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Alex Pro 5 Days In Pemby

Dec 19, 2011 at 15:33
by Tyler Maine  


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98 Comments
  • 6110
 good to see him doing things other than rioting!
  • 132
 Bhaaa Zingggg...!!!!
  • 512
 Flip bikes, not cars.
  • 41
 Honestly the former seems WAY more entertaining. Wink
  • 30
 shoot, i dont like my blue rims, ill go with red today.
  • 21
 Alex Pro 5 more days without showering
  • 11
 5 days in Pemby and thats all you got? Seems a waste of 5 days! Proof what hype about Prodom will do! Go Nucks! Stay home Alex!
  • 23
 this guy has taken more than his fair share of punishment...everybody makes mistakes, its called being human. People kill others and get less punishment, give him a break, this guy has lost pretty much all of his sponsers and im pretty sure he regrets his desion....so just worry about your own problems!
  • 10
 Delaaaaaayed reply! Thanks for your reply. Always love guys who will defend others online. Lemme guess he's a buddy? Regardless, mistakes cost people. I was commenting more on how retarded everyone gets cause he's a pro! And like you said worry about your own stuff. What defines a pro from others?...Answer...we have more to lose! Unfortunately being Pro in something doesnt always mean you are smarter. In fact, being excusably dumb is sometimes built in to the subculture.
  • 10
 ^ hahaha, totally agree with the last sentence.
  • 273
 Regardless of anything This is hard work and dedication and that's what really counts. Good to see Alex back on the horse.
  • 228
 don't care who or what you did before hand, if you were part of the riots that ruined our city and reputation, i have no respect for you and you deserve nothing but the full punishment of the law.
  • 1824
flag biker72 FL (Dec 19, 2011 at 21:06) (Below Threshold)
 YEA!!!! He solely ruined it! it is all alex's fault you are sooooooooo right!!! i'm sure all the druggies and gang warfare are just fucking awesome for Vancouvers reputation!!!! SHUT UP... people like you suck
  • 106
 omit to what you've done wrong, serve you punishment, then you can start regaining respect. did he omit himself to VPD? no. Has he gone to court, no. has he had any form of legal punishment, no. therefore, i have no respect. If i went outside right now and flipped your car, id be arrested and sent to jail, go to court and id be doing some short of punishment, either time or community.
  • 205
 Definitely a lot better than his section from 'One night in Vancouver'
  • 122
 He is lucky his truck didn't get flipped while he was out riding. Wouldn't that suck to come back to find your truck had been flipped and burned up with a bunch of bike parts and tools in the back of it, maybe even a complete bike or two? It's cool though, he probably has insurance on it.
  • 90
 So good to watch a smooth rider attack beautiful terrain with speed and style. Some of those little double-ups, gaps and drops were gorgeous!

Much has been written about the past why re-visit it? Keep schleying on the bike Alex!
  • 153
 Good thing he didnt turn that truck over Smile . Hey we all make mistakes
  • 71
 He helped turn it over...
  • 163
 That looks like a riot!
  • 138
 most of the people talking shit right now have never, and may never actually meet alex... hes a super nice dude, and a insanely good rider, and an all around badass.... way to put in the work buddy! good to see you back!
  • 1111
 We havent met him in person but we all saw a photograph of him. Thats all alot of us need.
  • 147
 Oh ya I forgot...people don't make mistakes, I'm sure your a perfect human being who dose everything right. Alex slipped up, did somthing wrong. What speaks louder then that is the fact he accepted the conciquences and learned from his mistakes. I know Alex personaly and he is such a nice dude not a mean bone in his body.
  • 133
 Ya people make mistakes. And there have been NO criminal consequences yet first of all. And on that note you cannot expect people to FORGET about this even a year or so later. If or when ( hopefully ) charges will happen people will start to be less pissed off at these immature 'grown up adults' that made our whole city look like shit to the whole world. I didnt think it would piss me off so much to see it happen in person, but it did. Especially when NOTHING has happened to them. Absolutly pathetic on everybody's part since it was the first large riot to be fully recorded by cell phones and cameras by thousands.. And if you think I am one of the 'few' who are still this pissed at the WHOLE situation then you are in a whole different world.
  • 42
 I highly doubt any gives a fuck about this globally compared to our ever so awesome conservative government pulling us out of the kyoto accord.... try caring about some that matters there bud
  • 111
 You have to remember the job he is attempting to have. It is a public relations job where he is asking companies to use his image to help sell their products to us the consumers. His ability to help sell is directly related to what the consuming public thinks of him. As you can see from this comment section, public opinion is mixed. He isn't being prevented from working or following his interests. But asking us to support companies who support him is a stretch in my opinion. I do not want a portion of my hard earned money being directed to him plain and simple. I have sympathy for him, and hope all the best for him. I might have thought differently if he handled it differently. Basically, he attempted to mislead everyone by saying he posed for the picture and nothing else, then, when further evidence came, became tight-lipped about the whole thing. This is not the image I want to support, or someone I want as a role model for my impressionable children.
  • 80
 Ive killed a man, and this guy gets more hate. Sick video
  • 60
 You can not be held accountable for your actions while on a drug binge with Charlie Sheen ... I agree it is time to let Alex's future do the talking and forgive him for his past.
  • 71
 If you were there and it really bother you why didn't you try and do something instead of taking pics? Glad Alex was able to learn from his mistakes and continue ripping.
  • 21
 I was there taking pics, we thought about trying to do something to try and stop it until we saw someone else try the same thing, he was really f*&king lucky to get away.
  • 12
 Observers in my opinion are just as guilty as the ones doing it... How would you feel if 50-100 people watched and took pictures while 5-10 people broke into your house and took all your stuff?
  • 41
 Great video Alex!!! Makes me want to put the ski gear back in storage. As for all the people complaining about what happened last spring, I'm fairly certain he has had more than enough punishment so stop beating a dead horse and go and ride your bikes.
  • 30
 It is unfortunate that his participation in the riot was just glossed over. I was really disappointed that a member of our community, especially a high profile pro rider, was helping other lunatics toss some hard-working guy' s truck over. Lots of little groms look up to this guy and the message they got was that if you can rip, you are entitled to get away with nearly everything. Passion for riding aside, how well you ride is of little importance in the grand scheme of things. How you conduct yourself in everyday life including difficult riot type situations is of the upmost importance. Is Alex a douche?....um..yeah...definately. Can he redeem himself? Absolutely, but it won' t happen while ripping around on a bike. I would like to see him man up and do something important for his community to make amends.... I have way more respect for people who accept their mistakes and make a genuine attempt to redeem themselves, but people who sidestep their responsibility and ignore their errors like some petulant child, well I can' t really support them....
  • 50
 Its nice to see something different to your conventional Dh video, ROLL ON SUMMER
  • 105
 dec vidder, but i lost all respect for the guy and i dont think ill be getting it back!
  • 31
 To be honest guys I had to Google the Vancouver riots as that one didn't even make the news over here. It's fair enough if your're rioting against the state for f**king things up and generally making life hard for the common man, but it seems that was just plain old sports thuggery. That's the scarey kind as anybody can find themselves caught up in it. We can avoid the goverment riots by not being there, but you can get caught up in that other shit by just going to watch an innocent game of sport. So, whilst trying hard not to be judgemental, it is difficult to defend it if you were involved. Hopefully his involvement was a one off alcohol induced mistake as you'd like that think that people who embrace mountain biking are made of better stuff.
  • 10
 where are you living? it didnt make the news on the island? here in mainland europe news were full of it..may be you just missed it. but anyway, I think to judge him just with this mistake he obviously did is also wrong, he deserves a chance to gain his respect back, although this will take years I guess..

nice vid though..
  • 10
 "dglobulator" is right, it didnt make UK news. or if it did it completely passed us both by!
  • 10
 Cheers ashleyren, I was starting to feel a bit ignorant for a while then. I've asked a couple of news watching mates too and they heard nothing. Just shows you that we're sold the news like we are everything else. There was probably some Big Brother- celebrity type sh*te going on then that sold more newspapers.
  • 30
 Nice vid Alex...but holy hell dude there is so much potentially bad with that chainsaw technique. Can't only rely on a chain break!
  • 88
 Oh come on people. A pro football player can run a dog fighting ring and get a slapon the wrist. Bertuzzi can break a guys neck and be back playing hockey the next year. A. It was a car and B. the owner of the car got a brand new car out of the insurance so chill out
  • 102
 vick got years in federal prison for the dog fighting. once he was out of jail the court ordered him to start a animal shelter for abused animals and he continued to work there even after his sentence, he still continues to and donates hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to it, thats why he has gained his respect back.
  • 211
 It's hard to respect someone that doesn't respect others or appreciate how blessed we are to live in this beautiful city called Vancouver. That guy who's truck he helped flip was a tradie, had all his tools in the back, and no doubt lost a lot of work while he was waiting for insurance to pay up. When a company sponsors you, you are a role model/representative of their company and you have to think about that and act accordingly. I don't think anyone can say he isn't a great rider, but this is a good example to show young riders wanting to turn pro and the responsibility that goes along with being in the public eye. It's simple people, do onto others what you would like to be done onto yourself.....
  • 30
 Such a good video! Perfect song to go with shredding from Pro- looking forward to 2012.
  • 55
 anyone who is about to say anything bad about him I suggest you look into your past and think about the things you did when you were young. I garantee you have done something equally as dum like driving drunk or getting into fights or smashing windows or going 50 over the speed limit swerving through traffic. Id say any of those things are equally as dum. He's lost all his bike sponsors so Im sure he has no source of income and Im sure he cant show his face in the bike park anytime soon. Id say for someone who's lived and ridden in whistler all his life thats alot worse than paying a dum fine cause lets face it, none of the rioters will go to jail. I know that would be way worse for me...
  • 41
 Haven't seen this cat on his bike in a while! Great riding
  • 65
 HaHaHa lovin the burn's all so true.But he's a ripper no two way's about it.And we all f*$k up that's all in the past.What matter's is what he's doing now.
  • 31
 This makes me wanna get a DH bike and go ride some trails. I think i shall do that!
  • 1815
 No respect for Alex Pro, screw you buddy!
  • 1511
 For being at an event and getting his picture taken even though he didn't do any damage to property?

How about screw you, you self-righteous buddy!
  • 125
 don't hate appreciate buddy. i wanna see you ride this as good as he does
  • 52
 Hell ya dude! Stoked to see you back ater!
  • 20
 Waylon Jennings...hated country when I was a kid. But that was pretty cool.
  • 30
 Smooth riding, rad shuttle truck
  • 42
 Why aren't you wearing your Oakleys'? ....Never mind, I remember why now!
  • 21
 Nice riding, amazing trail, swweeeeeettt ride, great video Alex. What kinda bike is that, and where can I get one? Ride On!
  • 21
 Great little video Alex. My heart beats a little faster when I watch a bike vid in the slow season
  • 42
 Commencal Supreme DH V3: made for rioters Big Grin
  • 31
 Pumped to see you back on your bike where you belong!
  • 32
 Nice vid, Good woodland Riding!
  • 11
 what wheels did he have i gues the red ones were dt swiss fr 2350 but what about the blue ones?
  • 21
 Likely Spank rims as I think he used to ride for Spank at one time.
  • 1013
 he rioted....so did half of vancouver. lets be real guys if any of you were down there when it was happening you'd likely take a picture infront of a burning car too. He paid his dues for what he did, lost sponsors and fans, this is a sick video and any one who can't look past it is a jealous haterrrr.
  • 81
 dude theres a pic of him flipin said trruck......good rider tho still a tit
  • 172
 Half of vancouver rioted?! More like 200-300 people rioted. I would't say I'm a jelous hater of this guy. I'm dissapointed because he participated in destroying our city. Trust me I was downtown for game 7 and had no desire to go get a picture in front of a burning car.
  • 82
 I was down there too. Nothing has happened to any of them so do not go saying he has paid his dues. And yes it was maybe 200-300 people or whatever. And not everyone had a pic taken in front of cars. If u did ur a d-bag. Some people like me took pics of the d-bags to try and catch them.
  • 30
 Sorry, but no I would not.
  • 411
flag scott-townes FL (Dec 19, 2011 at 20:37) (Below Threshold)
 Because if you're in FRONT of something that has happened then you're def. guilty of it... that's the most logical thinking I've heard!
  • 42
 in all honesty, the people standing around and watching and taking pictures were an issue too. Made the riot way more difficult for the police to access and disperse the actual rioters.
  • 711
flag scott-townes FL (Dec 19, 2011 at 21:22) (Below Threshold)
 Are you kidding? You kids are really looking for anything to villainize this rider. Get over yourselves and realize that you all look like judgmental jackasses for basing your opinions off ONE picture of someone that was posing- not causing damage, during a time when many of your fellow Canadians were acting like idiots. What ever happened to innocent till proven guilty? Or has it magically changed to, a photo means you're guilty of the worst crimes. It's funny how you all support fellow riders until they get into slightly murky waters then you all turn into holier-than-thou pussies. People taking and posing for pictures were obstructing justice and peace? Wow.... hahahaha
  • 13
 well they read the riot act, so technically yeah it was obstructing justice. by taking pictures of the gong show you're kind of encouraging it. riot talk aside, good work on the vid, hope to see more good things from alex.
  • 91
 @scott-townes, Theres actually a picture of him helping flip over the truck. How else do you think he got covered in shit from the bottom of a vehicle?

Before you judge anyone else, better make sure you got your facts straight numbnuts.

For anyone curious: farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/5838771115_407ae014ce.jpg Camo hat
  • 21
 And for all the people above who argue, "well everyone else was doing it" that is the worst excuse ever. No, it isn't hard to just walk away from a riot. He is an awesome rider but might be lacking in the common sense department. (Of course anyone who rides that crazy can arguably have a screw loose.)
  • 43
 GUESS WHOS BACK>>>
  • 20
 what a tool
  • 14
 Alex was a scapegoat in the whole riot incident. His biggest drawback was that he was a known person when that happened. There are hundreds of people that were doing way worse and will never have to answer for it because they have never done anything worthy of notoriety. It is the city of Vancouver's fault for not being prepared for what everyone knew what was going to happen. As for the people who got their cars flipped, they parked them there for a reason. I saw a parking lot filled with 4 different hummers that were effed up. Coincidence? Don't think so. They got what they wanted when they parked their vehicles there.

On another note, this video is sick and his video from Utah last year is off the hook. Can't argue with how strong of a rider he is.
  • 10
 It was the city's fault? Are you even serious? You think that guy wanted his truck flipped? So maybe Alex is a hero? This is ridiculous!
  • 11
 How is it that pretty much every person in bc knew that those riots were going to happen, and the city of Vancouver are claiming they had no idea it was going to turn out like that...? Every news report for weeks leading up to the finals were re-hashing the 94 riots, putting that idea in everyone's head. People came from all over BC to be in the riots, or at least have a front row seat while they were happening. Downtown hotels changed their policies for that night. EVERYONE knew, except the people in power, weird..

And I would say 90% of the people who parked their vehicles there wanted them messed up. I know some people who did on purpose, and I had also contemplated that idea because I KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RIOT.
  • 11
 lol all the comments about the riot...you killed at ap
  • 10
 One more ! lol
  • 11
 good to see a video from him, bitchen rider!
  • 11
 cool song too - what was it?
  • 11
 what steez! He's on fire!
: )
  • 10
 Canuck fans are a riot!
  • 11
 ssssssssick truck
  • 11
 Sick edit!
  • 12
 so cool i want that bike
  • 12
 Fuck yeah Alex !!!
  • 25
 the music just doesnt fit the riding and is great though
  • 90
 It fit like a glove, bro!
  • 33
 listen to the lyrics. it starts to make sense when the word "flame" pops up.
  • 20
 don't you talk that way about waylon
  • 30
 Doesn't fit it? I was super excited to hear some Waylon Jennings, it's a nice change of pace. Its about time that a movie had some music that WAS NOT dubstep.. I cannot believe how awful some of the music in some of the edits I have seen has been.
  • 20
 sorry guys
i think waylon is great
i was just so caught up in the mainstream shit that i couldn't tell what real music was.
i watched it again and, "it fits like a glove"
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