Fresh off of an outstanding win at this years Mont-Sainte-Anne UCI Downhill race, Aaron Gwin takes full advantage of the chance to come home and train on California’s technical coastal trails.
"Fresh off of an outstanding win at this years Mont-Sainte-Anne UCI Downhill race, Aaron Gwin takes full advantage of the chance to come home and train on California’s technical coastal trails."
More fake news on PB. There is no way he shot that after coming home from MSA. The trails are WAY too green in that edit. Definitely shot earlier in the year.
Me and my boys just rode Telonics on Sunday and it is definitely not as green as it is in this video. I have a drone video going down Telonics in April and wasn't even as green as it is in this video so it was probably shot several months ago. It was super dry and way too dusty this weekend but still one of my favorite trails. I just uploaded my run from Sunday on Pinkbike today. We had a train of 8 going down Telonics ....just a lot slower than Aaron Gwin
@Toryt7: Well...I wouldn't say it's a huge problem, but it is definitely a fear of anyone who rides the trail at pace. I typically try to shuttle early-ish morning (730/8a) on the weekends to avoid the crowds.
Most hikers wander around the top half of telonics and top of the world, which is fairly wide open without really any blind entrances or corners...but sometimes there will be people hiking up the bottom half in some seriously sketchy blind and fast sections...that's where it gets scary.
I've shuttled this trail literally hundreds of times and have never crashed into a hiker, but i've had some really close calls. I could be a lot more careful than I am, and just typing this makes me feel like an idiot for how fast I hit those blind sections...but what can ya do...too fun
Great trail though...and close access to Silver surfer/PGs, two other great DH trails
Agreed, I just rode this trail Saturday, it's definitely a couple months old. Another thing, let's get the f'n name right of the most popular trail in Laguna, it's Telonics. Lol. They also skipped a lot of the good parts of this trail too.
@esstinkay: thanks bro, I post more stuff on YouTube than Pinkbike. Here is a pretty cool video I edited down Telonics in April, we had 11 riders, 2 drones, 1 camera man and 3 GoPros. I think action cams cant capture how steep and gnarly trails really are, I think the drone footage helped capture the terrain a little better.
@tcmtnbikr: Not so much hucked it as basically ignored it at nearly 40 mph - it looked like he was going off a curb. FWIW - That's the spot where a local dude went off the 150 ft. cliff on the right side of the trail. He should have died, but is fully recovered.
@herzalot: he didn't hit VW rock, and was clearly cruising as he didn't even double the rhythm section.
Still not clear how someone could even go off trail on the right side...the "local dude" you're referring to has me baffled. Then again, he was a 55-60+yr old barney.
@Thustlewhumber: Je suis d'accord, mon petit chérie, but without the context of the local topology of the trail, I don't find that information super helpful.
yeah I agree 100%, I think follow cams are the best angles but I am sure there aren't too many people who can follow Aaron Gwinn down Telonics that fast. I just uploaded our ride down Telonics from Sunday, we had a train of 8 riders, it gives you a little better perspective of the trail and how much faster Gwinn is compared to Privateers.
It's crazy it's been 21 years since Chainsmoke! Most people here on PB weren't even born. Hey kids,take a look (and a listen) to this: youtu.be/LI4e7REs-5Y
None of the 133 drop downs including PGs are a well kept secret man...even lopes posts videos of
I don't understand your question about whether I do a yearly week long trail session...lol...but I do ride all of these trails weekly
False, ,Telonics is no we're nearly as grassy as that this time of the year. That was like shot in March. That video is pretty old so u can't just repost it and say it was from just this week. Bullshit!
Wow...what an amazing trail...it looks like it doesn't need the full DH rig too...but videos sometimes make the trails look easier than they are. Gwin for president...
Why did they call it 'top of the world trail? Telonics is not an off the radar trail...coming from someone who has done a ton of work on it(winter time).
@mapex99: technically it is illegal but it gets a pass...the leaders of the conservancy do appreciate the towns history and fact that the longest running dh race is on held on it. It crosses school grounds so no way to become legal really...but it does have a bridge...
@jrocksdh: give it a rest, telonics isn't a traditional "illegal" trail...I ride past park rangers all the time at the entrance and all they do is nod or smile. It happens to end in LCAD's parking lot, that's all
@nvranka: isnt that what I said?..it gets a pass. Thats said, the fewer public vids of illegal trails(someone wanted pg video) better off trails will be..eg. last longer. Do u do a yearly week long trail session on any trail(s) or build new ones?
More fake news on PB. There is no way he shot that after coming home from MSA. The trails are WAY too green in that edit. Definitely shot earlier in the year.
Most hikers wander around the top half of telonics and top of the world, which is fairly wide open without really any blind entrances or corners...but sometimes there will be people hiking up the bottom half in some seriously sketchy blind and fast sections...that's where it gets scary.
I've shuttled this trail literally hundreds of times and have never crashed into a hiker, but i've had some really close calls. I could be a lot more careful than I am, and just typing this makes me feel like an idiot for how fast I hit those blind sections...but what can ya do...too fun
Great trail though...and close access to Silver surfer/PGs, two other great DH trails
www.pinkbike.com/video/470059
FWIW - That's the spot where a local dude went off the 150 ft. cliff on the right side of the trail. He should have died, but is fully recovered.
Still not clear how someone could even go off trail on the right side...the "local dude" you're referring to has me baffled. Then again, he was a 55-60+yr old barney.
www.pinkbike.com/video/476316
youtu.be/1wCyZ4X17DQ
Long Live Chainsaw
Ditto! While the riding is legend, the music is more than mismatched, is that even music?
Shotgun straight back noise
Haha! You're right.
I'll probably be jammin to that this time next year headed to a trailhead.
Hey kids,take a look (and a listen) to this: youtu.be/LI4e7REs-5Y
To be fair, I'm from WA so I don't know one SoCal trail from another
great to see him on a local
None of the 133 drop downs including PGs are a well kept secret man...even lopes posts videos of
I don't understand your question about whether I do a yearly week long trail session...lol...but I do ride all of these trails weekly