Must Watch: Array ft. Brandon Semenuk

 Semenuk did his one-shot unreal segment, decided it couldn't be topped, and went all in on The Bourne Identity editing style.

 @schili: exactly. Best mtb video of all time: no wacky cuts or unnecessary zooming. “Let’s do the opposite”. Same with that atherton video last week

 Thanks for putting into words why I felt bored, I don't want not enjoy things, but the editing kills it for me. The raw videos were peak for me!

 i dont agree, and i love that his videos have their own style whether pb likes it or not

 agreed, the weird editing doesn't add anything, it just makes the whole thing slightly annoying to watch

 I'm sure he still has lots of input, but maybe at this level there's a lot more (corporate) cooks in the kitchen? Not sure.There's a big difference between putting every shot together vs. approval of the final edit; maybe if he personally watched it over and over and over the headaches would suggest they should smooth it out.

update - here's the reason: benoitlalande.com
Everything this guy edits is cut like this.

 I watched it on a proper TV, didn’t hate the editing as much as y’all. Made me stoked to ride and get loose.

 You can see it from the logging camp road. I doubt anyone would notice you go over there…until you broke in half.

 Kinda makes me wonder what they'd do with it after. The whole row of floating tables is probably something on a handful of people in the world can ride. I'd imagine they'd probably flattened some of that stuff, while keeping the general line of the trail.

 @Lando406: You can see it from the logging camp road. I doubt anyone would notice you go over there…until you are found RIP.

 @emptybe-er: the guy is throwing backflips and other shit on the 29".....
atleast we know it can be done...

 @PHeller: A lot of people in BC can ride that.

 @emptybe-er: Sorry to hear that you cant have fun on a 29 but just because you dont manage to does not mean others dont know how to jib/jump a full 29er

 @PHeller: His single continuous jump line shot in the green grassy hills from circa 2017 (where he switches bikes mid run) is near my house and I can confirm, they tore it all down immediately after filming so I'd afraid the same fate came to this build.

 @code26: This line was still there as of a couple weeks ago.

 @Ignaciosc22: Of course it can be done

 @RockCrawler: Username checks out.

 @RockCrawler: What the do you know about jibbing and jumping? It sounds like probably not very much. It’s not a matter of learning how to adapt. 29’ers suck for anything but going faster in a straight line. They help people that suck with traction and stability and the cost is they aren’t as fun. I’m so tired of people acting like it’s not a fact despite the most impressive riding consistently happening on smaller wheels. You can easily see that as wheels get smaller, skill is higher.

 @emptybe-er: I'm sorry that you dont know how to jib with a 29er. Regarding me, I know more than enough about it.It seems to me that you just dont have the strenght to jib a 29 which can simply be fixed by hitting the gym. And why do you think that just because someone rides a 29er that he doesnt also ride smaller bikes? I got a Privateer 161 as my main Bike, a full 27.5 Status as a Bikeparkbike and a BMX. The only aspect where skills matters truly on small bikes is whilste going full out on Downhilltracks. Nothing impressiv in crusing down a Jumpline as smooth as Highway on a 27.5 or 29 when I can hit steeper/bigger Jumps on a BMX

 @RockCrawler: Seems you’ve hit the gym too much and have grown muscles between your ears. If you would’ve grown up blue collar and earned your muscle the right way you wouldn’t need a gym to ride your wagon wheeler.

 @emptybe-er: Yeah your totaly right. Maybe go enjoy a beer and we both just ride our Bikes the way we want to!

 @RockCrawler: Sure thing, coach!

 I like it.

 @ridingbiking: me too. It felt like a Revel in the Chaos teaser kind of video

 One cannot, "pan back"

 @CaptainPugwash89: stand waaaay back then, all these close ups, missing all the good stuff

 Sign me up.

 Capes 100%

 @pedalfitruss: Hasn't anyone wwatched The Incredibles? NO CAPES!

 If you ride like a Superman ( and can do a Superman to knack knack) you’re allowed to wear a cape.

 Kelly McGazza ten years ahead of the game. RIP !

 Open jacket riding is already a thing ! Especially in the ski world !

 Followed by some nice (Friday) Fails !

 @Altair74: also in bmx during winter; can't figure how they manage to do barspin turndown &cie...

 @AwkwardFormerRoadie: barspin with loose, flappy clothes is impressive, but no inverted table?

 It’s unfortunate that every video he makes seems to get shorter, eventually we’ll be watching him hit a single table

 @Grady-Harris: and we’ll get to see it from 38 different takes all with slightly different angles……*director’s chef’s kiss*

 I thought it was his well deserved cape!

 Next edit: knit sweater

 @rrolly: Striped leg warmers

 Right! At first I thought, ' why's he doing a one hander?' ...and then he landed, and did that. I'm quitting bikes and taking up tether ball.

 One hander/one handed landing/one handed takeoff/to bars... mind bending...

 Whats so important?

 Agreed, I’ve never seen a lily pad rhythm section before

 Nice one, didn't catch it the first time.

 zooming? where?

 Array.push() // ftw!

 Borrow pits - Shire was digging deep holes to generate material which gets below any hint of organic coloring into that grey glacial deposit. We’ve been building at Legacy for 3 years and the dirt is killer. The pits get filled with all the surface organics.

 If you look at Legacy's other trails it's definitely the same soils.

 nah just old.

 Old man agreeing with you - I want to see the skill of the rider not the editor.

 they're genuinely f*cking awful. it's just a continuous stream of distracting bullshit and faux pas a high school photography student would have grown out of by now.

whoever edits and films brandons videos please, i am begging you, greatly reduce or fully eliminate the following: mid trick quick cuts (sometimes multiple times wtf?), over zoomed in elbows to knees in frame shots, quick cut random guy in the sky shots, tilting your camera as the rider passes, inconsistent shaky high to low and side to side pans, and cutting every single clip before the 2.5 second mark. just let a 6 second clip play out where takes off, lands, stays in frame, and then maybe even hits a corner. you do not need 5 different cuts within that 6 seconds its just horrible viewing

 @captaindingus: I don’t think Semenuk cares about anyones opinions. He’s doing what he likes.

 @Joe89: yeah probably not since he is neither the filmer nor the editor of these videos

 Warming up for joyride cameo / win

 username checks out. But to counterpoint your counterpoint, I don't mind the fast cuts from a videography point of view, I'm sure its technically excellent film making and would score well at cannes, but from a riders perspective the fast cuts in the middle of interesting bits of riding are distracting. It's difficult to tell what Semenuk is actually doing when the shot cuts mid trick. Riding edits of late seem to have forgotten that they aren't film school projects designed to show off the cameras and editing skills, they are riding edits who's purpose is to show off bikes and riding skills.

 How do you figure?

 It doesn't matter how bad your brakes are if you never use them.

 @jomacba: sarcasm...check the SRAM brake tech article from last week.

 @wolftwenty1: Ahh, okay, fair enough. Hard to tell with text.

 brakes would only slow him down

 Also not riding 29. Coincidence?

 Good evening doctor Lecter.

 +1

 Looks like a slash to me.

 @jomacba: you think? I thought it looks bigger but not like a slash. I’m secretly hoping for an updated Remedy…
Either way, Skills trump Wheelsize/playfulness…

 @drjohn: To be honest, I'm not 100% sure. It does look a bit bigger.

 Looks like a...

 He's not.

 @brianpark: agreed. But why do too sure?