Once you ve been there you will never forget the scene during the start. Something between the trumpets of Jericho and the Riders of the Apocalypse! Gives ne instant chills!
For sure. I’m exhausted just watching them for ten minutes. I would be “hungover” for days after. Don’t ask me for anything and someone please load my bike for me lol
I had no idea Le Touquet was still running. Back in 1982 I bought a 490 Maico that had been built to run the beach race, (A&S Racing, Portsmouth UK) It had 63 bhp and weighed 243 lbs. Only MX/Enduro bike that ever scared me when riding in the woods .It was geared for about 130 mph, only ever had it over revving in top gear one time ,a firebreak that normally made front end get a bit light , flat out was about 40 ft in the air. I thought I was never coming down and had plenty of time to think what would happen if I missed the sheep track and landed in the gorse, At 'altitude' the track looked like a pencil line on the ground (probably 3ft wide though) Took it home and fitted standard motocross gearing, about 85mph max seemed so much safer
I love it ! At 6:50, after rounding a corner, the camera is angled so you are looking at the riders from behind, and all you can see is every bike throwing roost, you can hardly see then riders for all the roost being thrown up !
Yes it's in France.. i went there in 2010 from uk ,and couldn't find anywhere to park ! So i got back in my car and drove to the nurburgring and had a great weekend there instead 😄
Unbelievable , need more races like this in OZ. Great riding by the bloke making others look like theyre standing idle. GreT spectacle for the punters in the crowd
Fastest I saw was 157kph. That is just shy of 100mph. I seem to remember a record set by a KTM 495 2 stroke of about 128mph in Baja or somewhere. I am not sure if anyone has beaten that speed.
I was wondering that same thing. Seems like this track could be somewhat compatible with older bikes. That whoop section wouldn't be so good for an old machine, but seems like everything else could be done. (To me anyway)
Imagine it for 3hrs... being a pro, trying to win, getting tired, risk of fall because of shit condition and sand, worrying about competition, potential engine probleme, riding as fast as you can and having to care and be super careful with these 900 other amator rider than you have to pass always asap for 2h50 of race... because dont mistake out of 1000 riders, 100 are professional and here for the win and are super fast, the rest are amators here to complete the challenge of trying to finish that race. Every single amators are completdly inpredictable and could ruin your race so quickly cause they dont see you coming super fast behind them... such a cool race. Between pro and amators, that the beauty of that race
Imagine being first for 9/10th of the race then hitting a slow rider you lap, and coming off! A hindrance when there’s so many 100s of riders competing!
🤣😂🤣 Так даже на долгой прямой, огромный разрыв в преимуществе. Между теми кто в первом ряду и в пятом, из-за такой плотности те кто в пятом не смогут дать полный газ. Сразу начинается толкотня и давка, а про задних и говорить нечего. Так что тот кто в первых рядах заведомо в выигрыше.
@@user-ui1wb3sm9pпосмотри на второй группе , между теми кто стартанул первым , и теми кто в задних рядах. Пока тронулись задние , первые уже были на километр дальше, и что тебе даст прямая ?
After watching a recent FortNine video all I can think about is how much carbon monoxide the racers are inhaling at the starting line. I'm curious what a carbon monoxide meter would read in the middle of all of those bikes.
It's completely fine, carbon monoxide does not do lasting damage. It doesn't do any damage actually, it's just that red blood cells prefer it over oxygen... As long as it's kept at a minimum it's fine, but even if things were to go wrong, someone would pass out and be brought to cleaner air. The particulate emissions are probably worse for health in that situation
@@johns.1898 Exactly, or what about the half-burnt 2-stroke oil. (I think there were some 2-strokes, could hear them). Seemed like a blue haze could be discerned over the crowd at the start line.
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Awesome riding by Todd Kellett No2 and he wins it by 2.5 minutes. Such control and speed 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The exhaust fumes for the guys sitting in the middle of the pack waiting for the start must have been epic.
As an American that loves outdoor motocross and supercross. This race is epic to watch! Very cool watching them rip down the beach wide open!
yep straight away speeds look to be 95-110mph on the factory support bikes . . .
Dude what is this race this is awesome. Wish we had something like this in the US
@@williambutler7312 Factory or not, that shit looks fun, i must invest in to it god damn.
We need these top speed dirt bike races in USA! So cool!
Once you ve been there you will never forget the scene during the start. Something between the trumpets of Jericho and the Riders of the Apocalypse!
Gives ne instant chills!
That is some crazy high speed for those 450s
2 minutes on full throttle, that’s a long assed start straight.
This is an awesome race, I've never seen or heard of this race here in the US. I love the straight away. Those guys are flying through there !
You’ve never seen or heard of an enduro race in America??? Wow
The Mx touring
Yeah this is new to me
How fast can they drive their bikes.?
@@juliosoares9309 around 160kph (100mph)
Beautiful chaos
Well laid out course
Thank you for posting this
All the best
From America
The Brazilian have some similar...they call it Velocross
You’ve gotta be in incredible shape physically, mentally and one hell of a bike crew ⚡️⚡️🔱
Paging Dr Obvious. Lol kidding. You must have the crap kicked out of you, after a race like that!
For sure. I’m exhausted just watching them for ten minutes. I would be “hungover” for days after. Don’t ask me for anything and someone please load my bike for me lol
I live in San Diego California born and raised so I'm used to the Baja 1000. Guys like Mouse are my favorites. Surf bike Brink rinse-and-repeat
weird how guy out-front actually looked pretty relaxed.................
My best well spent 15 minutes in 2023 already, was here.
Такого я ещё не видел! Крутая пляжная гонка!
старт прикольный
Потом песок доставать будешь даже там, где его быть не должно ))))
Да интересная гонка😀
Согласен и гонка и трасса, крутые!
Поддерживаю коллега)
I had no idea Le Touquet was still running.
Back in 1982 I bought a 490 Maico that had been built to run the beach race, (A&S Racing, Portsmouth UK)
It had 63 bhp and weighed 243 lbs. Only MX/Enduro bike that ever scared me when riding in the woods
.It was geared for about 130 mph, only ever had it over revving in top gear one time ,a firebreak that normally made front end get a bit light , flat out was about 40 ft in the air.
I thought I was never coming down and had plenty of time to think what would happen if I missed the sheep track and landed in the gorse, At 'altitude' the track looked like a pencil line on the ground (probably 3ft wide though)
Took it home and fitted standard motocross gearing, about 85mph max seemed so much safer
Same as "Enduro del Verano" in Argentina. Amazing races!!! Love Enduro ❤️
Pp
As a Yamaha fan, seeing two of them run the pack made me happy.
Honda rules over here
What a great footage from the helicopter! 👍👍👍👏👏👏
Unreal how much faster the leaders were!! Awesome race to watch!!
Never saw,anything like that.unreal
90% are amateurs who can hardly ride a bicycle
factory bikes vs everything else
I love it ! At 6:50, after rounding a corner, the camera is angled so you are looking at the riders from behind, and all you can see is every bike throwing roost, you can hardly see then riders for all the roost being thrown up !
There’s something beautiful about this kind of racing. They definitely don’t do this in the US but should
Isn't this basic a hare scramble? Without the trees haha.
They have hard Enduro races here. Along with mx endurance races.
Guys ive been SETRA since 1985 and raced in 9 states. We dont do a beach of 90 mph mayhem for what seems like miles
10 talented riders and 300 old Duffy like me that are just in the way.
10 riders and 300 triers😊
@@treyivey5431 lol 😂😂😂
More than 1200 riders
Holy crap! I don't know who Kellett is, but he dominated this race. Absolute confidence
This is one of the most insane things I've ever seen!
That amount of bikes in the same race, never seen this before, now that's how I like to ride 😅
Even if you're lap traffic, this kind of racing is so much fun.
This is nuts!! Imagine the sound in real life 🤯
If only they could do races like this in America. 😂 This is a beautiful setup . I think it’s in France 🇫🇷. Awesome.
Yes it's in France.. i went there in 2010 from uk ,and couldn't find anywhere to park !
So i got back in my car and drove to the nurburgring and had a great weekend there instead 😄
Agreed 💯
@@vrossi2596 -----> Hi Valentino- too lazy to walk from parking ?
@@vrossi2596 Thats the most random story ever ut it sounds great XD
@@bd7xct350 yeah hahaha its funnny lol 9:47pm 14 02 2023, happy valentines day bros
Top demais 🇧🇷🚀
those at the front on 450cc 4-stroke-weapons I reckon, fantastic footage, grazie mille
In den 80er Honda CR500👍🤘
500s
@@Stefan-yw9iv yeah i saw those cr500 too, when they got passed by YZF450s lol
As an American MX rider, this looks absolutely amazing and like the most fun thing we need to start doing over here
Has to be one if the most tiring endurance events on the planet. The way the elites blow past lapped traffic is incredible.
Unbelievable , need more races like this in OZ. Great riding by the bloke making others look like theyre standing idle. GreT spectacle for the punters in the crowd
Go❤❤
Great race, never been, Southport is closer! Anyhow, the racing is much the same, but look at that crowd, the attendance is unbelievable.
I used to ride at 7 years old, I miss it a lot.
Super,Labombastic,Fantastic,Školastic!!!👍👏🤘👃👂🦵💪🤝😍🏍️💓🦍🦜🦀🧠🫁🫀🌹🎼🌞🌛🙏🚣🏝️🐬🐳🐟🐠😇⛽🚦⚓🧭💯👀🪂
That Yamaha and rider dominated..
Yammy power! 😎🔥
This is awesome. Probably the best rag dolls ever happened in this race. Damn
The photography is spectacular in this race.
Fastest I saw was 157kph. That is just shy of 100mph. I seem to remember a record set by a KTM 495 2 stroke of about 128mph in Baja or somewhere. I am not sure if anyone has beaten that speed.
Better look again at 12min 44 163 km h
I was wondering that same thing. Seems like this track could be somewhat compatible with older bikes. That whoop section wouldn't be so good for an old machine, but seems like everything else could be done. (To me anyway)
@@rudiknapen4863 alright. Just over 100mph
Miot devait être dégoûté, mais je pense qu’il gagnera un jour, il fait déjà partie des meilleurs
Damn,thats a mile & a half or 2 mile str8 away. Thats a long ways at full tilt. Damn near need rings after that!
You must ride a kawi
Why are they all 4ts?? Anyone know?
@@matthews852 because they are better all around. 2stroke wont finish the race and are from the past nowdays...
@@tna-- I heard one 2T in the crowd revving
50 seconds in the video there is a two-stroke revving
Wow! What an event!
лидер гонки по всей видимости сохранился перед выездом) мощный заезд!
Его до сих пор не могут остановить.
@@staskemerovo42 👍🤣
Впервые вижу такие гонки. Неплохо
Love this race, glad it is still going
since 1975 every year
Unique race, truly a spectacle!
I liked the motorbikes the best
Crazy to think that there are this many people willing to enter competitions like this!
Yeah man literally anyone can go wide open in a straight line. Doesn’t require much skill
That's an epic shot 4:15
This is the most beautiful motor race I watched.
Haven't you seen this year's video....
Неплохо закатнулись! 👍
Never seen this before. This is completely insane. Its like the mechanical equivalent of the running of the bulls.
150 km / hour in the sand . Ooft
V0uhuhv🎉😂jn
not in the sand but on the sand bro 🗿
Et on nous fait chier tous les jours à coup de voitures électriques
Hahahaha
Better keep that nose up
This was awesome 😎
Really cool bro!!!! Absolyely love this sport!!!! Thi riders areinsane!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤💪💪💪💪💪❤❤❤❤❤
Imagine it for 3hrs... being a pro, trying to win, getting tired, risk of fall because of shit condition and sand, worrying about competition, potential engine probleme, riding as fast as you can and having to care and be super careful with these 900 other amator rider than you have to pass always asap for 2h50 of race... because dont mistake out of 1000 riders, 100 are professional and here for the win and are super fast, the rest are amators here to complete the challenge of trying to finish that race. Every single amators are completdly inpredictable and could ruin your race so quickly cause they dont see you coming super fast behind them... such a cool race. Between pro and amators, that the beauty of that race
You can tell it's going to be good before it starts 🎉
FAF! Love it.
I like your channel is the best in the world 🌎🌎
Looks like their running about 95 mph…that’s flying across the sand like that…
this race is fucking epic! how have i not heard of this!
Its a pretty big deal in france, me and my brother attend that every year, we camp in the dunes with friends, there is also a quad bike race
Hai ragione e EPICA LA FANNO DA DECENNI da ragazzino avrei voluto esserci !!!!!!solo pazzi fanno cose del genere 👍
Ahhh! Just like a duet in my ears!
2 stroke tenor
4 stroke baritone!
Couldn't be better!
It was like I was watching “Excitebike Live Action” - so cool.
4:15 is such an epic shot. Just imagine seeing this, coming towards you!
so true kkkkkkk
That's some hard core shit right there!
Realmente algo admirable... Que bello deporte algun día, estare ahi...
It's amazing how much better Kellett is than everyone else around him, it's not even close. Those last three minutes could easily be part of a movie.
I'm sure I heard a two stroke in there 👍
From Indonesia
Sama bre
from bekasi you from mana
The guy overtaking at the end... Crazy!!
Awesome 👍
Imagine being first for 9/10th of the race then hitting a slow rider you lap, and coming off! A hindrance when there’s so many 100s of riders competing!
I love racing in deep sand . My Best races won in such .
Sweet!!! Glad you get to do it bro!!! Racing a jap bike right? Cheers!!
This is wild! Amazing to navigate through all those riders
Loucura total! Fascinante
Staggering to think how many moving parts are on that beach.
Top 💯.. gostaria de ter participado .! 😃 🇧🇷
That is next level guy!
Yamaha как стоячих,всех делает!!!💃💃💃💪🌶️🏍️🍷🍞
Никогда не мог понять, как тут можно определить победителя. Ведь у тех кто в первых рядах, шансы многократно увеличиваются.
для этого и есть долгая прямая в начале
🤣😂🤣
Так даже на долгой прямой, огромный разрыв в преимуществе. Между теми кто в первом ряду и в пятом, из-за такой плотности те кто в пятом не смогут дать полный газ. Сразу начинается толкотня и давка, а про задних и говорить нечего. Так что тот кто в первых рядах заведомо в выигрыше.
@@user-ui1wb3sm9pпосмотри на второй группе , между теми кто стартанул первым , и теми кто в задних рядах. Пока тронулись задние , первые уже были на километр дальше, и что тебе даст прямая ?
Gotta get some paddles for these boys lol, this is sick.
Whooohhhh! Music to my ears!
Awesome riding by kellett .... I love it....
Лидер гонки на 2м круге в пробку попал, как по городу в междурядье простреливал🤣
It would be a hard task to win this type of race on a two stroke.
These are the things to watch!
That race looks like a physical fight beginning to end
Brutal 🇺🇾
wow ... 160 km/h in sand
Que hermoso video
that was new and fun for me!
Lots of people taking a short cut, must be French😅
Facts😂
Видимо, подготовка моцика на первом месте, тк круговых обгонял, как стоячих!!!
Там физическая форма куда больше нужна думаю... я не мотоциклист, но общаюсь с такими. На крутом байке сдохнешь и не поедешь быстро.
02:30 If you fall you're done!
wow love it
I wonder what the Germans would have thought if they saw all those guys flying down the beach on June 6th. ??
Haha...probly how badass it looks
Bro if I was a German turret gunner and I saw that there's no way I'd fire. I'd be like NO FUCKIN WAAAYYY BROOOO.
Gta lobby chaos
Wrong beach.....
@@gaara10122 guys: give me ammo
Far out that's so entertaining to watch , i think maybe too many competitors.
There are allot less than there used to be. 1,000 plus bikes at he same time.
Yeah it’s very cool but super confusing at times lol😂
------> Hi Wayne, - if too many competitors, so watch Formula 1 - maybe more easy for You .....
@@helmutpohl2762 Thanks for the condescending tone Helmut, that's all we needed!
Отличное шоу )
Wow from USA i am mind blown. Would love this in USA
After watching a recent FortNine video all I can think about is how much carbon monoxide the racers are inhaling at the starting line. I'm curious what a carbon monoxide meter would read in the middle of all of those bikes.
It's a good thing they're right by the ocean where the wind can help carry it away.
It's completely fine, carbon monoxide does not do lasting damage. It doesn't do any damage actually, it's just that red blood cells prefer it over oxygen...
As long as it's kept at a minimum it's fine, but even if things were to go wrong, someone would pass out and be brought to cleaner air. The particulate emissions are probably worse for health in that situation
@@johns.1898 Exactly, or what about the half-burnt 2-stroke oil. (I think there were some 2-strokes, could hear them). Seemed like a blue haze could be discerned over the crowd at the start line.
They don't go off the beach and into the dunes area anymore? Peace of mind for the foxes and critters I guess 😊
It's so as to avoid the illegals.
The ill beagles??
They are missing the dunes for at least 10 years or so. Last time i was there they only used a small passage through them.
@@barryolaith lmfaooooo
@Joachim Hämel Ho yeah, I remember when they all had to climb a very narrow and steep climb in the dunes (Le Goulet). That was crazy !
Panjang sekali pantai nya,luar biasa ..
Thats a lot dirtbike..damn...looks awesome.