Must Watch: Kriss Kyle Brings his BMX Wizardry to a Custom MTB Course
Words: Kriss Kyle
"It’s kind of crazy to think that I’ve gone from riding an MTB bike two years ago primarily to keep things fresh and fun, to now producing this amazing edit with Red Bull. It was really difficult taking tricks I could land easily on a BMX only to then do them over 100 times on the trail bike. It definitely felt like learning to ride all over again at some points.
"I wanted the edit to be a mountain bike version of Kaleidoscope, including some of the features that I designed for that video. When I visited the site with the trail builders they sketched out their vision and it was everything I dreamed of. From that point it was all about showing people the passion that I have for MTB and just being able to get back into something.
"The approach I took to preparing my body for this edit was like nothing I’ve done before. I knew my body would probably take more of a battering as I navigated tougher tricks with a heavier bike in muddy conditions. I think it ended up helping me get back on the bike quicker when I broke my rib as I was in such good fitness. I didn’t actually realise I’d broken my rib when I did it, all of the adrenaline was going and in all honesty it could have been a lot worse as I managed to miss several tree stumps when I fell.
A huge shout out to director Matty Lambert, George Eccleston, Jake Walters and the rest of the build crew at Revolution Bike Park, as well as Red Bull who helped make my dreams a reality for Out of Season. I really feel like I’ve only just scratched the surface with my trail riding, I’m so excited to see what’s next!”
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A statement doesn't have to be false to be mean spirited.
Cheers all, turns out the pinkbike comments section is just as fun as I always thought it would be! I'll stick to the sidelines from here on in, much safer.
TC
To be fair, commenting on a video and unwittingly starting an argument online with a load of strangers is probably the most 'millenial' thing I've ever done, so maybe being a millennial is actually a state of mind?
In my mind, being a millennial was taking every issue or non issue super seriously and getting insanely pissed off (I believe this may be called being 'triggered'?) with anyone who had a different opinion to you. But what would I know?
And no, I likely wouldn't say it to MJs face, but I'd like to think that in the unlikely eventually that he were to read this odd little thread, that he had a sense of humour and have the ability to laugh at himself. Why so serious?
I bet Kris got inspired from working with Matt over the years though.
www.redbull.com/us-en/episodes/design-and-conquer-matt-jones-s1-e2
I've not fully investigated the second option yet, but feel free to do so if you have the time - I'd start with whether either rider has ever seen a My Little Pony and see what you turn up from there...
Probably don’t know each other given they both wear RedBull helmets
Why did I not ride BMX when I was yound and indestructible?
I take a cue from this video for a general consideration on this kind of video: with a slopstyle bike theoretically it would have been less difficult?
Slopestyle mtbs are used almost only in sopestyle contests, in which, being competitions, one can't avoid to use the most performing bike for the purpose. If I remember correctly Semeneuk often uses the slopesyle mtb in the videos, but many other pro riders in other videos often use trail or enduro bikes.
In this kind of video the pros often use a trail or enduro mtb instead of a more appropriate slopestyle mtb. Is it just a question of marketing, to make folks (unconsciously) believe that the trail bike they will buy is quite agile to be trickable?
In a parallel universe, DH pro riders, shoot videos going through difficult downhill passages with a bmx to make folks believe that "it can also work well in downhill".
Mine was just a small reflection..mtb freestyle is a strange sport in which, outside of competitions, you have to promote equipment of 'other sports'.
In my opinion it all originates from a basic misunderstanding that was never completely understood: in fact slopestyle is not 'a mtb sub discipline' but for me should be considered more a freestyle bmx sub discipline (bmx freestyle for mountain big and raw courses). Same race format as freestyle bmx (tricks, style, how do you go big in jumps, ecc), single speed, simple and sturdy bikes, the only differents are (little) suspensions and 26 wheels instead of 20 for going more big.
Obviously (and comprehensibly) being the slopestyle bikes produced by the mtb manufacturers they rightly want to promote their mtb (enduro, trail, etc.) that sell the most ..
In
Florida Mtb riders, (what’d they do again?)
welp
Back to you bob
And Kriss Kyle shreds balls again ,at bla bla bla bike park
Me: "One of best videos I have seen."
Where are his sponsors??