still the best moto movie series ever created. It's basically like a rated R Nitro Circus... that includes Seth Enslow, the biggest maniac to ever ride.
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flag sgsrider (Jan 20, 2013 at 11:43)
 Seth is insane!
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flag unleash (Jan 20, 2013 at 12:33)
 i f*cking loved crusty demons /the hard way (seth film)drove my ex mrs insane with it .i watched them over and over freeride mx was better than just plain freestyle in my opinion.
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flag iamamodel (Jan 20, 2013 at 14:32)
 Demented Chowder Pilots on the Run. It had a Ministry soundtrack, humour, crazy guys doing crazy stuff on and off snowboards. Crusty Demons was seen as a breakthrough video - the extreme of the extreme - but 'Chowder Pilots' did it first.
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flag mofyman (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:17)
 AAgghhh no way, I was there. These classics lead up to the '96 WORLDS in Cairns, when Palmer (Hard core SHREDDER) battled Vouillouz (Smooth style FRENCHY) for the title. Sure were some mad times, can never replace the moments of madness for sure!!! Mudcows were ahead of their time!!! This set Cairns on the map of mountain biking!
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flag farku (Jan 20, 2013 at 12:05)
 Wasn't that 94?
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flag cloverleaf Plus (Jan 20, 2013 at 14:06)
 No, Cairns was definitely '96 - it was the first year Palmer competed in the Worlds (IIRC) and at the time I had a huge poster on my wall of him shredding a low and loose turn on his M1 with Magura Racelines and a pair od Vans Oldskool's on.
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flag miff (Jan 22, 2013 at 10:49)
 I always thought it was 94 as well... maybe I've been paying bad attention lol
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flag Sinbin (Jan 20, 2013 at 5:29)
 To me it's like saying "golden eye on n64 is awesome!" Though it may have been back in the day, playing it now, you realize how crappy that game is with its shitty controls, and grey monotonous blocky graphics. However it still brings back great memories because we didnt care about all that at the time. We were just having fun. That's how I feel with these movies.
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flag pigman65 (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:13)
 I'm so glad that i am not alone in thinking that this was shite.
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flag Angryham (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:24)
 lol
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flag BINGOWIN (Jan 20, 2013 at 7:09)
 obviously these are absolute wan*ers. first video 25 seconds in a mouse in a mouse trap. pricks
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flag evapor8 (Jan 20, 2013 at 10:07)
 how else does a mouse die in a mouse trap?
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flag powerline (Jan 20, 2013 at 12:33)
 so they should let them run ramped ? i would much rather die a 2 -10 min death from a trap then be fed poison and rot from the inside out over a 3-5 day period. i have seen a zombie rat , slowly walking , holes in it from the poison , see in one side and out the other ... still alive but barely. its sad so many people use poison now because their lazy and dont know any better
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flag miff (Jan 20, 2013 at 14:41)
 I can guarantee that you've used or consumed something today that was tested on a mouse. Get some perspective you fucking muppet.
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flag powerline (Jan 20, 2013 at 17:15)
 They make great snacks for my Aussie lizard Big Grin .

www.pinkbike.com/photo/4054295
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flag leonfryman (Jan 20, 2013 at 1:53)
 Used to watch this and head out for dh runs on my Proflex Animal when I was young hahaha Rad!
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flag Lehel-NS (Jan 20, 2013 at 2:50)
 I somehow fail to see how this should be MTB history. It's just a sped up video of a bunch of psychos doing some rather stupid things like thrashing a bike and a stereo with axes and hammers, jumping from cliffs and climbing a tree. When occasionally there is some footage of riding, it's rad, but that's only something like 1/4 of the video.

What would someone who isn't into biking think about us after watching this? - A bunch of morons who occasionally ride (crash) their bikes?
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flag curto (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:25)
 It seems like your thinking too far into this. Are you really worried about people you don't know judging you from a 15 yr video which has basically no affiliation with you ?
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flag PeytonP (Jan 20, 2013 at 15:58)
 I'm with you. I'm not entertained.
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flag browner (Jan 21, 2013 at 10:41)
 Well this was before Jackass which makes the whole thing way ahead of its time. Also, they didn't make it for it to become a piece of MTB history. The people who watched this again and again when this was all there was did.
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flag jaame (Jan 20, 2013 at 1:55)
 The shop I used to work at was owned by an Aussie and he had the distribution rights to this in the UK back in 95 or 96. We sold hundreds of copies, on VHS, at twenty quid a go. That was when I was getting paid 15 quid a day, so it was expensive. I couldn't help but laugh when I borrowed a copy and saw how shit it was, oh those poor fools parting with their hard earned on such a bag of shite on the strength of a glowing MBUK review. If I spent 20 sheets on this back then I would have been shitting bricks when I watched it and realised what a waste of money it was. Thank God for the internet is all I can say!
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flag bfe89 (Jan 20, 2013 at 2:30)
 Fucking awful
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flag Melanific (Jan 20, 2013 at 10:56)
 Ha ha,I got back all the memories!Smile ...Those day's we so backward we barely speak english and dont have the right courrency to buy bike's. Who thought we buy one day a not second handed stuff?Smile I think we all happyer those modest time's.
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flag Qdog1981 (Jan 20, 2013 at 13:00)
 Funny seeing that dirt bowl. Its all been revamped and they have a comp there every year part of a week long celebration of mtb called Gravitate. Even a couple of riders from Mud Cows come along. They also do some dh runs on there old bikes. Pure gold.
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flag Qdog1981 (Jan 20, 2013 at 13:42)
 YouTube "gravitate cairns" to see some of same places now.
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flag Brooklynuk85 (Jan 20, 2013 at 5:20)
 God, I used to love this when i was a kid and my older brother was racing DH. Watched it over and over again. Well done Pinkbike, i think this Old School Throwback idea is one of your better ones Big Grin
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flag cranny (Jan 22, 2013 at 10:52)
 After seeing the recent release of old skool biking vids onto youtube I was hoping this would appear! That rad bit remains to be the only part of a tune I can play on the guitar...
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flag bluechair84 (Jan 20, 2013 at 10:11)
 Aah brilliant memories of being a kid! But... wait a minute! They didn't leave the porn that came on after a few minutes of static at the very end of the tape!! We've been robbed!
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flag ice7 (Jan 20, 2013 at 7:45)
 in lovin memory of the times when high fives after every ride and funny full caps were unnecessary...
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flag mylespotter (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:27)
 Meanwhile in Australia......
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flag SkiBitch (Jan 20, 2013 at 9:18)
 Mud Cows 2 !!!! the best one.

www.metacafe.com/watch/9514985/mud_cows_2
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flag wysiwyg (Jan 21, 2013 at 1:16)
 Is it this or calves that says, "can your fingers? I can feel my thumb. But can you feel your fingers? I can feel my thumb?"

Still quote that after most crashes
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flag PeytonP (Jan 20, 2013 at 16:02)
 And this kind of crap is why other mountain sport enthusiasts took so long to accept mountain bikers and snowboarders.
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flag Protour (Jan 21, 2013 at 4:15)
 Lots of GT RTS's, Hammer pads, and gaping wounds....awesome memories! What's it called when you go off a jump and let the bike go? Forgot, but lots of that too.
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flag SkiBitch (Jan 21, 2013 at 5:12)
 ghostie?
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flag tommWatson (Jan 20, 2013 at 4:12)
 brings back memories, got this with a mbuk magazine in the 90's, I must have been about 6 when I used to watch this over and over!
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flag Turboute (Jan 20, 2013 at 2:38)
 Haha this is one of the things that got me into riding. They were not too far up the coast from us and there was always a big crew of them at the races.
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flag scott2013 (Jan 24, 2013 at 8:07)
 ONFG I ANT SEEN MUD COWS IN YEARS..... was the first mtb vid i watched but mc2 is better can u up load that movie to please
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flag moofish (Jan 20, 2013 at 23:54)
 I've never been so proud to be Australian! We really havent changed that much!
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flag alko00 (Jan 21, 2013 at 16:07)
 Holy cow! Sprung monkey played punkmetal back then, and protectors were not cool to wear!! And I was like 8...
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flag daryl-patterson-dh (Jan 20, 2013 at 2:52)
 Lmfao if i went to hamsterley with one of them bikes ill get turned away Wink old skool thogh
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flag dirtshifter (Jan 20, 2013 at 10:49)
 I love this! Getting rowdy and having fun is a great part of life (even if you nearly get your face sliced off amongst a Neanderthal bike attack party). Today, everyone has their nose so far up their sponsors ass, there isn't any room for a little reckless fun for fear of misrepresenting their brand and 'our sport'. Yes, I completely understand if we acted unruly all the time we would have an even tougher time with land-use and respectable pro salaries, but all I'm saying is live a little.

Thank you pinkbike! Great throwback
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flag SkiBitch (Jan 20, 2013 at 7:07)
 My first proper bike was a gt talera, it was awesome, until i put some mozo xl 4.5's on and snapped the head tube too Razz
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flag tbrozz (Jan 21, 2013 at 13:32)
 haha this came free with MBUK back in the day on VHS
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flag joeMFreed (Jan 21, 2013 at 7:08)
 Mountainbike bungee jumping........fuck ya!
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flag yorkshiretea (Jan 22, 2013 at 12:58)
 Would love to see The Wheel Deal on here
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flag butler393 (Jan 24, 2013 at 6:47)
 they were that crazy bck then?
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flag mate1998 (Jan 20, 2013 at 11:24)
 240p we meet again
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flag SkiBitch (Jan 20, 2013 at 7:33)
 url>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK8GPTtj788/url>

Mud Cows 3 Smile

Cant find Mud Cows 2 Frown
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flag gclarida (Jan 20, 2013 at 10:09)
 it would be better if i could tell what was going on
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flag bike4real (Jan 20, 2013 at 15:50)
 this HD is terrible Smile
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flag Tharris (Jan 20, 2013 at 3:46)
 best movie to come out of australia ever !
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flag Worm-Burner (Jan 20, 2013 at 20:10)
 FUCKYEAH
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flag gruver (Jan 23, 2013 at 9:47)
 Escalator DH, Gold!
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flag C-Bass50 (Jan 20, 2013 at 12:06)
 Why?
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flag t-d-p (Jan 20, 2013 at 6:46)
 Brilliant to see this again!

Another of my favourites from back in the day:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYGiRWfp5xk
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flag coin-op (Jan 20, 2013 at 5:44)
 vids for sale...


www.pinkbike.com/buysell/1260251
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flag Sshredder (Jan 20, 2013 at 22:53)
 This is ART.
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flag HeavyRhino20 (Jan 20, 2013 at 9:00)
 i dont get it
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