Video: 2013 Megavalanche from Iago Garay

Jul 18, 2013 at 12:09
by CONTOUR Cameras  
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Filmed with CONTOUR - contour.com

This is raw footage from Iago Garay's Contour camera during the 2013 Megavalanche. He finished in 8th place overall and the complete video was around 45 minutes long.

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  • 114 1
 That's great but the real heroes are the guys mid pack! Absolute carnage as demonstrated by Ben Watkins right here...
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=637922876218865
  • 11 0
 incredible vid man, kamikazi shit hahaha. Next year its my turn.
  • 9 0
 thanks for this video! amazing!
  • 2 0
 I was just thinking i would rather see a video from one of the mid pack riders....cheers that was a good video. major props to these guys that takes some real guts to do!
  • 5 0
 ahahaha laughed my ass off when the guy came screaming down the hill and took him out... normally there would be ambulances and lot of pain, but there its just laughing and having a good time. it looks like such a great way to spend the off season of biking Big Grin
  • 3 0
 Now thats what mountainbiking is about for the rest of us!
  • 2 0
 that was awesome!!!!!
  • 2 0
 damn. that looks fun.
  • 1 0
 Andy said it right, rode it this year and was mid pack within 350 people and it is one of the most heart pounding things waiting for those tapes to lift!
  • 3 0
 this this should be on the frontpage instead of the one in the article. Who cares about 8th place? We Want Carnage!
  • 1 0
 that seriously looks like the most epic ride I have ever seen. always love it when the megavalanche comes round but never seen a vid mid pack, it has now become my goal to get right in the middle and ride it
  • 2 0
 That looks more like my ride... Crashing and being crashed into, torn up snow so you can't go in a straight line atall Big Grin so much fun. Every year my brakes are messed up by the time I reach the scree slope.
  • 2 0
 @andytheaussie - That should be a VOD hands down
  • 1 0
 that is soooo funny, really shows how good the guys at the front are, there were so many very expensive bikes sliding past Smile
  • 26 0
 Who else wants to see the whole race?
  • 14 0
 Here's Iago's footage with the GPS speed in HUD.

contour.com/stories/megavalanche-alpe-d-huez-2013-iago-garay-glacier
  • 2 0
 104.3kph..... holy shit.... please tell me thats not right...
  • 2 0
 That's right!!! 60+ MPH For us right side drivers, fn crazy!
  • 6 0
 Have to say, Iago is the man! Super nice guy, really good rider that doesn't get much publicity. The Right Direction Youth Program represent! Can't wait to ride the compound with you again. Devou trails are awaiting. Haha.
  • 2 0
 What an incredible video, Garay is a beast! Hanging in there with the top dudes.

In the vid Atherton is 1st, then Jerome, Absalon, Anrig & Garay are fighting for 2nd... until Atherton eats it at the 2:57 mark! Amazing he came back to second after the crash.

Great insight into the such an awesome mega race.
and yes Obeh, it would be sick to see the whole footage from that contour!
  • 5 0
 Here's mine.
I'm just a few places back
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkxELFiW8cs
  • 1 0
 Awesome
  • 8 2
 I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!!
  • 1 0
 great movie
  • 1 0
 1st thing I thought of at start of movie.
  • 1 0
 s0ul-chicken: Props man, I loved that movie. Brings back good memories.
  • 2 0
 Check out this vid. Shows what it's like for the rest of the field once the snow has been trashed Big Grin Don't blink or you'll miss him getting taken out at ludicrous speed. www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=637922876218865
  • 5 4
 First!!!!

ahah but really such a sick video the falls where epic, i have always wanted to ride down a ski mountain with snow on it. any one know how slippery it is with regular DH tires?

thanks
  • 1 0
 we have a snow dh race in michigan at a ski resort every year, I run my DH tires and they rip. Really studded tires only help if its super packed
  • 2 0
 sick thanks
  • 1 0
 Id love to run this race, I have a 3inch nokian that would be perfect for front traction
  • 3 0
 Depends a lot on the snow quality. I ride on snow quite a lot during the winter. With low temperatures and good surface normal DH tires bites and rolls like a dream. But what you see on the vid here is that the surface snow starts to get melted by the temp and sunlight, the snow gets wet and "slushy" very quickly in sunlight, after the surface snow melts, you can imagine riding downhill on asphalt, with 4inches of soft sand on top of it... Basically no MTB tire has good traction on that, or maybe some 3.8" fat tire could have, but...
  • 3 0
 Always wanted to try one of those races
  • 3 0
 this would be snow much fun!
  • 1 0
 Rory is absolutely correct, I've been 45 on dirt on a DH bike and its fn screaming, 60mph is insane on a cliffs edge!
  • 2 0
 dude was hauling ass! committed.
  • 1 0
 Absolutely majestic video i salute you and all the other riders and organisers for making this carnage possible
  • 2 0
 One word: "EPIC"!!!
  • 1 0
 I remember similar trail when snowboarding in Meribel.
  • 1 0
 SWEET!! chopper chaser and all.
  • 1 0
 What's the speed tyeh ride at the beginning on hard snow?
  • 2 0
 Megawesome.
  • 1 0
 ski resort need to open for dh bike imo
  • 1 0
 Where can I see the whole run of his?
  • 2 1
 was any body else hoping the guy at 3:16 was gunna take himself out?
  • 1 0
 Oh~! god. this is VOD!
  • 1 0
 That was pretty fast
  • 1 0
 104 kms an hour fast!
  • 1 0
 Well done Iago
  • 1 0
 Amazing!
  • 1 0
 80km/h? more?
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