Video: Joe Barnes Builds & Rides an Incredibly Tight Trail

 @mariomtblt: I know right? Him having a different opinion about what he likes, I’m offended, Where’s my safe space.

 @mariomtblt: Excellent point. Me and my buddies recently started blue-flow-basketball. 5ft hoops. 3ft wide rings. No dribbling. So much better for beginners, way more inclusive for everyone! I’ve started modifying all the courts in our neighbourhood!

 You're on notice!

 Yes. Please no more videos of eyecandy Murmelbahn shredding and more anarchic Barnes content on slower oldschool trails. Proper trailbuilding aint gatekeeping

 I thought I could ride a bike then moved to Scotland. Az desert to steep muck.

 Sick Video, flawless riding, brilliant soundtrack. Rainy day is saved....

 Pulaski is weak sauce for trailbuilding. Almost never need the full size axe head, and it’s too light with too small a hoe head. I have built several trails nearly exclusively with a mattock and chainsaw. Fiberglass handle and just leave them on the trail forever.

 @bradwalton: Agree to disagree. I think tool for the job always depends on the terrain. I respect you. You have been on the scene for longer than I, and shot some f*cken sick footy.

I like the full size axe head for whacking limbs that mess with line of sight. I've never duffed trail with the "non-axe" side of the pulaski (quotes b/c idk wtf to call that end - mini hoe?); I just use it for moving rocky stuff normally. For me the pulaski is a tool for chopping limbs and roots while not getting the saw out/dirty, but also useful for breaking stuff free in a dirt pit. I've worked a fait bit of terrain (albeit only in WA and BC) and never felt like I wanted a true mattock...

all good either way. gotta use what works I reckon.

 Be careful with the h word, I saw a Facebook gardening group which had to ask their members to stop using it as Facebook kept censoring it!

 @Mattgc: Censoring algorithms can be hilarious. Bad luck to anyone on here who lives in Sc*nthorpe.

 @Mattgc: Using the h word on IG gets blocked and google generally not a fan

 Choose a tool and be a dick about it

 @dglass: certainly where I've been digging in Squamish there are too many small roots in the dirt (if I can find any decent dirt....) to use a mattock effectively. One needs to cut through the roots so for a combination of digging and cutting I find a Pulaski works perfectly. I've got Mcleod too but again there's just not enough dirt to use it in a practical manner. If I was in Kamloops for example I'd probably be using different tools.

 @wallheater: Yeah gotta find the right tool for the terrain! I used to dig in squamish and it was usually a PITA to find dirt.

 @dglass: My go to.
roguehoe.com/product/70hr54

 @EricHarger: Me too! That's my all-time favorite tool. So versatile. I've broken the head off mine twice.
I like the one with the longest fiberglass handle.

 Thanks a lot dear stonerz94, I just keep an ear out and if I hear a tune i like I then I match an emotion to it and then see at what point or what vibe it would fit into for a film. Part of film making I really enjoy matching together. I never used to use spotify but then I lost my laptop with all my music on and had to start from scratch a couple of years back. So now I dabble on it as its so quick to get to what you want to hear.

 Looked like a tin of custard?

 i am going back to26" LOL

 Rice pudding - Super pre-ride carbs! And it was fish fingers, not spam. Joe Barnes is by this point approximately 68% fish finger himself.

 @hamplanet: We've got ourselves a champion food-spotter here. Quite the eye you've got there. I would even go as far as saying a bird's eye

 Looks he´s vegan. Inspiring.

 @browner: Ambrosia creamed rice I thought?

 Pacewon Any Champion...Top Track using that Black Roses Sample