There are mostly Freeride and BMX videos out there, I know there are a few DH, fewer road, and I don't know about XC.
What is your favorite type of riding to watch and why?
What is your favorite type of riding to watch and why?
What is your favorite type of riding to WATCH?
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I am personally a big fan of a really well put together DH video 
I just love watching the flow, different line choices, and speed
I just love watching the flow, different line choices, and speed
I don't have a genre. If it is done well I like it. Crappy fr and crappy dh are still the same...crap.
I dont particularily like street and djing. I like them for segments but some movies take them to far and bore me.
I dont particularily like street and djing. I like them for segments but some movies take them to far and bore me.
Watching riding is alot like watching paint dry, IMO.
I'd have to say DS. There's just something about DS- its 100% riding skills, not elbow skills. DH is a very close second. DS gets it by a nose only b/c you can see the entire course, and nothing beets side-by-side drama. But only of the course doesn't suck.
for me it would be dh, bmx, and trials in that order. mtb street just can not compete with bmx street so i avoid those vids.
for me its freeriding, it just something about the "clackity clack clack" sound of wood under the tires that does it for me. although freeriding gets ragged on a lot i think it has enormous potential and descent to watch.
freeriding, mainly because the camera can focus on the rider (during the 'big stunt') a lot easier that stringing together uninterrupted footage of a DH run, even as little as 15 seconds.
i always thought that the OLN coverage of DH events should start w/ a helmet cam of the rider, w/ a graphic on the side of the screen showing where he was on the course. when they showed the actual race, you saw about 4% of the total course, which was a huge disappointment.
i always thought that the OLN coverage of DH events should start w/ a helmet cam of the rider, w/ a graphic on the side of the screen showing where he was on the course. when they showed the actual race, you saw about 4% of the total course, which was a huge disappointment.
BMX. Simply amazing.
gnurider1080 said:
anything in The Collective
for movies i would say freeride, but for live tv coverage its gotta be bmx, they put alot more time into it, i guess because its more mainstream.
Any kind that involves me being able to look down and see the ground moving, the trees whizzing by, and has a beer handed to me at the end of it.
I like to watch trail riding, from the perspective of my bike.
The few videos I've seen drive me nuts with the short attention span assembly of multiple quick takes. The only thing I really watch is the Tour, but even then I usually listen to the TV while doing something else.
The few videos I've seen drive me nuts with the short attention span assembly of multiple quick takes. The only thing I really watch is the Tour, but even then I usually listen to the TV while doing something else.
I really enjoying watching trails clips around like 15 min long, but for a full on movie I like freeride more.
None, i really don't like mt. bike videos. Why do i want to watch someone else ride unless i'm out on the trail with em.
Sure, I'd rather be riding, but I like videos. Straight DH racing vids are the best out there for me. It gets me kind of pumped to watch guys just pin it down a course. I like spectating as well....
Its tough to say.. i really like watching road racing.. when you realize whats going on its so much more interesting than guys riding a bike for hours...
BMX is cool with all the tricks.. as is watching the downhillers bomb down the hill on the brink of contorl.. but my favorite I guess would be labelled as freeriding... I like watching riders carve a singletrack with plenty of techinical riding.. lots of flow... I find i can place myself in there and look at the lines they are taking
BMX is cool with all the tricks.. as is watching the downhillers bomb down the hill on the brink of contorl.. but my favorite I guess would be labelled as freeriding... I like watching riders carve a singletrack with plenty of techinical riding.. lots of flow... I find i can place myself in there and look at the lines they are taking
zmtber said:
why not?
The various freeride videos are really the only ones I can sit through. I do watch bits and pieces of the TdF, but usually only the ends of the stages.
freeriding
I like to watch well put together films (generally FR & DH) and films of our friends riding.