Video: Berm Warfare With Tyler McCaul

 Yes,awesome build!!!
And who repairs the devastation after this very nice edit!?

 The first pic shows him repairing a rut.

 It's like asking who's going to sweep the car porch.

 If you can believe it...Tyler built and maintains this full slalom course himself. Most people may not know, but Tyler is one of the main diggers in California that has had a hand in most major known trails there, DJ spots, and spends more time with a shovel than on a bike. One of the hardest working dudes we know.

 Dream berms

 I am pretty sure that there was an edit by GT, which had T-Mac and Strait riding this trail when it was more of a dual slalom thing. Nonetheless, it's amazing how Tyler has made this trail even better.

 Clay Porter should have been the digger. Because, y'know, his name.

 Why are those berms so tall?
There's like 10 hours extra work each to make them so durn beautiful.
Sometimes "because" is the only answer...
Can you imagine your trail with that much time put into it?
Damn.

 @scott-townes, You obviously have no idea how trail building works in Northern California. Trails like that are built by riders, for a very few selected riders, and kept top secret. If anyone under CA taxpayer funding laid a hand on those beautiful berms it would be to tear them down, not maintain them.

 I think they actually used those pedals to help dig the trail...

 @scott-townes there there. I thought the satire was palpable

 Amazing edit. Love that slo-mo shot, and the berm destroying no matter how much shit I get for sayin it.

 If dirt can be sexy then that dirt is porn dirt.

 ride hard, corner harder

 Beat me to it

 made me laugh out loud in class

 Yeah I loved that. Gave it a kinda horror movie vibe. Pretty intense vid.

 Agreed...as well as the slo-mo. A little bit of everything. That shaky part almost gave it a sped up look, cool.

 Haaa Haaaa

 of course, with all due respect

 Early morning bowls.

 Bermin bowls.

 I have one of the previous models, with the i-drive suspension. Works fairly well as a beefy trail bike with the dropper post, but it's much better off in the bike park on jump trails. I have a 160mm lyrik on mine. www.pinkbike.com/photo/12841152

The new version of the distortion is the bike Tmac is on. Hasn't been released for sale in the states as of yet, unfortunately. Because it looks amazing.

 dope bike @martis I have a 2012 and the thing rips. I ride technical dh on it (not full speed), took it on an epic all mtn trip to peru, and hit dirt jumps on it as well. most versatile bike I've ever owned.

instagram.com/p/oQl9gHjuQK/?taken-by=samsheline
only thing that's changed is I put ESI grips on mine, too!

 @steezysam thing looks great! Did you paint yours black or did it come painted that way? I spent at least 20 hours stripping my bike's godawful orange paint off. Looks much better raw. But yeah, GT knocked it out of the park with this thing. If I had to only have one bike, this would probably be it. I've ridden DH on it, full-blown XC suckfests, the indoor park, dirt jumps... whatever. It generally works fairly well for everything I throw at it. Dropper post and eggbeaters = XC bike, Stubby post and flats = DH mode. I tend to favor my rigid 29er for XC and my Session 88 for DH, though... so unfortunately, it doesn't get ridden as often as it probably deserves to.

 @martis it was Andrew Cho's factory frame so it came to him black with little orange and blue highlights. I love the color, but yours looks sweet raw as well.

And yeah it's my only "trail" bike so I ride it a lot. I recently got a Spec Status, so the Distortion won't see as many DH trips, but honestly it's the perfect amount of bike for some of the smaller and smoother ski hills here on the east coast.

 My last trip to snowshoe resulted in a smashed derailleur on my session, so I pulled the distortion off the roof. Spent the rest of the day slaying the jump trails. It's my backup DH rig, and is a whole different kind of fun. My only real beef is that it climbs like the 33 pound pig that it is.

 Want some help?

 Moore diggers, bigger berms! So yeah!

 Naah I wasn't talking about digging i was talking about riding those berms

 I think he has been riding it at comps for some time now.

 Not seen it for sale in the UK....might be US only? (or a prototype maybe?)

Either way, looks real nice

 i think a lot of these lope bikes never make it to commercial sales. think yt etc

 Premiered at Sea Otter in 2014. Don't feel bad that you didn't know much about this bike... I worked for GT at the time and never saw/heard anything about this. Also, it's not for sale in the US currently. Can't say much about UK/elsewhere.

 The bike is the same as Kyle Strait's prototype Distortion that was at Sea Otter Classic. I have a 2013 Distortion but am super interested to hear if they are making a new one. Might just be for Factory Team riders?Here's mine. instagram.com/p/58zRy0maX-/?taken-by=benpaliwoda

 I worked for GT at the time of the release. Really wanted to get my hands on one myself, but the response as to whether any would be made was basically ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 What kind of rear tire is that anyway?

 looks like a maxxis Larsen tt to me

 Ordered my ano purple t-Macs last night!

 Yezzir! They look slick!

 if you have a backyard then go build it

 I'd love to…

 Except this maybe?.. www.vitalmtb.com/videos/features/Vital-RAW-Eddie-Masters-Reece-Potter-Skyline-MTB-Park-Madness,28279/sspomer,2

Beasting!

 Dude

 curious as well

 Err, a gun then?

 yes. they double as a boat anchor. thats why theyre $200.