Video: Welsh Wild Men Prove Freeride Ain't Dead

Jun 4, 2018 at 5:46
by Jack Slade  
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The Dusty Huckers are a ballsy crew of undeniably skilled trail builders and freeriders. At the core of the group are two brothers, Michael and Gareth Beasley. The Dusty Huckers are as grassroots and raw as it gets, hailing from all walks of everyday normal life, the group ride and dig together most days.

Photo by Ben Winder
Mike pulling shapes over a kicker seemingly crafted for tricks, Gaz in tow taking off before his brother has even landed

The Dusty Huckers are notorious for their creative approaches to digging. Their compound features steep, twisty turns intertwined with jumps and drops, huge gaps and finely crafted takeoffs and landings. A lot of their craftsmanship goes underappreciated and the patience, physical strength and creativity involved in some of these features is unbelievable.

It's instantly clear how passionate they must be as soon as you step into those murky woods.

The take off for this jump is about 15cm wide that doesn t prevent shapes being pulled. Photo by Ben Winder
The 15cm wide take off didn't stop Mike sending it to space.


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34 Comments
  • 43 0
 I wonder why they keep saying freeride ain't dead? It is everywhere and still f*cking awesome!
  • 6 14
flag pro-keyboardwarrior (Jun 4, 2018 at 14:36) (Below Threshold)
 to make us forget WC DH is not even Dh anymore, more like track cycling id say
  • 8 2
 @pro-keyboardwarrior: let's not take it too far there, bud.
  • 11 1
 @pro-keyboardwarrior: name makes a lot of sense
  • 2 0
 Who is saying freeride is dead?
  • 31 2
 Freeride aint dead, but obviously hip hop is.
  • 1 0
 Think they would classify it as "Grime", or"Trap" - or something- on the "UK scene".. Bit like hip hop for those who can't rhyme properly or create decent beats..
  • 15 2
 Why blur the footage?

--Angry Old Man
  • 4 3
 If you look close enough, It's actually Gaz and Mike riding the same section at the same time, giving it a blurred look, old man
  • 7 3
 I you look close enough there might be a few seconds of sorta freeriding.
  • 14 2
 Cool vid...with the sound off. Looks like a nice area.
  • 2 1
 Music was very valleys, but I wouldn’t recommend smoking 45 a day Smile
  • 11 5
 @Matt115lamb: music valleys? Sounded ghettos to me. Bloody awful too. Absolute dog shit & all
About drugs. Ideal for a wider audience. Video was otherwise good, just stick to pink / metal / something that doesn’t conjure images of being stabbed by a tw@ in a hoody. Thx.
  • 2 2
 Punk! Bloody auto correct!
  • 8 6
 Piss off. I thought the beat was heady aye
  • 2 0
 @pargolf8: ‘Sup Fam?’

Man movin to me yeah?
  • 7 0
 @cunning-linguist: I dunno, I think some P!nk might bring a fresh sound to some MTB edits! ;D
  • 5 8
 @cunning-linguist: yeah i'll to stick pink/metal if you stick to the daily mail, dickhead
  • 3 2
 @Sladey: yeah! bloody fascists
  • 4 4
 @Sladey: name calling. Nice work. Your career isn’t gonna do too well if you’re dissing your potential audience. Up and coming, may want to amend that part. Dickhead.
  • 5 0
 'Freeride' never died. We just have better bikes than the boat anchors and XC noodles we used to ride and either break or break ourselves on. Riders have been jumping, dropping, etc. since day one.
  • 6 0
 Only thing dead is that music.
  • 1 0
 I'd have to dare say that groove in the dirt leading up to that is 2 tires wide. If he's running a 2.5" tire than 15cm would fit 2.5 tires wide. Just seems off to me. Crazy no less. I didn't mean to discredit him but that board has to be wider than 5.905"
  • 2 0
 The Brits used to have garage, which was pretty awesome. Now I seen they've unfortunately embraced trap. Likely the worst music (and I use that term generously) ever.
  • 3 0
 sick! that misty steep freeride line into the sketchy drop was metal
  • 3 0
 Mad skills and i like the music, makes it steezy
  • 2 0
 Awesome.
  • 2 3
 okay okay, make your 'free ride' film, but don't use the 50 to 01 trademark #thebiggestslice
  • 2 1
 when have I used anything to do with 50to01 mate? Please point it our
  • 1 0
 Hammer
  • 1 0
 Pink smoke ))))
  • 2 4
 No chance that take off is only 15 cm wide..
  • 1 0
 Just enough room on the take off for 2 tyres side by side.







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