Midweek Mini Movies 218

It’s another generous helping of visual stimulation to keep you ready for riding at the weekend.

Sad news about JP Auclair means we’re opening this week’s film selection with a classic bit of street action. It may be skiing but it always makes us want to ride our bikes whenever we watch it.

JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.)

…in memory of one of the greatest humans ever created, truly, JP Auclair. An unbelievable skier, one of the absolute all-time best – but skiing was just a sliver of his talents, and the gifts he gave our world. His brilliantly creative mind understood the essence of progression, but it was his incredibly humble, kind, and humorous nature that brought it to reality. Hard working, optimistic, and always caring – for the environment, for humanity, for friends and family. This world needs more people like you my friend.

So good we gave it it’s own story, here it is if you missed it…

Andreu Lacondeguy’s Winning MTB GoPro Run – Red Bull Rampage 2014

Check out the GoPro footage of Andreu Lacondeguy’s winning mountain bike run at Red Bull Rampage 2014.

Coalition Crankworx Enduro

Crankworx is distilled into a 4 minute video that tells the story of the experience.

Cam Zink to attempt world record back-flip on an MTB

When it comes to going huge on a mountain bike there’s no one quite like Cam Zink, 28, who last year landed a 78-foot step-down backflip during a harrowing run at one of the world’s premier freeride mountain bike events. Now he’ll be stepping it up, launching 100 feet from a 15-foot-high dirt ramp to a 25-foot-high landing and aiming for an official Guinness World Record for the longest dirt-to-dirt mountain bike backflip.

Why Bikepack? – A Salsa Cycles Short Film

Salsa Cycles Why Bikepack? short film shares the story of a fall bikepacking trip and the motivations of one of the riders. Shot on the beautiful Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Trails in northern Wisconsin in Fall 2013.

Cam Zink’s Massive 360 Step-Down POV – Red Bull Rampage 2014

Check out the POV of Cam Zink’s huge 360 step down at Red Bull Rampage 2014.

There’s a bit of swearing in this next one but it’s worth a watch…

Mountain of Hell Qually run

Finally……this is my qualifying run for Mountain of Hell, Les 2 Alps France. July 2014. This is by far the best trail/riding ive done to date. Amazing terrain and incredible scenery. Helmet cam will never do it justice or show just how insanely steep it was. I put some captions in to kinda explain whats going on, but I was leading from about half way onwards, but got overtaken on the flat/uphill sprint to the end. Ended up third. Happy with that as I literally had no energy left crossing the line and collapsed. Wrecked. Might train next year….

Project PI – photographing Iceland by bike

A short video about our most ambitious project yet – photographing Iceland by bike. We pedaled for six weeks facing rain, wind and enjoying some amazing landscapes. The images and the stories can be found at dorinbofan.com/ProjectPI. A big thank you to all who helped. It was an incredible journey!

Lets get ready to Rumble

https://vimeo.com/106680512

Shot during the recent recce of the Rumble in the Jungle course on a GoPro Hero 3.

Rumble in the Jungle – 4 day mountain bike race in Sri Lanka – November 18th to 23rd

Colorado Dirt

10 day bike trip starting on the Colorado Trail.. from Waterford Canyon to Breckenridge. Then picking up the adventure with a few more friends on the San Juan Hut to Hut system from Durango to Moab. Mix 8 ladies, a cocktail of hormones, one lactating Mom.. and things get fun. Go Team Tunis!

Cairngorms Tour – Scotland August 2014

A Film By Barry Godin.

And finally, it’s been around a while but it’s making us smile…

Hey Cat. Hey

which led to this…

Butthole Surfers – Hey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1pyGAeHN54

Thanks to everyone that sent in suggestions this week. If you’ve seen or made anything you reckon should be up here next time, the address is, as ever: newsdesk@singletrackworld.com.

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