Gillette World Sport travels to Vancouver, the home of Freeride Mountain Biking, to learn how to master the sport from pioneer Dave Watson and Freeride Mountain Bike professional, Cory Derpak.
great guy. bought my first DH bike from him..one of his Kona Stabs he used for one week for coaching in whistler. Super helpful and gave me Sombrio riding gear when he heard I was just starting. One rim was slightly bent on the bike during the prepurchase check over so he tossed me 2 new spank rims.
was nice enough to text with me about setup and whatnot after the sale as well.. Thanks so much Dave...made getting into DH so much easier with your help
I think it probably has something to do with the sponsor of the piece. Gillete is a huge commercial brand trying to appeal to the masses. With that comes the over analysis and the "cheese". Like it or not, it's more exposure for the sport. This might be someone's first exposure to the sport we know and love. This might be the first day of a new passion for someone. Hard to hate on that.
that cheese was Herritage and was cured over time. My hats off to Mister Watson for inspiring a whole new flock of dirtbags killing those trails. Sweet love of 2 wheels.
hey pl....,dave brakes it down in words you must not know,he is in the know,for he is passing it on to those that can better there two wheel fun,DAVE keep it pin
yeah it's an intense. He's a professional snowmobiler or motoskier or something idek. he built a bike park by my house and its pretty shitty after like a couple months. hasn't paid a bunch of people.
Well that brings back some memories. i remember watching him in the old North Shore Extreme videos back in the day. my friends and i would riding around the North Shore to check out the from the videos.
yup i think you're right. its really annoying how shitty the video quality is. it says 1080 but is look like its way lower for some reason. its like a lot of redbulls videos. its almost 2016, we have 4k. anything under 1080 shouldn't be acceptable from large companies.... shit shoulda started with, "you know what really grinds my gears"
Weird seeing Watson showcasing freeriding by riding down Jump Line Exit of RH after seeing him hucking the TDF. I guess it was easy access for filming.
So what's the definition of freeride? Does it require a least amount of travel, mountAin size, jumps,...? Are we talking about birth of judging said type of riding? Because riding up and down hills without trails, and then creating single track and then scoring/racing them started in the 70's, and there's video to back this up. You'd need to talk to someone from California who is in there late 70's now or almost 80.
Really? Dangerous Dan, Digger, Many more people much better riders, much more famous. Dawn Twatson couldn't even bunny hop a bike in the whistler bike park and his career got shit on for it. He's a chump bitch.
[not intended to downplay the other major contributions he made as a pioneer of the sport!]
What bike is he riding though?
anyone know what bike hes riding?
lol thnx mang!
Are we talking about birth of judging said type of riding?
Because riding up and down hills without trails, and then creating single track and then scoring/racing them started in the 70's, and there's video to back this up.
You'd need to talk to someone from California who is in there late 70's now or almost 80.