Video: The Rooted Privateers Tackle Crankworx Les Gets
Les Gets, France was our favorite place of the trip. The Portes Du Soleil region is incredible, and with one reasonably priced day pass you can ride about 1030240 lifts. And to top it off, the Crankworx race was pretty damn sweet too. An epic track with epic views really capped off an amazing trip. Enjoy episode five of Rooted!
The view of Mont-Blanc made the best start gate view imaginable.
A sideways Wiley is a happy Wiley.
Austin trying to keep up in the Whip-off.
Wiley's 89th place finish left him hungry to improve in Val Di Sole.
Armen sprinting into 56th.
69th for Austin in finals. Entertained but not satisfied.
Harrison ended up 101st in the Les Gets DH and 38th in the Mont-Chery DH.
When Isak Leivsson isn't watching excavator videos or or being stoked on his Walmart pants, he is probably doing bigger whips than you.
Brian Cahal flew out from California and had a busy week of riding and heading right back up the hill to film.
Hope you enjoy. We had a lot of fun and we can't wait to figure out how to do it again.
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17 Comments
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NorthEasternDownhiller
(Jul 5, 2018 at 17:05)
RAD!!! More from these guys, please!
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ridestuff
(Jul 5, 2018 at 20:40)
Great series guys, you should definitely be proud!
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flyerhead5
(Jul 5, 2018 at 19:01)
sticks his finger in the dirt and sniffs it! Ahhhh too funny
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watchtower
(Jul 5, 2018 at 22:08)
The foundations of racing, more of this type of stuff please. Keep shredding fellas.
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dsamwell
(Jul 5, 2018 at 22:34)
Really cool. First one I've watched. How do these privateers afford to do this? I've always wondered!
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tstep3
(Jul 5, 2018 at 22:38)
Work all winter, sell last years bikes, and give blow jobs in exchange for sponsorship
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Shawnneer
(Jul 5, 2018 at 23:24)
@tstep3: Stop playing about working and selling bikes. We know the blowies pay the bills for the boys.
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tstep3
(Jul 6, 2018 at 0:05)
@Shawnneer: true... Blowies go further than you think in the bike industry
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honda50r
(Jul 6, 2018 at 6:06)
@tstep3: Mouth Hugs
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rootedmtb
(Jul 6, 2018 at 9:03)
Shawn and Tanner are pretty much spot on.. But yeah, work a bunch all winter, save up as much as possible, get as much sponsor support as we can and split the costs of travel with a bunch of friends. We crammed 6 people in the van for Europe and got affordable Airbnb's so it really didn't turn out too bad. Also, blowing out the credit cards and dealing with it later is another way we run it.
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honda50r
(Jul 9, 2018 at 6:29)
@rootedmtb: Least you're honest about it. Love the vids!
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trailblazer420
(Jul 7, 2018 at 13:47)
Should work on BANNING butterflies.
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c2crider
(Jul 7, 2018 at 14:11)
Really enjoyed these vids guys - cheers!
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adhkcrfhonda
(Jul 5, 2018 at 21:35)
Neat!
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