Video: Peter Savage - An Introduction

Dec 15, 2012 at 19:00
Dec 15, 2012
by Piers Zdan
 
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Peter and I teamed up a few months ago to start filming for this two part series. Because this is Pete's first full length video segment, as well as being his introduction as a rider in the mountain bike scene, (and since he's only 16) we decided to call it ''An Introduction.'' He has plans to try his luck in a few competitions this season, but mostly to just ride his bikes as much as he can and have fun with it!

The first day of filming ended up being a bust due to bad luck with the weather and his bike. After hitting the hip once on his slope bike, Peter heard a loud "crack" which ended up being a linkage bolt. He then stuck a twig into the empty linkage bolt hole and used the industry standard "seat bounce test" to check the stability of the stick. Needless to say the day was done there. After that, it was a never-ending quest full of cancellations, broken bikes, and computer malfunctions to finish and finally release the video.

Video and words: Piers Zdan
Photo: Ira Hemond
Extra thanks: Derek Kidd, Andrew Sherry

Peter would like to thank his supporters: Oak Bay Bicycles and Chromag Components.
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66 Comments

  • + 11
flag SandersB (Dec 16, 2012 at 1:39)
 Is it me, or does that Front Flip at the end look like he got "shot" at take off ? either way it was sick.
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flag jrocksdh (Dec 16, 2012 at 12:05)
 Interestingly, he did bigger stuff on the single crown bike than the dh bike.
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flag ruclawson (Dec 16, 2012 at 2:34)
 Sweet video, great riding and shot well. I wish there were some close ups of who this kid is, seeing how its an introduction and all...
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flag kyle-white (Dec 16, 2012 at 9:31)
 I was really stoked that there was biking and no big intro gimic.
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flag scott-townes (Dec 16, 2012 at 10:39)
 Long intros are played, this is how a mtb edit should be. I gotta say it was pretty mediocre except for a few shots until the "preview" came up for the second edit... that's going to blow minds it looks like.
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flag ruclawson (Dec 19, 2012 at 1:07)
 An big intro is not what I meant. I meant a shot of who he is, what he looks like. The rider behind the helmet, the rider being introduced.
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flag pierszdan (Dec 19, 2012 at 10:04)
 Fair enough. That will happen more in part 2 because it is a more dirtjump oriented segment.
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flag rockin-itis (Dec 16, 2012 at 0:05)
 Cool. Great song, bike shop scene made me laugh. Nice job of filming that drop.
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flag wonkle (Dec 16, 2012 at 9:31)
 As no one has said it yet that video was SAVAGE. Lol
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flag flowyridestilltherestofmylife (Dec 15, 2012 at 23:11)
 Nice video, interesting trail, good edit.. Wish him good luck next year.
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flag rmx1 (Dec 15, 2012 at 22:47)
 awesome location, editing, filming, and riding! got me stoked!
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flag bizutch (Dec 17, 2012 at 11:07)
 Glad it was posted because I gotta watch something at work.
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flag galliwasp (Dec 16, 2012 at 13:30)
 The footage of autumn makes me long for summer. Trails look great. Nice edit. Keep it up, Savage.
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flag norcalrider16 (Dec 15, 2012 at 23:21)
 what was the first bike that got fixed?
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flag Bikerhasi (Dec 16, 2012 at 5:56)
 It's a Rocky Mountain but I don't know which model .
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flag cpendzi (Dec 16, 2012 at 6:43)
 Rocky Mountain Slayer SXC I think. They don't make them anymore.
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flag sirromj (Dec 16, 2012 at 15:06)
 Sawing skills need some work.
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flag cmacdougall (Dec 15, 2012 at 22:52)
 Sick work Pistols! Stokes for the dj seggy!
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flag karausive (Dec 15, 2012 at 23:33)
 sick! love seeing local trails.
ps- shrews old demo?
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flag NzRider123 (Dec 16, 2012 at 3:12)
 how can a 16 year old afford such nice bikes Frown man it's annoying.
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flag alexvon123 (Dec 16, 2012 at 7:56)
 I do hate that man, I'm 16 and I can't nearly afford that bike, I have a year 2000 Kona Stab Primo, soooooo hard to find parts for, its my first DH bike cause my parents are hella cheap, but I don't care, its a fuckin beast and it was only 350
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flag petersavage (Dec 16, 2012 at 8:17)
 The demo isn't my bike, a friend that I work with let me borrow it for a few days. Wish it was mine tho!
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flag Ben-Harrison (Dec 16, 2012 at 13:33)
 Anyone know the song please...cheers nice VOD
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flag GEAR-BIKE (Dec 16, 2012 at 14:19)
 Song: mumford & sons - roll away your stone
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flag thomas-b (Dec 16, 2012 at 14:39)
 This is rad Peter! Looking forward to part 2
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flag trevorford (Dec 16, 2012 at 18:15)
 that frontflip throw had some wild motion in it! great riding
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flag saitohkiyohiru (Dec 19, 2012 at 0:42)
 Nice Video Edit. Waiting for part 2. Probably more DJ?
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flag RideTheLoam (Dec 21, 2012 at 18:40)
 Nice to see me and my buddies trail on PB. Nice of you to finish the drop as it's been awhile since we could make it out.
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flag pierszdan (Dec 21, 2012 at 21:20)
 Im not sure thats the same drop. We tore down an old drop and rebuilt that from scratch. The old one was built in 2005.
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flag Andrew-Taylor (Dec 16, 2012 at 8:41)
 Sick video, stoked for part 2!
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flag mtriquelme (Dec 16, 2012 at 5:41)
 Good video, very nice to see! waiting the part two.
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flag jeff444 (Dec 16, 2012 at 7:53)
 Ya gotta b honest didn't see anything in this video other than the flip that I cannot accomplish and I am far from making a video of my riding.... Ok but nothing special here. Just my opinion.
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flag dkidd (Dec 16, 2012 at 11:07)
 Man up bro! Lets see what you got!
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flag bmclane (Dec 16, 2012 at 23:31)
 yeah: but he made a video, you didn't.
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flag dvp8 (Dec 17, 2012 at 9:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
 I agree with Jeff why is this on the home page
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flag kyleveinot (Dec 17, 2012 at 17:00) (Below Threshold) show comment
 +1
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flag jeff444 (Dec 17, 2012 at 18:25) (Below Threshold) show comment
 Watch it again and tell me why this vid is on pb home page??
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flag petersavage (Dec 17, 2012 at 19:00)
 Its my first video segment. Piers and I worked really hard on this video, Building and filming. just wanted to get it out there for all to see. Everyones got their own opinion though!
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flag dkidd (Dec 17, 2012 at 19:09)
 ...and lets not forget that the Pinkbike team picked this for the front page... if it was up to 12 year old kids and jaded old farts I'm sure the homepage would be a very different place.
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flag njdfan101 (Dec 17, 2012 at 23:09)
 @petersavage huge props dude, it just goes to show that age is but a number, and good on ya for getting your name out there, haters will hate but consider yourself at least 1 person more popular, cant wait for next vid too Smile
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flag petersavage (Dec 18, 2012 at 7:32)
 thanks man!!
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flag pierszdan (Dec 19, 2012 at 10:07)
 @jeff444 Hey man sorry it didn't appeal to you. Gotta remember that not everyone has the resources and talent of Mindspark and Anthill. We do try our best though.
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flag kyleveinot (Dec 20, 2012 at 7:49)
 lol gotta love neg props for an opinion lol
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flag dkidd (Dec 20, 2012 at 16:50)
 gotta love being butthurt about negative props...
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flag jeff444 (Dec 22, 2012 at 5:38)
 Who cares about props lol it's the truth
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flag baconbikes (Dec 15, 2012 at 19:43)
 been waiting a while for this! so sick
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flag downhill-biker95 (Dec 18, 2012 at 17:11)
 sick video
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flag Dirty27 (Dec 17, 2012 at 8:28)
 killer edit mate!
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flag petersavage (Dec 17, 2012 at 17:58)
 thanks man!!
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flag quatch3 (Dec 16, 2012 at 21:59)
 That was awesome
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flag JamesWa (Dec 16, 2012 at 3:58)
 Willis Smile
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flag EricThiessen (Dec 16, 2012 at 9:47)
 Pete, where can i inherit your skill! but in all seriousness this is by far one of the best island edits in a long time!
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flag petersavage (Dec 16, 2012 at 9:56)
 thanks eric! glad you like it!!
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flag GEAR-BIKE (Dec 16, 2012 at 13:18)
 Song?
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flag blankty (Dec 16, 2012 at 1:23)
 Good video, I just don't get the emphasis on that fairly small drop. Part two looks like it is going to be REALLY impressive.
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flag bobtjustice (Dec 16, 2012 at 5:49)
 Fairly small drop? Really?
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flag pierszdan (Dec 16, 2012 at 10:24)
 The reason for displaying so much of the drop is that we built it (didn't have to time to video it), plus it's not quite as easy as it looks.
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flag blankty (Dec 16, 2012 at 11:28)
 Pieman6- Ah ok. If you built it yourself, good job. Now that I think of it, it didn't look like it had much of a run in. Either way, I didn't mean my comment to come off as negative, and look forward to seeing more from you in the future! bobtjustice- It looked no more than 7 or 8 ft from lip to landing. I'd consider that fairly small.
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flag swisscirca (Dec 16, 2012 at 17:31)
 Not to be rude, but I thought it looked like a fairly small drop too, and it was repeated quite a few times, a bit repetitive, but good vid none the less.
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flag petersavage (Dec 16, 2012 at 17:38)
 its about 9 feet down, and the ladder bridge is about a foot and a half wide. cheers! glad you liked it!
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flag matthill9660 (Dec 16, 2012 at 2:20)
 The best film on pinkbink i've seen in a long time!!!! great work boys.....
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flag cepon3 (Dec 16, 2012 at 7:19)
 you must have missed this then? www.pinkbike.com/news/Makken-High-Hopes-video-2012.html
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flag dkidd (Dec 16, 2012 at 11:20)
 this was cooler.
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