crazy-freerider

100% their runs now would have beaten winning mens runs from 15 or so years ago!! It shows that women don't lack any inherent ability, they have just lacked opportunity, experience and exposure for decades. It's so good to see them upping their game so much year on year!

Absolutely stunning! I keep saying bikes are getting uglier but this is one of the nicest looking builds I have ever witnessed.

I mean Aston hill has been starting back up for the last 9 months and Matt's video was the first I heard of it. So I would say that getting your trail designed in 3D, built and featured in an international game, and showcased on one of the most subscribed mountain bike youtube channels is a pretty good package, even if they are still having to fund the build of the trail centre themselves.

@naptime: I've seen some dumb takes in pinkbike comments before, but damn...

tbf, they probably should. They will be faster for XC and gravel, perhaps even road. Will I buy one? absolutely not - I am clinging onto my full 27.5 bike for as long as possible. But I can't expect racers to not take advantage of faster equipment...

Great concept - a version of an existing bike aimed more at fun than at speed, but this kind of just feels like the worst of both worlds and for a lot of money

@everythingsucks: yeah I owned one about 25 years ago (god I'm old) and it was weighty as hell I went along with a friend to Bugs Boarding and they're much smaller, lighter and more playful these days. There seems to be a correlation between Mountainboaring and 4X growing and shrinking in popularity almost together... I'm all for a resurgence in mountainboarding!

So many of us are here now from this show. Best days of my life

Redhill Extreme in the UK was one of the UKs best 4X tracks and jump parks for a long time and that was owned by a Mountain boarder who built the features for both bikes and boards. because you can't pedal a board, flow was built into everything - it used to be so fun riding there!

Mountainboarding was a big thing in the UK about 20 years ago. Redhill Extreme (One of the UKs best 4X tracks and jump parks) was actually owned by a mountain boarder at the time and all the jumps/tracks were built for both. In fact, I had a Mountainboard before I owned a mountainbike! Sadly, The scene died out substantially, you crash way more than on an MTB and it hurts just as much. We went from having 3 really decent mountainboard parks in my local area alone, to I think 2 throughout the entire country in the last 2 decades (one of which is bugs boarding in the video, which also does allow MTBs - Sam Pilgrim has done a few videos there!) I think with the right PR behind it, it could become more popular and there is still a small but growing scene in the UK again as the cost of entry is way cheaper than MTB, and all you need to have fun is a hill!