I have been in to freeride mountain biking over the past few years. Its an awesome sport with such diversity in the type of riding that can be done. Whether it be blazing a trail, big mountain riding, or single track, mountain biking has offered me some of the biggest rushes I have ever had. A great mountain biker can be compared to a master seamstress, expertly sowing smooth lines through the roughest of materials. Dodging rock, roots, and trees at blazing speeds can offer some of the greatest satisfaction found on earth. There's something thing be said about "flowy" riding, as it is the ultimate freerider compliment that can be obtained. That being said I have received a fair bit of injuries from the sport, including a broken ankle, broken wrist, broken toe, concussions, and bumps scrapes cuts and bruises. What might you ask keeps me coming back day after day, year after year? I never really stopped to think about this, I would say its the pure solitude that I receive while biking. Out on a forested mountain, by myself or among friends, close to natures heart, it's perfect. What mountain biking is able to do for me is this, put me in the woods and get my fix of adrenaline. What I hear and smell when I mountain bike is the heart pounding silence, broken only by the sound of my own oxygen starved lungs exhaling and inhaling in a solid rhythm, as my shocks slide up and down completing the cycle. I smell the cool pine trees in the crisp air, looming overhead as if judging me, testing me seeing if I can cope with the trail that rests at the feet. The comradery that is felt between fellow mountain biker is a strong as it comes. The simple yet strong bond that is formed exists from an understanding, a conception of what mountain biking is and what it does for us. Only a fellow biker would understand what it feel like to string together a perfect line in the trail, that is perfectly timed, and executed. Balance, judgment, and a drive for perfection. Mountain biking to me is a release, a passion, a way of life. What prompted me to write this is this, every fall freeride entertainment releases the next piece to their series of films called New World Disorder. It's that time of year where every freerider gets that twinkle in their eye, and anticipation that seems to burn within us, salivating at the trailers release. Here is the first preview that has been officially released take a look see what you think.
