Let's Shoot - Video

We'd been talking about going and filming for months. Jimmy and I spent several evenings sitting around brainstorming, trying to come up with an idea for a video that would take the mountain bike world by storm and leave even the notoriously scrutinizing Pinkbike commenters impressed. Yet when the free day in each of our schedules aligned with unseasonably perfect weather in the forecast, we dropped all pretense of any avant-garde filmmaking. Instead, we loading up Jimmy's truck with food and tools and planned a day where we would soak in all of the warm February sun in the backcountry.

That day turned out to be one of the best I've had in a while. With no time constraints or creative pressures weighing us down, we were able to just focus on enjoying our experience out on the trail. After thinking and talking about it for so long, pulling the trigger to just go shoot had us eager and excited, but relaxed. Our alarm clocks rang that morning at what would normally have been an ungodly hour, but we sprang from our beds and hustled to the truck.

For me there's not much that rivals being on the trail for the sunrise; but one of those things is spending a whole day, sunrise to sunset, out in the backcountry. We watched the orange glow of first light burn on the tops of the rocky peaks as we climbed in the cool early morning; legs still fresh and memory cards empty. As the sun set, we were still on the trail; exhausted and with mouths watering in anticipation of the extra-large pizza that awaited at home. Yet we were immensely satisfied. It was a perfect day enjoying the rugged beauty and solitude of the Santa Barbara backcountry, and we had the flowy roller coaster of dirt practically all to ourselves. We shot what we wanted, took breaks when we needed, laughed plenty, and even got a little video out of it all. We hope you enjoy, but Jimmy and I know that we're already looking for an excuse to ditch the agenda and do it again.

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