Video: Cam Zink in a 911 GTS Races Ray Syron to the Bottom of a Trail
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Get me out on a race track any day and I would be happy to show you who exactly has lost their dinosaur.
Reckless passes? Lmao....
There was really no racing or reckless driving here. Oh god, he passed a double yellow...with plenty of room and vision...oh no
Some “beanie cap idiot”....
This comment section is priceless. Bunch of fairies.
Some of that could be reckless in a Prius....sure. Have you guys ever driven a proper car?
I’ll concede that the video wasn’t particularly exciting, but I read the comments before watching and was expecting some real canyon carving...disappointed.
A manny 911 produces movement in my pants, however.
Seems fitting here. IDK why
LMAO
He didn’t do anything warranting a track lol...
Of course track driving is a blast and where you’ll see the fastest guys, but what does that have to do with this video or what I wrote?
My response was to your comment about had anyone ever driven a "proper" car. Define "proper" and what does driving a proper car have to do with public safety exactly? I mean I can be a jerk on the road in any type of car, was that my predilection. What experience do you have as a driver, I mean real experience?
If you’re offended by a few passes with plenty of room and visibility we have nothing more to talk about. Ill let cam pass me on a mountain road any day over some 75+ blind retard behind the wheel of a car that hasn’t been maintained properly.
Not that I would pass on the curves like Cam did but on some of those straights I would. But Cam does a lot of stuff that I would never do.
As for the idiots in Prius...well, they can all rush to Whole Foods, I think there is a special on bean sprouts.
I was reluctant to put out anything with this car, but Sea Sucker gave me some amazing racks and this is the first thing that came to mind. Just had a fun day filming it and hoped people would like it. Sorry it didn’t work out.
I'm just so tired of seeing waki's replies. That guy honestly makes me want to toe punt a baby through a fog of Coronavirus.
I actually thought that when I didn't see the video posted here on pinkbike, it was because it was pinkbike decided that it was promoting irresponsible behavior, and was actually pretty happy about that.
And then I saw it today :/.
And, for what its worth, I'm a car guy too. I have family that has been racing for ~30yrs (2 generations) and own their own auto shop who I'm very close with, I read jalopnik every day, and work on all my own cars. And it still annoys me to see people promoting irresponsible behavior like this. As others said, mountain biking already struggles with its public image, and stuff like this isn't helping.
If that makes me lame/boring/nerd/old, then so be it. Take it to the track, or at least don't film it and glamorize it.
Are you offering to tuck the $5 in?
Stop it, I can only get so hard
I have everything I could ever want, so don’t plan on changing my trajectory.
Focus your efforts elsewhere. I am a lost cause for people like you.
ROFL
Any stupid shit I have or have done is on me.
As far as bike riders riding cars, I think Ben Reid and Gee Atherton are more exciting to me. Or Olly Wilkins because he has the grins and I am a fanboi.
The bike riding was cool.
But considering a lot of Germans are absolute morons when it comes to cars and especially following road laws I expected nothing less than this comment section.
I'm happy for Cam Sink to have an awesome car, he, and many other Rampage stars deserve something for risking it all, but to be fair, stick to bikes, my wife would destroy you in a school run 1.4ltr Seat Ibiza. (Sorry)
Carry on with your toe punt.
Anybody (@Bomadics @ocnlogan @doublecrownaddict ) that wants to whine and tell us that they shouldn't drive like this, it was dangerous, go to a track to do this , and that this was an irresponsible video can seriously f*ck off. Or wait, kindly f*ck off, I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Like grow a pair, you dudes sound like a bunch of uptight mom's that think we actually care that you're offended.
@UNITEDFREERIDE keep up the fast cars and sick trials.
Holly Molly on the back flip @WAKIdesigns:
I don't get it. Somehow when we point out that doing illegal dangerous things is illegal and dangerous, and maybe shouldn't be promoted in videos, we get called whiners, or people thinking that our feelings were hurt?
My feelings are intact... but its the potential head on collisions that worries me.
In this comment section alone at least 2 people called out that's how they lost loved ones, or had them horribly injured in car/pedestrian/cyclist accidents. Personally, I find that really serious stuff.
Riding rampage, other pro lines, or most other extreme sports is totally different. You might not accidentally kill a family of 4 by dropping into Rampage.
The driving wasn't the worst thing in the world no, just not something you hope/expect to see from an a sponsored rider/ambassador for the sport.
Yes, he does cross double yellow lines, which is illegal. And that’s about it.
Driving on a public road like this indicates severe narcissisism, that every one one the road is a "fool" and only the real cool people drive fast. What would any driver do if they had a mechanical, or a flat tire, let alone a driver who is in the wrong lane speeding.
What if a driver you are passing has a flat, or a wheel falls off? What if an animal runs across the road, it has happened to me, but I was driving safely so that minimized the impact and neither the elk I hit nor the car was damaged.
I don't for a moment believe that Cam was even close to his ability to operate a vehicle at a high rate of speed, and the Porsche was just getting warmed up. But the unknown is the danger here, and the amazing lack of empathy for others on the road is disturbing.
Another thing is when we all expressed out outrage, Cam responded by letting us know he was sorry it didn't work out. You know like when someone apologizes for you feeling bad, but no apology for the action because they think people that criticize their actions are over sensitive losers that need to grow a pair.
I lost all my respect for Cam, this exemplifies everything that is wrong with our self involved culture, that the individual is more important than the community, especially if they have money.
Bloke drove a car like a dick. There’s nothing more to it, lots of people do. I drove like this myself - I just didn’t document it! And he is paid to document sht it’s just that lately his judgment Of what is worth watching seems to Be skewed.
Don't you find it telling how my post triggered you so quickly, dude you are probably the most self involved person on this website!
"I can only attribute this tosomething I have noticed developing over the last few decades, and that is narcissism. Many people these days feel the world is all about them, social media being the most obvious ramification of this. This is the mental state I used to be in, that everyone on the road was impeding my fun and freedom, when I drove"
Bro you used the pronouns "I" and "my" 5 times in 3 sentences. It's not all about you; nobody cares.
Obviously there is a line you need to draw and it is obviously different for different people. Heck, if you crash in the higher alpine areas and people need to come to rescue you, they're subjecting themselves to increased risks to save you. Especially in foul weather. And no less if they come by helicopter, which have little margin for error when hovering close to the ground.
So yeah not rarely do those who willingly subject themselves to risk, also subject others to it. This car driving definitely wasn't the only occasion we've seen.
The road isn't just about cars. That is, I don't know all the regulations over there but it seems this road is open for cyclists too, isn't it?
Reminds me of a joke.... What is the difference between a Porsche and a Porcupine?
The pricks are on the inside of the Porsche
It’s exactly the other way round, twenty years ago, nobody would have cared about someone driving a little faster than the rest, and overtaking a handful of cars on a sunny day in dry weather.
These days people just want to complain.
Unfortunately way too many seem perpetuate the misguided belief that he is funny and actively encourage him. SMH
Pro Tip #2: If you want to earn (or retain) people’s respect, don’t engage in this sort of irresponsible behavior...you’re 34 with kids, man. I might give you a one-time pass if you were 24, while imploring you to grow up, but it seems your judgement is hopelessly lacking in several ways — Amateur Hour on so many levels. By the way, the front tire wear you pointed out likely indicates dangerous understeer in a 911 (for a sidewall that stiff), low tire pressure (unlikely but possible with TPS), or that the car’s stability control kicked in to prevent you from killing yourself (possibly due to rear-engine weight transfer under braking, or transient weight transfer, on a downhill road). Do everyone a favor and take your car to a Porsche Club track day, get some lessons from an experienced Porsche track driver/racer, and then upload videos of yourself driving on a track or on private property in a way that won’t affect responsible people in public.
Seems like you did the right thing. Damn few pro's can probably make enough money that they don't need to get out at some point and get an adult job.
I somewhat pity guys like Zink. I'd just as soon go back to framing houses rather than make a goober out of myself on the internet for what is probably a laughable amount of cash (if any at all.)
I am going to turn on the PS4 and start watching Wall-E again.
I admire Cam and genuinely think he’s a good guy, but that it was not obvious this was in poor taste is disappointing. Pointing that out is not “being negative”.
Last time I checked, my buddies and I invest countless hours into building trails mostly used by dog walkers. The dogs then bite us, then we nicely ask the owners to put their dogs on leashes like the sign says. I also volunteer to teach 6 years old how to bike. I think mountain bikers have a great image.
Every sport has a bad image if you endlessly highlight the few examples of bad behaviour.
I've seen a bunch of cases where youtube videos were used as evidence to get people arrested after the fact. May be I read too much Jalopnik though
jalopnik.com/a-reminder-that-the-cops-have-a-name-for-your-street-ra-1830905657
Mullet not included.
I thought the concept of the video was fine. I liked Sam Hills recent video like this, as well as the GMBN version featuring Blake and Neil.
I think Cams riding is amazing. Never in a million years could I ride like he does, and I love watching him (and other pros) ride, as its inspiring to see what masters of their craft can do with a bike.
I also love manual transmission cars of any sort (including the 911). I think that while the absolute performance for most new "automatic" (dual clutch transmissions/etc) is better, for any situation other than actual racing, I prefer a manual. Its just more fun to me.
But I think much of the driving displayed (eg, passing in double yellows, on the outside of a turn, etc), is super unsafe on public roads, full stop. And to be frank, seeing that some commenters don't seem to think that is unsafe is weird to me. All it takes is one thing to go wrong, and you end up hurting someone.
To me mountain biking is "cool" because its good clean (although sometimes extremely muddy) fun. I get some fitness, get to spend time with buddies, and get to progress in skills, and get outside and away from the urban/office lifestyle. I don't care for "renegade"/outlaw stuff.
Maybe thats just me though :/.
Here's a tip from someone who knows a thing or two about 911s and going fast:
The wear on your front tires indicates one or possibly both of the following. Either your front axle alignment is way off and/or you're constantly overloading the front wheels mid corner. I'm not gonna go into detail why both is bad, just please go get it fixed by a race shop and/or a race driving instructor.
Anyways, its always great to see someone driving their 911 hard. Although I'd prefer seing it being done on a track and not on public roads, like, you know, where you don't endanger the lives of innocent bystanders.
Contrary to what everybody else here seems to believe, he is actually going rather slow in this video (and therefore leaving a wide margin for error).
The wear is typical for a 911 driven defensively, since without throttle applied every 911 will understeer, which is what happened here, the wear pattern being exaggerated by the very soft tire compound.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R9qmX6FmwQ
We really didn't see most of the driving. As with most of these videos (thanks top gear) there were so many cuts. That means this video doesn't really represent how it went down.
There were 4 somewhat "brave" passes but I didn't see much that a typical douche in a BMW wouldn't do on any given day. After a bit of internet wizardry I saw that what was shown in this vid basically could have resulted in about 1200 bucks in fines. Yes, the driving was at times reckless but we saw most of it from inside the car (which could have been footage from earlier driving).
I don't like Cam Zink. Probably because I've never met him and I don't like anyone (also he has the thought process of me as a 20 year old manbaby).
I understand, however, the outrage, especially living in Germany, because here anyone who rides a bike off road is some sort of anarchist. To advertise that being a professional bike rider means that you have a nice car and can do what ever you want is more short sighted than Smash Mouth believing they were rock gods.
Now, I am also not sure if Cam’s driving was safe or unsafe, but keep it in perspective, people. I’m quite confident that he’s safer to others in his 911 than almost any driver over the age of 70. Or anyone on their phone. Or otherwise distracted. Or most people in a moving truck. It’s all relative.
Cam I would just ignore all of the "Go to the track" people. They think they're so cool for trailering their cars to the track, putting on a helmet, and racing around some cones with tire fencing everywhere, and then preaching to everyone online about how safe they are. that is so damn cool and safe. being a big safe pussy is so badass these days isn't it.
Saying cam is losing it living in some post concussion state of mind...
How reckless and and unsafe he is being.
Knocking on Ray for absolutely no reason.
You are all soft as butter.
When has Cam or any of the long time free ride dudes we all grew
up watching in NWD ever shown anything BUT bad ass skits and
Scenes that portrayed unsafe funny and gangster side of mountain biking.
THEY are what what made mountain bikes cool.
If you’re all getting bent out of shape over a few passed cars on the road
And feel that you need to be a Karen and tell everyone how unsafe and
Bad of an example they are setting, you should delete your PB account
and go buy some Monistat for your huge gaping itchy vaginas and shut
your mouths.
Sensus represents a company that stems from the average clean cut, all
Business no fun companies out there. Keeping the dream
Alive and breaking the rules. My friends are tight. You guys are kooks.
Get a clueeeeeeeeee
He had a Porsche 911 too.
And he pushed it too far. Now he's dead.
I think Cam is a great guy, and he's got a beautiful family too. So much to live for. Yea, maybe I am soft, but that's because, as ive aged, I realize that we're not invincible. I still take risks, and do my best to live life to the fullest, but ive got a wife and two young kids now. They depend on me to be there for them.
Flip side: Cam has a family that depends on him too, and he's got to keep fresh content coming to stay relevant and provide for his family. That's his burden, and I get why he's out there pushing the limits every day.
Grow the f*ck to and join the rest of humanity.
Quit hating on a video out of pure jealously that NONE of you will be able to live like this.
Y'all are the type of riders that pull up on a jump with your clips, then and look back at your tire and call that a whip.
The funniest part of all this is when any of you guys run into Cam I guarantee y'all drop to your knees and open your mouth faster than Christy Mack in a Brazzers video.
You kooks SUCK!
#screamineagles #deathfromabove