You're fantastic, man! I purchased a fuel ex 7 2 months ago, and it's a dream come true! It is funny because the only gt bike I ever owned bought from our local wholesale store when I was 16, and it was a gt aggressor 27.5 hard tail 21 speed from our wholesale store, lol. But damn, that bike was still great lol Do you have any videos on cat walking or manueling tips? Thanks a lot for all your content! Awesome beans!!!
Believe this was the same day you shared time with a couple young star struck fans and shortly after you left one of them came up to President Lindsay and said "this is the best day of my life." Thanks for being kind and sharing the stoke!
the thing I love about phil as that he isnt trying to go as fast as possible and do the fattest whips he can. He is just generally trying to have fun and make the most out of his surroundings.
Wow, crazy how far Bolton bike park has come along in a years time! Thanks for sharing the shredding and always having such a positive attitude. Your a top notch role model for all the grommets out there. Keep on keeping on
The way the adaptive mountain bike traverses the tech stuff reminds me of 4x4 rock crawling. All about line choice and having good spotters. Very interesting to see. Thanks! It'd be cool if the designers could include more clearance in the middle to prevent high-centering.
Love the support for Bolton, it so deserves it! Spot on about the green trail: makes the place accessible to beginners and you can link up all kinds of cool combos down now.
I’ve always been fascinated, watching Phil ride. He is the reason I got into mountain biking have been watching since the evil calling bike. Always nice to see when you don’t like something you are like welp time to jump it 😂.
The designer of the sledgehammer is an adaptive rider himself. But keep in mind, most people riding those don't have full control over their body so shifting weight around is not always an option. That being said, Greg is a maniac on his, he flies down the trails.
@@Kingston_H_MTB it would be a massive abs workout to ride in that position and try to prevent your legs from sliding back if your legs themselves can't move.
Bolton is so much better this year than last year. We went on a wet day last year and it was rough. I've been twice this year and had a lot of good fun, it's a nice chill vibe and the trails are in nice condition. Big fan.
Any update for this year? I come up from PA so hard to pass Thunder, Killington or Highland, but a couple guys were talking about it on the lift and said it's pretty good.
Thanks for showing Hailey, she’s such a good rider it’s just her partner is sketchy so it’s hard to compare but most of us hope to ride as well as she does.
green trails can be great when you find little things to pop off of. often go with friends that never been before and can get boring if they get scared of the more techy or jumpy stuff. they get there fix and we can hit the side features.
Great video,you should go ride at Jarrods place bike park it’s a truck and trailer system like wind rock! It just opened like 4 months ago,there is a lot of fun jumps and tech you do have to take a 10 minute ride up once the shuttle drops you of for the tech trails but all the jump trails are where the shuttle drops of.
Btw, I have been a roadie all my life but I got into mountain biking about three years ago and am loving it. I never ride on the road anymore. I started on a Trek Marlin then upgraded to a Trek Fuel EX7 and I just bought a Trek Fuel 9.8 and am loving it
It's so much fun ... I don't ride on the road anymore. About 5 years ago I could see some girl texting and she was veering off. To this day I don't think she has a clue how close she was to killing me, but she was going about 70 in a 50, head down the entire road and missed me by an inch. Haven't had my bike touch pavement since. Could still crash with MTB but at least you're the one in control, and you're wearing a full face.
Nice vids Phil! One thought though, just because the green trail bores you, some people ride those because its all they are comfortable doing and don't care about going big or progressing. They just enjoy the ride even on a mellow trail like that.
Not being snarky but what's your point? We all know what green trails are for, and what other people ride is their business. If they're having fun that's all that matters. Your comment insinuates Phil was either unaware or talking down, which IMO he did neither of.
@@topspot4834 I like Phil just as much as the next person. He's one of the most humble people I've seen yet. I wasn't being "snarky" I was to the point. I honestly didn't hear him say anything truly negative about the trail its more the way he say it. I'm only sensitive around the tip and it doesnt really don't matter either way. It was just something that struck me in that vid that he usually never does.
Didn't know Bolton was doing so much work ... I like flow trails like everyone else, but they get boring after awhile. This looks like a good mixture, I'll have to head up next month.
Phil are you going to be participating in the EWS at Burke mountain in a couple weeks? That would be some awesome footage I know you would kill it too!
4th! epic, also you should check out fort rock in exeter, nh its not a downhill park its just a trail system but its pretty fun and its not 1 climb and one descent, its climb, descent, climb, descent. I think you would enjoy it and if you do check it out, there is the north side and south side, north is more flow but has some fun jumps (not big but fun) and south is more rocky but has bigger features and is way gnarlier, hope you check it out! (Olive branch is a fun one)
I think that may be true other than Whiteface - not New England but still the Northeast. They are still hoping to bring back the park there in the next few years...
I'm new to mounting biking did it once in 09 was really cool but was wondering if you could include a couple bike builds videos as well so I'll have a general idea of what to build for my self 😊
8:10 Maybe a Program called "Gyroflow" could have helped there to resync the gyro data with the video footage. Gyroflow is way better for stabilizing footage than GoPros Reel Steady btw. It doesn't crop as much and the lense distortion feauture is pretty nice and also it is free (open source)
Is there a difference between the descent speed we see (from the GoPro footage), and your actual speed? Also, props to Hailey for some some solid tech riding.
Hey Phil, just a quick maybe stupid question about the GoPro. When i have her on the chesty upside down it is recording the right way but if i watch the video back its upside down? What do i do wrong here? Thanks a lot!
Check your camera settings there should be a settings to have it automatically rotate, but sometimes it still gets it wrong if its in between orientations. Otherwise thats something you can fix in any basic editing suit and phone app.
I'm not super familiar with bikes in the price range, but there's a bunch of channels focused on that these days so id recommend watching their videos.
@@epicmountainbikeclips5573 I second this one. I started back with this in 2017 and now just spent $5500 on a bike. It was a hard pill to swallow but I realized in order to have what I want it’s gonna cost. But you can add things to the Marlin to get a decent running bike.
Yeah, I updated the firmware after the issue occurred, and haven't seen it since. But i have atleast a terabyte of footage recorded on the old firmware with no issues except for that one time.
Yeah, I was coming here to say the same thing. Kerr has had several videos plagued by it. It has to be software. His happened several times in one track walk video.
Inquiry... Is it sometimes impossible to get the GoPro setting correct for lighting, when righting in shade/sun/shade/sun? I see it blurring out at times when in the woods on this video, and have in the past as well. Not that I care, because I’m watching every second regardless. Just curious if that’s a GoPro thing, since I’m not a GoPro guy. Love your vids regardless! 😎 I learn a lot, and I’m thankful for your work.
Yeah, GoPros get a lot of shit but we are literally asking them to do one of the hardest jobs. Filming fast action packed footage in lighting conditions that range from super bright, to super dark (sometimes both in the same shot) is really challenging for the camera to adapt to and get it right. Then RUclips is a whole other beast. Millions of videos are uploaded daily, so it's in their interest to make file sizes as tiny as possible to save on storage costs. They take your files and compressed them to a smaller size which reduces the quality significantly. The footage i see and the footage you see end up being way different
@@SkillsWithPhil That’s a great explanation, and thank you for that reply! I was really just curious. Again, I’m a huge fan, and love the vids. That’s all! Thanks for what you do!
Old school trails were just rake and rides usually pointed straight down a mountain. They often didn't account for erosion and water issues, and were built linking up features. Most turns were raked in and that mean you could be turning on off camber roots and rocks. These days, trails are built to last a few more years with less maintenance and built to be rideable for sooner after rainstorms since drainage was accounted for. There's usually berms to help support you maintain speed through slow sections, and you find very little off camber sections. Old school trails are a bit more technical and slow, new school trails are less steep, faster in average and more flowy. Ideally You want both, but in moderation.
@@SkillsWithPhil thanks. There’s not really any mountain biking near me because it’s well flat. There’s pretty much only jumps. And the only place I’ve ride with proper trails was in north wales which is mostly XC style trails. So differences in downhill schools of thought is something new to me
@@sigspearthumb9574 I have mostly XC stuff where I ride. I was at a park that has trails talking to a guy and he said he was part of making the trails near me where I ride on occasion like 20 years ago. Lots of off camber stuff, coupled with narrow trails between trees make it really technical, even with 760mm bars. Seeing Phil's explanation just now, it makes more sense why those shorter trails are more difficult for me than that park I was at.
The last video I posted from here was in the rain! ruclips.net/video/3qjhz11kejY/видео.html
You're fantastic, man!
I purchased a fuel ex 7 2 months ago, and it's a dream come true!
It is funny because the only gt bike I ever owned bought from our local wholesale store when I was 16, and it was a gt aggressor 27.5 hard tail 21 speed from our wholesale store, lol. But damn, that bike was still great lol
Do you have any videos on cat walking or manueling tips?
Thanks a lot for all your content! Awesome beans!!!
Believe this was the same day you shared time with a couple young star struck fans and shortly after you left one of them came up to President Lindsay and said "this is the best day of my life."
Thanks for being kind and sharing the stoke!
the thing I love about phil as that he isnt trying to go as fast as possible and do the fattest whips he can. He is just generally trying to have fun and make the most out of his surroundings.
Sitting at minute 3 and this is already my favorite video. I absolutely love the mountain biking community.
To be honest phil is one of the best riders I have ever seen he never stops shredding
Phil is a savant when it comes to reading the unknown terrain in front of him while riding!
Dude that adaptive MTB is sick! It's like he's doing 4x4 rock crawling
That's exactly what i was thinking! So cool to watch!
As a local rider my self you make Bolton look so much smoother than it is. Amazing riding
Wow, crazy how far Bolton bike park has come along in a years time!
Thanks for sharing the shredding and always having such a positive attitude. Your a top notch role model for all the grommets out there.
Keep on keeping on
2:30 Humanitarian skills with phil! I love it!
I need to get there sometime! Bolton’s one of the few places that I haven’t been biking yet, it looks so cool.
All it took was that home refresh and your video popped up. Happiness now
It's always nice seeing people helping other people enjoy what they like doing keep up the good work man
I love your vids I might go to Bolton valley.
Phill what a nice gesture and what a cool person in the adapted bike, well done mate, greetings from Mexico
The way the adaptive mountain bike traverses the tech stuff reminds me of 4x4 rock crawling. All about line choice and having good spotters. Very interesting to see. Thanks!
It'd be cool if the designers could include more clearance in the middle to prevent high-centering.
Yeah, rock crawling was the first thing that came to mind as I was watching greg do his thing.
Love the support for Bolton, it so deserves it! Spot on about the green trail: makes the place accessible to beginners and you can link up all kinds of cool combos down now.
do you know the backstory of the guy on the crawler bike? That was so cool to watch. I was in awe of the setup he had.
Sendy! Good to see that guy on the trike getting after it!
Going there in a few days. Wicked excited! Thanks for the video Phil!
I’ve always been fascinated, watching Phil ride. He is the reason I got into mountain biking have been watching since the evil calling bike. Always nice to see when you don’t like something you are like welp time to jump it 😂.
Hopefully, manufacturers of those special needs bikes would design a rig where the rider can shift their weight around a bit more.
The designer of the sledgehammer is an adaptive rider himself. But keep in mind, most people riding those don't have full control over their body so shifting weight around is not always an option. That being said, Greg is a maniac on his, he flies down the trails.
What if the place where you put your feet was able to slide back?
@@Kingston_H_MTB they cant move their legs
There are some adaptive bikes that allow for that. It’s all preference and money, if you afford it, it’s already being made.
@@Kingston_H_MTB it would be a massive abs workout to ride in that position and try to prevent your legs from sliding back if your legs themselves can't move.
Wholesome and awesome ! Great vid, hope to see you in Mont-Saint-Anne one day !
That send down Hydra 🤯
Bolton is so much better this year than last year. We went on a wet day last year and it was rough. I've been twice this year and had a lot of good fun, it's a nice chill vibe and the trails are in nice condition. Big fan.
Any update for this year? I come up from PA so hard to pass Thunder, Killington or Highland, but a couple guys were talking about it on the lift and said it's pretty good.
Thanks for showing Hailey, she’s such a good rider it’s just her partner is sketchy so it’s hard to compare but most of us hope to ride as well as she does.
18:37 I've fallen so many times on that one section of Double Down too - something about it has a tendency to catapult you far far away.
Phil you are awesome! we watch you from Russia, we don't have such beautiful tracks, we watch you with pleasure.
Now these are skills with Phil! Let’s go!
Nice riding you two! Park looked really fun too
Coolest trike I've ever seen.
great vid man keep up the great content!!!!!!!
This park looks dope AF.
👍for the tasty seat grab and some signature Phil lines!
I start after the bridge on hydra too. Entirely valid.
Daaaang!! Greg riders Hydra better than most people! 🤘🤘
hey man loving the videos lately
Woot! New video!!
Great stuff. Keep on pedlin’
Those trails look sick!!
Dang! We are right down the street from this on vacation !
green trails can be great when you find little things to pop off of. often go with friends that never been before and can get boring if they get scared of the more techy or jumpy stuff. they get there fix and we can hit the side features.
Great video,you should go ride at Jarrods place bike park it’s a truck and trailer system like wind rock! It just opened like 4 months ago,there is a lot of fun jumps and tech you do have to take a 10 minute ride up once the shuttle drops you of for the tech trails but all the jump trails are where the shuttle drops of.
Awesome cool epik trail ❤👍🤘
Btw, I have been a roadie all my life but I got into mountain biking about three years ago and am loving it. I never ride on the road anymore. I started on a Trek Marlin then upgraded to a Trek Fuel EX7 and I just bought a Trek Fuel 9.8 and am loving it
It's so much fun ... I don't ride on the road anymore. About 5 years ago I could see some girl texting and she was veering off. To this day I don't think she has a clue how close she was to killing me, but she was going about 70 in a 50, head down the entire road and missed me by an inch. Haven't had my bike touch pavement since. Could still crash with MTB but at least you're the one in control, and you're wearing a full face.
I’ve got a friend In Colorado hit by a young girl texting. She doesn’t even remember getting hit. Mountain biking is so much more fun.and safer
Man, the sense of speed and sketchiness in this one was unreal. I felt nervous for you.
Sick video🔥
Nice vids Phil! One thought though, just because the green trail bores you, some people ride those because its all they are comfortable doing and don't care about going big or progressing. They just enjoy the ride even on a mellow trail like that.
Not being snarky but what's your point? We all know what green trails are for, and what other people ride is their business. If they're having fun that's all that matters. Your comment insinuates Phil was either unaware or talking down, which IMO he did neither of.
@@topspot4834 I like Phil just as much as the next person. He's one of the most humble people I've seen yet. I wasn't being "snarky" I was to the point. I honestly didn't hear him say anything truly negative about the trail its more the way he say it. I'm only sensitive around the tip and it doesnt really don't matter either way. It was just something that struck me in that vid that he usually never does.
Didn't know Bolton was doing so much work ... I like flow trails like everyone else, but they get boring after awhile. This looks like a good mixture, I'll have to head up next month.
Phil are you going to be participating in the EWS at Burke mountain in a couple weeks? That would be some awesome footage I know you would kill it too!
Awesom video it is.
Love your vids
Awesome stuff 🤩🤘🔥
@@Chasemtb2392 I have never been outside of Europe 😃🤷
Awesome 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Yo Phil, have you ever ridden in Big Sky? Love the channel; you helped get me into biking this year.
“He’s been eating his Wheaties” 😂
you just love those corners
...awesome friends!
Dude Jake was cooking ... Bolton actually looks pretty dope.
dude you got Jordan Peterson ads. what a bummer. great video and little edits tho. that transition of Hailey getting the instagram shot was so smooth
4th! epic, also you should check out fort rock in exeter, nh its not a downhill park its just a trail system but its pretty fun and its not 1 climb and one descent, its climb, descent, climb, descent. I think you would enjoy it and if you do check it out, there is the north side and south side, north is more flow but has some fun jumps (not big but fun) and south is more rocky but has bigger features and is way gnarlier, hope you check it out! (Olive branch is a fun one)
you the best phil
gotta love bolton i made my own videos on biking there to!
Bolton looks like it's the gnarliest place to bike in the NE
I think that may be true other than Whiteface - not New England but still the Northeast. They are still hoping to bring back the park there in the next few years...
Yeah it does. Mountain Creek gets pretty chunky too.
Love Bolton
Bolton is such a cool place
You should come to mountain creek now that they’ve added the new Red Bull pit features!
Holy shit mate havent seen your vids in ages and youve gotten fast
I'm new to mounting biking did it once in 09 was really cool but was wondering if you could include a couple bike builds videos as well so I'll have a general idea of what to build for my self 😊
There's literally millions of them on RUclips. And Phil doesn't get bikes to build. He's got his and Hailey's, and gave his old one to a friend.
8:10 Maybe a Program called "Gyroflow" could have helped there to resync the gyro data with the video footage. Gyroflow is way better for stabilizing footage than GoPros Reel Steady btw. It doesn't crop as much and the lense distortion feauture is pretty nice and also it is free (open source)
I Tried it after a my friend (trail features) recommended that and it didn't work.
Oooh, that looks interesting.
Lol berm to bridge to land gap that’s funny 😄.
Is there a difference between the descent speed we see (from the GoPro footage), and your actual speed? Also, props to Hailey for some some solid tech riding.
Hey phil you should race the EWS you are so fast!!!
Hey Phil, I’m heading up to Bolton on the 24th and wondering what the name of the trail was with the big step down?
very bottom of Double Down
could you talk sometime about modern trail design versus what you call "old school" trails?
So that's how you do the rock slab at the top of Double Down. I kept taking this stupid line way outside.
Rock slab is way more fun, has better grip and sets you up for that awkward turn better! Give it a whirl
@@anthonystaples4475 now I just gotta remember next time I'm there
your too good at tek trails
Hi Haley!
I think the most impressive part of this video was the fire trail 🚀
Nah dude on the adaptive trike. That was amazing!
Some of those Hoppity’s look very Sketchy 🚴+🌳=☠️
👍
🤠🤞🤘🤟
Had that GoPro stabilization problem happen to me on my max, so it must be some software issue
Hey Phil, just a quick maybe stupid question about the GoPro. When i have her on the chesty upside down it is recording the right way but if i watch the video back its upside down? What do i do wrong here? Thanks a lot!
Check your camera settings there should be a settings to have it automatically rotate, but sometimes it still gets it wrong if its in between orientations. Otherwise thats something you can fix in any basic editing suit and phone app.
@@SkillsWithPhil Thanks man!!!
Do you run your rebound a little faster than normal? The way you pop of some of the trail features on your enduro rig just doesn't seem normal :)
yoooooo! nice video Phil!! What bike do you recomend under 600 dollars? Keep up the good work!!!
A trek marlin
I'm not super familiar with bikes in the price range, but there's a bunch of channels focused on that these days so id recommend watching their videos.
@@SkillsWithPhil thanks
@@epicmountainbikeclips5573 I second this one. I started back with this in 2017 and now just spent $5500 on a bike. It was a hard pill to swallow but I realized in order to have what I want it’s gonna cost. But you can add things to the Marlin to get a decent running bike.
Old schools cool but nothing beat moto style fast trails
Can you go back to blue, they fixed some stuff up?
what about the 4th big drop? the one in One Love. have you done it recently?
Within the month yes, but it's nice not to pedal up hill!
seems like there is a bug in the gopro stabilization, have seen the issue you mentioned on some bernard kerr videos
Yeah, I updated the firmware after the issue occurred, and haven't seen it since. But i have atleast a terabyte of footage recorded on the old firmware with no issues except for that one time.
Yeah, I was coming here to say the same thing. Kerr has had several videos plagued by it. It has to be software. His happened several times in one track walk video.
"Thats not Hailey, oop thats not Hailey either maybe this is Hailey"
wait, you can t-bog. how come we never see that at whistler?
When i was young i even won a slopestyle contest at highland! Anyway tricks aren't my thing. I can do some, but i like gaps and weird lines.
Your so good.
If I road a bike like like I would need to bubble wrap my self cause I would run into every tree there🤣
have you been i maribor slovenia
Inquiry...
Is it sometimes impossible to get the GoPro setting correct for lighting, when righting in shade/sun/shade/sun?
I see it blurring out at times when in the woods on this video, and have in the past as well.
Not that I care, because I’m watching every second regardless.
Just curious if that’s a GoPro thing, since I’m not a GoPro guy.
Love your vids regardless! 😎
I learn a lot, and I’m thankful for your work.
Yeah, GoPros get a lot of shit but we are literally asking them to do one of the hardest jobs. Filming fast action packed footage in lighting conditions that range from super bright, to super dark (sometimes both in the same shot) is really challenging for the camera to adapt to and get it right. Then RUclips is a whole other beast. Millions of videos are uploaded daily, so it's in their interest to make file sizes as tiny as possible to save on storage costs. They take your files and compressed them to a smaller size which reduces the quality significantly. The footage i see and the footage you see end up being way different
@@SkillsWithPhil That’s a great explanation, and thank you for that reply! I was really just curious. Again, I’m a huge fan, and love the vids.
That’s all! Thanks for what you do!
@@SkillsWithPhil omg phil just swore 🫢
Have you ever biked with sam pilgrim?
nice video phil! have you ever tracked the amount of air time youve done in a given year?
Hey phil
Ride with Jordan Boostmaster
He does. Look at the Whistler videos.
What’s the main difference between old school downhill and new stuff ?
Old school trails were just rake and rides usually pointed straight down a mountain. They often didn't account for erosion and water issues, and were built linking up features. Most turns were raked in and that mean you could be turning on off camber roots and rocks. These days, trails are built to last a few more years with less maintenance and built to be rideable for sooner after rainstorms since drainage was accounted for. There's usually berms to help support you maintain speed through slow sections, and you find very little off camber sections. Old school trails are a bit more technical and slow, new school trails are less steep, faster in average and more flowy.
Ideally You want both, but in moderation.
@@SkillsWithPhil thanks. There’s not really any mountain biking near me because it’s well flat. There’s pretty much only jumps. And the only place I’ve ride with proper trails was in north wales which is mostly XC style trails. So differences in downhill schools of thought is something new to me
@@sigspearthumb9574 I have mostly XC stuff where I ride. I was at a park that has trails talking to a guy and he said he was part of making the trails near me where I ride on occasion like 20 years ago. Lots of off camber stuff, coupled with narrow trails between trees make it really technical, even with 760mm bars. Seeing Phil's explanation just now, it makes more sense why those shorter trails are more difficult for me than that park I was at.