Must Watch: Brandon Semenuk in 'Better Late'

 @srsiri23w: I believe that was first shown in Where The Trail Ends ridden by Kurt Sorge and Paul Bass. www.pinkbike.com/photo/8645112

 exactly

 @vesania: Which is another timeless banger of a mtb movie!

 35mm film ?

 Mike Hopkins from Life Cycles also...?

 He's also the current leader for the North American Rally Championship title, ahead of Travis Pastrana and Ken Block. God forbid he gets into another extreme sport.

 Sarah: "Better Late"

 The other post did state "Mind Boggling". I won't hold this mistake against them.

 It was so nice it was posted twice.

 Hah, Sarah's version is better because it has photos. She wins this round!

 Serious question, does he have bmx background?

 @kingbike2: yes he does

 @kingbike2: there's definitely a "no suspension needed" precision to his lines and landings. I'd bet on it.

 @kingbike2: just a rally background

 @kingbike2: Actually he has a BMX foreground!
He started riding BMX after his slopestyle period. Better late - right?

 @kingbike2: vimeo.com/216745735?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=66444604

 @thevids: thanks, I saw bmx influence in the edit but after watching this video it’s obvious slopestyle influences his bmx.

 Absolutely.

 Yeah you don't have two eyes for nothing right?

 He could probably do really well. His reflexes are spot on for that kind of speed. Just look at how well he does in rally.

 I preface what I'm about to say with saying that I think he might be the single most talented dude to touch a mtb, and I love his style and control, BUT... I don't think it stacks up. In Deathgrip trying to follow Brendog he looked like he was on the ragged edge and he had that huge off, and Brendog is a Top 30 racer? Follow Me with Stevie was a pretty good segment, but hard to judge how hard he was pushing. But I always get this though about dudes like Semenuk and Lacondeguy and Vinny T cause they always look fast as shit and have amazing control, but I dunno that it would translate to an ACTUAL race time. Flip side, Gee Atherton in his prime getting that 2nd at Rampage without any tricks, but his speed was naked eye faster than anyone else had really attacked Rampage for a good long while, maybe even up until Lacondeguy's 2018 run. Racers are just on some other shit man.

 I hear there is this up and comer named Jackson something or another. Future is bright.

 @Sweatypants: I think if Semenuk got into racing DH it really wouldn't be long until he was easily a top ten competitor. Mind you he is the current North American Rally Championship title leader, a sport he's a relative newcomer to, especially compared to the likes of his competition in Ken Block & Travis Pastrana. I truly believe he might be just one of those generational athletes, capable of succeeding at whatever he puts his effort into.

 @Sweatypants - I agree with everything you say, which is exactly why I'd like to see him try it. Give him a solid year to dial himself in for DH (much like the time he's spending in a rally car) and see. I think it'd be cool if he just picked one race at a familiar track (the Canadian Open in Whistler?) and just concentrated on that. It'd be just as interesting to me to see him do well vs. not do well.

 @gtill9000: it would be cool for sure. unfortunately I doubt he cares. Top 5 or 10? even after a year? i dunno about all that. do I think he could do what Cathro has done and better (no offense at all)? most certainly yes. there's no way he wouldn't be fast. my statement was more about winning or not, which i didn't make clear. not doing good in a general sense.

 @Sweatypants: Idk. All the top dh racers are within fractions of a second of eachother. So racing skill can’t be all that exclusive. An unsposored dh’er can have a good race and place in the pros times. I don’t see any random people posting edits that show anything close to semenuk’s skill level. A lucky day isn’t gonna cut it. He used to race dh, I imagine it wasn’t challenging enough. Maybe challenging from a fitness standpoint but not so much from skill.

 I don't think that it's his bag. He's more of an artist than a racer.

 I wonder if he'd ever doHardline? Could be a cool place to start-the course evens the playing field a bit between the freeriders and the racers. Hell, Brage did pretty damn well at Hardline last year, believe he had the fastest time on the top part

 Brage got robbed not because Brandon's not a better rider but because it was a film festival and Brage made a better film.

 def going to be more lay-offs when Outside see's these duplicated efforts

 Definitely a couple Slack messages!

 At least!

 That was the best part

 Sarah vs Alicia doesn't have the same ring to it as Mike vs Mike, but I'm in! Any excuse to hang out with @alicialeggett in person is a good one.

 @sarahmoore: I feel like Sarah vs Alicia would be less catty than Mike vs Mike haha. It would make such a good PB video...doooooo it

 Richard Cunningham.

 @Patrick9-32: Hands down.

 The BOAT of the GOATs

 www.iancollinsphotography.com/#0

 @kenji-eu: - thanks!

 Purpose built on private land and then dismantled after filming. Those stunts in the edit would be a death trap for anyone that doesn’t wear a Redbull helmet.

 Most of the Utah scenes is publicly accessible. I've been riding around the Rampage sites already. The wooden stuff gets removed.

 @kingbike2: well some of the lines look more like parts of a good bike park, look at 14 sec mark and pretty much most of the first minute of the edit. That is what I am interested in.

 @yoobee: Utah is a dream, one day I will get there. I have friend who went and he wouldn't shut up about for last 3 years ahahahaha

 earth, I think it's on trailforks

 Shralpistan

 @evehmeyer: more specifically Utah.... but what zone exactly. for being freeride, a lot of freeriders are pussies and don't keep the spots free....