Brandon Semenuk and filmmaker Rupert Walker are a formidable team, and they once again created something special in Semenuk's X Games Real MTB segment. The behind-the-scenes video tells the story behind the Semenuk-Walker partnership and shows some of the work that goes into making such an edit.
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It's funny how often people talk about how "easy" and "flawless" he makes everything look. Yet in that making of you find out he's crashed a bunch of times, he's riding injured, they're running out of filming time, it's so incredibly close to not happening at all.
Personally just felt this was the best thing I'd ever seen in mtb and I wonder about the misses and close calls we'll never see.
Not that I think semenuk lost to brage because of riding, but brage's edit was full of emotion and raw. Making the latter more appealing to me, and most everyone else it seems.
regardless, this behind the scenes edit makes me see past the minute and half contest video
Just let that sink in for moment.....
That why nobody got robbed, and the one who deserved to win, won...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-p-AdQ8BsY
While it could have set the edit apart, I'm not sure the video clearly supports that suggestion - thumbnail seems misleading, as no judge describes the 7 as setting this edit apart.