Hi Guys, name me your favourite mountian biking movies, going away for a month, looking for movies to download and watch while sitting for hours on planes.
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Seasons is the daddy… Though it’s not all quite up to scratch, that final sequence is just a knockout… We saw it and Follow Me in a double bill and it made for a pretty harsh comparison- Follow Me’s good but it just lacked any knockout punches
Sprung 5 is a must watch, its slightly old school now (early 00’s maybe), but has some excellent riding and camera shots and puts some of the newer movies to shame i think.
NWD 10 is my fav recent one.
All the Earthed films are pretty good as well.
You can download them all for free at Extreme-vidz.com.
NWD 1 is a must see i think for the opening Josh Bender segment!
Another vote for Vast, and its not-quite-as-good older brother, Virtuous.
I’m also a fan of the Clay Porter movies, Hypnosis, F1rst and The Tipping Point are all worth watching, although they are quite different to the Collective/Anthill stuff. They are also nearly all DH race based.
+1 for Dirt. You just can’t beat playing around on your bike with your mates. There may be nothing overly rad or gnar in there but even after all these years it still sums up what mountain biking means to me.
I liked Lifecycles – stunning on BR, but to be honest I’ve been known to be arty/pretentious/boring. To be fair most people find films about bikes boring though.
I liked lifecycles, I actually get bored with the DH, jumpy stuff, its just more and more of, hey look i can jump this, yawn. I am much keener on films that show the scenary, a challenge and more than just kids jumping. Dull.
somebody should make a film with some uphills in it as well as downs!
I like the travel aspect, seeing new places. The guys who did the Ride the Divide film are apparently doing a film called the Path (they have a page on facebook) which includes Alaska and Nepal. This appeals way more than another jump film.
You should check out ‘Ride the Divide’. It may not have any stunts and whatnot, but the whole story of the challenge and how it affects the different riders makes it the best bike film for me!
p.s. There are websites streaming it if you know where to look. I’m not posting any links on here though.
Home and Find are excellent films by UK film chap Mark Husskinson, spent 50-odd hours with him for The Hobbit’s Tale; he stayed up for the whole journey – top fella.
Vast can be had on itunes for about 2 quid an episode…or for 2 quid for the whole thing in hd. 4 quid for normal or 2 quid for hd. It is good and the last sequence is excellent with a cracking backing track!
I’d second that, I emailed reset films who produce Find and Home about the an issue with one of the DVD’s, Mark phoned me personally to understand my and explain reasons why.
