Must Watch: Kilian Bron Continues His World Tour in 'Cross Countries'
Words: Commencal
In his new edit "Cross Countries” Kilian goes on another tour, this time on some of the most beautiful North American trails. From the roots of mountain biking in the USA, to the dense Canadian forests and rock slabs of British Columbia, the best spots are all on show. Behind the handlebars of his T.E.M.P.O. our brand new ultra efficient and super reactive trail bike, he just goes on and on!
The steep chutes of Sedona, Squamish Jurassic Five, bike-life in NYC, the Pemberton train gap, slick rock in Moab or a Honolulu ridge line… Kilian boarder hops (Cross Countries) in the most beautiful way, as he moves towards a new chapter in his riding life with redesigned video format ideas, so that you are evermore immersed in his extraordinary adventures in the future..
 | For years now, I have based my vision of mountain biking around unusual and visually impressive places, mainly far from bike parks and trail centres. All these places fascinate me, the encounters along the way too, without forgetting the production work that runs alongside a film like this. |
Rider: Kilian Bron
Directed by: Kilian Bron & Pierre Henni
Filming & editing: Pierre Henni
Drone FPV: Cinematic Flow
Photography: JB Liautard
Many thanks to COMMENCAL USA and COMMENCAL Canada who thoroughly played the game to help make this project a reality.
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I’d put him more in with Danny Mac, mad bike skills, can ride anything and has incredible vision. Puts all of this together to make mind blowing edits. Content athlete isn’t too far out but I get your point that this term could also be used to describe somebody with bike skills nowhere near Killians.
The Rattlesnake canyons are a weird zone, definitely in a designated wilderness and within the boundaries of the national monument, but there is a 2-mile cutout the width of a road that was specifically made to allow 4x4 access to the arches (not too many people want to deal with the 16 mile technical slog to get there from the river). The arches sit a few hundred yards inside the wilderness boundary, but on any given day you'll find a bunch of a*sholes driving jeeps or ATVs on the old double track and within a few 100' of some of the arches. Definitely a dumb move from Kilian/Commencal not to have done their homework on this, even if they were there when a pile of other idiots were happily petrotaining in an area they shouldn't be in.
Similar to the Dean Potter climbing Delicate Arch story which led to a climbing ban in Arches NP years ago: it's fine if anonymous asshats do it on a regular basis, but once a more visible member of a user group perceived as problematic does it and it makes a bit of noise (regardless of impact, of which there was none, especially compared to a jeep trashing trough the area), the BLM takes a close look and can be expected to act as they always do, heavy handedly and with wide consequences.
Edit: I did not put a * in a*shole, PB did that. My feelings about petro-douches warrant many more ***.
Amazing riding again Kilian and superb work from everyone involved in the making
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