GT Welcomes Kenny Belaey - Video by andrewcho

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biker-Boy808 FL (Apr 5, 2012 at 14:53)

I wish i could jump 8 girls! I wish i knew 8 girls haha!

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your-phantasm (Apr 5, 2012 at 17:57) (Below Threshold)

spread your legs

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liamjumper (Apr 5, 2012 at 19:30)

thats just incredible balance at the end there!

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SandersB (Apr 5, 2012 at 21:13)

I wish I knew 8 girls too....

They smell nice, and I'm sick of shuttle riding with guy that smell like Sweat, and B.O..............and Beer, Pot, Weed, Wet dog, Mold ridden shoes, Dog sh*t from the wet dog...ext...!!!!!

sashamtbrider (Apr 5, 2012 at 21:36)

ahahaha^^

mozi29 (Apr 6, 2012 at 2:42)

Great riding, but what bikes is he on? They aren't gt...

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samblagy (Apr 6, 2012 at 12:11)

doesnt compare to riding on a wire like... (danny mac)

p3borick (Apr 7, 2012 at 15:52)

Danny Mac has more style and skill

TomCozens (Apr 7, 2012 at 16:31)

The amazing stuff Danny Mac does he does alot until he gets it right, Kenny Balaey is a bit more consistent and competion orientated.

paulwootton77 (Apr 8, 2012 at 12:22)

yeh mac is sick but you can see the level of precision with kenny, its amazing, he is 9 times champ for a reason. awesome video, thanks

samblagy (Apr 9, 2012 at 6:16)

Tom your completely right... Danny isnt consitant with his riding thats why he doesnt compete

pperini (Apr 10, 2012 at 2:44)

i was just waiting for ppl to start comparing him to danny....u just cant, he is a competitor..danny is a "styler"...its like comparing Travis Pastrana to Ricky C....no point..

mozi29 (Apr 10, 2012 at 4:46)

Pastrana used to be a racer too though - bloody quick too! Just joshing with ya! yeah same sport, two different approaches. completely agree.

pperini (Apr 10, 2012 at 5:26)

yeah, but the "racer pastrana" is not the pastrana that ppl now a days know ;-)

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michael-abbott (Apr 5, 2012 at 15:17)

I just love watching the faces of the general public when they see trials riders do something meeental

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Robnickels (Apr 5, 2012 at 15:53)

Just about to say that! Haha. They assume their some childish person on a bike until they see them nose mannual backwards down a hill!

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michael-abbott (Apr 5, 2012 at 15:55)

Haha and then they stand in a state of complete shock, its brilliant

larryssman7 (Apr 5, 2012 at 20:14)

flowyridestilltherestofmylife (Apr 6, 2012 at 8:45)

Classy nose pick.

liamjumper (Apr 9, 2012 at 9:01)

im sick of seeing every comment on a trials video just saying how muh better danny macaskill is.

daymo7 (Apr 9, 2012 at 11:56)

Its because he is!

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TomCozens (Apr 5, 2012 at 16:50)

Kenny Belaey and Danny Mac should do a joint video

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transitionrider19 (Apr 6, 2012 at 10:15) (Below Threshold)

i think danny finally met his match.....

GoAnDRiDe (Apr 6, 2012 at 23:55)

not even^^

Bjammin (Apr 5, 2012 at 18:37)

HE DIDN'T RIDE THE BOW AND ARROW! I've walked by that sculpture so many times and thought about how sweet a shot it would make, and then he comes to San Francisco with a trials bike, a camera, and world cup winning skills and doesn't even ride it. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about: jared.smugmug.com/Travel/American-Visions/1161601/32032712_oKRUX-M-1.jpg

RaleighVoid (Apr 9, 2012 at 9:39)

wouldnt want to start wheel spinning up that :S

krankmechelen (Apr 7, 2012 at 3:38)

with all do respect, danny might look better on video. But if he would enter a world cup trial he would end LAST, kenny has won it 9 times. need to say more. Its the same difference between a freerider and a downhill worldcup racer...

larrylars12 (Apr 5, 2012 at 18:42)

Definitely a very talented trials rider, but I think Danny MacAskill has a much more enjoyable style to watch. Kenny would be more interesting to watch at world champs in his element competing.

RampageRules (Apr 5, 2012 at 19:23)

agreed. if he is world champ, what is danny?

larryssman7 (Apr 5, 2012 at 20:15)

hes god

ridenz (Apr 7, 2012 at 0:20)

Everyone, please, do you HAVE to compare with Danny? He is an individual trials rider, not "This much worse/better than Danny Mac"

teammaryjaneracing (Apr 6, 2012 at 1:20)

Wow! I really liked this video. Amazing riding skills and very impressed with Andrew's work too. Hope there is more to come. Great job guys. Don't worry about all the haters. Haters will hate. Well done gentlemen.

Borgschulze (Apr 5, 2012 at 16:46)

I didn't see any GT bikes....? Just GT stickers.

yanndmc (Apr 5, 2012 at 17:10)

I agree... I wonder what's his bike though!? (24 inches)

Borgschulze (Apr 5, 2012 at 17:56)

Probably Inspired for the street bike, and Monty for the pure bike.

RampageRules (Apr 5, 2012 at 19:23)

probably have to build him one still.

glasvagas FL (Apr 6, 2012 at 3:33)

The 24" is an Onza and the 26" is an Ozonys.

yanndmc (Apr 6, 2012 at 17:41)

Thanks!

DarcyDay (Apr 5, 2012 at 15:14)

I can see what GT are trying to do hear.
Athertons = Steve peat

Kenny = hans ray
I think they are trying to bring it back to the glory days.

jmc361 (Apr 5, 2012 at 15:37)

Now all they need is Nico, Anne-Caro, Mercedes, Mike King, Jerome Chiotti, Juli Furtado, Mark Gullickson, Alison Dunlap, Laurence Leboucher, and Leigh Donovan. And a 53 foot semi truck.

antmav (Apr 5, 2012 at 16:41)

It looks like GT followed Danny's formula............awesome riding, great scenery, fantasic filming, and a horrible soundtrack.

sashamtbrider (Apr 5, 2012 at 17:53)

he's a great rider and everything, but what's the point of having a gt sticker on the bike that doesn't have a single gt part on it? What GT is trying to promote by sponsoring this guy?

FarmerJohn (Apr 6, 2012 at 6:16)

My guess is that GT is trying to promote Cycling to the non cycling crowd. Athertons are awesome but no one outside of the DH scene or bike industry will see them. Kenny is promoting the awesomeness of bicycles to those who are not checking in to pinkbike or vital every day- Its a very good thing for all of us, make our industry stronger.
You dont think Norco uses Ryan to sell thousands of trials frames, Ryan & Kenny is a bicycle evangelists/ athletes, spreading the good word of bikes across the land

chris345 (Apr 5, 2012 at 19:59)

just awsome... i hope i can be even remotly close to that good on my trials bike..

bubbaleech (Apr 5, 2012 at 21:56)

1:28 is maybe 3 doors down from my uncles place. I love seeing local places in vids.

ZMC888 (Apr 5, 2012 at 19:09)

Love the street stuff, not really into the indoor thing. The reverse endos are so long, sick!

EarlyCuyler (Apr 5, 2012 at 21:01)

Wheeewwww That was a hippady hoppin barn bustin good time! But how that darn prancin around get him in the half time show I been on the waitin list for thirty years.

a-m-c (Apr 5, 2012 at 22:06)

Professional. A professional is an expert who is master in a specific field. Professional.

AdventureQuest (Apr 6, 2012 at 12:47)

Professional - yes. Expert - yes. Master? There can only be one master and it's Danny MacAskill!

Lucas-Alcalde (Apr 6, 2012 at 5:43)

this is what i call... focus!

kerberos FL (Apr 9, 2012 at 10:03)

I actually love the soundtrack song! And I think Florence is a much better singer than Danny MacAskill.

jjmsmith1 (Apr 6, 2012 at 6:00)

Yeah GT! Stepping it up! To bad Gee is out for awhile...

MTmtbfan (Apr 9, 2012 at 11:06)

Sick style and creativity by this guy! Insane balance and ups!! Just take it for what it is.

farfednugen (Apr 5, 2012 at 15:18)

awesome rider, so much flow!

caiocrz FL (Apr 5, 2012 at 17:20)

This was so sick!

sammybikes916 (Apr 5, 2012 at 19:39)

I think I smell a RedBull rider with the both of them. Could provide nice contrast between the 2 styles.

BikeTrials (Apr 5, 2012 at 20:44)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_bike_trials

First sentence on the first paragraph.

wearitwell (Apr 6, 2012 at 9:43)

man san fran is such a wicked city.

rileyd540 (Apr 6, 2012 at 7:46)

i see inspired forks, inspired saddle, inspired frame?

juiceman4 (Apr 6, 2012 at 8:20)

Danny Macaskill has some competition

jangzter (Apr 8, 2012 at 5:22)

do people really enjoy this terrible music???

mountguitars (Apr 5, 2012 at 18:33)

spread your legs moment at 4:36. LOL!

dreamsflyinhigh (Apr 5, 2012 at 20:58)

Fucking sick dude!!!!!!!!!

ercover (Apr 6, 2012 at 1:09)

Nice! Those people were so amazed always when he did something. Great vid!

Bashment (Apr 6, 2012 at 7:38)

super human

DBomberMan (Apr 6, 2012 at 10:41)

guy at 1:39 is like WTF lol.

KernowDH (Apr 7, 2012 at 6:19)

not as good as danny mcaskill but still pretty epic

evilcamel (Apr 7, 2012 at 22:38)

i love seeing a video and knowing all the places he goes to

maxbauerle (Apr 8, 2012 at 12:50)

danny mac has finally got some competition

BingBong69 (Apr 5, 2012 at 22:10)

Amazing!

wcrider (Apr 5, 2012 at 23:25)

Killer video!

Naple (Apr 5, 2012 at 15:00)

Kenny Belaey. Trails Athlete. Tuesday Showman.

BikeTrials (Apr 5, 2012 at 19:18)

It's 'Trials'

ueric1231 (Apr 5, 2012 at 15:27)

looks like danny has a run for his money now...

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leftcoastmediahouse (Apr 5, 2012 at 16:06)

I might be wrong, but in my humble opinion I see the two riders as very different. With clearly very different objectives. Their style is quite different, and they both participate in different areas of trials discipline. If you read above it says he has won 9 time Trials' World Championships, so.... technically if danny wants to start getting into time trials, then he would be giving Kenny Belaey a run for his money no the other way around.

ueric1231 (Apr 5, 2012 at 16:22)

yes you are correct in that but i was referring to street trails, since he was doing most of that in this video.

om1wan (Apr 5, 2012 at 17:15)

Like LeftCoastVisuals says, they have very diferent styles, when I first began to watch mtb videos my very first hero was Ryan Leench (over Chase and Lenosky and the monocycle guy lol )and the trial scenes were my favorites till I notice that they had very common places; but Danny with just one video make my trial heart beat again. and I prefer the innovative trials from mcaskill he is the dude that refresh the trial scene which means he made trial scenes profitable again(thing that any champion could do in 9 years ) Danny rises the bar very high in terms of full entertainment, besides mcaskill's videos are very easy to see

milohead (Apr 5, 2012 at 18:25)

There both good but Mac definitely has the edge on him due to the size of his balls.

iperper (Apr 5, 2012 at 19:04)

have to say thats one of the first good comments ive heard that uses balls in it

BikeTrials (Apr 5, 2012 at 19:24)

No shit, Danny's a great rider, but you are comparing apples and oranges here. You guys should realize that trials includes many different styles of riding.

larryssman7 (Apr 5, 2012 at 20:17)

@LeftCoastVisuals, is it called TIME trials?, or just trials? i thought TTI was like a road thing

leftcoastmediahouse (Apr 5, 2012 at 23:02)

@larryssman7 yeah yeah sorry I was just wording it like they said in the article, it should probably be worded "and he was a winner of the trials world championships nine times"

samminett (Apr 5, 2012 at 16:21)

hmm t think here is danny match whats gonna happen whos gonna be better?

bigdan30 FL (Apr 5, 2012 at 14:57)

Sweet! Will they be selling his bike at Sport Chek?

bluezac17 (Apr 5, 2012 at 21:14)

obviously this guy kills it, but how is Danny Macaskill or Chris Akrigg not #1?

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LTmtb (Apr 5, 2012 at 14:56)

They said San Francisco and I got excited. Nope, trials. The scene here should get a little more representation. There are certainly enough "Cali" (nobody calls it that here) trips, maybe a quick stop by Tam, Pacifica, and Carlmont?

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adam-silver (Apr 5, 2012 at 16:41)

just looks like a wana-b danny mac video. nose wheeleees nd such. i Know hes a world tittle trials rider, and i know how much work they put in. ( i ride with world champ ben savage most weeks ) and i do appreciate that. but still just a wana b danny mac vid here !

Perry-Ap (Apr 5, 2012 at 21:15)

JUST ANOTHER COPY OF danny macaskill ! EVEN THE MUSIC !

beshop (Apr 5, 2012 at 21:55)

9 time Trials' World Champion can't be a copy

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DTDUNCAN (Apr 5, 2012 at 15:36)

He's no Danny MacAskill...