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Ahh winter, It's a time of endlessly consuming drugs to prevent crippling depression until sunlight returns 🎅

I had this exact issue, then I chose to identify as a RedBull athlete, problem solved

I spent much of the 80s mountain biking in Crested Butte. Back then, we had no suspension, no helmets, and rarely got seriously injured. The secret? We went slowwwwww on downhills. One reason was the trails and equipment dictated that, but that actually made the sport safer! It was a completely different vibe and more about being out in nature, smoking a bowl, and spending quality time with friends.

Totally understand. I had my worst crash ever, back in June at 51, on a section of trail I have hit before. I went OTB off a drop. It is like a rock jump to skip pad then drop. I landed on a pile of big rocks off the trail. I’m not even sure what happened? I broke my helmet clean through in three places and messed up my shoulder. It was scary as hell. I was alone and I’m lucky to be here. I got back on the bike about five weeks after the crash, still in a lot of pain. But happy to be riding. I’m just not sure if I’ll ever ride like I did before or if I even want to? They keep building bigger, gnarly trails and I keep getting older and more cautious. It definitely bums me out a bit. Just gotta keep moving. Ride on 🤘

Great video and great topic! I use to race road bikes in the late 80s and went through many peloton crashes. Some quite bad. Recently I dusted off my old hardtail and started trail riding. I totally get the ptsd. Although my crashes were almost 40 years ago the apprehension is still there. Now I am starting my masters in psychological research into PTSD. If I can’t help anyone deal with PTSD or the fear I’m here.

Broke my back recently on something I really thought I had. I'm getting close to the end of my recovery and being clear to properly ride a bike again and this is one of my biggest fears. Great video, you really put a common feeling into words.

It's called getting old

I think this is the way for every trauma, addiction, abuse or every other thing that leaves a mark. Step by step one thing at a time. Be nice to your self.

Good video, though hard to watch. I had a bunch of injuries in my time riding bikes but one time I had this freak incident that was just completely out of control. I went off course after overshooting a jump and literally pinballed between two trees and got ejected from my bike and summersaulted through the air before landing head-down. I chipped my shoulder blade and broke my collarbone, a rib, 2 toes and nearly broke my neck (luckily I came down at an angle instead of straight down, breaking my collarbone instead of my neck, though I had to wear a collar for a few weeks because I still overstretched my neck really bad). I had some complications during recovery so it turned out to be a difficult and long process with a lot of pain involved. This broke me, mentally. I decided it was not worth it and sold all my stuff. Now, 5 months ago, nearly 10 years after the incident I decided to pick things back up and start riding again. Riding is my biggest passion in life and I can't describe how happy and grateful I am for being able and having the chance to ride still. I even cried a little when I took my new bike home and sat down in my living room looking at it. But it's also been very, very difficult. I used to ride black DH trails with big jumps and drops without much thought, now I'm scared of drops that are more than about 3 feet and gap jumps as well (I did jump a pretty big tabletop though which I'm pretty stoked about!). Progress has been very slow and sometimes I feel like a failure or a pussy because of it but then I tell myself that it's no small feat to even get back on the bike again after what I went through and that fact alone means I don't have anything to feel ashamed for. I've walked the walk and don't have anything to prove, so I'll just progress at my own steady pace and not care about what anyone thinks of this 30 year old in his full face helmet scared to hit a 5 foot drop, lol. It will come. Thanks for talking about this <3 Much love from the Netherlands *Sorry for any mistakes English is not my 1st language.

Man I feel this. For me it is with hiking. To many bad experiences piled up that has led to anxiety and that jelly leg feeling even on easy trails. I keep purposely putting myself in those uncomfortable situations so i can become comfortable feeling that way and eventually move past it. Thanks for the video!

I get this. I had a motorbike crash. Fine on my motorbike, but now can’t bear to go in the sea. I’ve spent half my life teaching windsurfing and kitesurfing…

Great video! I broke my collarbone really badly in a crash last summer. Hooked the right side of my bars on a tree, which sent me flying off the left side of the trail where I slammed my left shoulder into another tree. It wasn’t even on a particularly difficult or gnarly section or trail. I still have flashbacks when I ride that same trail again. The thing that helped me most when getting back into riding was to spend some time working on the fundamentals. Body position, cornering, braking, jumping. Doing drills to hone those fundamental skills helped boost my confidence and I feel like taking the time to practice those things again gave me a newfound comfortability on the bike.

Great video! Well done. Hope your channel goes far.

Great story telling and solid camera work

Great subject to talk about. Trail trauma is a huge barrier to overcome. Huge kudos to you for getting back on the bike.

These shots🥵

Love my digital caliper. It’s a great tool everyone should have

*sad indoor noises

It’s not.

Great review. I will read this

It looked like there was more to the first clip…?

I asked a customer why his bike was so clean, I mean like showroom. He said he sprayed it with simple green and washed it after every ride. Every bearing and cable on that bike was destroyed, headset, bb, wheel bearings, linkages squeaked. He was offended I suggested not to wash it but use the wet rag if terrible and a bench brush after the crud dries. If you have such a clean bike its possible you'll be labeled a poser and we don't want that, do we!

Too bad that guy rides a yeti, I almost had respect for him

To be onest and broke my arm because I crashed

As a deep and passionate hater of washing bikes, I would say trying to put what appeared to be 20-25NM into a 10NM fastener caused your issue not not having a clean bike. I can probably count on 1 hand how many times I have washed mine in the last 8 years, usually just when parts wear out or if I have had to transport it inside a vehicle….to note, the original bearings in the suspension system lasted 5 years. Although, i have been washing my new Pivot Firebird after every ride - feel dirty actually keeping it clean!

the title should be "you should clean your bike". water is terrible for your bike, it should be avoided unless you want to constantly maintain your bike. i bought my bike used, ive had it for a couple weeks and decided to inspect a loose bb, i found water inside the bb shell and i have not washed it since getting it, so that means that water has been sitting there for weeks or months, just corroding inside the frame. just use rags instead and remove your chain for cleaning

Shitttt, glad you're alright. If you experienced any internal bleeding/injuries I feel for you as I've been there and its pretty shitty as well as scary as hell

But how much time did you save by not washing the bike ? Maybe worth way more than 300$

good to know. Im goin to buy a MucOff Cleaning kit for my bike. worth the investment when you already have a expensive bike.

You got some solid points, washing the bike is the way to go. A clean bike is also more often a quiet bike. I try to enjoy other sounds when I’m on the trail. 👂🏻

Ani had realized i had over torqued my testicles

Poor guy, hope he gets new bike

The polished turd will ride again !!

“Uh oh”😂

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Looks like northern Washington with that granite

Beautiful trail. Where is it and what name?

What trails are these?

Good relaxed user review. If you follow the bad advice comment, it'll end up without character and be bland.

Definitely would be interested in learning more about how to get into backcountry skiing in an affordable way!

Too many jabronies focused on the downhill🤦🏼‍♂️

Great vid. Ignore the rude comment. I’ve just bought these in a larger size after I had fitting issues with the RSs. Hopefully mondo 31.5 will hit the sweet spot. Also these are cool in orange. Very 70s! How are your boots holding up these days. Still happy? Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

Its a worst ski boots review i ever seen. Lack of any tech spec of boots and how it works, horrible light in studio, shoving nothing about functionality and practical review - and if it shows its totaly unreadable. Just blah blah blah. Try better for next time - or just don’t do something you don’t understand how it supposed to be done...

I work as an Outdoor Educator in Australia (Basiclly an over qualified camp councilor) and like you, I spent a ton of my younger years playing videogames and surfing the net, then something happened that completely changed my life. My school offered the Duke of Edinburgh program which is similar to scouts, I was a shit head of a kid and on my first trip it completely turned my life trajectory around and I wouldnt be the person I am today without it. Now I am in the extremely privileged position to help kids have the experince that I had and its my freaking job. High ropes, hiking, talking about nature and native plant uses, mountain biking, It really is a dream job. I've found that a small amount of hardship in a safe and structured way can have incredible life changing impacts on kids and you see it in their faces, when they finally find some capability and resilience. Nature has a way of fostering those environments and you're absolutely right, mental health is impacted by "green time" big time, anyway I'll leave the wall of text here but yeah. Glad I'm not the only one who feels this.

It isn't.

I'd let you wax my skis :P

I really feel this with my partner too, i'm lucky that she is already a bit of a skiier. But I'm keen to get her to the level of stoke that I feel one day

beautiful film, I feel the same way.

Nice review. But please be aware these boots are only intended to be used in either Dynafit compatible or other touring specific bindings (such as Fritschi frame bindings). While they will fit, as far as I am aware they should NOT be used in regular alpine bindings as the release will be unreliable due to the grippy rubber sole.