patmanlovesfreeride

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_4FRAp-Hes

I was sick laid up in the hospital. I was into BMX at the time had never heard of pinkbike. My old man brings me a mtn bike movie Union. It was my first time I seen footage of North Shore style riding. I said to my self as I was laid up in that hospital bed, "I want to do that!" 6 months later I bought a Kona scrap and started building my Green Dragon stunt trail on a remote piece of city park land. My whole story in relation to this trail and its history and progress is too long for this comment box. Lets just say my sketchy wooden structures became a bit of urban legend in my town with all manner of XC bikers too, hikers too pot smoking university students, too even management of said park would come out just to check out the wooden construction. 2 and 1/2 years into my new obsessive hobby I got a new bike my Kona bass and decided to do a little edit of my sketchy little trail. So most of the camera work was all me with a try pod and an ancient old Sony digital casset camera, I built almost all the stunts my self, even edited the footage all my self. This is my tribute to the DIY spirit complete with some rockin music and a few crashes and my dog Ember as co star. I bet back in the day this vid could have made VOD but who knows. Check it out. its a fun edit my od to old school freeride. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_4FRAp-Hes

I agree with a lot of the other guys, Moto is cool but I come to pink bike for bike news photos, videos and gear. If I want moto there are sites for those. If your gonna open up to other similar sports you guys should show more BMX vids, photo's and gear. One of the biggest reasons I love My Mtn Bike over moto is the silence of the human motor. There is a certain one with nature I feel on my mtn bike railing 60km/hr on a sweet piece of single track, the sun sparkling in my eyes rustle of the brush as I rip by, the rush of adrenaline and endorphin's pumping through my veins. It's that feeling of Zen you get when you feel one with your bike and nature. This is a feeling I think gets drowned out and is not as noticeable with roar of a 3 stroke engine. So granted there are similarities in tricks, big air, and speed between moto and mtn bikes I just think Pinkbike should just keep emulating the greatness that is only found on a mountain bike.