I was in the Whistler chairlift line last summer and he was a few people back in line. All the kids recognized him and wanted selfies and autographs. He was happy to give the kids some of his time. A class act!
Dude has the perfect system. Throw tricks that are so complex you have to watch the video several times over to truly comprehend what he's doing. Then upload them to youtube and watch those extra views add up.
I rewatch AND set the playback to half speed to see what he's doing sometimes. I REALLY wanna learn to caveman drop and watching this one wasn't really all that helpful. It looked too easy.
@Avanwin: For a caveman drop try learning on flat ground with a smaller bike. Just fling the bike under you and practice landing on the pedals. It's a pretty simple trick once you get it.
@DaFreerider44: thanks for the tip! I think the smaller bike part is going to help. Been trying to figure it out on a trail bike But I don't think that's going to happen on flat ground. I'll try on my kids hardtail next. Cheers!
I feel like people just see spins and don’t recognize the amount of new moves Semenuk pulls out in his videos. So many crazy new tricks in here. Cannonball caveman! Nobody’s talking about that? Cork 900!? Superman seatgrab whip to bar? Flip whip nac? A cork 7 bar on a freaking stepdown? All the ridiculous moves he pulled on his DH bike? Not to mention Rupert’s groundbreaking filmmaking. The photography implemented made for such a cool vibe. What a video. Wow.
I can actually do some of the things that Brandon does. That closing scene at the end, where he's pushing his bike up a hill....yep, got that one down.
Lots of peole here hating... Which is fine... We as MTBer's see Brandon doing this level of stuff regularly. So it almost seems "boring" now.... Keeping in mind this on an XGames platform... Millions who don't MTB or have little insight to our sport are gonna see this and it's gonna blow their minds... Brandon is and always be on another level when it comes to riding. He will definitely be top three for this contest...
Also a Lil grom somewhere is gonna see this... Dust of his dad's old Brodie that been in the garage collecting cobwebs for the last 15 year.... Grab a shovel and start digging away... In 10 years well all be talking about them...
You watch this and quickly become null and void of any concept of physics and reality. Brendon Semenuk steps on a bike and it instantly makes the viewing look like a computer game.
ok, I'll be that guy. This was completely rad-sick-gnar...yes yes yes. But it seemed like I was just watching a bunch of his other edits strung together. Maybe I've just watched so many that I've gotten numb to how amazing a rider he is, but for my money Brage's edit was more MTB in feel, more raw, more tech and more high consequence. Hate away.
That one-hand table is probably the dopest thing in the edit tbh... i expect all kinds of crazy stuff from Semenuk but something so simple and steezy can go a long way
While all this slopestyle stuff is super clean and dead impressive I don't think it's nearly as fun to watch as the things McAskill gets up to or as that Brage Vestavik edit.
@TannerValhouli: Lot of slopestyle stuff in there, but the first move was buuuuurly. Last move also an enormous stepdown. Maybe shouldn't win but what an edit.
It felt like we had seen all of this from him before. I might be wrong but I'm not sure there was anything new in there. Not even a new location. It would be sick to see him do a street freeride edit instead of perfect slope style ramps placed in different settings.
That being said, of course this was still bad ass and yes, the nose bonk to sui. was DOPE.
@Avanwin: there’s more worlds firsts in this edit than any other it’s more technical and harder to pick. Cork 7 bar on step down, hand whip to bar, caveman drop, flip whip nac, switch whip on trail bike the list goes on
Super impressive, not a question about that. Dude has you watching most of the tricks twice to be able to see whats going on. But I'm just gonna throw this out there: Is this worthy of winning a freeride competition titled "real mtb"?
Not sure if we watched the same clip? I saw him land an opposite 360 flattie into completely natural soil. Of course, you need to build a clean landing to stomp some of those insane tricks but most of them were out in the desert mountain ranges.
@BenTheSwabian: Someone else can still win the competition and every other entry is still "real mtb". Is Danny MacAskills trials riding "real mtb"? Is DJ Brandt getting towed in by a car "real mtb"? Is Cam Zink hitting DH bike gaps on his own property "real mtb" in a sense that you and I can relate to? The answer is yes to all of these and it's silly to try micro-categorize this stuff.
While I think you are being a bit harsh, I agree to some extent. Brandon has his style down to a science and this edit had a predictable feel for me because of that. It was so on brand for him that it felt like we had seen it all before.
I guess technically you could say the same for half of Zink's edit but his felt more personal and raw than this one.
I understand the sentiment you're trying to convey, but you could not be more wrong in saying Semenuk is a "has been". Other pro riders call this guy GOAT for a reason. He is still pushing the limits of what anyone has done on two wheels with every bit of content he releases, whether it's your flavor or not. If you held a slopestyle contest tomorrow, the next day, or any day in the future - you can bet Semenuk still has moves up his sleeve that would be a step ahead of what anyone is putting down. His rate of development and creativity is still in a league of its own.
I DON'T think this edit was a banger for the ages in comparison to some of his other recent work, but your comment is generally just whack.
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Also a Lil grom somewhere is gonna see this... Dust of his dad's old Brodie that been in the garage collecting cobwebs for the last 15 year.... Grab a shovel and start digging away... In 10 years well all be talking about them...
#BikeWizzard.
I DON'T think this edit was a banger for the ages in comparison to some of his other recent work, but your comment is generally just whack.