Video: Andreu Lacondeguy Down Under

Mar 25, 2013
by rasoulution  
Andreu Lacondeguy is back from his trip to Australia and New Zealand. As a little souvenir for his fans, he returned with a 6-minute video documenting his exciting riding adventures from down under.



When UNIT asked Andreu if he wanted to come and visit the Australian Gold Coast and head to New Zealand to ride mountain bikes, FMX and BMX at the UNIT Farm Jam, he jumped right on it and started to plan the trip. It was a unique occasion to visit southern New Zealand and shred his YT bikes, Dirt Love and Tues in the picturesque mountains surrounding the town of Queenstown.

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UNIT Farm Jam took place in a breathtaking location two hours away from Queenstown. For the first time, the event hosted freeride motocross. A set of five natural terrain jumps were built on a hill and Andreu found himself hitting 140 foot jumps on a borrowed motorbike. The vibe was buzzing and with riders coming from all over the world, there was no excuse not to ride hard.

Staying in Queenstown for 10 days was another new experience for Andreu: the small town, which resembles the Canadian resort of Whistler, has a lot to offer. From riding fast trails at the Skyline Bike Park and big downhill jumps in the Wynyard area, as well as access to some of the best-shaped dirt jumps in the world. All of this within a five minute drive. At the end of it all, the conclusion was simple: “we must come back for a longer time.” Documenting all the trip action and antics from behind the camera was Nick Pescetto.

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96 Comments
  • 93 0
 Without a doubt one of the best riders to watch, ever. So stylish, so aggressive and yet so smooth.
  • 24 1
 "Everything he touches turnes to gold"
Everyone Ever.

And this is why he is, by far, my favourite rider of all time...
  • 12 1
 Just a quick question, what dose that marzocchi sticker doing for the cane creek db , adds plushness? Wink
  • 3 9
flag dpodgajski (Mar 25, 2013 at 13:35) (Below Threshold)
 Mz sticker is threr because it is their proto shock. It has ben given to andreu for testing.
  • 11 0
 No, it's a CCDB because this frame needs a 267mm shock and marzocchi doesn't have a 267mm shock in their lineup. simple.
  • 11 1
 Sorry.
  • 3 0
 prototype being the operative word, the pre fixed word may have some thing to do with length maybe.......
  • 5 0
 Human wrecking ball!! Simply awesome!!
  • 3 2
 He should make the move to BOS. Better suspension and stock on the TUES. It would make sense.
  • 2 0
 one of my favorite riders for sure, best vid on pb!!!!
  • 3 0
 anyone know how to buy a YT bike and get it to australia?? zee germans say they wont ship it here!!!! Frown
  • 1 0
 Mark Webb of the mtb world, full of tats and a crazy rider
  • 1 0
 @thenos09: maybe you could try doing it using a parcel forwarding service such as bongous.com or something of that kind. then they would officially deliver the bike to germany and then send it forward to australia. or you try to find someone from germany who helps you out and does more or less the same thing (buying and forwarding the bike)
  • 2 0
 @thenos09 - If you are SERIOUS about getting a YT I'd gladly help you out.
Shipping and import taxes (don't know your rules in Australia) might end up making it too expensive though.
  • 27 1
 Man he can shread anything with 2 wheels! So good!
  • 22 0
 That DH jump trail looked amazing!!
  • 6 0
 New world disorder jump!!!
  • 6 0
 dream track, Queenstown
  • 4 0
 I would love to have a look at the dream track, though my balls would shrink to the size of acorns if I was stood there..
  • 20 0
 6:10 ... yep ... she gone wet
  • 14 0
 I don't know why but I like videos that are filmed this way (like this one) much more than the majority of others that are smooth, with calm\electronic music that, to say honest, makes me asleep. On other hand, this video looks a bit rough, hardcore, with big riding and explosive music (it reminds me some oldschool movies) that makes me so stoked to ride. Really inspires.
  • 5 0
 Agree totally. The raw feel makes it feel more like how biking really is. And not once did I even suspect any footage was sped up... (no need to really)... can't say that about a lot of other edits coming out lately.
  • 6 0
 metal makes you faster
  • 3 0
 Agreed. No berm-busting slo-mo garbage. (Lookin' at you Schusler)
  • 1 1
 It's almost as badass as this Chris Kovarik video: www.pinkbike.com/video/285187
  • 8 0
 Show us more contour footage please!!!!!!
  • 1 0
 YES !
  • 2 0
 Hell yeah!! More Skyline and Dreamtrack Helmet cam please! (and real speed, not slow-mo or sped up either!)
  • 6 0
 he looks so little on the DH bike.. still sending it though sick rider to get on mx, dh, dj and bmx and shred the lot!
  • 5 0
 He's so tiny and fast, and Spanish. He reminds me of Speedy Gonzales!! Andale, andale, arriba, arriba, ANDALE!
  • 4 0
 That's was definitely some amazing riding. The DH section was tasty loose! Nice hard music track too!
  • 6 0
 Queenstown is awesome
  • 1 0
 That was sick, as usual with Andreu. Also, he looks in a lot better shape than the last years, and if it's on purpose to try and challenge on the FMB world tour that would be sick, there's no rider out there who shreds as hard as Andreu does, would be great to see him challenge Semenuk's precission riding being that he's the absolute oposite: balls out no brakes if possible.
  • 3 0
 Holy crap that DH section looked like he was riding the trail waaay faster than it was intended for (triple, scrub, scrub, triple, roost...)
  • 1 0
 Did it look to you like he had the bike set up super firm? No critique. Just an observation. Voreis' vids always look this way to me too. Perhaps Mach 10 riding like this requires you stay high in the travel. Somethin' I'll never experience! Smile
  • 5 0
 Noice!
  • 4 0
 love the chrome sanctions
  • 3 1
 1 or 2 clips from George Rd and how many stem shaggers on his MX bike???!!!!! Mr Unit Video Producer...... Get your priorities right please!!!!
  • 2 1
 (Psst, what are stem shaggers?)
  • 1 0
 Ha ha! Would 'Bar Hump' make more sense?
  • 3 0
 my favorite rider for sure.......style and craziness all rolled into one...........
  • 3 0
 holy shit such a sick video
  • 3 0
 Andreu can........RIDE!!!!...amazing...and love the YT DH bikes.
  • 2 0
 I like andreu riding because it's never small!!!Always biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig jump!
  • 2 0
 ya, that little fucker RULES.Right up there at the top of the pile!.The ultimate cream.
  • 1 0
 So very many amazing stills,
3.08 - the blue lack beyond with andreu in mid air! just after destroying a very beautiful berm Smile
  • 2 0
 so like to see him on the tues, he really smash the trail with tons of style aaaargh!
  • 2 0
 So he packed a DJ-bike, DH-bike, BMX and a Yamaha. Pretty light still. All in 97 kgs.
  • 1 0
 Awesome edit! Can't wait to get my hands on one of those new Marzocchi double barrels Wink
  • 3 0
 GO Andreu, GO!
  • 1 0
 I wonder if it's possible for anything with the words Andreu Lacondeguy to not be amazing
  • 2 0
 OMG I could've gone and seen him when he visited Outlook at Nerang!!!! :'(
  • 2 0
 Put on a neck brace, we don't want you to get hurt! Awesome video!
  • 1 0
 I met Andreu at Rampage last year and that guy is so damn cool!!! This year bro, its all you!
  • 1 0
 I'd like to see him try on a downhill world cup! He would definitely kick some ass!!
  • 1 0
 .....................................................................wtf! that was holy shit hang on!
  • 1 0
 funny how he looks like an 8 years old over the downhill bike haha awesome video!
  • 2 0
 Andreu? I'm in
  • 2 0
 UFO at 3:57
  • 1 0
 I totally saw it too!!! Freaky...
  • 1 0
 Din't know Andreu Could BMX like that? or am I mistaking someone for him?
  • 1 0
 What kind of Jamaica gloves he's wearing on the MTX?
  • 1 0
 he's looking fitter than ever to boot.
  • 1 0
 All can say is 'geez man'! Ripin riper!
  • 1 0
 That tiny little dude is a damn shredder
  • 1 0
 He is like a Spanish "Palmer". Kills it on anything.
  • 1 0
 I love watching this guy shred EVERYTHING
  • 1 0
 is it just me or does he look like a bubble-head with his helmet on?
  • 1 0
 Anyone know what the last song was??
  • 1 0
 Does anyone who know what the song is?
  • 2 0
 Andreu is Awe !
  • 1 0
 Man he is loose on a DH bike
  • 1 0
 just bought an YT tues frame... STOKED!!
  • 1 0
 I counted 5,349 PODs. That was ridiculous. Killer song to boot.
  • 1 0
 Andrew is the man kills it on every thing.
  • 1 0
 05:36 WTF?!?
  • 1 0
 Gnarly dude! Cool
  • 1 0
 Spanish Balls!!
  • 1 0
 Simply amazing
  • 1 0
 NATIVE AMERICAN SUMMER!
  • 1 0
 that song was brutal
  • 1 0
 Yehhh Brissie!
  • 1 0
 FULL-ON!!!!!
  • 1 0
 Lacondeguys my heroooo!
  • 1 0
 INDIAN SUMMER!
  • 1 0
 WHO GOT THE SONG?
  • 1 0
 m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTze7LFmJw
Indian Summer - Freedom Hawk
  • 3 6
 Nothing in that vid was Aus.
  • 1 0
 where s Unit from ?
  • 2 0
 robassie99 in the bloopers or whatever at the end where there was that dude with dreadlocks talking about BBQ's and shit, that was at Outlook, Nerang on the southside of Brisbane
  • 4 1
 Fantastic, we made the bloopers. Would have been nice to see Andreau actually riding outlook instead.
  • 3 1
 next time my friend, we had problems with rain, trust me we woke up twice at 7 am to shoot it, but it was just too wet. awesome trails tho, definately a must come back. cheers
  • 1 0
 those jumps in the bloopers were outlook weren't they? they looked like the jumps from that forest area or whatever haha
  • 1 1
 yes outlook bikepark, awesome spot
  • 2 0
 robaussie99, that was Brissie, particulary The Valley...







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