Video: Yoann Barelli Explains How to Approach & Ride a Gnarly Feature for the First Time

Apr 14, 2022 at 9:10
by Yoann Barelli  

I'M PUMPED and you'll be too after watching this one!

You probably felt it at some point, there is this feature in the forest that you really want to ride, it's pulling you. You think about it, you talk about it, you watch videos about it... It becomes everything you live for even hahaha!!

The dangerous aspect of it, the unknown, a new problem to solve, all of that brings excitement and it's a bowl of fresh air in your life. This video simply describes the important steps you need to take before sending it, so you can prepare yourself well and keep on pushing it safely.

Dive into an incredible real life experience with 46 year old Flavio Kodato!!

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Flavio getting comfortable
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YoB getting pumped

What's dropping next, CJ is teaching the team how to backflip!!

Video and photos by @toevs
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18 Comments
  • 14 0
 I live in Pemby and that whole trail is scary as fuck, even when the conditions are awesome. Huge props to Flavio for sending that drop. Maybe one day I'll have the skills and the balls to hit that.
  • 4 0
 No kidding, it makes Goats Gully in the WBP look like a piece of cake
  • 2 0
 Damn, the camera guy won't even get close to it at the top. I'm sure pictures don't even begin to show what it's really like.
  • 9 0
 Rule number 1:
If you think you might not make it you won't
  • 5 0
 Love the format of this video. Thanks for sharing your mind process. You guys scored prime spring conditions too! I started shoveling the snow off on of the trail I want to ride so it can become ridable asap- because this video stoke me on approaching new challenges on my bike this coming season!! Good job Flavio!
  • 3 0
 Flavio is a cool customer eh. I've got a buddy like that, no nerves. My process is to do 3,000 run ups till I just sort of hit it by accident lol.
  • 4 0
 I prefer the tense up hold breath and kinda close eyes approach
  • 3 0
 So does your surgeon.
  • 1 0
 You forgot about the sphincter clenching
  • 2 0
 Whoah.. the tension was real.. in me more than Flávio perhaps.. props.. ✊
  • 1 0
 I love this riding and this video. I don't like when the POV footage cuts right at the crucial pucker point to another angle.
  • 2 0
 Love a good bowl of fresh air in the morning. Great video
  • 1 0
 Great format, love the discussion before sending it. Respect, that's legit GNARL.
  • 1 0
 "Determinated" ? Yoann is definitely the "determinator". So. Much. Energy!
  • 2 0
 This is fantastic!
  • 1 0
 This makes me want to ride my bike. Keep them coming!
  • 1 2
 I can do that
  • 1 0
 Just send it lol







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