Video: Kip Shortreed - All Mountain Shred

Mar 10, 2013 at 19:31
Mar 10, 2013
by Taylor Loughran
 
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Ultra-enduro, 'north shore,' downhill, marathon, ultramontane, freeride, ultra-DH-duro-cross, cross mtn, all country, marathon XC, XC-enduro… in a culture defined by marketing teams, hashtags, and Facebook, even slightly different styles of mountain biking have been segmented and targeted. 26, 27.5/650b, 29'er, the Vivid 3% etc; clever strategies born from boardrooms and mountain biking's own Don Draper incarnates. The soul of our sport is dynamic, and defined on the trail, not decided upon ten minutes before 5:00pm on Friday.

For this edit Kip Shortreed and ArtBarn film were inspired by the simple of joy of mountain bike riding; up trails, across trails, and down trails. Evoking the soul one finds in surf culture by simply returning to our roots... by going mountain biking. Kip is an extremely versatile rider and his definition of "mountain biking" is broader than most.

Kip's hometown of Squamish BC has a vast and interconnected trail network, offering the full gamut of riding experiences; you could never define a ride here by anything other then ‘Mountain Biking’ unless of course the last ‘ultramarathon xc enduro’ you went on included trials-moto trails, old NWD/Collective film lines, Half Nelson, a section of the BC Bike Race course, Full Nelson, and the four gaps on Grin.

Kip rides for Banshee, Trident, HBG, Answer, Manitou, Sunringle, Raceface, and Time. He makes a killer gluten free pizza crust, found at The Nest in Brackendale, and still will not give me back my Hayes Prime brakes.

Shredding

Music: Boy & Bear - Rabbit Song
Thanks: Craig Bullen, Zac Smith, Andrew Teit, Kevin Landry, Pat Podolski, Dave Hord, and Graham Cofell.
Artbarn Film is a boutique action sports production house from Squamish, BC
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33 Comments

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flag CaRaBeeN (Mar 11, 2013 at 1:00)
 That's a fast drop @1:21, nice...
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flag scott-townes (Mar 11, 2013 at 10:40)
 That was enormous and so unexpected.
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flag tinfoil (Mar 11, 2013 at 11:14)
 Loved how it wasn't shown from 11 different angles over and over again
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flag Hermit185 (Mar 11, 2013 at 9:35)
 that write up was beautiful, and the video was a no frills masterpiece. i wasnt bored with the uphill sections, and the music choice was excellent. i love how it didnt blot out the sounds of the bike on the trails, it highlighted those sounds of biking.
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flag dirtmonkey1 (Mar 11, 2013 at 7:48)
 "The soul of our sport is dynamic, and defined on the trail, not decided upon ten minutes before 5:00pm on Friday." Well said!
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flag dontdrinkthebongwater (Mar 12, 2013 at 7:09)
 Bullettoothtony, you will figure out the fascination when you learn how to do it. Watch a rally race for the Scando flick, and think how the same principal works for two wheels
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flag pedalhound (Mar 11, 2013 at 8:17)
 Awesome edit, the huge gapper took my by surprise...damn!
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flag tworldsmine (Mar 11, 2013 at 4:43)
 Smashing! Makes you want to ride immediately... Pure MTB at it's best!
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flag Bullettoothtony (Mar 12, 2013 at 1:29)
 Although this video is not as bad as others can I ask, what is this fascination with kicking the back tire out in almost every video these days? Am I missing something? When I am out riding should I be concentrating more on were to kick out on straights and try to purposely slide my rear wheel while cornering for no good reason? Please stop it! Actually hauling ass catching air down straights or hauling ass into a corners drifting is cool! Trying to force it not so much...
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flag mrgonzo (Mar 11, 2013 at 20:20)
 the little tire tap on the log was pretty slick. great riding and love the write up. whatever you want to call it it's all just mountain biking! or maybe aggressive all mountain semi free but not really free ride trail shred
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flag skibmark (Mar 16, 2013 at 17:24)
 I don't know if I could make the jump at 1:22, looked so unexpected! I would say he has been on these trails before. Makes me want to ride now
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flag SK250 (Mar 11, 2013 at 12:21)
 This is exactly what one should be able to do once a day, this is what an enjoyable ride is in my books.
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flag SwintOrSlude (Mar 11, 2013 at 2:27)
 I hate it when the thumbnail is not in the actual article, it's the reason why I clicked!
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flag mentalhead (Mar 11, 2013 at 7:03)
 It is in the video, and this is exactly where I expect it to be in article, labeled as video article. That's the reason why I clicked!
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flag pedalhound (Mar 11, 2013 at 8:18)
 I saw it in the video...maybe you should look again.
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flag SwintOrSlude (Mar 11, 2013 at 9:18)
 I know, but I'm not gonna use the vid cap for my desktop background
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flag artbarn (Mar 11, 2013 at 9:21)
 If ya really want it that bad i can get ya a grab of it.. but there was not photographer when we where shooting..
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flag SwintOrSlude (Mar 12, 2013 at 4:05)
 Thanks Smile
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flag discombob (Mar 11, 2013 at 18:26)
 I'm starting to wonder if Squamish doesn't look like the best place I've ever seen for sick "AM" or general mountain biking on a 5-6" bike...
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flag jonser (Mar 12, 2013 at 10:59)
 I'm from Squamish theres about 120 trails, all types from xc,all mountain, freeride, flow, steep rock to DH, only thing we don't have alot of is high alpine, but theres some!
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flag Kmans (Mar 11, 2013 at 2:48)
 great edit!
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flag tinfoil (Mar 11, 2013 at 11:20)
 Awesome. That kind of riding just puts a smile on my face. Great song choice too.
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flag fredsbackcountry (Mar 11, 2013 at 7:23)
 thumbs up ... really nice .... you shred the spitfire so bad!!!! . I think I am gonna called sikk today and go riding!!!!!
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flag sglaser (Mar 11, 2013 at 16:36)
 Sweet edit and awesome riding, even if Kipp forgot to thank me in the credits.
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flag jonser (Mar 12, 2013 at 11:02)
 Come ride in Squamish folks, all riding types (except not a ton of high alpine), we ride 10 months of the year!
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flag RPDH (Mar 12, 2013 at 21:07)
 Take the bucket off ya head and put on a real helmet ya muppet
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flag artbarn (Mar 13, 2013 at 1:34)
 OI YA MOITE.. Put another shrimp on the BBQ..
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flag luis-beri (Mar 11, 2013 at 10:09)
 AM is just great
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flag conv3rt (Mar 11, 2013 at 21:23)
 surprised he's not a new rune
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flag Cristian1 (Mar 11, 2013 at 11:13)
 Frate, ai 8-uri la roata =))
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flag C-Bass50 (Mar 11, 2013 at 20:59)
 Made my day, awesome video!!!
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flag shankes3 (Mar 11, 2013 at 17:11)
 So, he's riding 26" right?
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flag RayEpicon (Mar 11, 2013 at 2:03)
 I AM @ ALL
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