Off The Radar - Brendan Howey

Nov 23, 2011 at 22:12
by Mike Zinger  

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I wanted to go back to Cali to ride in warm weather with the locs! AT's showdown was coming up in a few weeks, so lots of friends were headed to San Fran. The side by side format sounded like so much fun with a huge rider's list it had to be sick. A week before I left I asked Mike Zinger if he wanted to go on a last minute roadtrip to Santa Cruz and San Fran for AT's showdown. He had just about nothing better to do so he was down! Our plan was just that we were going to drive to Cali, crash at Fogel's, eat lots of Burritos, ride in the sun with friends and film it. I brought my downhill bike too because it's the most fun to shred and on the rainy days we hit some really fun trails. AT's showdown was more fun than I could have expected and everyone killed it. No one got hurt besides Chubey hitting his head too hard and the jumps were big and fun. I was happy about qualifying 7th and psyched to see Ryan Howard getting 2nd place. Mike Zinger got productive too and killed it behind the lens! Enjoy!

Getting wet

Flowing at post office


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56 Comments
  • 19 0
 Never commented on a dirt jump video/segment but that guy riding the blue bike at the beginning just makes it look soooo simple. Nice style, very smooth!
  • 2 0
 Yeah, Howey style is pretty sick, you dont need to do tricks to be good at biking, just have to ride very smooth with some style, awsome video Mike! Posted
  • 1 0
 anyobdy know the first song?? knarly edddiitt braaa
  • 3 0
 found it, Strange talk- eskimo boy.... for anyone else wanting to know!
  • 1 0
 you almost need a flashlight in that forrest
  • 1 0
 absolutely effortless!
  • 8 0
 Looks sooo good! I want it to be summer right now!! I'm going to have a stroke because i want to ride my bike so bad watching this!
  • 13 1
 To make you feel better, in Australia summer is just getting in to full swing with the sea temperature just hotting up enough to go surfing and the trails looking prime. Haha : )
  • 3 1
 And we can ride all winter long.
  • 3 1
 and even in california is winter, we can still ride all day long with out an issue
  • 6 0
 yeah.. here in my country we can ride all year.. but C'mon! everybody want's ride the Bikeparks of Canada in summer.. :/
  • 1 3
 Stuff Auzzie. NZ is where it is at atm!!. The trails are perfect and the jumps are all freshly groomed. Its a worldwide fact that NZ is far better than Auzzie.
  • 3 0
 Ah yeah. NZ is the best if you like shagging sheep........! haha. Some aspects of NZ are better but not many.
  • 1 0
 NZ is on my MTB hitlist. I have some friends that have ridden in many countries and they say NZ is the best.
  • 1 0
 Nah, I've been to NZ and it was good riding and friendly super chilled people.
  • 2 0
 if you wanna know why Canada produces the best riders in the world it's cause we do ride all year, even during the harsh winters! Smile
  • 1 0
 how
  • 2 0
 big tires and plenty of extra tubes
  • 1 0
 not bad it sounds like fun riding in the snow.
  • 6 0
 Zigger is such a boss! best short on pinkbike I have seen in a very long time! Howey I want you baby's!
  • 3 0
 Only tourists and out of towners call it "San Fran". We'll give you guys a pass this one time since you rip so hard!

SF, The City, San Francisco, the Bay, NorCal
  • 2 0
 I thought it was called the Fris, Like you call up yer brews and say "fellas we're goin to shred the Fris."
  • 3 0
 All this winter needs to be over already. I want riding season back! Or I need to move to a different hemisphere
  • 2 0
 I wonder what camera they used cause this video has amazing quality, sick views, sick weather, and I just want to go shred right now.
  • 2 0
 Yeah everything was sick, the whole movie was sick, but that forrest segment was the illest..
  • 3 1
 I used a Canon 5DmkII for this, which got water damage from the dh rain section.
  • 2 0
 hit that with a quick dislike
  • 1 0
 @MikeZinger Dude, that sucks man. Aren't the canons made for rugged outdoors?
  • 2 0
 the DH part was soooooo nice only complaint is that they should've kept the riding sound in, it made the video seem detached from the audio without it
  • 3 1
 Australias summer has just started Smile
  • 2 1
 Alright scratch that comment from Semenuk Wandering, THAT, was the best video I've ever watched on pinkbike.
  • 2 0
 the guy on the blue bike at the start was so smooth
  • 1 0
 Just saw BRENDAN HOWEY in the news feed and knew i'd spend the rest of my day watching this clip Smile
  • 3 0
 Cali at its Best
  • 4 2
 40lbs bikes to do all mountain trail!!!
  • 1 0
 didn't recognize so many pros at AT . . . damn, at least it wasn't as many as sea otter.
  • 1 0
 rad video. no doubt the side by side format kicked ass!!!
  • 1 0
 what type of camera did you use?
  • 1 0
 why do some people put there forks backwords
  • 1 0
 finally a good soundtrack! the organ kicks ass!
  • 1 0
 they're not that pinned on the trail...
  • 1 0
 Talk about some barspins/xups in that second rider
  • 1 0
 YO killin it zinger and howey
  • 1 0
 Come to SoCal... I'll show you some dh trails!
  • 1 0
 sick colors in the DH part Mike!
  • 2 0
 Goodmusic!
  • 1 0
 Sick vid! Whats the name of the first song?
  • 1 0
 eskimo boy- strange talk
  • 1 0
 nice rainy downhill.
  • 1 0
 that was reallly awesome
  • 1 0
 sick video!
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