Riding an Eclectic Mix of Features in Utah - Video

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VTwintips (Apr 3, 2018 at 18:38)

That woodpile hip is soooo cool! Its all so cool. Awesome stuff!

yakattack (Apr 4, 2018 at 11:15)

Thanks dude! Hope all is well!

AdustytrunkMonkey (Apr 7, 2018 at 1:30)

Good to know since Canyons is not longer doing mtbing.

the-smith FL (Apr 7, 2018 at 5:15)

@yakattack: Very cool! Does this trail stay around or is it built for the video shoot and dismantled?

rustyhorse (Apr 7, 2018 at 6:50)

yea nice building out there

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scott-townes (Apr 7, 2018 at 7:08)

The best part is the hip and wall ride can be hit during the winter and it look amazering.

www.instagram.com/p/BOiA9yngkqZ

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danelliott (Apr 7, 2018 at 9:10)

@smithcreek: it stays around but it's super secret and hidden

dvbwn (Apr 7, 2018 at 9:52)

@AdustytrunkMonkey: I haven't heard about canyons closing for bikes. Do you have more info?

dcdavid12 (Apr 7, 2018 at 10:32)

Yeah it’s done done. No more canyons bike park.

LuvAZ (Apr 7, 2018 at 13:38)

@dcdavid12: was this information released somewhere? First I'm hearing of it, but would be a huge bummer if true. I loved the park. I did hear they were moving to the PC side but last year it was just rumors.

LuvAZ (Apr 7, 2018 at 14:02)

@dcdavid12: wow just called and confirmed. thanks a lot Vail, another stellar move in the name of $$

utahben (Apr 7, 2018 at 20:01)

@LuvAZ: a business making a decision in the name of $.... absurd!

Boardlife69 (Apr 8, 2018 at 0:02)

It is a well known fact that Vail Resorts is the anti fun firm. You cant even ski fast without losing your pass. Police on the slopes? Only in America.

LuvAZ (Apr 8, 2018 at 1:11)

@utahben: i understand it. I dont think it is the right decision. The park offered something unique in UT.

cmcrawfo (Apr 8, 2018 at 7:10)

@Boardlife69: Vail wants high class clients, the kind that tip well and book extended vacation rentals... not a bunch of punk shredders causing a ruckus.

Stinky-Dee (Apr 8, 2018 at 7:21)

Looks like 14 year olds built that.... How long till it collapses?

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scott-townes (Apr 8, 2018 at 7:44) (Below Threshold)

@Stinky-Dee: Its already been around for 3-4 years so.... yeah you might want to get those eyes checked.

As for the people ripping on Vail, they have plenty of resorts with bike parks. The Canyons bike park was an absolute joke. Vail is making the right decision to close a bike park that's so horribly designed that you have to take 3 lifts to ride their DH run. The PC side will eventually have a bike park.

LuvAZ (Apr 8, 2018 at 9:52)

@scott-townes: i get it, ppl get spoiled and jaded, but the bike park was still tons o fun. Drop kick was always a riot and it was only 1 lift. Those guys worked really hard to keep things going and building new stuff. Sorry u had to take a couple o lifts.

slayerdegnar (Apr 8, 2018 at 9:59)

@scott-townes: Canyons wasn't perfect but it was pretty fun and probably the best park in Utah. Vail hasn't done much for bike parks in Colorado.

scott-townes (Apr 8, 2018 at 10:10) (Below Threshold)

@LuvAZ: Its not about being spoiled, its about management at the Canyons having zero clue what they're doing. The layout was horrendous. Its funny you can only reference a single trail that's not a beginner run and can be lapped by a single lift ride. It has nothing to do with who builds/maintains the trails so I'm not sure why you're referencing those people.

Beginner/intermediate riders or those with minimal experience with bike parks such as yourself may have a high opinion of the Canyon's bike park but it was terrible. Vail is making the right call by abandoning this atrocity and starting something new.

LuvAZ (Apr 8, 2018 at 10:44)

@scott-townes: you're right, way better having no park and no plans to build anything new. but i guess an intermediate like me can't understand that equation.

dvbwn (Apr 8, 2018 at 16:03)

@scott-townes: please tell us about your extensive experience with bike parks

BullMooose (Apr 8, 2018 at 18:27)

@cmcrawfo: Yeah but the best bike park in town is at Deer Valley interestingly enough. Deer Valley is the epitome of high class clientele and exclusive pricing (ie they want $400 for a bike park season pass for a pretty mediocre park). The decision over at the canyons was probably made for reasons other than "punk shredders causing a ruckus."

scott-townes (Apr 9, 2018 at 6:22)

@LuvAZ: ...... They're moving it to the PC side......... apparently you can't understand.....

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Larkey1 (Apr 7, 2018 at 1:43)

Amazing trail!

Can we get an article about Gorge Road Jumps being knocked down!?

Kirky86 (Apr 7, 2018 at 6:26)

wtf? seriously?

Mattock4130 (Apr 8, 2018 at 13:24)

@Kirky86: www.scene.co.nz/queenstown-news/jump-parks-days-numbered

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brycebee (Apr 7, 2018 at 9:00)

Ah eclectic. I read 'electric'. Scrolled directly to comments to revel in ebike flaming.

gavondo (Apr 7, 2018 at 12:09)

I think you mean flaming ebikes

Kirky86 (Apr 7, 2018 at 6:27)

Sick trail. Feel sorry for the guy that rides right foot forward, that hip and the wallride are both opposite for him, bad times!!

Flowcheckers (Apr 7, 2018 at 6:46)

Aren't most right foot forward?

plyawn (Apr 7, 2018 at 7:22)

@Flowcheckers: if most people are right handed, then no

BullMooose (Apr 7, 2018 at 10:38)

@Flowcheckers: No?

Kirky86 (Apr 7, 2018 at 10:46)

@Flowcheckers: yeah I reckon so.

luis-beri (Apr 7, 2018 at 11:23)

@Flowcheckers: Oh no! Another one of those polls.......

tetonlarry (Apr 8, 2018 at 8:48)

Guys, if you take a 1/2 pedal stroke, your other foot will be forward...Never understood why people would ride with the same foot forward all the time. I switch constantly, depending on which way I want to whip.

brycebee (Apr 8, 2018 at 10:03)

Most ppl are most comfortable left foot forward

Kirky86 (Apr 8, 2018 at 15:18)

@tetonlarry: This is indeed how physics works, however everyone has a dominant foot, hand etc. If you can use both, that's cool, but rare.

Kirky86 (Apr 8, 2018 at 15:20)

@BryceBorlick: Opposite in my world. Coming from BMX, most riders will rotate anti-clockwise and therefor run right foot forward. I think out of the 5 or 6 guys I ride DH with that came from little bikes, ALL of us ride right foot forward. Always presumed it's a right hand/right foot kinda deal?

forkguardian (Apr 9, 2018 at 12:38)

for what it's worth i'm right handed but left footed. i ride snowboards regular, but i ride bikes goofy. idk man.

Kirky86 (Apr 10, 2018 at 10:17)

@jtayabji: there's always one.... Haha

konarider112 (Apr 7, 2018 at 6:54)

Respect! It’s great to see people building what they want to ride instead of waiting tor other people to build it for them and whining about it.

mtbikeaddict (Apr 7, 2018 at 0:24)

Ben Van Afterparty. That is a sick name.

Kramz (Apr 7, 2018 at 2:31)

THIS is what mountain biking should be! Future! The most inspiring things I've ever seen are creative builds.

pigman65 (Apr 7, 2018 at 2:44)

Deemax will never die !

nug12182 (Apr 7, 2018 at 4:30)

shit dude,mine didn't.i beat the shit out of them.couldnt not use them so I threw them on my DJ bike and they still live on.

filmdrew (Apr 7, 2018 at 11:56)

Looks like such an epic trail. With "electric" in the title, I was hoping it wasn't gonna be "the first e-slopestyle vid".... you guys rock.

nantmtb (Apr 7, 2018 at 0:42)

Rad trail. Sick build

ZiggyRibetto (Apr 7, 2018 at 7:30)

Hell yeah guys, this is rad

PaXXXton FL (Apr 7, 2018 at 4:11)

Need to ride these features!

Golden-G (Apr 7, 2018 at 7:35)

Nicely done!

shoplife (Apr 7, 2018 at 8:47)

thats some crazy shit. digging the flannel vest.

bekahn FL (Apr 7, 2018 at 12:20)

Awesome work....those features are so scary in person!

stiksandstones (Apr 7, 2018 at 13:57)

thought the title said electric lol

joedave (Apr 7, 2018 at 19:30)

Wow, very well done. Great video and excellent riding!

The26rider (Apr 8, 2018 at 8:34)

nice build

jarrod801 (Apr 8, 2018 at 17:41)

Rad, PC dudes riping !

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