Cinema Sunday: Stund Season 3, Episode 1
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 …
New MTB Video Series: “Diaries Down Under”
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 …
Cinema Sunday: “Dropping In: Kevin Aiello”
This is a beautifully edited video of Kevin Aiello shredding some sick DH trails in SoCal, courtesy of Mountain Bike Action.
Cinema Sunday: “The Whole Enchilada”
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 …
Cinema Sunday: “Routes”
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.
Cinema Sunday: Exposure
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 …
Cinema Sunday: Mountain Biking in the Czech Republic
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? 🙂
Cinema Sunday: Danny Hart’s 2011 DH World Championship Winning Run at Champery
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 …
Cinema Sunday: Mountain Bike vs. Snowboard
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…
Drift HD Helmet Cam Review
Judging by the number of new and improved helmet cameras that hit the market each year, manufacturers are still trying to find the sweet spot where quality, dependability, usability, and affordability intersect. Over the past three years helmet cameras have moved from disappointing to good-enough to… well, almost exciting. The Drift HD is part of …
Life Cycles Mountain Bike Video
There has never really been a mountain bike movie like this before. And it may be a long time before anyone else can capture a wisp of the feeling Life Cycles has captured. Derek Frankowski and Ryan Gibb, the creators of this masterpiece, have my respect. Life Cycles exhibits a paradigm shift in the way …
MTB Movie Review: Pedal Driven
10 Reasons to watch Pedal Driven, a BIKEumentary: 1. You saw the earlier Singletracks blog post by trek7k about the fundraising efforts to complete the movie. If you pledged, you’re part of the effort. 2. There are secret/illegal/pirate trails in your area and you want to watch the story of how a group of passionate, …