I got this randomly recommended on UA-cam, and I was mesmerized by the landscape beauty, I literally couldn't stop watching, I can't believe I watched the entire race nonstop. That was as amazing. Great video indeed
Nice to see the sportsmanship here, there's no anger at other competitors because they were faster, just congratulations and admiration for each other.
yes! I like in his mountain of hell videos he was like "please stop, we are the same. stop being angry." such in the moment this could get frustrating.... but come on, not against others man if anything it's the individuals fault and no one else's.
This is the longest UA-cam video I've ever watched all the way through. It was exciting the entire time. The athleticism demonstrated in this video is incredible.
Damien - you are an incredible athlete, commentator and quick thinker. You also appear to be a great friend to everyone. Thank you for the incredible videos and please be careful!
@@yououtuber4176 he is pretty fun, especially when he talks to deal woth the fear "oh im loosing my tools"-jumps and almost crashes-"i also almost lost my life "
We all need a Vincent in our lives, that sort of energy can make you feel like you can do anything. This is my third Owlaps video today after finding this channel. LOVE it!
@@SirPeterlll Yeah he knew he was out of the top 10 race so he just started to enjoy the race (+ his front brake died so the competition was pretty much over)
11:38 UA-cam is spot on with my cocaine fiend videos! Imagine how good this guy must be to do a key bump while riding down 2600m mountain going 100. priorities he got them down. Pretty sure he bangs it around 46:00 can't believe he cooked and slammed a shot while biking...amazing
What a great ride. A great inspiration. So many moments of support from spectators and riders. I imagine no matter where you finish, you feel great at the bottom.
I can't say enough good things about this. Congrats to all finishers (yes, and also to those who could not finish). I'm an old man now, but I think I've never had as harrowing a visual experience as this one. I caught my breath every time Damien Desbosses had to adjust his goggles! Still . . . what an experience just to witness this from the safety of my home in Salt Lake City! Many, many thanks.
Kudos to the people who make these bikes, rides like this must really hard on the bikes and I can't imagine the pain riders would feel if a wheel comes flying off. Thank you for sharing your experience!
The support from the other riders and the encouragement from the fans was just the best! I know that has to be a major factor in getting to the end of one of these mega races.
I always watch these and point out the times I would have died. I woulda missed that turn, I woulda ate those trees. etc. You guys got some brass balls and the physical fitness of a god.
I speak like three words of French, and this whole thing is still amazing. I've watched a ton of downhill racing vids, but never on a glacier for some reason
Holy shit!!! THAT is one of the best racing-videos I have EVER seen!!! I'm exhausted just watching this video. :D This is the kind of racing I was dreaming about, when I was young. Keep up the good work.
9:35 and 25:30 gorgeous in HD. Closed Captioning - fantastic! Brilliant race start bar. The record of the effort, of one player, throughout the race is exquisite.
You got 11th and that was amazing dude, your an inspiration to me as to what the human body can endure for 45 mins. Thank you for this excellent video.
bonjour c'est super de vous voir les gens qui vous soutien enormement , une convivialite , de vous voir , je vais reprendre le velo moi qui adore et que je roulerais en vtt tout terrain comme vous , merci pour les balade derriere mon ecran et vive le sport , je me suis abonné et félicition pour la video , je suis en Ardeche
Quel run encore une fois!!! Je sais pas comment tu fais pour réussir à parler en même temps. C’est top d’avoir le feeling au fur et à mesure! Les pertes de lucidité, les reprises la motivation les commentaires sur les riders! Trop fort Damien!! Merci…. Cela dit la MOH a l’air quand même bien moins physique. J’ai risqué la MOH cette année mais pas prêt de tenter la mega!
my 11-year old son (and myself) loved the video! We do a little downhillcycling now and then and now he wants to do this next year. 🙈 Me, not so much!😂
You did that BEAUTIFUL nature a justice by rendering the video in THAT high HD!!!👌👍👌👍👌👍👌👍😍😍😍😍 That moment when you start watching the vid and thinking: Wow, almsot 50 minutes - soo long. And then the vid ends and I'm like - wait, what? It ended?🤣😂🤣 I thoroughly enjoyed the whole ride - it was just breathtaking (no pun inteded 😜😜) 😍😍😍
It was shocking because at first I started watching it thinking it was a video of a game. It's the craziest and the funniest. I didn't even know there was such a sport. Human curiosity and inquisitiveness is always amazing.
Wow! That is such an epic ride, a testament to your amazing riding skills! The down hill parts are just terrifying! And hey, front brakes? Who needs them? Haha! Congrats on an awesome finish😊 You're my favorite!
Bravo Damien! and Bravo to all the competitors as well, this was WILD to watch! Through the forest looked so daunting because you could hardly see anything, but you managed it well! Now off to watch the Mountain of Hell race!
Je découvre cette course et quel run !!!! Chapeau bonhomme t’assures gavé !! Respect à tous ceux qui se lancent dans ce défis , il faut les avoir bien accrochées !! La partie la plus folle?? Celle sur neige à toute allure à l’air la moins tendu que le reste mais quand le crash commence c’est l avalanche de rider par terre!!! Celle où il y a des grosses pierre, là ou les virages serrés s enchaînent inlassablement, là où la luminosité change et est inexistante à ses grandes vitesses!!! C’est gavé de chez gavé technique!!!! Chapeau bas……
Vous êtes de GRAND, GRAND, GRAND malades de faire ça ... Mais tous vous avez tout mon respect et mon admiration. Scotché devant mon écran de bout en bout... De mon côté je reste tranquillou sur les routes bien bitumées...
Apart from your great comment, I had to jump in here to say props for your profile pic! The Ayotollah of Rock 'n' Roller! The Humungus rules the wasteland 😎
You did a fantastic job of getting down that mountain without injuries and even finishing 11th which is nothing but an excellent effort. Even with that early pill-up at the top you still made good time coming down. Congratulations.
Wow dude...how fast do you think he got during 42:33 thru about 42:52? Seems like he went from fast to insanely fast. Also I loved the commentary the whole way down. What an amazing race! Great job!
Seeing the perspective of the 2 great riders. I watched on the Killian’s and he took the slow turn and missed the crash. Damien is a far better athlete and throws caution to wind! I love it!
C'est la 1ère fois que je vois ça et j'ai adoré! Des beaux paysages, des risques qui me paraissent complètement insensés (y'a moyen de mourir au moins 10 fois là-dedans). Y'a pas à dire, autant le Tour de France ça me fait dormir, autant là j'ai été pris! Dire qu'il y a encore 10 dingues plus rapides...
it saddens me greatly that i will never have the opportunity to experience something like this, but these videos still manage to take my breath away and almost make me feel as if i am there, its fantastic, thank you for sharing this
C'est vraiment addictif de regarder ce genre de vidéo. Ça doit être vraiment malade de rouler dans des paysages comme ça pendant 30-40 minutes (ce serait 2-3 heures pour moi 😉). L'envie d'aller visiter se développe au fil du temps. Un jour peut-être et j'attends les autres vidéos pour passer mon hiver à rêver
Impressionnant, extraordinaire ! Des fois j'ai l'impression d'être assise sur le guidon 😁quelle peur quand vous frôlez les cailloux 😨je connaissais pas ce sport moi qui ne suis pas sportive. Bravo l'athlète quelles images !! Merci 😉😁
8:28 burası karadeniz olsaydı bir anda önümüze aralıklarla 15 katlı saçma salak binalar çıkabilirdi. hatta bu binalar hep sıvasız olurlar nedense. böyle de garip bi ülkeyiz.
Güzel kardeşim orda devlet var.Yasa var, kanun var, mesela Çevre ve Şehircilik bakanlığı diye birşey var orda öyle her boş bulduğun yere bina dikmene izin vermiyor adamlar. Bizdeki Rant ve Çevre bakanlığı kapatıp, onun yerine Çevre ve Şehircilik bakanlığı açarsak bizim ülkemizde böyle güzel olabilir yarrak gibi dağa 30 katlı bina dikemezler
I got this randomly recommended on UA-cam, and I was mesmerized by the landscape beauty, I literally couldn't stop watching, I can't believe I watched the entire race nonstop. That was as amazing. Great video indeed
Same here !
I am going to watch this on my VR!
Dude, mad respect. That's one of the craziest things I've ever seen. I lost count of all the places where you could have died. Awesome.
its not that hard to ride a bike...
What I learned from this is “fuck everyone else I want to go speedy” in a good way obviously
@@gtxoiltastebad on ice it is
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@@gtxoiltastebad you will wet yourself
Really appreciate the narration and the English Translation. Such an Epic Event.
Watched the whole thing without understanding anything. Your comment made me realize there were captions -_-
Nice to see the sportsmanship here, there's no anger at other competitors because they were faster, just congratulations and admiration for each other.
@@jerryx2000 you sound like an absolute fool of a took
I mean, I would be in a good mood reaching the bottom regardless. this is like a childhood dream.
отл.
This is a race?
yes! I like in his mountain of hell videos he was like "please stop, we are the same. stop being angry." such in the moment this could get frustrating.... but come on, not against others man if anything it's the individuals fault and no one else's.
Thanks damien for sharing this run,
That's what a friend for 22:40 btw.
This is the longest UA-cam video I've ever watched all the way through. It was exciting the entire time. The athleticism demonstrated in this video is incredible.
My wife and I huddled and watched the entire thing too. Best 47 minutes of entertainment all year!
Damien - you are an incredible athlete, commentator and quick thinker. You also appear to be a great friend to everyone. Thank you for the incredible videos and please be careful!
I'm not so sure about the commentating, I do not understand a word of French...
Let him trying at least you make another one
@@yououtuber4176 turn on english subtitles my friend!
@@yououtuber4176 he is pretty fun, especially when he talks to deal woth the fear "oh im loosing my tools"-jumps and almost crashes-"i also almost lost my life "
We all need a Vincent in our lives, that sort of energy can make you feel like you can do anything. This is my third Owlaps video today after finding this channel. LOVE it!
The fact that he's able to narrate while he rides is amazing. You have to be at your top peak physically to do that.
they study the map before the race obv but id still get lost LMAO
edit: I posted this on 3am lol
@@LKonstantina915 i'm referring to him talking the whole time while riding. you are thinking about the word navigate.
wait what
After the first crash he knew he would end up out of the top 10 so he started talking. If he was first place it would have been stupid to talk.
@@SirPeterlll Yeah he knew he was out of the top 10 race so he just started to enjoy the race (+ his front brake died so the competition was pretty much over)
One of the most absorbing and exhilarating videos I’ve watched. Fantastic. I’m 58. I need to go buy a mountain bike now 👍🏻
These races always trigger the UA-cam algorithm 😂
Yeah, bcos the sponsors pay them to!
@@MattBlytheTheOne then im glad they do because if not i wouldnt find these amazing vids
@@LePadro I find them easy enough without being led by an algorithm. The algorithm makes as much effort to hide videos as it does to promote them.
@@MattBlytheTheOne bit I wasnt into mtb and stuff like that so it was cool doe
11:38 UA-cam is spot on with my cocaine fiend videos! Imagine how good this guy must be to do a key bump while riding down 2600m mountain going 100. priorities he got them down. Pretty sure he bangs it around 46:00 can't believe he cooked and slammed a shot while biking...amazing
What a great ride. A great inspiration. So many moments of support from spectators and riders. I imagine no matter where you finish, you feel great at the bottom.
Love the comradery between the riders.
It’s like they are going to eat together lol. Some of them probably aren’t going to make it.
I can't say enough good things about this. Congrats to all finishers (yes, and also to those who could not finish). I'm an old man now, but I think I've never had as harrowing a visual experience as this one. I caught my breath every time Damien Desbosses had to adjust his goggles! Still . . . what an experience just to witness this from the safety of my home in Salt Lake City! Many, many thanks.
Великолепно!
Благодарю за съёмку.
Восхищаюсь мастерством и реакцией!
everything in this vid is magnificent. the view, the trail, the caravan, the cyclist, the bike, the cheers, and the will. everything
We all need that one friend at 22:40, don't we ?
I have no friends that fit.
He was adorable.
What a great friend!
a bro in its natural habitat
Kudos to the people who make these bikes, rides like this must really hard on the bikes and I can't imagine the pain riders would feel if a wheel comes flying off.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
Breath, man, breath. The dark, muddy forest was insane. Can't believe how long this course was!
The support from the other riders and the encouragement from the fans was just the best! I know that has to be a major factor in getting to the end of one of these mega races.
I always watch these and point out the times I would have died. I woulda missed that turn, I woulda ate those trees. etc. You guys got some brass balls and the physical fitness of a god.
"i'm all alone, it's hard mentally"... I know the feeling but it's so satisfying when you reach the end by yourself.
Hi Damien, it's awesome that you give us a play-by-play of the race as it's happening. Thanks!
I speak like three words of French, and this whole thing is still amazing. I've watched a ton of downhill racing vids, but never on a glacier for some reason
Look at that view, imagine being that lucky to view such beauty
40 минут экстрима на велике - это просто жесть. Очень признателен автору за качественное видео, железное здоровье и надежную технику! Поздравляю!!!
Thank you for risking your life for us😁
😅
He doesn't do it for us.
@@Mixo1998 really?
@@Mixo1998 Exactly. While it's entertaining to watch, I didn't ask him to do it. I suspect he'd have done it even if UA-cam didn't exist.
@Clever Wolf France
Holy shit!!! THAT is one of the best racing-videos I have EVER seen!!! I'm exhausted just watching this video. :D This is the kind of racing I was dreaming about, when I was young. Keep up the good work.
SAAMEEEEEEEEEEE
I am out of breath just watching this, well done
9:35 and 25:30 gorgeous in HD.
Closed Captioning - fantastic!
Brilliant race start bar.
The record of the effort, of one player, throughout the race is exquisite.
You got 11th and that was amazing dude, your an inspiration to me as to what the human body can endure for 45 mins. Thank you for this excellent video.
Все времена года показал! Спасибо за видео!
Everyone needs a friend like Vincent
Faire le commentaire en même temps que tu gères une telle course... Le gars est tellement solide !!! Respect.
I did a 1000m elevation ride (climb/descent) yesterday and I'm spent. Can't imagine something like this. Well done!
Pretty sure they get chairlifted
bonjour c'est super de vous voir les gens qui vous soutien enormement , une convivialite , de vous voir , je vais reprendre le velo moi qui adore et que je roulerais en vtt tout terrain comme vous , merci pour les balade derriere mon ecran et vive le sport , je me suis abonné et félicition pour la video , je suis en Ardeche
Quel run encore une fois!!! Je sais pas comment tu fais pour réussir à parler en même temps. C’est top d’avoir le feeling au fur et à mesure! Les pertes de lucidité, les reprises la motivation les commentaires sur les riders! Trop fort Damien!! Merci…. Cela dit la MOH a l’air quand même bien moins physique. J’ai risqué la MOH cette année mais pas prêt de tenter la mega!
Merci UA-cam pour la proposition, franchement chapeau ! Dangereux et physique. Impressionant.
Ce carnage au 1er virage!!
Bravo pour ta descente en tout cas.
grand respect ! j etais dans le dur avec toi le stress dans les descentes ! merci pour ce bon moment !
Just watched Kilian Bron's race yesterday, and gotta watch Damien's today. very cool.
same. It was quite funny to see him ride when Damien fell down. I was like; Hey, that's kilian over there avoiding the drama!
Watch both video synchronized, very nice when they are near each other in the begining. :)
I have skied at Alpe d'Huez but never thought anyone could ride a bike down it - incredible skill - congratulations.
I noticed that you would hold your breath when there was a difficult spot. I held my breath for the whole ride. Brilliant
Not really my thing, but popped up on my feed, and I watched the whole video. Amazing skill and scenery! Great job!
Love this view. Great to see the inside aspect of Kilian Bron avoiding that obvious pile up at the first corner, by taking a controlled inside line.
my 11-year old son (and myself) loved the video! We do a little downhillcycling now and then and now he wants to do this next year. 🙈 Me, not so much!😂
대단해서 말이 않나올 정도다. 저런 험한 길을 자전거라이딩을 하다니 감탄에 감탄일 뿐입니다. 모두 모두 화이팅
Thanks so much for having French subtitles as well. I'm still a French learner and would never have understood you without them.
You did that BEAUTIFUL nature a justice by rendering the video in THAT high HD!!!👌👍👌👍👌👍👌👍😍😍😍😍
That moment when you start watching the vid and thinking: Wow, almsot 50 minutes - soo long. And then the vid ends and I'm like - wait, what? It ended?🤣😂🤣
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole ride - it was just breathtaking (no pun inteded 😜😜) 😍😍😍
It was shocking because at first I started watching it thinking it was a video of a game.
It's the craziest and the funniest. I didn't even know there was such a sport.
Human curiosity and inquisitiveness is always amazing.
Wow! That is such an epic ride, a testament to your amazing riding skills! The down hill parts are just terrifying! And hey, front brakes? Who needs them? Haha!
Congrats on an awesome finish😊 You're my favorite!
also amazing engineering skills
Bravo Damien! and Bravo to all the competitors as well, this was WILD to watch! Through the forest looked so daunting because you could hardly see anything, but you managed it well! Now off to watch the Mountain of Hell race!
So intense, I'm shaking behind my screen ! 🔥🔥🔥
What a race, and those landscape. AMAZING!! Greetings from Brazil!!
Wow! What an amazing and difficult course. I’m blown away by how far you could ride downhill.
This was mind blowing and jaw dropping to watch and I watched right from the very start up to the very end. Amazing. Beautiful. Thanks Damien.
22:40 meilleure soutiens ♥️
Je découvre cette course et quel run !!!! Chapeau bonhomme t’assures gavé !!
Respect à tous ceux qui se lancent dans ce défis , il faut les avoir bien accrochées !!
La partie la plus folle?? Celle sur neige à toute allure à l’air la moins tendu que le reste mais quand le crash commence c’est l avalanche de rider par terre!!!
Celle où il y a des grosses pierre, là ou les virages serrés s enchaînent inlassablement, là où la luminosité change et est inexistante à ses grandes vitesses!!! C’est gavé de chez gavé technique!!!!
Chapeau bas……
Been waiting for this 🔥🔥
Hochachtung vor deiner Leistung, Damien!
Danke, dass du uns mitgenommen hast, wowwww :D
Soooo good! Which u had the speed & heart rate on display too ..
One hell of an endurance race! By far longer than other Megavalanches I've seen. Well done 👏
Очень круто, красивая гонка!
Это самоубийство, на лыжиках надо, дышать, радоваться
@@smolnui7777 по камням на лыжах это сильно, но буду знать, если велосипедистов обгонит какойто лыжник то это наш
Love the commentary. I’ve watched a few of these now from different riders head cams. But your commentary swings it.
Обалдеть, здорово, вы все молодцы!!!
Wow that was so thrilling! Especially the beginning. I can't believe people do this. I was tense and terrified just watching it.
What material are those gloves made of. I need that to clean my glasses.
I think he peels plastic layers off the lens as he goes?
microfiber? Normally you use microfiber for cleaning glass
Vous êtes de GRAND, GRAND, GRAND malades de faire ça ... Mais tous vous avez tout mon respect et mon admiration. Scotché devant mon écran de bout en bout...
De mon côté je reste tranquillou sur les routes bien bitumées...
Привет из России - отличная гонка! 👍
I don't understand why this video came up on my play list, but I'm glad it did. Amazing work!
I would have got lost and ended up at some Bar on the other side of the mountain😂
that would have been a nice story to tell then :D
Apart from your great comment, I had to jump in here to say props for your profile pic! The Ayotollah of Rock 'n' Roller! The Humungus rules the wasteland 😎
That was pretty cool. I can totally see a whole genre of video games being made to simulate this!
This makes me really want to play Riders Republic 🤣🤣
This dude is so badass. Constant adrenaline rush and he's still able to talk even with a runny nose. A lot better than the motorized races!
I wish I was in that physical condition. I respect and envy those guys.
ikr , i just quit smoking and i was like the king of the world till i see these dudes lol
You did a fantastic job of getting down that mountain without injuries and even finishing 11th which is nothing but an excellent effort. Even with that early pill-up at the top you still made good time coming down. Congratulations.
4:45 felt that like a dropping elevator.
that was so refreshing to watch. dont know how i got here but happy i'm here
Salut, combien de kms en tout sont parcourus ? à 42:33 quelle vitesse dans la forêt wow !!! Félicitations à tous
Просто потрясающе!
Как будто сам спустился, супер!!!
I've definitely chased my share of adrenalin hits in my time, but this race always seemed downright crazy to me. 🤣
This is the best FPV footage I have ever seen. This race needs an FPV drone following it.
Wow dude...how fast do you think he got during 42:33 thru about 42:52? Seems like he went from fast to insanely fast. Also I loved the commentary the whole way down. What an amazing race! Great job!
Seeing the perspective of the 2 great riders. I watched on the Killian’s and he took the slow turn and missed the crash. Damien is a far better athlete and throws caution to wind! I love it!
Блин, на это страшно смотреть даже сидя в кресле с бутылкой пива.
Респект!
А мне нет, но у меня чай
@@art-media209 как чай называется:
Бесстрашный или бессмертный?
😁🍺
@@snakegreen5384 Да нее, обычный чёрный байховый)
C'est la 1ère fois que je vois ça et j'ai adoré! Des beaux paysages, des risques qui me paraissent complètement insensés (y'a moyen de mourir au moins 10 fois là-dedans). Y'a pas à dire, autant le Tour de France ça me fait dormir, autant là j'ai été pris! Dire qu'il y a encore 10 dingues plus rapides...
Wow! What an amazing and difficult course. I’m blown away by how far you could ride downhill
From the snowy peaks to forest landscapes. So cool to watch
How do you navigate past those big rocks without hitting one and flipping over?
This looks like so much fun. Now I know the answer to the question "what better then skiing/boarding?". The real Tour!
"I almost killed myself there"! like he didn't the whole video lol
it saddens me greatly that i will never have the opportunity to experience something like this, but these videos still manage to take my breath away and almost make me feel as if i am there, its fantastic, thank you for sharing this
I always forget to drink a lot before a race and my throat always dries up
but you dont want to have to pee too lol so it's hard to find the perfect middle
@@smexyNiallHoran yeah
Make sure you drink enough like for a few days before the race, that helped me with football games
@@ruud1234 yeah exactly
C'est vraiment addictif de regarder ce genre de vidéo. Ça doit être vraiment malade de rouler dans des paysages comme ça pendant 30-40 minutes (ce serait 2-3 heures pour moi 😉). L'envie d'aller visiter se développe au fil du temps. Un jour peut-être et j'attends les autres vidéos pour passer mon hiver à rêver
Appreciate Your work and skill.
But.. IMO ur camera should be angled a few degrees up.
Keep up.Great result.
I agree
Impressionnant, extraordinaire ! Des fois j'ai l'impression d'être assise sur le guidon 😁quelle peur quand vous frôlez les cailloux 😨je connaissais pas ce sport moi qui ne suis pas sportive. Bravo l'athlète quelles images !! Merci 😉😁
Imagine this in IMAX.
Better yet with a VR headset. I reckon I'd need a change of jocks after that.
Epic ride. My fav passage was the snow passage and the rocky one. All-round great
8:28 burası karadeniz olsaydı bir anda önümüze aralıklarla 15 katlı saçma salak binalar çıkabilirdi. hatta bu binalar hep sıvasız olurlar nedense. böyle de garip bi ülkeyiz.
Ne 15 katı 30 katlı evler var
This is a cool game is it on Steam?
@@Ainnem adam ne yazmis sen ne soruyorsun abicim, bir rahat ver
Güzel kardeşim orda devlet var.Yasa var, kanun var, mesela Çevre ve Şehircilik bakanlığı diye birşey var orda öyle her boş bulduğun yere bina dikmene izin vermiyor adamlar. Bizdeki Rant ve Çevre bakanlığı kapatıp, onun yerine Çevre ve Şehircilik bakanlığı açarsak bizim ülkemizde böyle güzel olabilir yarrak gibi dağa 30 katlı bina dikemezler
Wow, I really enjoyed riding down the mountain with you, your breathing, fears, and 11 place finish! Congrats. I loved it!