Video: Marcelo Gutierrez Follows a 10-Year-Old Shredder in Venezuela

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 I'm fron there (living in Spain now) you better have a good insurance and access to private hospital or you will get only botched up

 Yeah thank God you are in America where a trip to hospital only carries the price of a lifetime of crippling debt

 @hitmansam: Had a massive accident 4 years ago. 300k medical fees were all covered by my health insurance. I moved from new zealand "free healthcare". The treatment and quality of care was much better than NZ.

 @lukemc: good for you, f**k everyone else right?

 @lukemc: and your insurance it tied to your job, right?

 @crockpot2001: Yeah, if you have nice job and related insurance 'plan' you tend to be OK and the hospitals feel more like the business class lounge in the airport. If you're self-employed/half-employed/doing anything interesting you can be royally f'ed over....if you crash you scream at people not to call an ambulance and you go home and YouTube 'how to do surgical stitches at home'.

 Someone's a dentist!

 @hitmansam: Because no one is actually paying for the NHS, it just works by magic

 depending on how serious the injuries are, you might be truly fucked.. I'm sure this kid has an international insurance though..

 @twopoint6khz: it's paid for at a small amount per person through tax because the pooling of risk over a whole working population is far lower that in a individualised model. It's the reason that the amount of your tax that goes towards the NHS is far less than if you had to pay privately to have access to all the things the NHS offers.

And as a bonus you don't have a population where people don't have to die or live in misery for want of health insurance. A healthy society is good for everyone. Seems like a good deal to me...

 C@tb927: Un true. I'm self employed with average income and good coverage. Covered CA makes most insurance affordable. If you are low income Medi Cal will give you top notch insurance for little to no money. I have friends on it.

 @crockpot2001: No, I'm self employed. We are enrolled through Covered CA. They subsidies insurance costs and make it very affordable. If you are low income, Medi Cal will provide great coverage at little to no cost. I have friends on it.

 @hitmansam: My initial comment was of general interest. Venezuela suffers hyper inflation and a lot of economic problems. Maybe some ignorance as I don't know how health care works in every country.

 @downhiller900sl: Don't worry, this kid is the grandson of Venezuela's dictator Nicolás Maduro, that's why you see a motorcycle at the trailhead and 6 or 7 bodyguards along the trail. It's a 10 y/o kid on a +$10k bike bought with narco and minerals smuggling moneys + the lives of 30+ million Venezuelans... the kid has talent, alright, but that's his real story... The only way you'll see Marcelo going to Venezuela to ride with this kid, it's because he was paid to do so by the new rich class...

 this trail is in a somewhat safe part of Caracas. If you're really interested there are several options that can give you a nice deal. Although I would at Merida for more natural/adventure/bikepacking type of riding on the some of the highest mountains of our country.

 @VZLNMTB: Thanks for the feedback I will sure look into it!!

 @Theysayivebeentheone: look up @mitebo in instagram, they'll hook you up

 One time trail lol

 It's pretty weird we actually get a lot of high end stuff, including 12K XC superbikes for which there are actual legit nationwide distributors. I worked closely with Trek. There's algo toothpaste and soap lol. What's not here you get it from Amazon, Newegg, Chain Reaction, Jenson, Overstock, Best Buy, plus shipping and that's even the basis of some retail business. The fact that now USD cash has become a defacto currency has helped, but being unofficial, there's no small bills nor coins, and lack of change slows transactions. Anyway, fked up hellish government makes business owners run around the bush a lot in order to work.

 the big shortages are over now, the economy is basically "dolarized". Not that it's not still a socialist hell, but just for reference the biggest Scott dealer or one of the biggest Scott dealers in South America is in Caracas and they distribute bikes all over south america.. the economy is absolutely f*cked tho..

 The kid is the grandson of the president's wife, that's how

 @Pierso: yes he is! that's how a 10 yo kid rides a $10k bike. He's the grandson of the dictator... he owns the country.

 @Pierso: presidente o dictador?

 @VZLNMTB: El dictador

 Yes... Just wait for Jaude to win around here

 Then you will ride that fast

 Que risa no? Mira que chile no anda demasiado bien tampoco...

 funny!!! we got a comedian over here. You sure are pretty clever there boy!!!

 @ElVenezuelan: dude, im terrified the same shit is gonna happen over here soon. cry with me.