Freedom Riders: Movie Teaser

agreed, that was tight

EPIC!!

dope

that was insperational. great works guys!!!

i like. pretty sweet story, very inspirational

I say VOD* that looks like a good show.

VOD...

agree

I loved the opening scene

those trails look incredibly fun! like the stealth building at night! VOD

some real sick shots there! all worked so well.

awsome trailer guys

why does it say it was the year 2000 at the start?

seems like thats what is happening to all trails now days.

WOW Big Respect Guys on all hard working ...

hahaha whats with the dog chillin between the umps

that was ace, begining to end was an awesome trailer, looks like its a cool video too.

the end cracked me up.

awesome trail

So why would the forestry department cut down more trees to block the trails, isnt this more harmful to the forest than just letting this dudes build a trail. You should want mountain bikers to be a part of the forest eco system. Mountain bikers like the outdoors and forest surroundings more soo than the Forestry department. Where abouts is this trail network anyways?

Yeah where is this trail? it looks amazing.

Thats dope man, love the trail and that one dude has a gnarly hair dew

cool video, cool story.

so sick cant wait to see it a sea otter

I can respect those dudes and all but i build "illegal trails to in the most obvious place ever (a passenger train goes by it every five minutes and there is a walking path next to the jumps and a no trespassing sign in the area)and i dont freak out about it. You dont get shot for moving dirt.

haha the end was funney

you gotta love those ratatat beats

sick

I ride there!

wow...great story

where is this trail

Teton Pass Wyoming

man, you guys in America and Canada get such a hard time. every trail you build is "illegal", and gets destroyed or whatever. In England there are trails all over the place and the only people who give a shit are the national trust/woodland trust, but all they do is like destroy a berm or something because the tracks we are riding are "unsafe" and we could claim compensation against them. there is also the forestry commision but most of their land has established legal trails in it.

melonhead1145 i dunno where u live in England but its nothing like that where i live most of the trails I've built have been knocked down

i live in gloucestershire. most of the trails i build the national trust/woodland trust will only knock one thing down. i don't get that much bother from them but a trail im building at the moment is in an area of woodland that there are no trails so the woodland trust dont do many patrols there

in fife the came down and drove over our trails with diggers and completely demolished evrything
they even cut trees down so that they were lying across one of the tracks

i finally managed to get someone to let me build on his land so i've got some gd trails now, no more sneaking into places to build

Thats video was so sick!

Whats the Name Of The Song? plz tell me.

agreed.

Hell yeah!!!

Lets build trails all over the world...but good ones!

greez from switzerland

too bad its not true

What's 'not true', my rims are straight.

? rangers are destroying trails all the time. theres no real way of stopping them. and IF the legal work gets done, then its all regulation and the trail is destroyed by then anyway

Not where I live........I understand your point on 'illegally built' features but there are places that condone it. If you watched and paid attention/comprehended the 'rangers' words you would understand my comment allot more.

idk where that is, but down here everythings impossible

If you build trails on illegal lands, either parks or even private land, theres a chance you will get in shit. The park system is getting more accomodating of mountain biking, realizing trails that built properly will do minimal ecological impact. As land disappears, the parks will need to be the places that people can ride.

My local park has a lot of volunteer hours logged by the riders who can have an input on the trails, so its not just some clueless ranger making boring trails. The park's forest rangers used to be the enemy for trail wrecking, but they should now be used in partnership.

man what park are you talking about cause i live in fredericton and i don't know about this trail system or volunteers

Bradbury Mountain State park....Pownal, Maine....Fredericton has shit for parks and trails

ya i know thats why i asked

haha what happened??

couple of felony charges, probation, banned from all federal property for awhile, community service, sentenced to IMBA trailbuilding school, oh yeah and fines

was in a few magazines several years ago

Brad...you and the Hick Hucksters are referenced in the movie. The brief time I was able to get to know you was incredible. You are an inspiration and pivotal figure in all of this and I hope you are happy that while your outcome was detrimental it helped pave the way for better things to come!

oh right, Gravnetic- I thought that was you. I'm looking forward to seeing this

Do you have that magazine B-rad? I'd love to do an update on that for you on PB- the 'What happened to the Hick Hucksters type thing......you down?

the band name is ratatat. check em out

Yeah, the forest service and the Teton Freedom Riders have a time line of projects and improvements. We were asked to "clean up" the trail that was adopted by the forest service and now we are able to continue new projects. Since Jimmy's Mom and Parallel Trail were constructed legally from the ground up they are some of the most feature packed trails. Imagine a BMX track for mountain bikes. You can't just go out and start building a new trail though.

All the trails in this video are part of the legal trail system. They are acknowledged by the forest service, on the local maps and designated as downhill bike only.

Ya, I meant clear of snow. Do you know about that? Sorry, I wasn't very specific.

hell no

try june there araines1

ya that's Wyoming for ya

I think You didnt see any fkin hard crash yet?

ho tell you to think about it ?

holy shit i guess it was a hard crash

Ratatat-Nostrand

The first one is RJD2 with "Beyond the Beyond"


BTW: I Prefer much more "Someone's second kiss" and "Since we last spoke" from the same artist.

they're pretty much the most legit trails in all of wyoming

the song is Nostrand by ratatat

Very sad to hear that you are hosed for riding around your home. Better move! No seriously start small... The sport has surpassed our ability to keep new school trails progressive and open. When you add in a land manager who come across Whistler it's game over. Best of luck and better start scoping naturals.

The premiere is Sat, April 18th. Your local bike shops should have it by middle May.

This kind of attitude is the reason they are so strict.

i was just meesin around i didnt mean it.

Alright, just....yeah. Don't do that.

I got to agree... I'll reserve full judgement until I see the film. Their website claims they don't condone illegal trail building, but the marketing thus far is a total glorification of it.

I love DH as much as anyone, but cutting trails in wildnerss is wrong on so many levels. Shredding the gnar anywhere you please is not a god-given right, and neither is freedom when your freedom means taking away someone else's.

Ride your fancy boinger bike at the ski-hill or on designated tracks. Travel around the world and you will realize that the US is unique in that we have more open space and pristine wildnerness than almost anywhere I have been. If you open our national forests up in the name of 'freedom' you will end up with a massive resource grab and nothing left for future generations.

Though I wish it were different I have to agree with you. If you want to see more and better trails open up, I think we need to change the way we look at things.

I think that when you guys see the film, you will "feel" the turmoil and struggle that we went through. These guys went to the forest service first. The Forest Service's generic answer if you, me, or anyone else asked "land managers" if we could build a usable and sustainable trail was always-NO! I helped build a network of trails one mountain range West of the Tetons that was illegal at first but has since been adopted by the Forest Service. This phenomenon is increasing amongst land managers as mountain bikers may actually get the OK to ride in US National Parks. This movie shows the progression and the reason to work with land managers. I went to our travel plan meetings for our trails in the Big Holes and 3 years after those meetings and continuing to ride these trails illegally they actually got official forest service recognition. This prior precedent example means you can go to your local land manager and say, "hey, look at what they are doing in the Teton National Forest. How can we work together to provide trails for a large and growing user group who actually cares for the land." It may not be instantaneous but it does get the ball rolling. You will want to start a club or group with a list of members who will unify and show the Forest Service that your group wants to cooperate. We are just an example for success. I can't say that if you do what we did you will have DH trails all over your forest service land. You will have to plan, design, and engineer trails in feasible areas that do the least amount of damage to the resource as well as pick an area with easy access to your target user group. Good luck.

I completely understand that, I'm more talking about trails that are built by 12 year old kids that are just a complete death trap, then they freak out because it got torn down. I applaud the trail builders for their work and hope that others can follow in their footsteps.

well i hope everyone getting inspired by this are the responsible type of people, unfortunately theirs also dirtbags and hudloms that just dont give a damn about property. and the whole thing doesnt just happen with a pick and shovel, all other permits and environmentals stuffs goes in it too.

and i have the feeling that the guys who made the video are also doing this for publicity and exposure, which is good, but, they picked a bad way to show it.

oooh yeah F*** the rangers

ya i though that right away to,that is the best one ever same thing just happend to our djs except those are easy to destroy they got plowed

f*ck i saw them taring down boykos jumps and the waterfall gap which i was planning on hitting on the weekend

they tor down the WG? GAY!

NOOOO we have to rebuild it man its and easy lip to make thats my goal in life to do that jump

omg cole we'er not going to re-build it cause youll hit it once and then crash and die!

no but he wants to hit it too... and im sure theres other people in the future who will want to hit it...but theres some other decent sized shit up the like 30ft across by 10ft down up the hill and another like 40ft step up that goes up about 5 ft so i will just hit those i gues

yea but there all on private property... and i don't look forward to be fined $2000 just so i can ride my bike in one spot..

they wont fine u they will just tell u to get the hell out how will they fine us if they dont know were we live or our names

hell right man, keep on mtb'ing

Wrong. The forest service is the only reason why these trails exist in their current form. Without them we would be nowhere. I live here and ride and work on these trails and I say big ups to the forest service for giving us the chance to even have this. You are so off bro.

Sorry Dude. The end of the trailer they showed has the wrong ending. The premiere is two days before national pot day. Sat the 18th of April! Sorry for the mix up.

what is the exact song name and if you wouldnt mind could you put in a band name?

Not gonna be riding Jimmy's Mom for a while - we've gotten 80in of snow in the last week.
There's probably about 8ft on the ground there right now...

Maybe end/middle of June?

Parallel will open earlier. More south facing and lower elevation. Its April 3rd and still dumping snow down to 6000 ft. Not looking good for early season riding.

Alright thanx!

First Show: Thursday, April 30th at 8:00 PM at Cal Coast Bicycles, 3020 Adams Avenue, San Diego 92116
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Second show: Friday, May 1st at 7:30 PM at Ray Street Studios, 3436 Ray Street, San Diego 92104 http://www.raystreetstudios.com/