lukeburrage

@dungeonbeast: I’m not an expert on which tricks have never been done before, but I can’t help but feel that in terms of individual tricks, mountain bikers are way behind BMX riders. Like how a few weeks ago there was a “worlds first quad backflip” video but then “asterisk on a MTB” and yeah, there is a nitro circus video from 2015 of a quad backflip on a BMX. And so every time I see technical tricks with mountain bikes, it just reminds me of what BMX riders were doing a decade ago, or what R Willy is doing in competitions now, or what I saw in the latest swampfest highlights (if it’s about weird stunts with sketchy wooden features). Mountain bikes are much more suited to big hits, of course, and I like the style of all of these riders, but for weird or new tricks: BMX any day.

I can’t help but think that most of these guys should all just buy a BMX each. If you’re going to do tricks from a decade ago, they might as well do it on suitable bikes. Meanwhile, I mostly want to watch the buildlapses of Remy Morton’s and Kade Edwards’s features, because they look amazing! Seems a waste to only show 90 seconds of riding on such sick trails.