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Freeride's Dead: Hopkins and Peacock Bury It

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Jun 26, 2009
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Our resident film, photo and writing man David Peacock has chimed in with a video, photos, and words. Strange! Here is a look at the impending death of freeriding, featuring Monster/North Face athlete Mike Hopkins.
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Words, Photos and Video by David Peacock

Ever get out on the trails and wonder to yourself, what type of riding am I doing right now? Neither do I. But when we heard "Is the Free Ride Over" being asked by the iconic Mitchell Scott on Pinkbike, we decided to respond in kind with our thoughts on the subject.

Once we started thinking about it, in Rossland, BC we've started noticing some odd things on the trails...judges at every jump, timers at the top who mysteriously appear at the bottom, the list of strange happenings goes on. This set of circumstances got a few of us wondering, is freeride really dead?!


Last week, local PRO Mike Hopkins (Monster Energy, The North Face, Knolly Bikes, Smith Optics, Marzocchi, 661 etc etc etc) started his day with a few coffees for the crew at Juicy Studios (Derek Frankowski, Scotty Carlson and British Jemaine Clement impersonator Rob Sulman). Little did he know, his 24 hour journey aboard the space ship known as earth was about to be interrupted by the news that freeride has passed away.

I won't elaborate too much in the form of literature, because most prefer moving pictures that captivate the attention anyway, but thanks to Mitchell Scott for providing the inspiration with his great piece on the names we ascribe to riding. A true wordsmith and ideas man!


I would personally like to thank Mike Hopkins, Juicy Studios and Joyride Bike Parks for helping to make this happen on such short notice. You guys are cooler than a penguin riding Garbanzo!

Cheers,

David Peacock

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alpine slug

Monkey
Jun 10, 2011
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That's some of the lamest, corniest writing I've seen.

Why is it that MTB "journalists" write like 4th grade boys trying to impress each other with their wicked marble collections?
 

alpine slug

Monkey
Jun 10, 2011
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Quit complaining, or go write something better.
my posts here are better writing than that schitt above. and they're not even serious.

the dude's name is "Peacock" and he writes like a fledgeling. the name should be Peacock, Junior.

how's life at marty's reliable? Still hauling ass on Patriot's Path?

cough cough...

okay, seriously:

if the audience is a bunch of junior high schoolers then DAM (no "N") that was some solid writing. he should write for Boys Life or maybe the Pop Warner Football League Newsletter.

reminds me of a big thing: being able to ride a bike is not the same as being able to write well or speak well. being able to use a video recorder is not the same as being able to write well or speak well.
 
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trib

not worthy of a Rux.
Jun 22, 2009
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Your writing is so good it's too good for capital letters it would seem.
 

alpine slug

Monkey
Jun 10, 2011
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Your writing is so good it's too good for capital letters it would seem.
dude if the problem with Pee-Kok's writing was punctuation there'd be no cause for criticism. only an idiot can't see past punctuation or capitalization formalities.

I notice your writing is pretty emasculated and sheepish. even with capital letters, it looks that way. burl up, dude. crink a Monster Energy before typing!
 

alpine slug

Monkey
Jun 10, 2011
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Allow me to reiterate, quit complaining, or write something better yourself. You've got your GED, time to put it to use. Also, try pressing F7.
Nope. Your "witty reply" is as juvenile as Pee-Kok's writing. No wonder he impresses you.

Me ride bike good. Me badass on bike. That mean me write good too. Long as readers knuckles drag on ground like mine.

you obviously have me mistaken for someone else.
Nope. Don't think so.
 

kidwoo

Artisanal Tweet Curator
dude if the problem with Pee-Kok's writing was punctuation there'd be no cause for criticism. only an idiot can't see past punctuation or capitalization formalities.

I notice your writing is pretty emasculated and sheepish. even with capital letters, it looks that way. burl up, dude. crink a Monster Energy before typing!
Eat a bag of dicks dude. David puts in a lot of work for features here and does a damn good job of it. You can sit here and make fun of his name all you want just because it makes you think of pee pee but he's a better photographer and a beter writer than you're likely to ever prove to be.
 

Peacock

Chimp
Oct 23, 2009
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Rossland, BC
Hey guys thanks for the replies. It's always sweet to hear what people are thinking whether it is good or bad. To be honest, the concepting/scripting/filming/acting/editing/posting of the video took a lot more effort and was far more time consuming than writing the little blurb to go with it....I apologize profusely if my grammar/spelling wasn't up to snuff, I will try to do better next time! I guess I can only take it as a compliment that alpine_slug couldn't seem to see a problem with the thematic dialogue, but instead took issue with my apparently egregious writing style.

Cheers
 

Polandspring88

Superman
Mar 31, 2004
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Broomfield, CO
He may be a "freerider" but good golly that man looks fast on a bike. The section at 1:17 - 1:30ish looks simultaneously out of control but somehow in control. Nicely done, I enjoyed the riding.