Awesome stuff!

Also, a touch depressing!

Sorry for the downer but I think all the people on Pink bike raving about the vid are kind of missing the point. They are not doing anything that skilful just stuff that needs commitment and judgement of speed. (Which I am not claiming I have) One thing that kids do have is no fear this means that commitment and judgement is pretty easy to get if you have the opportunity of living in a place like Whistler.

That’s just what children are like, they haven’t got big cahones just no sense of mortality. My son likes nothing better than scaring the bejesus out of me by riding down every set of steps he can find on his 16inch Isla bike. I think I am going to not show him anymore kranked or collective films as he now wonders why I am not riding like Danny Macaskill.

What exactly are you defining as skill?

they can ride geda.

The vid is ok, good on them for being able to ride that kind of stuff but its not like they are child prodigies. They are just kids who have had a fantastic opportunity. I am only jealous as I wish I got a vid of my lad the other day when he showed me his “mountain biking track” when he whizzed down some singletrack and then got to a 180 degree tight switchback and did a huge skid round the corner and carried on smooth as.

And I totally admit I am being a moany old kill joy

Damn, I think a troll just stole my lunch…

I feel a bit sorry for those kids really, I bet dad is a bit pushy! I started mtbing at 13 and rode stuff on my rigid £200 bike I now wouldn’t do 20 years later on my full susser, you just have a different approach to it all, nothing phases you, so I’m not too surprised seeing kids on those bikes doing that. little one needs a lighter helmet though, his heads flopping everywhere!

^^ that’s what i thought… “hmmm, like to see ’em doing that on a [insert niche}”

but wait for a few years and they’ll be ripping even bigger stuff. future rampage riders?

i agree with GEDA. kids have a reuced sense of danger, but now that they have mastered stuff that most of us gawp at, they’ll be progressing onto much bigger stuff soon.

i hope you lil’un does, too, GEDA.

Don’t know why anyone seems surprised that younger human beings get good at this stuff, they are naturally more supple than ageing buggers like me, being supple is an advantage over techy terrain?

That’s probably one of the reasons that young lad on the well known hardtail/whistler DH video is so good.

Also, kids learn quicker than adults with their developing brains? To me, it makes sense, BMX riders have been doing big stunts for decades, kids ride MotoX too.

I agree with Geda in a way – just imagine if you had access to these trails on a regular basis? Not dissin’ the kids though – well done to them, little rippas…

I do think we’d all be better riders if that was our ‘back yard’.

“I feel a bit sorry for those kids really, I bet dad is a bit pushy!”
Yeah, they dont seem to be enjoying themselves at all! 🙄

The arguments that its nothing special just because they are young, not scared and have a geographical advantage are a bit fatuous IMO. The kids are obviously good and good kids ought to be encouraged, not shot down by jealous adults.

i’m not knocking ’em…. just need to clear that up!

Clearly the paper round would be fun. 😉

Awesome video, definitely got skills!

Always some bellend trying to put a downer on things. Must be useless on an MTB yourself.