Video: Keegan Wright Borrows and Barters His Way Across Bali in 'The Isle of the Gods' - Race Face Creator Series by raceface

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Brasher FL (Sep 30, 2019 at 3:31)

Nearly ticked all the Bali boxes.

Bintang shirt - check
Wooden dong bottle opener - check
Hiring and doing downright dangerous shit on a scooter - check

Only thing missing was a huge night in Kuta with cheap ethanol/dodgy vodka drinks and a 4 day hangover by the hotel pool.

blanshard16 FL (Sep 30, 2019 at 7:45)

Yeah too bad one of Keegan's challenges wasn't a magic mushroom slurpee in Kuta. I'm still recovering, and it's been 10 years

suspended-flesh FL (Sep 30, 2019 at 14:34)

They missed out on the final scene - he should have popped the bottle with his weener opener while wearing his Bintang t shirt.

fattyheadshok (Sep 30, 2019 at 5:46)

Keegan has a great personality for this stuff. Surprises me how so many MTB riders are so camera savvy. They know how to act as well as ride. The race face series never disappoints.

rrolly (Sep 30, 2019 at 6:53)

Yolanda is top of that list. She blew me away with her vid.

suspended-flesh FL (Sep 30, 2019 at 14:37)

@rrolly: Eeeeeaaaaasssyyy there, Wilbur!

DannyOC (Sep 30, 2019 at 3:53)

I went riding there once, average riding and damn right dangerous hire bikes from what was supposed to be the islands premier guiding company... which ended with my wife in hospital and missing our trek up up mount rinjani

saladdodger (Sep 30, 2019 at 5:07)

ouch.. sorry to hear that.. I usually go with a group of people from Singers and we bring our own bikes.. Rental is a hit and miss, agreed.. Hard to get your hands on anything semi decent...

shortcuttomoncton (Sep 30, 2019 at 7:02)

I went in September 2017 and spent a day with (and rented from) both Infinity MTB and the Bali Bike Park. Infinity bikes were a little older but well maintained--the BBP had pretty nice aluminum Polygons I believe. As always with bike rentals, I'd highly recommend you at least bring your own helmet as fit availability can be iffy.

The Bike Park was actually pretty solid, although the vertical is limited. Due to the rainy season I think they have lots of drainage issues to deal with every year, so maintenance must be tough. The park was just about to host its first Indonensia Enduro series event at the end of that September I believe, and it was the first day for public access to a new, higher shuttle-access enduro trail they'd just built for the event. I basically spent most of the day by myself and with a Texas oil expat getting shuttled nonstop, breaking in the new trail. It was pretty great....

CanBLine (Sep 30, 2019 at 7:10)

Nobby Nic backwards on the front, DHF on the rear, both at 60psi works great on the local jungle roots! Yup, hire bikes can be a bit hit and miss here and everywhere.

BaliBikePark (Oct 1, 2019 at 5:42)

@shortcuttomoncton: we got new Giant Reign and Rocky Mountain Altitude. The dry season just ended and the crazy dust is now magic loam !

vandall (Sep 30, 2019 at 8:47)

I was waiting for Keegan to open his beer with his new bottle opener.

PeterWojnar (Sep 30, 2019 at 11:30)

Good shit Will & co! Enjoyed that!

biname (Sep 30, 2019 at 13:08)

Thanks Woj! Excited to see yours!

blanshard16 FL (Sep 30, 2019 at 7:47)

Look out North Shore / Yakima / Thule !! Sweet bike rack. Great acting. Go Keegan

ollielammas FL Mod (Sep 30, 2019 at 11:18)

Binamé baseball pitches are nearly as good as his filmmaking skills

biname (Sep 30, 2019 at 13:08)

A close second!

BaliBikePark (Oct 1, 2019 at 5:40)

We have got ready to ride 27.5 Enduro bikes, Giant Reign and Rocky Mountain Altitude. Hit us up when you are in Bali!

oneheckler (Sep 30, 2019 at 3:24)

Some CG moves ,nice place simple life’s

loudv8noises (Sep 30, 2019 at 8:55)

damn this makes me want to go back and not just for the nasi goreng.

scottrap (Sep 30, 2019 at 18:04)

Sick vid. would have been cool to see some of the actual Indonesian riders though.

Iwankz (Sep 30, 2019 at 22:38)

mantullll

Yudistira (Oct 1, 2019 at 3:36)

wkwkwkwkw

LOTCP (Sep 30, 2019 at 3:05)

Siiiiiiiiiic

scottsecco FL (Sep 30, 2019 at 20:18)

Sick one boys! Looks like such a fun trip!!

Tomlavallee (Oct 1, 2019 at 9:14)

Really nice video!!

wheelza (Sep 30, 2019 at 16:07)

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Linc (Sep 30, 2019 at 3:22)

These corporate vids are the worst. Send talented rider to some random destination where trails aren’t very good - but views and non-bike stuff is cool. Drone shots of pedaling in a straight line. Slow mo corner or two. Done. What happened to showcasing technical riding skill and challenging trails?

saladdodger (Sep 30, 2019 at 3:41)

The riding is pretty kool there actually... more of XC and some technical riding, not much DH pure of course.. they even have a 'bike park' with a couple of decent lines there.. of course it doesn't compare to NZ or the likes.. but what it doesn't have in sick lines, it certainly has in ambiente, very polite, lovely people and exceptional views and scenery.. absolutely love the place... sucks I live a 15 hour journey away from it these days....=(

leelau (Sep 30, 2019 at 6:40)

@Linc you're being a bit harsh perhaps. The reality is that Bali is not really for riding as the trails really aren't there in the sense of being a coherent system. Bottom line is that, from the POV of good trails, we are spoiled living where we are so there's that

CanBLine (Sep 30, 2019 at 7:02)

@saladdodger: have ridden a bunch of these trails again last week. Had a fat time. Not heaps of tech, but heaps of happy. And Indo in general is a great place to dodge salad, deep fried treats!

Linc (Sep 30, 2019 at 16:28)

@leelau: I agree "Bali is not really for riding" my point is, why is a bike company sending a pro rider there and using it to try and sell products? Just some dumb person from marketing wanting a couple of lame insta movies with #bali to post online...