I hate being data driven but according to the analytics i need to change up my formula a bit. So I'll be playing with different content types and I think doing recaps here will help keep things fresh.
@SkillsWithPhil it's all good man. Reasonable people understand this is your livelihood, what puts food on your families plate and a roof over their heads. Play around with it as much as you need. Eventually you'll get it dialed in and we'll get to experience some different perspectives along the way. Use some more clickbaity thumbnails and such if you'd like. You're an awesome rider and the videos speak for themselves. If you have to game the system a bit and play the game people will get it man. Look at what Matt Jones and of course Seth does with their build videos. It's about more than just the pure building. It needs to have some personality behind it. Both the people building and the jumps themselves with fun names and such. Something Matt does is have these reoccurring bits. Like he's never built a handrail on the walk up on his massive roll in. He always says he's going to build one because he's not a complete lunatic. That becomes an inside joke and people engage with that and feel apart of something. Just something to consider because Matt and Seth are great at showcasing this stuff. Win win imo.
@@SkillsWithPhil Data-driven is such a business buzzword it seems evil, and disregarding data comes across like the more honest path - but you would never ignore your years of experience when building trails.
The Winooski Valley will soon be a mtb destination, imo. The trails in that area are as good as you're going to get on the east coast. Chochran's and Perry Hill are awesome destinations. This new trail system looks sick. Cady Hill in Stowe has great stuff and then Bolton Valley has some of the gnarliest lift assist terrain you can get. And there's lots of other good stuff too. Insanely good zone for gravity riding.
trail building is certainly something the goes under appreciated, so much hard work goes in the lines we all love to ride. video like the makes me stoked to get out and work more on my own trails
I've definitely gotten better, but more experience has been the biggest thing. Looking back, our yard was actually really difficult to build in for a few reasons, but that made it the perfect place to learn. :)
I’ve been following your channel for awhile. Love your vids. One of my favourite UA-camrs. Just wondering if you have a grading bucket for your excavator? I build trails too, and always swap to the grading bucket when the fine tuning is being done. So much quicker and precise. Cheers.
Hey Phil, love the vids. Would also love to see current video about your bike including your DH as i know your not often riding it, and your thoughts on enduro vs dh bikes. Either way, keep up on the content, its always great to see.
Just rode this the other week, it is definitely intimidatingly rollin upto it for the first go. It rides really well the far right line sets you up nice.
So many people were second guessing it when I was building it, but everything made sense in my head. Now that it's been open for a bit, everybody has echoed the same thing you said. Happy to hear people enjoy that kind of stuff, I'd like to build more stuff like this.
@@SkillsWithPhil Yea man! that rock to dirt transfer may get a little interesting over some time. Hopefully it held up after that hurricane remnants. I rode it like 2 days before the storm rolled in.
We refreshed the landing yesterday for the first time since the trails opened this season. The landing is pretty solid. There's a strip of garden edging that i bolted to the rock to catch water like a gutter so it doesn't erode the dirt. It's worked wonders in keeping maintenance down. I hadn't seen anybody do that before, so i spent a few days trying to figure out a reasonable solution and to be honest I'm surprised how well it works.
phil as always i loved the video. also, u r ur own person that can make their own choices so i dont wanna tell u how to do ur thing but because i like you i gotta say i hate to see ya rippin the saw w no chaps no eye pro even if its an electric one
Hey Phil I would love to see you go to big bear/snow summit again because last time you went for the us open you didn’t ride all the trails. And my recommendation is Blue Steel to west ridge
Ladies and gentlemen, Skills with Phil went from A Phil with Skills to Phil’s Building Skills which may or may not be in competition with Seth’s Carpentry Hacks.
The branch sticking out would have given me a good whack and I probably would have said a few words choice words but I would likely have been okay. That was a learning moment, from there in i made sure all branches are cut off before doing that again. I usually don't like cutting on the downslope but i really didn't have any great alternatives.
I find it easier to go up when you are flattening with the bucket, seems easier to keep a constant pressure for more distance, but whatever you want to do im not your dad.
I have two channels my building channel Phil's World, and my main channel (this one) Skills with Phil. I uploaded a video a while back on this channel explaining that i was going to be building a trail, and mentioned that I'd be uploading the longer form videos to my second channel but I'd periodically do a quick recap here. The Phil's world video was over an hour long and shows the whole process of the build including the B line which i didn't show here. This video is a much more succinct video that glosses over a lot of details but has narration a tells a story. Both videos are edited differently, and have different contextual information but the subject is relatively the same.
I’m glad you are showing your trail building on the main channel . More people will understand how skilled you really are!!
I hate being data driven but according to the analytics i need to change up my formula a bit. So I'll be playing with different content types and I think doing recaps here will help keep things fresh.
@@SkillsWithPhil i think sprinkling in more shorts may help ya. either way, great vid as always. hope lifes been treating ya well Phil!
Yo I had no idea that the second channel even existed I can’t wait to watch all those hours of footage lmao
@SkillsWithPhil it's all good man. Reasonable people understand this is your livelihood, what puts food on your families plate and a roof over their heads.
Play around with it as much as you need. Eventually you'll get it dialed in and we'll get to experience some different perspectives along the way. Use some more clickbaity thumbnails and such if you'd like. You're an awesome rider and the videos speak for themselves. If you have to game the system a bit and play the game people will get it man.
Look at what Matt Jones and of course Seth does with their build videos. It's about more than just the pure building. It needs to have some personality behind it. Both the people building and the jumps themselves with fun names and such. Something Matt does is have these reoccurring bits. Like he's never built a handrail on the walk up on his massive roll in. He always says he's going to build one because he's not a complete lunatic. That becomes an inside joke and people engage with that and feel apart of something. Just something to consider because Matt and Seth are great at showcasing this stuff.
Win win imo.
@@SkillsWithPhil Data-driven is such a business buzzword it seems evil, and disregarding data comes across like the more honest path - but you would never ignore your years of experience when building trails.
Dude is so skilled that he did it in the pouring rain, his videos and his laugh always make my day 🔥
It’s his job
@@ukyo6195 do what you love and you never work a day
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The time lapse of cleaning and clearing things makes this so satisfying to watch!
The Winooski Valley will soon be a mtb destination, imo. The trails in that area are as good as you're going to get on the east coast. Chochran's and Perry Hill are awesome destinations. This new trail system looks sick. Cady Hill in Stowe has great stuff and then Bolton Valley has some of the gnarliest lift assist terrain you can get. And there's lots of other good stuff too. Insanely good zone for gravity riding.
I absolutely love riding your trails at Lees Mcray, so stoked your making videos like this!!! Keep it up dude, your one of the best in the game!
You got me into mountain biking this year and I already won my first race and rode a double black trail!!!
Nice video for the People Who dont watch phils world. I do but some of you dont and its a nice walk through what you have been doing.
I love the drone angles!
The transition at 1:31 was amazing
Man the editing feels next level on this one!
OF COURSE YOU ARE HUCKIN IT, WHILE IT'S RAINING AND THE ROCKS ARE SLICK PHILLIP! Nice build, fun content
trail building is certainly something the goes under appreciated, so much hard work goes in the lines we all love to ride. video like the makes me stoked to get out and work more on my own trails
Well said!
That transition though 🙌
Another great video as always. Keep up the good work Phil! :)
watching the trail progress is awesome, keep it up!
That transition at 15:02 was 🔥🔥🔥
love these videos can't wait for it to be open so I can send these amazing looking features
Good stuff Phil! Looks like a pretty wild set of drops.
I love the narrator style video you’ve done this time. Throwback to a few years ago!
Its been a while since i used my microphone. Figured it was a good time to break it out again. :)
Great Phil!
You made that look super smooth.
Killer content Phil 🤩🤘🔥 Sick!
Trails look amazing and you've made some amazing progress on your excavator skills!!!
Can't wait to go ride it.
I've definitely gotten better, but more experience has been the biggest thing. Looking back, our yard was actually really difficult to build in for a few reasons, but that made it the perfect place to learn. :)
Mad skills!
"owning an excavator ... just as cool as I thought" yeah!!! i feel the same way about my tiny machine, always looking for reasons to use it.
I’ve been following your channel for awhile. Love your vids. One of my favourite UA-camrs. Just wondering if you have a grading bucket for your excavator? I build trails too, and always swap to the grading bucket when the fine tuning is being done. So much quicker and precise. Cheers.
Can't wait to check out the trail for myself. I'm in Montréal so it's not too far away
Sick!!!!
:) Nicely built!
Yes phil!!
Chicken line, pro line, and The Phil. 👍👍
Sick!🤘🎉
So cool how when hyper lapsed the mini ex's arm looks as fluid as human arm and hand.
These things are mad capable but in person they are painfully slow
Awesome build 🤘
Hey Phil, love the vids. Would also love to see current video about your bike including your DH as i know your not often riding it, and your thoughts on enduro vs dh bikes. Either way, keep up on the content, its always great to see.
Just rode this the other week, it is definitely intimidatingly rollin upto it for the first go. It rides really well the far right line sets you up nice.
So many people were second guessing it when I was building it, but everything made sense in my head. Now that it's been open for a bit, everybody has echoed the same thing you said. Happy to hear people enjoy that kind of stuff, I'd like to build more stuff like this.
@@SkillsWithPhil Yea man! that rock to dirt transfer may get a little interesting over some time. Hopefully it held up after that hurricane remnants. I rode it like 2 days before the storm rolled in.
We refreshed the landing yesterday for the first time since the trails opened this season. The landing is pretty solid. There's a strip of garden edging that i bolted to the rock to catch water like a gutter so it doesn't erode the dirt. It's worked wonders in keeping maintenance down. I hadn't seen anybody do that before, so i spent a few days trying to figure out a reasonable solution and to be honest I'm surprised how well it works.
a very fun video to watch! good job Phil! ps. i love pickle ball! lol
I've played it in high school gym class, it was actually really fun haha.
Beautiful trail!!!
I definetely need to get that mini excavator. Great video as always!
Hope your staying safe with all the flooding love the content. Kinda bummed that I didn’t realize that it was you on opening day at Highland.
I gotta make it out to the northeast. Looks so good. That drop is gnarly
Love the videos! 😂
Loving it!
The dirt looks prmo for building with .... great feature Phil🤟
Some of this stuff is super sandy, and will definitely prefer being more. The stuff a little lower down is a bit more my flavor.
Your trails looks beautiful
Thanks!
😂🤣Pickleball🤣😂all the rage😅
Trails with Phil
the bug mesh holy little buggars are savages!
Brooo you are living the fucking dream!!
phil as always i loved the video. also, u r ur own person that can make their own choices so i dont wanna tell u how to do ur thing but because i like you i gotta say i hate to see ya rippin the saw w no chaps no eye pro even if its an electric one
Get a Thermacell. They are shockingly effective against the bugs. They’ll clear a nice radius of anywhere you set it.
Looks awesome phil, stoked to check it out. Did we get a preview of the climb trail to get up there too?
When I'm on the ebike yes! That was built before any of the descents!
gotta love it on the first line "alright that is as easy as I was hoping"...hell no.
Hey Phil I would love to see you go to big bear/snow summit again because last time you went for the us open you didn’t ride all the trails. And my recommendation is Blue Steel to west ridge
One day! It's been a few years and I'm sure they've changed, but I definitely did ride those trail!
Ladies and gentlemen, Skills with Phil went from A Phil with Skills to Phil’s Building Skills which may or may not be in competition with Seth’s Carpentry Hacks.
Gnarly bro
Wow those bugs are NUTS!
Yeah Phil! We are all so glad you didn't just get into pickleball. 😎
I do have to admit, having played it in highs school gym class, i remember it being pretty fun. I haven't heard of it since until very recently haha
scary lookin :O
pickle ball may suffice on this one🤯🤯
I have already seen this :P
lucky your alive 3:38 , plz be careful
The branch sticking out would have given me a good whack and I probably would have said a few words choice words but I would likely have been okay. That was a learning moment, from there in i made sure all branches are cut off before doing that again. I usually don't like cutting on the downslope but i really didn't have any great alternatives.
I find it easier to go up when you are flattening with the bucket, seems easier to keep a constant pressure for more distance, but whatever you want to do im not your dad.
yo Phil I think ur seat hitting ur rear wheel is what's causing that sound on the compressions FYI
See my previous video.
Bro, you need a Redmaxx backpack blower stat!!!!!!!!!!
Lots of injuries on the pickleball courts these days 😮
Pickle Ball Gap!
insane
Do you plan on building any optional Phil gaps on the trail
Yes, this feature is completely optional. I built a whole other line that rejoins the trail after the step down.
Are any of them rollable?
9:04
#BuildWithPhil
the brakes
Any plans to get back to snowshoe?
No plans, but I'll get back there eventually
You should go to oak mountain state park there are some steep trails
I have! Hailey and i got caught in a thunderstorm there on spring break the first year we were together.
Oh cool! How did you like it
Line 1 looks like it could be a straight roll
Maybe looks it on video but it's definitely not rollable as is, you are free to try though!
In the opening clip, the brakes sound like Central Asian folk music. Am I crazy, or do you hear it, too? 🤔
Hi ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😊😊
Hey Jax!
Hi Phil! i love you videos!( can i get a hi )
Pickle ball!!! Hahaha
whats that edirtbike called?
Make: Talaria
Model: Sting MX4
Is that some Indian music. Love it 😂🤙🏻
Certified banger!
Medium-Sendy should have been called Semi-Sendy 😂
Bob the builder lol
im confused ive deffo watched this before but it was only uploaded 12 hours ago
I have two channels my building channel Phil's World, and my main channel (this one) Skills with Phil. I uploaded a video a while back on this channel explaining that i was going to be building a trail, and mentioned that I'd be uploading the longer form videos to my second channel but I'd periodically do a quick recap here. The Phil's world video was over an hour long and shows the whole process of the build including the B line which i didn't show here. This video is a much more succinct video that glosses over a lot of details but has narration a tells a story. Both videos are edited differently, and have different contextual information but the subject is relatively the same.
@@SkillsWithPhil Thanks for the info. Thought I was having a very specific deja vu. Trail looks mega
Why do you keep posting bangers
pickle ball 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
first :)
bal
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Sorry, but I would be taking the go-around or playing pickleball. Don't have your skills.
Don't apologize for taking the go around, this isnt a drop for everyone and the go around is actually really fun. :)
That transition though 🙌