Cinema Sunday: “Trail Ninja How To: Pump Track 101 with Mark Weir”

Trail Ninja Dan Milner discovers pump track mojo for the first time in downhill legend Mark Weir's backyard and learns essential technique.
By Greg Heil
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Dan Milner, the Trail Ninja, goes in search of pump track mojo, having never ridden a pump track before. He finds that mojo and the know-how to ride a pump track in Mark Weir’s backyard. WTB.com describes Mark Weir as, “…a well-rounded rider who specializes in suffering, Mark Weir, 38, has remained a successful and dominant force in downhill and endurance racing throughout his career.”

Watch the video here:

For more information, check out this article I wrote last year titled “How to Ride a Pump Track.”

 
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