Whistler A-LINE: Can I Clear the World's Most Famous Jump Trail?
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2019
- Over the past 6 years, I've come a long way in my jumping... now it's time to put it all to the test on the most famous jump trail in the world: Whistler's A-Line!
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I’ve been watching videos and photos of the A-Line trail for my entire mountain biking life as long as I can remember. While watching, I’ve also been progressing my mountain biking skills, and thus have progressed from thinking “I’ll never be able to hit those” to “I wonder if I can hit those” and now all the way to “I want to clear those.” Now that I’m in Whistler, I get to fully realize my goal of clearing A-Line and thus unlocking one of the most famous and fun jump trails in the world.
LFRHGS!
Alexander - Розваги
When someone exaggerates for a video, it's annoying, and everyone can tell. This isn't that. He is truly excited, and it's awesome.
@Nate Waitzel oh I didn't realize it had any likes haha
So what you are saying is that, in order to make it in life, I have to go full Robin Williams (seeing as wisdom cant be removed).
@@z0uLess I'm not smart enough to know what you just said but I assume not XD
@@AstroKitty16 keep goin man you got this.
Great video!
Seth is the friend every new rider needs. Someone who encourages and pushes u
this applies to any hobby! awesome stuff!
Yep, but never too much, he knows the right amount
SamtheCat if he knows your limit but knows your potential thats the perfect supporter/mentor
I like trains!
*push*
Friend like Seth: *pushes off bike* "You're the bomb. You got it."
This is such a great video. Instead of just showing the footage of himself on a bike, this dude creates a gripping narrative out of his experiences in mountain biking, and how they have lead up to him sending this legendary trail. He turns himself and his friend into heroes with helmets, the protagonists of the epic saga wherein they must fight against giants, in the form of mounds of dirt. Watching them ride their trusty transporting companions is almost the same as watching a knight riding his beloved horse into battle. This is pretty much a modern day fairy tale. Incredible work.
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The Singletrack Sampler I
poetry pure poetry
The Singletrack Sampler I have a question so I am currently using a giant mtb any suggestions I am 12 years old
Yes
11:21 that is the worst feeling to ever experience when riding a bike
riding an inclined platform then falling backwards
Haha yeah, you feel like such a noob!
my biggest fear nlg
Pretty foolish to apply the rear brake though. Should've went for the front brake, so he could get off his bike.
@@TheQuackleDKZ we all make mistakes..
Not Bumdisik ;oo definitely tru😂 hate that
>Nervous about hitting A-line
>warms up on Fade to Black, In Deep, and Captain Safety
Brendan Boyer he rides tech better than jumps
Ya something I’ve learned growing up riding in the east, I ride tech way more comfortably than jumps, west coast boys ride jumps more comfortably than tech... as an average anyways
@@drewgalbraith4499 I found this out when I was out west this year aha
@@drewgalbraith4499 in the west we do it all bucko
Brendan Boyer lmao
Such good times dude! You turned into a beast this trip!
Seth's Bike Hacks ok I gotta know, what’s the GoPro mount you boys are using on the chin of the helmet?
No way Seth !!!
Huge huge fan
Thank you so much for getting me into mtb
Epic video man, i was on the edge of my seat.
I wish I had a friend like Seth
I love Seth
I love how you show yourself falling as well as you succeeding. It’s refreshing.
I don't mountain bike and I still found this really interesting. Actually makes me wanna look into checking it out
It's fun as hell
so... did you?
"How fast are you gonna go?"
"Just as fast as I possibly can, you have to."
10 fails later.
"I just had to go FASTER! No wonder he kept saying that!"
Lol
Yuri Lopes
It’s true, but we’re talking about bikes and not skateboards
there's a 40mph hillbomb around where i am
Just because I'm bored can you find where someone asked
@Yuri Lopes true my man
Hes not lying, I live in Whistler, that jump is BIG!
Random Default I live in Vancouver lol
Well I live in Australia soooo
And then I live in Germany an don't even have enough trust to my self to jump stair sets😂
what kind of speeds are the bikes getting? I can't tell from the video, everything recordedon a gopro looks faster than it was.
Same I haven't seen the jump but I've heard
Awesome, great videos, music, narration. Very fun, thank you :D
This give me so much confidence that I can improve. I’m 21 and just started riding semi-regularly, I feel so behind these teenagers on their high end full suspension bikes. I got an old hard tail that I love to ride on, and hope my skills will improve to the point where I can justify a full suspension bike on my sad college student budget. Thanks for this video!
Dude I just started I am 35. These kids take it for granted, we older riders get stoked clearing the little jumps.
How’s it going? Are you still riding?
Bro I’m legit one of those teenagers on a crazy full suspension bike💀. On another note I hope the mtbing is going well for you
Also remember, all us teenagers were on the hardtails too looking at everyone else, everyone starts in the same place
inspiration. Ive been out of the game for 30 years. I watched this and now my face aches from the pride i felt for you. Three thumbs up
this guys voice sounds like something out of the forza horizon games lol
Danny Cornwall lol the barn find dude
So true haha
I want ur life
Welcome to horizon
Woah, check out that vintage 65’ Porsche!
*dramatic music*
Alex: "What would happen if I fully committed, I had to know!"
The doctor operating on his mangled body: "Well at least he found out."
This comment is so underated...this made me laugh hard🤣🤣🤣
that shit is funny
Very very underrated
This is literally the video I come to when I need to get confidence to clear a new jump and usually it works, I managed to clear my first hip the other day after watching this video
"He began planting subtle seeds in my mind about riding A-Line"
-We can get to A-LINE right over there...
-Look at that, A-LINE right here
-You can either go to this or A-LINE, though most of the time you just go to A-LINE
“subtle” seeds indeed
Just saying, I think Moon Booter is probably named after people breaking their legs, hence having to wear a "moon boot" :P
It's probably a good thing that answer didn't occur to him :p
That's not very reassuring!
I don't see what the big deal is with moonbooter. If you come up short you just land on the flat portion of the jump.
It's just a tabletop bro, it's not too bad.
Thats what I just commented 😂
The sound of his tires screaming over the dirt as he clears it at the end is incredible
You earned a subscriber from a noob MTBer with this. I liked the way you deliver your stuff, no ego, no advertising the latest and greatest fancy bling stuff, just wholesome self discovery and passion. Nice work!
The thing that seems more insane than the jumps is how close together you guys ride LOL!!!!
what does it taste like?
Lol that's not even close. These girls do baby trains
Well , that’s what a train is , also they aren’t even that close
The camera makes them look a lot closer than they actually are. Me and my boys bump tires 😅
ALEX IS BACK AND HE'S ACTUALLY ON A BIKE!!!! YAY!
People who didn't start something until later on really inspire me to get out and try new things. As a 23-year-old myself, I'm glad to see that just because I never got into something, doesn't mean that I can't.
Edit: It's been 2 years, but I found a vintage Voodoo at a garage sale for $30. Got it fixed up at a local bike shop. Taking it out this week.
Dog, do not even be thinking about age limitations at 23. Call back in your mid forties at the earliest.
23 is soo damn damn young. You have no idea!! Start everything now!!
I'm 29 and planning on starting at 30! God help me haha
@@danieldalton4444 man, I started skateboarding a month ago and have been having a great time. You got this.
Hearing Seth say "The f*ck's the matter with you??" cracks me up every time.
And this is the day that The Singletrack Sampler became The Highway Hellraiser 🤘
Overcoming fear and finding freedom in progression is one of the main reasons mountain biking is in my life. Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
That feel when you would love to do this, but you live in The Netherlands where it's pretty much all flat.
and if you jump high enough you might reach sea level
Well just try and get high, its the perfect land for that
@@TheRadraku Smoking weed is something mostly considered for tourists and low lives here though
Dan rijd je naar Winterberg of Willigen. Drie uur sturen.
4:21 “we decide to send this double black trail, in order to warm up for a single black.” 😂🤣😆
One of your best vids yet Alex 👍 Top draw material mate 👌
he is getting better at the flow of his story
Yeah it was🤙
Agreed one of his best vids, we are all at the same place but different stages, but feels so good when you nail it.
I had a life goal of hitting every jump on A-Line. Did it just short of my 50th birthday. So excellent. (Started riding mountain bikes at about 42) The speed required was enough to send my eyeballs into blur but trust in the trailbuilders and faith in my abilities (and my sick V10) all came together in sublime eternal stoke. Hats off man, great vid! And all you geezers out there... SEND IT!!!!
Ok that's hella impressive, starting at 42. Props!
This whole video, the progress and your energy made this truly inspiring!
"taking a stand against fear" my whole experience riding downhill LOVE IT
Dude. It's hard to watch you without getting stoked to get out there and try something new myself. Thanks bro.
It doesn’t matter what the level is, the key is to push YOUR level. I seen pros doing flips at the half pipe but the biggest cheer and the most heart warming cheer I would add, was for the young lad determined just to get over the top of the lip. It took him a while, but everyone saw him crashing and trying. He got better and better and he did it. And everyone high fives him. Everyone. Great video. Thank you 🙏🏻 high 5
I was literally yesterday years old when I learned that 🙏🏻 is high five and not praying emoji. 💀
Have stumbled upon random videos of yours, but this was awesome. I've started riding at the same age you did earlier this year when I was 23. I have fallen into doubting myself so quick. I have friends riding trails that I honestly think I could do but after a few crashes, I've fallen way back in my confidence. This video is giving me some hope. So THANK YOU.
13:21 this music gives me chills. It sounds like the music in 28 weeks later when don is running out to the fields whilst getting chased by zombies
Do you know the name of this song?
Dude, video quality is through the roof on this... the story/scripting, narration, editing, angles... hats off bro.
Ahh, an A line video that i was not bored with! So many of them. Your excitement on the trail was really fun to hear. Great to see you riding!
This channel and bird peak are my favourite biking channels and even some of my favourite UA-cam’s in general. They don’t over exaggerate things and they have genuine excitement not just fake.
I just love that feeling when you´re finally able to clear that one jump you´re always thinking about, or that one line......feels like nothing can stop you at that point. There´s no better drug to me. Keep going and reaching new levels of skill is everything I want.
This is one of the only videos on youtube where i got truly involved in the story to the point leading to the moon booter i felt genuinely nervous about it... Good job man!
He's back - missed your riding vids dude. Nice work on the progression!!!
Me just realizing that he’s Alex from seths vids
The last "I just had to commit" thing is so cheezy, and yet I was still standing up cheering when he hit it.
Haha yes! I know!
Best video to date,
Totally worth the wait,
Thanks so much mr sampler,
I can see your much ampler!!!
13:23 That was one hell of a build-up to that jump. So much epicness!!
to a jump thats really not very big and extremely easy to clear.
@@bensblues everybody's at a different riding level. Do you even backflip, bro?
@@robertoirizarry2952 that jump is so over hyped when pretty much every jump on dirt merch is bigger and harder than it. This guy can backflip, and thats sure as hell harder than clearing the moon booter. If you cant jump; dont ride a line!
@@bensblues anyone can clear A-Line jumps. It's called commitment and self-belief.
that was legitness
Your story telling is even more on point than your initial jumps man!! Sick video!!!
This is the first time I've ever gotten emotional watching a MTB video. I got chills when he finally nailed it!
Rad job in how you laid this one out. The narration and inner-dialogue was top-notch. Really cool way to express a personal achievement. Dope video, dude.
Who wants him to upload more
h_ opp me too 😂 Lol
MEMEME
Yep, I was beginning to think he had been abducted by aliens.
Well no. Cos I'd rather have proper well made Alex vids than three of the same looking pov vids each week...
I want quality, not quantity. This is quality stuff.
Mate that was epic. The sheer joy in your voice as you were yelling as you dropped some of those big jumps put a massive smile on my face. Total dude stuff. Very well done.
I absolutely love that you have this narrative that goes along with video... its not your normal just talk and gopro and upload. Really ropes us in!
Holy shit dude! SO FREAKIN' INSPIRING!
Your (growing) mtb skills showcased with suberb video making skills. The story telling is awesome, the music choice and how you somehow let us feel something through your voiceocer really draws us into the experience.
Thanks man! Can't wait for more 💚
awesome job buddy! as a dude who was just there... those jumps are freak'n huuuaaaggggeee!
I've watched this an unhealthy amount of time.
I’ve watched this video about 5 times and loved it every single one! This might just be my favorite biking video ever, from my favorite biking YT channel
Me when the roots of the tree pull up the sidewalk
Great video man . You have come a long wAy . Thank you for sharing the amazing journey
....I see what you did there. 😎
Man both you and Seth has inspired me. When I was a kid I really wanted to getting into mountain biking but didn’t have enough money growing up. It kinda was forgotten about. Ever since I’ve seen one of your videos I starting looking for a bike to be ready for spring!!! And I start watching Seth channel. I can’t wait!!!! Thank you guys so much. I’m 27 and didn’t think there was something that would make feel like a kid again. Much love ❤️
Bro, seriously, keep up with the honesty in these videos, amazing...... looks like the honest kid just talking about what you’re really thinking
The music at the beginning is FiRE!
EDIT: all the music is well chosen and placed in this video! need more vids like this one!
Keep up the great work man!
I love how you kept the audio from your first run on A Line. I sounded exactly the same way the first time I went to Whistler and rode B Line and Crank It Up. It's the sound of pure joy!
This is going to sound bizarre Alex, but this video actually made me cry when you cleared that last jump! I'm a 31 year old woman in NZ who has started her mountain biking journey last year in September (I have stuck to the bike touring/bikepacking world), and although you surely have at least 10 years plus on me with experience, it's videos like this that really inspire me to keep going and baby steps to get to where you are now. I mostly feel it when I'm out with other riders who have oodles of years of experience on me, but they are so positive and can't believe my gusto. My flatmates stuck me on a grade 3 flowy/tech trail for my first ride, which gave me my first confidence boost when I started to mtb. Thank you for sharing your world with us and if you ever make it to Wellington, NZ I would love to show you some of our local trails!
Ringa tōhau nui, E hoa, ngā mihi. Emma :)
Love the genuine stoke in his voice after clearing successive jumps. So pumped 🤙🏼
Seth - " A-line, A-line, A-line ......" Seth just wants to SEND IT!!!!!!
Congrats TSS a person bettering himself and overcoming fears in any aspect is awesome
I like the progress....shows we all start from scratch... And can get good like you 💪🏽
Still my favorite video on your channel. As a noob, this is my progression every time i see a new trail. When I hit my first drop (tiny, tiny little drop) your elated cheers rang in my head.
Why does seth look like the dude that got harrassed for jokingly saying that his name is humungous
@@richandiben name
The government should probably stop nosing in everybodys business😆
Hugh mongus
Hongda Hugh mungous
Y-y-your pointing at your body parts
Humongous what??!!!
This man just S-se-sexualy harassed me
Hearing your stoke on your first A-Line run made me so happy. I was cheering out loud by the end of the video.
Why can’t the work week be over already? I need to get out and ride.
This was such a fun video to watch! I literally had Goosebumps at the end when you have finally hit that jump! Great work
hands down...you are the best narrator ive heard yet. i dont even ride but im hooked on these MTB videos and yours are the "funnest" to watch and listen. keepitup...you are worth subscribing too !
Great job. It was cool to see your progression. You’ve come along way. Very inspiring 👊🏻
13:33 here is what you're looking for
I saw it was 15 minutes and came straight to the come ya for this😂❤️
Ty
I clicked the link and an ad came up. 😢
Thanks
I was looking for the mvp in the comments
Dude cmon, he needs watch time and ad revenue, bikes arent free and the entire video is really good, totally worth the 13 minute wait
Maybe I have just had a few rough days, but this video brought tears to my eyes! Working hard at something and overcoming your fears!! Those screams of joy once you made the jump were awesome!!
I’ve probably watched this video 8 times. One of my favorite videos on UA-cam
Dude I literally got chills when you finally nailed the moon booter 😂 awesome video man you have progressed so much over the past few years I’ve watched you 🤘🏼🤘🏼
I honestly feel like Seth is a pocket therapist for when you need to get through the hard trails. Honestly he seems like the best guy to go biking with
This almost makes me emotional to watch. Just because I know how sweet the sweet is when you finally do something you work so hard for. Sheer bliss.
Without doubt one of the best videos on UA-cam! I just keep coming back to watch it again and again. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This showed up on my feed and I must say I’m glad I tuned in. Such great life lessons to be learned here. And like you, I’m a test the waters type of guy.
The story telling in this episode was amazing. Total inspiration! 🤙🤙
I've never done anything like this, but hearing your joy while going down the first run is everything
happy for you broski. i felt the same way when I finally started hitting half marathons and eventually ran a 31 mile ultra marathon. when the mind and body click and you leave fear behind, beautiful things happen
I need to stop watching your vids at work, they make me want to walk out and go ride!
Then go ride!!!!!!
0:12 legit the bike I have and ride to school everyday
Good job man! I just hit my first ever bike park 2 days ago and cleared to huge jumps after countless attempts. That feeling of breaking through is phenomenal. Thanks for the continued inspiration my guy!💪🏿
The format, style and tone of this video is terrific, I can't wait for more and more. I getting over the vlog style of the video. This is a short documentary, great value
Sick video man! It was awesome meeting you and Seth up there
Great vid man. Your editing skills are sweet. I don’t know how to edit but i watch a lot of vids. Voice over was awesome background music level was not over powering Top it all off was how Turley motivated and how much fun you were having. Probably the best vid I’ve seen on UA-cam no joke. I don’t even ride mountain bikes.
You couldn't describe it better man, i can feel your joy!!!!! Keep enjoying 😁
your outlook is so positive and encouraging
I got pumped watching this!
Excellent riding and videography, my man!
Last time I stepped on a bike is 5 years ago!
Nevertheless, i watched the whole vid and your excitement made my day :D
Gert de beuker get back at riding
Love your videos man, the voice over and music is amazing, another level of quality man, awesome job
One of the most joyous moments are watching someone gain the confidence to do something they thought they couldn't and then crush it. Watching that excitement is pure joy.
Hell yes! Your back! Great story telling format too! Also, great progression. 👍🌴😎
After watching this for 15 minutes I was actually so happy when he made that jump!
1:22 that berm looks amazing
I was grinning ear-to-ear watching this. Went to Whistler 3 years ago and rode A-line probably 40 times over 4 days. Best piece of advice given to me was to know when you’re tired. Remember, there’s tomorrow. Great video!