Video: One Final Alpine Rip Before Winter - A Yeti Tribe Story

May 23, 2018
by Yeti Cycles  




Everyone prepares for the onset of winter in different ways. For Yeti/Fox Factory team rider Shawn Neer, it means making his annual pilgrimage to the Great White North for one final rip on the high alpine trails. After a long season of racing, it's a chance to reset and reconnect with the terrain that shaped him as a rider. Inevitably snow will cover the land and Shawn will be forced home to the pain cave of off-season training, but racing against time for one last taste of singletrack feels like a victory. These uninhibited riding trips are part of balancing the structured life on the race circuit and make up the dream that is the life of a professional racer.




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From Racing Winter to Racing EWS.1

For the first time, Shawn focused his entire 2017 off-season on training. No longer burdened with balancing work and training, he rolled into this season fully supported by the Yeti/Fox Factory team. He came into the race season revitalized and flying. It paid off in the first race of the season on rock-strewn trails of the Chilean high desert. It was a mentally and physically exhausting round with riders succumbing to the heat, dust, punctures, and torn off derailleurs. Not to be deterred, Shawn captured 6th place on the longest EWS stage ever raced. He was on point all weekend, riding fast, and eventually taking 10th place overall.





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Presented by: Yeti Cycles
racingwinter.yeticycles.com
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Rider: Shawn Neer
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Director: Craig Grant
Co-Director: Joey Schusler
Cinematography: Joey Schusler & Craig Grant
Editor: Craig Grant
Sound Design: Keith White Audio
Motion Graphics: Good Fortune Collective
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Photos: Craig Grant & Joey Schusler
Words: Craig Grant
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More Than Myth


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60 Comments
  • 78 1
 Leave it to yeti to make make you want to quit your job and just go ride your bike full time. Also, leave it to yeti to make you want to get a second job so you can afford their bikes. It's a cruel and twisted marketing strategy
  • 6 0
 Sell the dream, not the reality. Sure is a beautiful dream but.
  • 1 0
 Can you find a job that allows you to live in the mountains? There are many, many places in North America where you can work AND ride before/after work, plus weekends. A lifestyle where you ride singletrack everyday may not be as out of reach as you think.
  • 42 1
 6:00: this is at this moment that you realize Shawn did not pay for his bike.
  • 3 0
 We told him not to do it, he told us he wouldn't miss the can. Fair compromise I suppose.
  • 35 1
 Yeti Tribe Stories, a must watch every time. Joey & Craig, love your work!
  • 9 0
 Some of those shots are spectacular. Nice work, guys! I'll definitely re-watch this one. Love it!
  • 1 0
 Thanks so much!
  • 1 0
 @joeyschusler: Joey
Thanks again for the excellent video of Shawn up in Canada. Great work as is your RJ Ripper video we saw last week. Good fund raiser and hope Yeti can get him over here.

Keep up the good work.
Didn't get to see Shawn before he was off with the Yeti team to the EWS in Europe after winning the BME in Crested Butte

GPa Neer
  • 16 1
 Man I love these kind of edits!!!
  • 11 0
 Shawn is a humble guy who absolutely shreds. Stoked for him. Awesome movie.
  • 2 0
 yes he is and as a young man with a passion to ride, who loves the outdoors and who is an all round great person he makes his grandfather proud... GPa Neer
  • 8 0
 Great video as always. More bike companies need to go this route and sponsor great riders and filmmakers to put out content like this instead of running lame instagram contests.
  • 5 0
 Such an amazing film. Driving from New Mexico to ride that part of Canada later this summer. And seeing Neer race at Big Mountain Enduro Glorieta this weekend should be sick! Cheers Yeti!
  • 5 0
 Amazing Video. Made me go out and ride, altough it`s raining cats and dogs and i got a ton of stuff to do for University. Thanks Yeti!
  • 6 1
 Yeti movies, never disappointed. Love this part with river rope Smile . Amazing filming, story, places, riding, pictures. On of the best this year so far.
  • 3 0
 I told Shawn that was my favorite clip too..because it is Shawn...who he is and the kind of simpler things he enjoys GPa Neer
  • 6 0
 But why slingshot rocks at a carbon frame?
  • 2 1
 cause he didn't have to pay for it maybe? seemed a little sketch though
  • 2 0
 Shawn is the man. He would come into the coffee shop I worked at in Winter Park, Colorado all the time and hang. No agenda. Just come and hang and shoot the shit. What a down to earth dude, incredibly nice, always tipped and real good at bikes. Ritchie on the other hand... he never tipped.
  • 2 0
 Haha yeah, Shawn is as good as they come, and talented to boot. Hard to hear otherwise in my experience!
  • 1 0
 that's Shawn...from one who knows his journey... GPa Neer
  • 6 2
 Duuude, its almost summer, GTFO with this winter talk. If this article makes it snow one more time..............By god I'll........you dont want to know.
  • 5 0
 Nice work fellas. Mini Mac no more. Good luck EWS.
  • 5 0
 Beautifully paced, shot and ridden. Great work
  • 4 0
 It takes a special movie to make me wish for fall while in the heart of springtime, if only for a moment. Well done.
  • 1 0
 All I want to know is how many tries it took him to nail those cans with the sling shot...Thats some risky business with a carbon frame and exposed dropper post. Oh yeah and I'd love to trade for that life..
  • 4 0
 Honestly as the days go by I'm contemplating moving somewhere in BC
  • 4 1
 Yeti tribe... the only thing that makes Starbucks say "those hipsters are so annoying"
  • 3 0
 like all Yeti videos, I could watch them again, again, and again. Makes me want to get out and shred!
  • 3 0
 How do they get the bike/trail sounds? Place mics on the bike itself?
  • 2 0
 A good directional mic on the camera would probably work nicely. And then some clever audio cuts
  • 3 0
 This makes me happy. Beautiful shots!
  • 2 0
 That shot on the shoreline of Moraine Lake is so awesome. Favorite lake ever.
  • 4 0
 Can this be my life?
  • 4 2
 I love the Yeti movies. Also wanting to move to Colorado now. Awesome work from Joey,Craig and Shawn.
  • 10 0
 Except it said this was shot somewhere near Golden, BC.....
  • 11 3
 CO is full. Thanks
  • 6 2
 @Waldon83: Despite what it says, I don't see much if any Golden BC content. Mostly around Valemount BC which is much further north, and a bit of Moraine Lake, in Banff NP Alberta, which would be along the route to Valemount.
  • 4 1
 if you move here i promise you'll see all the yeti bikes you could ever want
  • 5 0
 @aka-bigsteve: almost all the riding is shot in Golden. My backyard. Always nice to see local terrain showcased as exotic. Nice video!
  • 5 1
 @Golden-G:
Don't know the Golden trails much, so I'll defer to you on that. The cabin though, is definitely near Valemount, and Mount Robson and Moraine Lake are unmistakable. No big deal- I just wondered why those areas didn't get any credit? And yes- I forgot to say that I enjoyed the video!
  • 1 0
 @aka-bigsteve: you are correct. Deadly vid indeed!
  • 1 0
 @Waldon83: oops sorry,
  • 3 0
 @aka-bigsteve: dude, T4 and mount 7 (Golden BC trails) are both in the movie.
  • 2 0
 @aka-bigsteve: Yup, we essentially started in Golden and made our way up north through Jasper and on to Valemount. Good stuff all along!
  • 2 0
 Cool to know they had the SB100 for testing last fall. Seems like a pretty wicked bike in the hands of the right pilot.
  • 2 0
 That couloir at morraine lake would make an epic ski!
  • 1 0
 Sure would! Big rugged mountains up that way.
  • 2 0
 Amazing filming, spectacular shots!
  • 3 0
 Congrats Shawn!
  • 2 0
 Ripping that short-travel 29er! Beautiful film.
  • 2 0
 Fuck that's a good video.
  • 1 0
 Nice edit! Handful of Jasper shots in there as well. Yeah J-town!
  • 2 0
 Some awesome trails up in that neck of the woods!
  • 1 0
 @joeyschusler: you bet, feel pretty lucky that its been my backyard for 21 years and counting! Have a good one man!
  • 2 1
 How many spare bearings did he take on his trip?
  • 1 1
 One last ride before winter and you release it at the beginning of summer?
  • 2 2
 no mud. Oh wait, it is Yeti with switch infinity







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