Video: Remy Metailler Guides 4 Riders Down Rupert in Squamish for the First Time

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 I was thinking the same thing as i watched it.

 I ve just watched it second time to be sure. Imho it was pure luck that nothing went terribly wrong. As a MTB Coach I would not send someone down a feature when they re not 100 percent sure they can handle it and I m not 100 percent sure they have the necessary skills and confident mindset. This maybe debatable in certain situations when consequences are negligible, but not on exposed terrain

 Yeah, but optics = emotion, and emotion > logic.

 @Malachai20: There is a lot behind the scenes that was not shown in the video, but I have not pressured anyone to do anything. Absolutely each of them who did something only did it because they absolutely wanted to and felt like they could do it. And I could tell that they had the skills needed.

 @Malachai20: I've been riding for 25 years and I'm still scared when I'm pushing my boundaries. Learning new skills and attempting tougher features was the whole point of the excersise, they aren't gonna get better on a bike repeating the same comfy trails.

They clearly applied the teaching on offer and all got perceptibly better positioned and more capable over the course of the video.

If you have to be 100% sure to drop in, then you're either riding the same old trails everytime or have so much confidence it'll bite you in the ass hard one day.

I totally agree that it's subjective and the mark of a good coach is to correctly assess whether a rider is ready for a certain challenge, but it didn't seem to me that anyone here was so far outside their comfort zone it was reckless, especially considering they were clearly prepared to listen to the advice given by someone like Remy who rides a bike better than 99.99% of us and wanted to challenge themselves.

 @remymetailler: No, of course you didn't push them. Your way of coaching is also adequate. I liked your video where your coaching an advanced rider. There it is shown that he is facing the right amount of challenge so he makes a "huge progress in one day". But he is never overstrained, because he has the experience to assess the risks of each feature and the skills.
The point I try to make is that I dont think going on a black trail with beginniner to intermediate riders is a good idea. If someone is saying "i kinda freaked out" it is a very strong hint that it is not an adequate setting. There are scenes where you can tell by their posture that they are scared when they are dropping in. This is not a good mindset for learning new things and it is not safe.
In my experience, it is often difficult for very good riders to empathize with people who have not been riding that long. This is an important point in the training of coaches

 @Katbox: imho there is an important difference between feeling challenged and freaking out. and there is an important difference whether I am riding alone or as a coach. and in the latter case, safety has priority.

 @Malachai20: Thanks for the feedback. I usually asses well what people can do, and they were all capable to do these slabs, especially considering the trails they normally do. If they were too far out of their comfort zone I would have turned around, but Rupert is probably the easiest black trail here. Colour The Trails folks already ride black trails in other area and trails just as hard, so when they mentioned they wanted to check out Rupert, that did not seem like a bad move at all to me. Also, worst case scenario, they can walk their bike on some sections. I do on a trail when there is something I do not want to do, or just bad conditions.

 @remymetailler: Two things people seem to be forgetting: 1) you're probably better at judging who can reasonably try some features (you were there in person afterall), 2) there's always going to be risk of a crash when mountain biking, and that's what we all kinda like about it.

 Haha - the accent I guess.