Building the Underground (Revisted)

Tony and I have been utterly stunned by this video. It's not brand new to the world, but it was to us.

Most of it was filmed in Oregon. We knew a couple of the riders in the video, as well as a few of the locations This alone is going to make it pretty special to us. However:

The riding is the video is simply amazing. I love the apparent ease and style at which these guys ride trials which would be nothing short of lethal for me to ride. The experience of watching this video a few times really reminded me that when it comes to riding, I suck! Fortunatley for the bike industry it's possible to have fun, and suck.

I think the producers of this video put together something brilliant. Their message is loud and clear: Dig Trails and Screw Trends. The video production is stipped down, but effective. With riding like this, you don't need a lot of gimmicks. Justin Inman in particular demonstrates some real genius on his bike, as well as the ever entertaining and tragically talented Jeff Landtiser. Both of their trail and Burnside sections alone are worth the price of this video. Heal up Jeff.

This video is both insirational and humbling. Watch it and weep. Beware of the crash section, and those with weak stomachs will probably want to fast forward through the very beginning of Inman's otherwise incredible section.

-L