Go behind the scenes as Brandon Semenuk and his team create the unique features showcased in 'Realm' and Brandon rides them for the first time. Incredible to see how much work actually went into making the three and a half minute video.
This was just like a good f*cking documentary man. Honestly that made my night and it’s always nice to hear Brandon’s insight. Swear to god he’s the most misunderstood person in mountain biking, don’t think he has a mean bone in his body and just have a lot of admiration to the dedication he puts into making the most out of his life, whatever that is.
Think this film is special because it sheds light on what slope style could be and I think it’s a direction a lot of people ask for. Lot of competition riding is hard to relate to, but somehow this, despite not owning an excavator and not being able to do a downside whip to bar, feels somehow relatable. That go dig in the woods and make and try fun shit. That’s a mountain biking facet we all feel some part of.
@ridestuff: Have build a similar area, features not quite as big, but do not have skills to ride any bigger & nature takes it back really quite quick, if not ridden, almost have to build features steeper & wait for nature to flatten it out But without a digger would take years or many people to build something that good!
Truly amazing skills by everyone involved in the creation. Just makes me hope that someday someone will build some park or pump track close to me that the public can ride. How much does it cost to create this film?
A few of the more aesthetic parts were my favorite including the stain on the plywood to bring the grain out and then mostly the filling in of all the negative space with that almost mulch looking/duff soil that really made the features all stand out in an amazing way. Excellent job!
I love these edits like everyone else. They are pretty awesome and to see that tonne of work that goes into the build is incredible.
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Its 2021, it would be great to see Redbull put some emphasis or priority into sustainability and the environment. I am not an environmentalist but do appreciate that everyone has to do their bit now more than previous years. The video seemed to show that they: Scouted around some woods Chopped some trees down Got the heavy plant in Shifted loads of soil Imported materials Did some welding Drove a rally car to get away from the stress of diggers and cutting forest down. The build probably has to be torn down after the shot too. . One of the reasons I preferred the Brage Vestavik edit was that the built pretty much everything by hand and used the local materials whilst doing this. That as to be admired.
This seams to be a pretty controversial opinion here (+5, -4) - but definitely a warranted consideration. I have always found it interesting to think about carbon footprint with mountain biking, especially considering most of us travel regularly to the good spots. I'm only talking about 30 mins drive, it all adds up. At least we are pedal powered once we are at the woods.
It's very contextual. In Canada, and on your own property, you can do this. They have enough wilderness and trees that this has a negligible effect. None of this has much of an environmental impact, it's a small amount of change, which is fairly temporary (wood rots, soil breaks down).
Here in Scotland you need a felling licence (quite rightly) to cut down any more than 12m3 of timber (stacked) on your property. You absolutely cannot cut down any trees that you don't own, there's very big fines and potentially jail time if you do. We simply don't have the space for people to being doing whatever they want, everything we do here has a much higher relative impact.
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Think this film is special because it sheds light on what slope style could be and I think it’s a direction a lot of people ask for. Lot of competition riding is hard to relate to, but somehow this, despite not owning an excavator and not being able to do a downside whip to bar, feels somehow relatable. That go dig in the woods and make and try fun shit. That’s a mountain biking facet we all feel some part of.
But without a digger would take years or many people to build something that good!
BUT
Its 2021, it would be great to see Redbull put some emphasis or priority into sustainability and the environment.
I am not an environmentalist but do appreciate that everyone has to do their bit now more than previous years.
The video seemed to show that they:
Scouted around some woods
Chopped some trees down
Got the heavy plant in
Shifted loads of soil
Imported materials
Did some welding
Drove a rally car to get away from the stress of diggers and cutting forest down.
The build probably has to be torn down after the shot too.
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One of the reasons I preferred the Brage Vestavik edit was that the built pretty much everything by hand and used the local materials whilst doing this. That as to be admired.
Here in Scotland you need a felling licence (quite rightly) to cut down any more than 12m3 of timber (stacked) on your property. You absolutely cannot cut down any trees that you don't own, there's very big fines and potentially jail time if you do. We simply don't have the space for people to being doing whatever they want, everything we do here has a much higher relative impact.