Cinema Sunday: “MTB Pilgrimage: Sam Pilgrim’s Freeride Mountain Bike Journey Through Japan”

Sam travels to Japan searching for the roots of a freeride movement and discovering a universal love of mountain biking that transcends borders.
By Greg Heil
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“Pilgrimage” is the story of Sam’s journey through Japan, and his search for the seeds of a freeride movement there. The love of biking is a universal human feeling, and it is one that the Japanese people understand innately. Pilgrimage hopes to galvanize that feeling as a first step toward opening up Asia to the world of freeride mountain biking for generations to come.

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