Video: 15-Year-Old Shredders Ride Incredible Trails In Israel
Riders: Uri Shamban, Sagi Shwartz, Or Gad, Omer Rosenblum, Ido Tager, Yali Danon
Film & Words: Ohad Nir
Every year, the Israeli cycling scene grows stronger. More riders are beginning to ride in professional cycling circles and specialize in their fields. New and old bicycle brands are beginning to appear on the trails. We had the honor this year to host part of the Giro d'Italia in Israel, and we see how Noga Korem is successful in the Enduro World Series.
I recently received the opportunity from Giant Israel to shoot a special project for them and the first part is focused on some young riders here. This video presents 15-year-olds with great talent that are about to break out in the next few years.
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Btw. Intelligence, racism and all the other stereotypes don’t have anything to do with citizenship. It’s like saying all Germans are Nazis. Yes there are some, but come over here meet people and you will realize that there are some great characters here. Just like in the US. And Israel. And the rest of the world.
Now keep your eyes and ears closed and continue bashing if that satisfies you.
You do raise an interesting point though - At what stage does a citizen become complicit with the actions of the state that he/she lives in?
At 15, were you even vaguely aware of what your government was up to? Much less care? I doubt it... and why should you?! You'd have been a kid, who deserved to be left alone to go and build kickers out of dirt and set fire to shit.
Talk about violence!
That's Americans killing Americans.
Great that kids are riding bikes, but there are some incredible edits out there that get only a few views, while this is on the front page with some average riding and ordinary trails....
"Yeah sorry, but screw Israel" More like screw Trump!
Besides, congrats to Noga Corem for her amazing EWS achievement! Love it
It's tough to be pc about something like this. Especially because America is very hypocritical when it comes to our own land grabs via military dominance, Coup d'état, state sponsored terrorism, and other forms of unethical behavior when it comes to geopolitics.
@eugen-fried: This video doesn't deserve to be bashed, but you can't be surprised when someone isn't excited about the unacknowledged war zone that is happening there and they comment on it.
What do you expect, you are advertising mountainbiking in a conflict zone again, where both sides act in an un-acceptable manner and people are getting killed on a regular basis.
Its going to be pretty unsavory to some people when you show a video of some rich kids from Israel riding around on expensive bikes when a few miles away there are regular disputes about land, shootings, terrorism, disproportionate use of military force etc etc.
But on the subject of permission, you raise an interesting question about the rights of an individual and where they are taken away by other people - would somebody from palestine be denied the right to ride here? would they be denied the right to import such a bicycle as it would not pass through border control?
Some people in that region dont have stable housing or education, let alone worrying about expensive hobbies - but it was you that made the point, not me.