Steep, Fast and Loose in Champéry-les-Crosets - Video

May 9, 2016 at 2:22
by Bikepark Champéry-Morgins  
Champéry-les-Crosets course preview

by bikepark-champery-morgins
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The guys from Shaperideshoot and local legend, Ben Walker, had the chance to ride the Champéry World Cup track one week before it opens to the public and the resulting footage sums up what's in store for visiting riders... Conditions were mint and hopefully, you'll be there with us on May 14th for the opening day, for more metal, more bikes and more good times!

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83 Comments
  • 65 0
 "hopefully, you'll be there with us on May 14th for the opening day"

And look like a total d!ck when the only way I can get down is by holding my bike and walking down.
  • 13 0
 its fecking steep in the middle, I know ones that slid down it on their asses until they hit a road. U aint walking down it lol
  • 3 0
 @bat-fastard: I've done the ass slide. Left a part of my manhood on that trail. I need to go back and reclaim it in the dry but it stays wet for soooo long.
  • 1 0
 Fingers crossed for a dry July and I might get over to it. Looks like they have done a bit of work on it. Will see if driving round a day as we had done that for Morgins as its half the day getting there and back on lifts..
  • 66 2
 stuff that looks steep on the gopro... no thanks
  • 4 1
 Same here dude, I'm out!!!!
  • 59 0
 Ummmm well that was pretty fast
  • 5 1
 Scary fast
  • 49 0
 Looks easy. Hold my beer.
  • 24 0
 And if we are here tonight, it is to celebrate the memory of MindPatterns, that never finish his beer that day...*plays melancholic song*
  • 37 0
 one of the most challenging tracks i've ever rode. in dry conditions it is really hard but in the wet it is IMPOSSIBLE. i will never understand what kind of sorcery Danny Hart had going on back then...
  • 18 1
 +1 for "sorcery"
  • 2 1
 UK Riders are good at mud riding. I'm with you though, I can't ride mud for shit
  • 4 1
 Don't forget Mr. Sam Hill. He won on this track in pissing rain when most of the top riders went down in the dry. Now THAT is sorcery.
  • 1 2
 @Boardlife69: he was 2nd
  • 8 0
 @ferenooo: actually he took third. But it was a win in the eyes of everyone there.
  • 2 0
 @Boardlife69: I was hoping someone would remember that run, it was insane.
  • 24 0
 WHY ISNT THIS TRACK IN THE WORLD CUP !
  • 35 0
 UCI delegates are scared to walk the course... btw, UCI HQ is 20km away
  • 9 0
 Because it was too expensive last time round! I would suggest opening a kickstarter account to bring it back!
  • 3 0
 @SintraFreeride: AMAZING IDEA!!!!
  • 28 8
 I come on pinkbike every day hoping for content like this...needless to say, I rarely leave satisfied; today was a good day.

It pains me to see comments like "stuff that looks steep on the gopro... no thanks"....

What happened to this community? If you aren't aspiring and training to ride like this what the hell are you doing!!!
  • 27 3
 Staying alive!
  • 7 0
 I love tracks like this wish I could be riding that instead of being at work right now.
  • 8 0
 I wish more parks were like this as well....Too much grooming and laming out the trails. This vid rocked!!
  • 3 0
 @mayha49: As far as steepness I think lots of parks just don't have steep enough terrain compared to Champery. At least in the US
  • 9 7
 Thats the spirit! Me and all the other pussies will watch you from the safety of the sidelines. You can show us how it's done champ. Be sure to let us know how humiliating it will be asking a male nurse to change you as you soil yourself from your hospital bed.
  • 14 12
 @iamsuperficial: Make whatever assumptions you want buddy, but I've been riding aggressive dh for about 10 years as a professional career guy (55-60hr work weeks), shuttling every weekend and riding trail during the week. I ride nothing like the guys in this video, but I've cleaned every feature available in whistler/mammoth and am always looking forward to whatever progression awaits me in the next season!

Sure, I've had a few concussions and very lucky outcomes of some major crashes, but those events simply taught me how to better ride within my 75-85% (instead of the "if you aren't crashing, you aren't progressing" mentality) and continue progressing while staying out of the hospital.

It really bothers me that everyone on this site seems to think that unless you are riding XC single track, you have a death wish and are in and out of the f'ing hospital.

Not to mention, this video is EXACTLY what I want to watch....why in the hell would I want to watch someone ride trails in a manner that I can relate to or even go out and do...where is the fun in that?

Do you want to watch professionally edited footage of your office's softball or basketball league instead of watching the major leauges/NBA? F*** no you don't.
  • 12 2
 Toot that horn buddy. Hopefully one day we will all be as sick as you.
  • 4 1
 @dglobulator: hahahaha! best comment here. That was classic!!
  • 3 5
 @kcj801: one look at your profile explains....
  • 2 4
 @nvranka:

I started reading your reply, but got bored.
  • 1 1
 @iamsuperficial: that's ok, admittedly it wasn't an interesting read.
  • 1 0
 @nvranka: Here, as in eeeevery forum, there's a lot of "VIRTUAL" riders, I guess if some of them had a turn of the crank for every coment they made, they would be to tired to even turn their laptops on...
  • 15 1
 Mountain bike videos really need to return to metal soundtracks. We need more metal on Pinkbike!
  • 3 1
 YEEEEEEEEEAH
  • 4 0
 Yes, we need more metal and nothing is more metal than Judas priest and Rob Halford
  • 15 0
 I read somewhere that downhill bikes were dead. Frankly, I don't see how.
  • 12 0
 UCI needs to put Champery back on the WC calendar ASAP!!!!!
  • 3 1
 It's up to Champery to place a bid on hosting an event. I'd say major trail maintenance and upgrades is a good sign though!
  • 9 0
 So fast! Looks like a place where if you go down, you don't spring back up.
Also, Judas \m/
  • 7 1
 Looks hardcore as fuck in the dry which makes Danny Harts and Sam Hills wet runs there even more impressive if that's possible!
  • 8 1
 yeah, dudes!
  • 6 1
 how hard is to make an onboard edit look good, and how easy they made it. sick!
  • 6 0
 Please bid on hosting a WC, please!
  • 5 0
 fast and very technical track
  • 5 0
 Lookin quite bike parkish?
  • 4 0
 Bring a pair or two of spare brake-pads! Smokin' fast!
  • 4 0
 Would love to see a non-POV, raw edit of this! Looks nuts.
  • 3 0
 And remind me again went this isn't on the WC circuit anymore? Long, steep, technical, ludicrous speed...
  • 4 1
 May 15th - track closed to the public because nobody could actually friggin ride it.
  • 3 0
 just made up my mind on where to go this summer!
  • 2 0
 www.mtbmorzinebeds.com book it up!!!
  • 1 0
 Rode champery went it was pretty beat up about two years ago. Certainly looks a lot more manicured than it did. Back then, not that it looks easy now or anything...
  • 4 1
 Best trailer ever. Priest and some insane riding & track! Unreal!
  • 1 0
 Perfect match of music and speed. What a belting video. The riding is off the hook. Took me 43mins to get down that track in the moist....
  • 4 1
 Been down there once... was more of a track walk then a ride.
  • 3 0
 i feel sick after watching that. is that really real time?!
  • 1 0
 @buckowalker you duh man!!!!! What happened to your lead in the middle there. He cartwheel out of the camera?
  • 1 0
 I came to hear what metal was going to be playingCool ... \m/
I wasn't disappointed Salute
  • 1 0
 Damn that looks like so much fun! Really hope the weather forecast chances so I can go ride this week!
  • 3 1
 Please Trump, make that Track a great world cup again
  • 1 0
 If anything he'd bring a wc to usa...but u know, its all about the money w/any politician.
  • 1 0
 i'm a simple man, i see steep terrain, i like it, but when i listen Judas Priest and a crazy course, instafav!
  • 1 0
 Just built my Demo 8. This was the icing on the cake! I can't wait for bike park opening days!
  • 1 0
 Would love to ride there..
  • 1 0
 "Hello we are french" well go first so...
  • 1 0
 Bring it on! Id hit that shit on my CX bike...
  • 1 0
 Yeeezus, someone went ham :o
  • 2 1
 www.mtbmorzinebeds.com Get out here and ride this beast!!!!!
  • 1 0
 Holy moly!
  • 1 0
 Fuckin gnarly
  • 1 0
 Fuck. That.
  • 1 0
 Whatta hell !!!
  • 1 0
 Remy?
  • 1 0
 I love Downhill riding
  • 1 3
 5 bucks for the first person to ride up that on a DH rig!
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