Video: Because Metal Rules

 Not that I see anything wrong with that.

 nothing low budget about running a vx1k these days as well. way cheaper to grab an older dslr like a t2i off craigslist than deal with tapes and maintenance on a 15 year old 3 chip camera

that being said, i still love the look of a vx/dvx over dslrs any day, just too lazy to put up with minidv these days

 Lol i agree actually i stop watching after 1 min

 Matt's the 2x Canadian DH champ, he's a f*cking shredder. Its just that he isn't flailing around trying to look faster than he actually is. Smooth = fast

 *bear and canadians

 *earthlings.. Who doesnt like beer?

 Nick?

 Beer is the answer, but I can't remember the question...

 All good my friend, it was a generalization. I usually end up hating the beer the morning after a long night out on the town.

 To be fair I've gone right off beer over the years, I pretty much only drink Vodka nowadays.

 Hank, I was in Bonny Scotland this past summer... Change it over to peat mulled scotch!

 Beer is haram you American pig! Allahu Akbar!

 You fkin mad? I love beer

 I'm glad all the videos are different, too. Gotta have something at either end of the spectrum! At the end of the day, these comments don't matter when you have fun riding.

 I'm glad the soundtrack the bike and dirt was making was audible. some of my favourite vids have no music but they have "music". if you know what I mean

 thanks for existing!

 Now I don't have to write my own comment. Just thought of the non-conformists from South Park demanding everyone conform to their non-conforming ways. Ride what's fun... brah! Well I guess I commented anyway.

 right.

 well said man!

 100% agree

 but he went to film school...

 I don't know how he graduated from film school with all of those zooms, in and out, super choppy, mixed with crazy pans. Bro.

 Same thought exactly!

 folk metal?

 @conv3rt sure man, Crosby Stills and THRASH.

 Ooo I don't know I was pretty stoked on that one. Song was reminiscent of Cirith Ungol meets Kylesa / butthole surfers...Kinda gave to the raw nature of the editing. I will definitely be checking out Black Tusk in the future. They cant all be dubstep and supermans...

 Set the Dial is their best album, good stuff.

 Yeah, I find metal music can be a super personal thing. I'll love some bands, and have no feelings for others within the same genre. It's hard to please everyone, even metalheads!

 Yeah it is. Solid album.

 True True JB, I don't like a lot of stuff that probably sounds really similar (for people who don't listen to metal) to stuff I really like. Also, you left off Adventure Metal which is perhaps the most a propos metal to be paired with riding hahaha! Somebody needs to make a killer edit using 3 inches of Blood's Forest King!

 NO. He's talkin 'bout creating an identity for the sport via media, not how one rides. If this video is not letting you ride, you got moar problems than a simple identity crisis.

 Hmm okay. And it's the opposite. Sometimes videos make me want to shred. Even if they have ski/moto undertones

 What is the opposite?

 Well mtb owes its existence to moto so there's nothing wrong with that. Ski filming has brought some professional aspects to mtg filming which is a good thing. Im not saying this is a bad video but it's not like I haven't seen edits like this before.

 @TheMastodon You are incorrect, the motorcycle owes it's existence to the bicycle, which was invented before roads existed, essentially making them off-road bicycles or velocipedes. And none of that has anything to do with DH'ers borrowing style from MX'ers, which is what was being referenced here. And I agree, there have been edits like this before.

 Where do you think the introduction of suspension came from? Motorcycles. The first bicycles are a far cry from modern mountain bikes. I never said anything about style but that too is largely borrowed from motocross.

 Incorrect again @TheMastodon shock absorbers came from automobiles first

 OMG you know nothing. They first experimented with moto shocks on mountain bikes. Im not talking about the creation of suspension or talking about the invention of bicycles. I'm talking about recent history. And the bicycle wasn't invented before roads.

 Incorrect again... these modern "moto" shock absorbers you refer to were first used on BMX bikes, long before keith bontrager and paul turner made shox for mtb's. Paved roads, or roads as we now know them, didn't exist before bikes. Stay in skool!

 I sense a theme here

 That is correct!

 The bike was invented in the 1800s. The Roman Empire had roads for god sake. What a stupid argument. They put suspension on motorcycles long before bmx bikes existed.

 You have misconstrued nearly everything I've said. Your statements regarding of the history of bicycles and suspension clearly shows your lack of knowledge on the subject, which is available to you with just a little google-fu... Smooth paved roads came after bicycles. BMX had shock absorbers before MTB. Bikes had an archaic form of suspension before they motorized them. Automobiles had the first form of suspension dampers. Proclaiming "mtb owes its existence to moto" is a grossly inaccurate statement.

 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_road_transport there you go. Have you heard of fox suspension and marzocchi? Guess what they made before entering the mountain bike market? Im done, I win.

 Good example. That explains that roads were rougher than an IMBA trail up until the late 19th century in areas that people travelled by bicycle, and they demanded better ones! "The Good Roads Movement occurred in the United States between the late 1870s and the 1920s. Advocates for improved roads led by bicyclists turned local agitation into a national political movement"... Ever heard of the first mountain bike shock manufacturer that is still around today? Does the name ROCK SHOX ring a bell? Posting errant insults and incorrect info makes you a loser @TheMastodon

 The first mountain bikes didn't even have suspension. Your wiki link even states bicycles used roads before any motorized vehicle, so what point were you trying to make? Maybe you should have Wiki'd 'motorcycle history'. Oh wait, first paragraph, "Motorcycles are descended from the "safety bicycle," a bicycle with front and rear wheels of the same size and a pedal crank mechanism to drive the rear wheel." We can all clearly see the point you are trying to make about modern mountain bikes, you just don't understand that your original statement is an incorrect generalization about the history of mountain biking, which had nothing to do with motorcycles.

 Thank you! Way to keep it real. Solid @bradwalton , Solid. The truth is out there!

 you made a general statement saying bicycles existed before roads which is incorrect. A dirt road is still a road as well as ones paved with stone. Where do you think the technology that rockshox used in the first suspension components came from? Where do you think the rear shock came from, or front fork. Yes mountain biking existed before they brought suspension into the game but it was very different. Imagine this video without suspension. I never said bicycles owe their existence to motorcycles. I said mountain biking owes it's existence to motocross and the technology invented in that sport. @bradwalton, "incorrect generalization about the history of mountain biking, which had nothing to do with motorcycles". Are you serious? And the argument that bmx bikes had suspension before mountain bikes. BMX: Bicycle motocross. Bmx largely exist because of motorcycles. In my first statement I was talking about modern mountain biking. Imagine mountain biking without suspension, disc brakes, gripes, knobby tires, body amor, helmets that actually work etc..

 Don't waste my time, we already went over that. I can imagine MTB'ing without gripes because I know my history about modern bicycles, roads, trails and where the roots of two wheeled transport come from, I don't have to make up reasons to be upset. I have been studying this since before you were born and will continue to until I die. Moto might be en vogue right now in MTB, but like they said, "free your mind, and the rest will follow"

 Your idea of mtb must be riding on a dirt road. You seem to be ignoring all the points I make so I going to stop, arguing with you feels like arguing with a republican.

 couldn't be further from the truth

 I hardly ever comment on things. You two just make up and kiss im tired of these notifications

 We realize now you were talking about modern mountain biking, but that's not what you said originally. "Mtb owes its existence to moto." An incorrect generalization. Surely you can understand how a mtb'er on a mtb site would be opposed to this statement.

 Seriously though. Flow trails are watered down MX, freehucking is higher consequence skiing. Why not just do those sports if you want to hit huge high speed jumps or to billy goat your way through exposed cliff lines? Mountain bikes are unique for how maneuverable they are through tech, where you can lift and pump through the trail to create flow where it wouldn't otherwise exist.

 Thinking about this more, I'm an idiot. You build off what you're already good at. Who cares if your sport is influenced by another? I don't need to spend years learning to skate to have fun at a skatepark, I can have a great time on a bike (26" at that) and it will make me better on the trails.

I'm just ornery because I didn't ride this weekend.