This is the video that started it all for the now-legendary trials genius, Danny MacAskill. With almost 29 million views on Youtube, odds are that if you ride a bike, you’ve seen this video already. Even if you have, it’s always worth another watch:

Stund is a lifestyle mountain biking series that usually puts out about five episodes per year. They feature a different location in each episode, spending only a few days shooting at each location. The result: some absolutely crazy riding and usually some nearly-as-crazy shenanigans.

Episode 1 of Season 3 brings you some insane riding from Nelson, BC. Sit back and enjoy!

While most of us in the Northern Hemisphere are waiting out the snow and the rain and hoping for an early spring, it’s smack in the middle of the summer mountain biking season in the Southern Hemisphere!

Diaries Down Under is a new lifestyle mountain biking video series based in Queenstown, New Zealand that features the absolutely epic singletrack and scenery of the region. Their second episode this season showcases some incredible heli-biking opportunities on remote, high-alpine singletrack. Check it out:

If you dig what you’ve seen, be sure to check out Episode 1, and if you’re really yearning for dirt under your tires, start planning your New Zealand trip now! (And be sure to bring me with you! )

This is a beautifully edited video of Kevin Aiello shredding some sick DH trails in SoCal, courtesy of Mountain Bike Action.

I have heard tales of an incredible ride in Moab by the name of “The Whole Enchilada,” but I haven’t truly been able to grasp its epicness… until now.

The Whole Enchilada drops over 7,000 vertical feet from Burro Pass down to the town of Moab, Utah over the course of 26 glorious miles.

This nicely-edited helmet cam video gives you a feel for the entire descent, but trims it down to just the best 11 minutes. Sit back and enjoy, and start dreaming about a Moab trip now!

Grab a coffee (or another beverage of your choice) and sit down and enjoy this free feature-length (25 minute) mountain bike movie from British Columbia.

When we talk about riding trails with “exposure,” places like Moab and other great Rocky Mountain destinations come to mind. But often, our brushes with “the edge” are very brief. The precipice is here, and then gone.

After watching this video, I think I have gained a whole new appreciation for the term “exposure.” This trail doesn’t briefly skirt the edge of a massive cliff. No, the riders have a chance of serious injury or death every pedal stroke of the way!

Check it out:

Would you try to ride this trail?

Check out this beautifully shot and edited riding video by Petr Slavik from the Czech Republic. The trails featured in this vid were old hunting trails built centuries ago that have been re-purposed as mountain bike trails.

Who’s up for a trip to the Czech Republic?

If you’ve watched this video once, you’ve probably seen it a half-dozen times, and know how insane Danny Hart’s mud-riding skills are and how hilarious the announcers are. If you haven’t already seen this video, then you are in for a real treat:

One question in closing: “How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?”

Check out this video of a head-to-head race between a downhill mountain bike and a snowboard. They’ve even got massive jumps and berms thrown in:

I want to know what kind of tires he’s running…

A sampler of MTB news from this week:

Bike rescue team rescues missing hikers: Yet another example of bikers helping hikers, this time in Manchester, NH. A group of 4 hikers became lost on Case Mountain this week during a thunderstorm and after alerting authorities of their situation via cell phone the bicycle rescue team found them within hours. Mountain bikes being used to help people? Who would’ve thought

Photo courtesy Pique newsmagazine | Whistler

Women are MTB’s fastest growing demographic: That’s good news, but what other demographics are we comparing? If we’re talking gender demographics it had to be men or women… At any rate, more and more women are discovering mountain biking every year and Whistler’s newsmagazine Pique has an in depth article about some of the women who put the men to shame at the MTB park. Good one to pass along to your wife or significant other…

Photo embed codes and contest updates: We’ve added an easy way for you to embed your singletracks MTB photos on forums or other websites using the “share” link found in the dashboard on photo pages. Just click, copy, and paste. For MTB photos, it’s time to kick the photobucket

The video contest is off to a strong start and it’s super close among the top contributors. There is still plenty of time left to get your video links in and don’t forget you also get points for rating or commenting on trail videos!

On Wednesday we announced our project to pinpoint singletracks trails on a Google Map and we’re stoked to report that we’ve received nearly 100 trails locations in just 36 hours – keep ‘em coming! Other cool features that were added this week:

• New trail map interface. Trail maps still look *mostly* the same but we’ve added a tab that allows you to view tracks and waypoints on an interactive Google Map in addition to the topo view (screen shot above). We’ve also cleaned up the look a bit and added a quick link to take you back to the trail listing page (don’t know why we didn’t do that sooner). Up next: improving the trail listing pages and adding more trail map download options…
• Video comments and ratings: Yep, now you can rate and comment on YouTube, Vimeo, and Broadband Sports videos without leaving singletracks. We’ve also added support for more video services like Viddler and VHoldR.
• Good news for lurkers: now you can share your two cents on our MTB gear reviews without signing up for a (free) singletracks account. The tradeoff: guest reviews will be moderated before they’re posted and you won’t receive any contribution points for your efforts.

That’s it for now, thanks to everyone for their feedback and help with all the new stuff. Ride hard this weekend!