Welcome to our new series, Saturday Sends! Fridays are for the fails but on Saturdays, we want to celebrate the riders landing large gaps, drops, and tricks. Sit back and enjoy some sends!
Ok, let's try the PB Week at a Glance...starts on Friday of course:
-Friday Fails: start the week with the gold standard. -Saturday Sends: those who were able to get above the Friday bar. -Sunday Saves: Saturday's minor leagues, clawing their way out of Friday. -Mediocre Monday: ode to @cyclebean and myself...capped at curb-high tabletops. -Trainer Tuesday (includes rollers): not only do we need another divisive topic, but there are epic roller fails...so get your trainer bail on. -Whacked Wednesday: the dumbest stuff, from poorly built trail to stunts without helmets. -Theologian Thursday: just a day-long loop of Wade Simmons Pick A Part vids.
Happy with the opening graphics on this one, the rest of the week's graphics could get awesome.
Try-day (fail implied) Huck-to-flat-urday (fails and sends inclusive) Send-day Moon-booter-day Taco Tuesday Wheelie Wednesday Thurston-day (only videos dressed as millionaire from Gilligan's Island or the dude from Sonic Youth)
Now that we have Send it Saturday, and Friday fails, I recognize my place in the pinkbike hierarchy of riders.
I can proudly submit my footage of casing 8ft tabletops, nailing that 3ft drop at my local trail, and sizing up a nice big feature (and then walking away from it) to “Mediocre Mondays”.
Seriously though. Now that we have days for the Barney’s who OTB off of a curb, and for the super hero’s that can casually backflip, I’d love an “in between”.
But that‘s something we‘ve learned so far: A much higher percentage of the friends of people who send it seem to be able to hold their phones right side up, than of the people who fail.
Agree! Been biking 40 years and on a MTB for 25...yet never thrown back flip. Yet Pinkbike comes up with countless mere mortals sending flips every Sat. Not helping my weekend warrior ego.
Friday Fails has programmed my brain to think that this format is synonymous with wrecks. Fortunately, that means that the rider nailing the landing is still a pleasant surprise each time.
Maybe PinkBike can use this platform to feature some lesser known music/artists? I enjoy hearing people crash, but I feel as though this needs something else.
They should do a “guess what happened” video where they just show the rider up to the face/drop and have people guess if it’s a fail or a send. This video taught me that you can probably identify who will be the fail simply by the way they approach the feature.
Yep absolutely. The only time I cringe on Friday Fails is when a obviously competent rider is heading into a feature. The rest I just chuckle at the squids.
I quite like this. Hopefully, it doesn't encourage people to ride beyond their ability though although that is fodder for Friday Fails. Ride sensibly everyone! Know your limits.
I really love this, please don't get me wrong....I hope you keep it up. Nor sure what it says about me as a human, but I still prefer Friday Fails by a long shot.
All of these are misleading. People should at least get a glimpse of the consequences of Friday Fails. While it’s great to see so many people landing huge sends, let’s see the reality of not making it.
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-Friday Fails: start the week with the gold standard.
-Saturday Sends: those who were able to get above the Friday bar.
-Sunday Saves: Saturday's minor leagues, clawing their way out of Friday.
-Mediocre Monday: ode to @cyclebean and myself...capped at curb-high tabletops.
-Trainer Tuesday (includes rollers): not only do we need another divisive topic, but there are epic roller fails...so get your trainer bail on.
-Whacked Wednesday: the dumbest stuff, from poorly built trail to stunts without helmets.
-Theologian Thursday: just a day-long loop of Wade Simmons Pick A Part vids.
Happy with the opening graphics on this one, the rest of the week's graphics could get awesome.
Huck-to-flat-urday (fails and sends inclusive)
Send-day
Moon-booter-day
Taco Tuesday
Wheelie Wednesday
Thurston-day (only videos dressed as millionaire from Gilligan's Island or the dude from Sonic Youth)
I can proudly submit my footage of casing 8ft tabletops, nailing that 3ft drop at my local trail, and sizing up a nice big feature (and then walking away from it) to “Mediocre Mondays”.
Seriously though. Now that we have days for the Barney’s who OTB off of a curb, and for the super hero’s that can casually backflip, I’d love an “in between”.
Correct response to being unable to do a backflip: “Everyone says that they’re actually really easy. I’m sure if I had an airbag, I could learn them.”
And the old schooler in me loved the double stairgap to flat
Brain: Huh, backflip, that's cool I guess
Mouth: "Just crash already so I can relax"
Now time to step up to the trilogy with Sunday Saves
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