Video: Jack Moir's Race Run From the Wet, Wild & Snowy Leogang World Champs

Oct 13, 2020
by James Smurthwaite  

bigquotesGoPro from My 6th place World champs race run. Probably the craziest conditions I have ever raced. Snow out of the start gate and super sticky mud down the bottom.—Jack Moir


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67 Comments
  • 57 0
 He is so thoughtless, Jesse takes the time to clear the lens during his runs....
  • 73 0
 Definitely would have found a place on the motorway for it... Tear-off, GoPro wipe and a little breather before dropping into the gnarliest race section I've ever seen. I actually can't believe how hard that looked to ride.
  • 4 0
 @JesseMelamed: It's a testament to the insane talent & commitment of top-level racers, yourself included. There are a lot of Pinkbikers with some serious experience and skills that wouldn't have a prayer of staying upright on that course. It's a treat to watch for sure!
  • 3 2
 What a noob!!
  • 3 0
 Was just thinking was amazing that could see whole run, surfs up?
  • 4 0
 I was thinking the whole time, Jack pull a lense. Then I remembered its the go pro, not his vision. I'm an idiot.
  • 44 0
 I thought they couldn't record their race runs! Damn if only Reece had recorded his we might actually get to see how he was so fast
  • 6 0
 He really didn’t do much wrong on that run, amazing!
  • 3 0
 He’s Scottish and his Mutha was a Mudder....
  • 31 0
 Ahh the sounds of axle deep mud. The audio adds so much to this video.
  • 13 0
 Imagine how gnarly it would have been concentrating in that lower wood section with 1000 people and chainsaws and cowbells.
  • 25 0
 Surfing that mud no problem for Jack!!
  • 24 0
 Melamed would’ve wiped the GoPro
  • 8 0
 Truth. youtu.be/4PL082P3TFE?t=180
  • 27 0
 @bryndrew: Truth.
  • 4 0
 For sure; I like Jack not wiping it, it gives me a better virtual feeling of this run.
  • 2 0
 @bryndrew: His breathing was cranking right through some big runs - wonder what his pulse was doing? They make it look easy when they ride so smooth.
  • 2 0
 @BrettwBrett: Near max. about 170-180bpm
  • 20 0
 Jack is crushing it right now, he seems to be thriving under the Canyon banner. Good on him he deserves it.
  • 6 0
 This really does remind me of racing DH in Scotland in the late 90's. Hell, it reminds me of when I went back for an Inners race last June.
  • 4 0
 Haha, glad someone else remembers the old-school Scottish mud wrestling, sorry, DH racing! Strathyre, anyone?

Managed to break my vintage Michelin Mud tyre riding Inners in the slop a few weeks back, gutted, that thing tracked like nothing else when things got slippery.
  • 1 0
 @bmbracing: I thought of Strathyre when I first watched the Vital videos from this week. Although Strathyre was flat compared to this.
  • 1 0
 Mech in a box would work great in these conditions?
  • 1 0
 @originalstraygoat: and the first glencoe sda, for sheer brutality
  • 1 0
 @blackpudding: came away from that one with both forearms ruined with rock burn. Forgot how chunky that race was!
  • 1 0
 @originalstraygoat: I lasted until the track pointed downwards, a massive hole had appeared in the middle of the track. Ouch. Riding the steep slick rock section injured and feeling sorry for myself was unpleasant.
Hilarious looking back
  • 7 0
 That was ridiculously impressive.
  • 2 0
 @tomamitai yeah this one is Epic ! mud was everywhere in this run
  • 2 0
 Jack has had a horrendous run of injuries going back years. One of the podcasts I listened to when he spoke was a heartbreaker. I think we are seeing what a healthy Jack Moir can do. I am sure the Covid break has been good for a few riders physical health. I hope everyone gets through these next few races because 2021 should be fantastic.
  • 1 0
 So you think this virus will just go away, for next year?
  • 5 2
 The broadcast of the event looked like tough conditions, but seeing the rider's perspective is much more gnarly! That was slicker than goose poo on a wet board!
  • 4 0
 I had to remind myself to breath while watching that.....those root sections, wow, mud, ruts, nasty, well done!!
  • 4 0
 Great riding Jack, so glad to see you finish ahead of last years team mates. Good luck at Maribor!!
  • 1 0
 Gone surfing?
  • 4 0
 That sounded so gross hahah. Nice work JM!
  • 4 0
 Jack is on fire these days!!
  • 2 0
 He made it look like a normal ride. Wow, that is some next level mud. I thought I'd hear him making balancing noises like Claudio does.
  • 4 0
 Smooth lines, Jack. Like peanut butter smooth.
  • 1 0
 Looked like RIDING in peanut butter..
  • 2 0
 how did that camera stay clean for so long!?!?

great riding in impossible conditions
  • 2 0
 Jumpin' Jack flash! What a mud bath! Those stumps look so scary wet. Way to go JM!
  • 3 0
 Best thing about that is how quiet his bike is!
  • 2 0
 brutal track to ride in these condition. for racing? that's another level!!! well done to all!
  • 2 0
 Dude goes down that track in the wet faster than most of us could dream of doing it in the dry.
  • 3 0
 the mud sounds like the alien face huggers hatching
  • 1 0
 Who does not like Jack Moir. And the fact that he is getting solid results this season in EWS and DH. Glad Canyon picked him up. YYYEEEAAAAHHHHHH!
  • 1 0
 He picked some good lines there. Similar to Wallace's run, he didn't put a foot wrong. Reece must have carried a lot of speed thru some of the deeper mud.
  • 1 0
 Well...now I know what it sounds like ride a bike through melted ice cream that's running down a mountain ie. both amazing and horrendous
  • 2 0
 Well played staying upright. You can hear the mud slowing him down.
  • 2 0
 Wow, what a mess! Some of those gaps were scary consequences.
  • 1 0
 So cool. The mud balls flying everywhere. Hard to believe that there was people going down that. Glad Jack made er down!
  • 2 0
 Daaamn what a squishy run. Good tunnel of vision the whole way though!
  • 2 0
 Thats muddy woods section is what nightmares are made of. Good work Jack!
  • 1 0
 Sometimes, rarely, I'm glad I'm not a pro DH rider. Watching this is one of those times
  • 1 0
 That extra muddy section with the Muc-Off ads on the side of the trail was perfect.
  • 1 0
 Wow, what a run. I can't imagine going down that in those conditions let alone in the dry.
  • 2 0
 Greasy
  • 1 0
 Unreal. So stoke for Jack! Earned it!!
  • 1 0
 Finally, some pros riding at my general pace through the woods!!
  • 1 0
 macaroni in a pot
  • 1 0
 Sloppy mess!
  • 1 0
 Eeeeeeee bwooooy
  • 1 4
 I wonder if that makes him think twice about the switch to enduro...
  • 15 0
 Why? So far his lowest placing in EWS and DH this season is this race in 6th. Sounds like he can kill it in both disciples.

Also, and I may be wrong, but his "Switch" to enduro i think had more to do with his Cannondale deal falling apart when they cancelled their team last minute and Canyon swooping in to save his year but already having a pretty eaten up DH budget between the Factory team and the Seagrave's. Had there been a full season of both he likely would have raced half the DH season and the full EWS.
  • 6 0
 I don't know 4th, 3rd and 3rd is not to bad of start,.
  • 6 0
 He's killing EWS
  • 3 0
 @mfoga: okay my bad, I knew he was doing well but not THAT well. Talented dude







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