HIGH SPEED DOWNHILL CLOSE CALL IN DORENAZ

HIGH SPEED DOWNHILL CLOSE CALL IN DORENAZ | Finn Iles

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2 жыл бұрын

I'm back in Europe doing some testing, so I figured I'd share a look at one trail I've been training on in Dorenaz. Had quite the scare involving some hikers! With hiking and bike trails in such close proximity, it's a good reminder of the importance of good trail markings for all. Thankful for their quick reactions and sorry for the close call. 😅

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@remymetailler 2 жыл бұрын

That speed is incredible! Best of luck at the WC Finn!

@oliverstraub4747 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to my home Switzerland, where people like to hike on downhill trails (but at least we have a good reaction!)

@DavidLaburglier 2 жыл бұрын

seriously quick reaction time for everyone involved!

@zachbeveridge4182 2 жыл бұрын

This is everywhere, at my home mountain in Vancouver, i get yelled at by hikers for using the bike only trails

@HeretiCflow 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, aren't most trails in Switzerland shared trails?

@oliverstraub4747 2 жыл бұрын

@@HeretiCflow It really depends on the location. Sometimes for bikers it's even "forbitten" to leave the gravel paths and they hate bikes, and sometimes you have practically only bikers on the trails.

@HeretiCflow 2 жыл бұрын

@@oliverstraub4747 but is this one a dedicated bike trail closed to hikers? Didn't see signs. And if not, Finn is certainly at fault pinning it down this trail.

@twinmike1 2 жыл бұрын

I love the truly Canadian "SORRY!" Just after you miss the hikers. Good luck his season.

@glitchman3194 2 жыл бұрын

Grandma has some great reflexes 😳. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy the ride

@PixelBanger 2 жыл бұрын

Dude Finn, didn't you know you were descending the sickest uphill speed-hiking trail in Switzerland? The uphill berms should have given it away...

@gabrielllmixi 2 жыл бұрын

I don‘t know much about this trail but it looks very natural in many sections. Also how the fuck are some elderly hikers supposed to know that some clay turns (if you even notice something like that when you are not into the sport) mean “danger riders come down the trail with 40km/h”. If there are enough signs for a trail they should have stay away, but this looks more like a popular locals trail. So tourists have a very low chance to know about this.

@Drunken_Sailor1 2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielllmixiyeah I agree

@_wispa_2682 2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielllmixi they will be in for a shock when they get further up the trail and see jumps made for hikers

@Whitesp0t 2 жыл бұрын

Always respect people coming up a trail. Unless the trails is "bike only" there should be used caution for people using the trail in anyway. I would have stopped to talk to them to be honest.

@williamd1891 2 жыл бұрын

This is an open hiking trail that has had a few improvements made by local riders. It is not a bike only trail.

@charliemelvin8030 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I’m a 12 year old in Australia and I race XC but I would love to race downhill. You have such good flow and I always look at your riding to better improve mine.

@finniles9204 2 жыл бұрын

Keep Shredding 🤘

@evansshiloh 2 жыл бұрын

Im also 14 in Queensland, Au and just a general mountain biker 🤘would also love to race dh

@nickmaclachlan5178 2 жыл бұрын

Damn they reacted fast, that could have been nasty. Seemed like that bottom section connected with lots of other trails and paths, so I can see why people might use the track to walk on if they weren't locals.

@WhaleRidesMTB 2 жыл бұрын

I refuse to believe they couldn't hear you tearing down there... but then again, light does move faster that sound 😏 Best of luck for the season dude, it's gonna be a good one for sure!

@josemorenoporras7506 2 жыл бұрын

with a little bit of wind,the speed of Finn and the steep trail it is easy to not have any clue till the guy is there. Something similar happened to me a few years ago,2 kids were playing very close to and abandoned helipad the trail crossed. When I was jumping off the helipad to the trail the kids were there and made the same move those hikers did to avoid me landing on top of them. So it could dangerous going flat out in some trails.

@JCZ0RR0 2 жыл бұрын

Regardless, it's not a closed course. If anything he was the hooligan in this scenario. Have a bit of consideration for your fellow mountain-enjoyers.

@pigshed 2 жыл бұрын

@@JCZ0RR0 Totally .. He was going to slow. If he'd been going 88mph, he could have engaged the flux capacitor and jumped back 20 seconds...

@arushs121 2 жыл бұрын

@@JCZ0RR0 it's a mountain biking trail.. not a hiking trail. Simple.

@andrewnorris5415 2 жыл бұрын

@@arushs121 Nope shared use path. Simple.

@louis_eisenhut 2 жыл бұрын

Duude. I know this trail well and it‘s crazy how fast you‘re going down there. The trail doesn‘t look nearly as technical on the video than it is in real life. Would love to see you on a trail in Switzerland before you leave for lourdes 🤙🏼

@user-go4el5lw1p 2 жыл бұрын

That was a narrow gap between those hikers, and he nailed it perfectly fine. That's a display of precision, awesome.

@haydynwynter24 2 жыл бұрын

That run blew my mind. I can't believe how well you can carry speed through corners.🤯

@simonjensen9238 2 жыл бұрын

5min of "how can you do that" well done! Next level stuff right here.

@jennifergallant543 2 жыл бұрын

Think your gonna kill it this year dude!!!

@krsnitv 2 жыл бұрын

Good one, in Croatia we get a bonus explanation from the hikers that we are on their trail 🙂

@hasellnutt 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome descent, near collision at 5:18

@ryanp1406 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou!

@foggy9427 2 жыл бұрын

I rode this years ago and it's really quite steep! There's a lot of GoPro effect here and a very talented rider

@Mountain_Bike_Archaeology 2 жыл бұрын

Mega buddy, reactions and manners. We used to have the same moments in BC, but then, we were trying to ride down the Grouse Grind!! 🤨🤔

@affesusi 2 жыл бұрын

You are flying man! Insane 🤯 All the best 🤘

@NextLevelRiding 2 жыл бұрын

oh man! She was super agile!! Wow! Hilarious but also frightening - I hope you didn't give her a heart attack! 😱😁

@Max-dj5qj 2 жыл бұрын

Wtf, did you brake once? 😂 Maybe the best video ever to show how fast worldcup guys go. Insane speed!

@HawkHall 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who's been in this situation its a much better idea to stop, apoligise formally, and see if they're alright. Because its basically a hit and run if you just leave the scene like this (though its not because you didn't hit them) But that lady may have fallen after having to jump out the way. Always better to stop. I'm guilty of doing this and it wasn't a happy ending. Great video and love this trail!

@hamhill70 2 жыл бұрын

Wise words

@kevinschryvers1824 2 жыл бұрын

Epic ride. I can’t even see where some of those turns are not to mention the ride line in some spots. Smh. Props to you man.

@simonkatsch 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, luckily they were as quick as you and have a reaction like luky luke 😱

@BlueSkies123456 2 жыл бұрын

Quick reflexes by both parties there!

@PDigsss 2 жыл бұрын

Haulin!!! Great vid bud.

@in4theride75 2 жыл бұрын

Man, they really need to mark this trail to let hikers know.

@ThomasKrul 2 жыл бұрын

This is why you should always wear a bear bell! People can hear it jingling from hundreds of meters away!

@michelenardo1221 2 жыл бұрын

You’re so freaking fast man… can’t even believe it😂😂😂😂

@MrOberliX 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i agree shit happens - but the alps have a lot of tention because of hikers and mtb. So a proper apology would have been the least he should have done.

@frankthetankricard 2 жыл бұрын

I think he handled it well. Doesn't seem like he was in the wrong in the first place and he remained calm without cursing at the hikers which would be a mistake. That's a good professional mindset. In his place would you stop and try to explain to those people, who may or may not speak English, that they were not supposed to hiking there? Maybe this trail is not a dedicated downhill trail and that makes it a different story but to me it would be obvious with all the berms and jumps that this path is not made for hikers.

@niklasreuter5458 2 жыл бұрын

Think so too. Stopping and apologizing would have been the right way. Nice riding but thumbs down for that reaction.

@cokeaddict666 2 жыл бұрын

It was completely his fault. This is a puplic trail. And NOT closed for hikers. He needs to take care that hikers don't get hurt. If he wants to race, he should to do that on a closed track and not in public.

@BroughtonVisuals 2 жыл бұрын

That track looks insane! Unreal save mate 👌🏼

@JIBBING_1980S 2 жыл бұрын

That was close.. The hikers did well too😄

@Biking_with_Akiva 2 жыл бұрын

Grandma quick like cat! Great riding 🤙🏾

@robcurtis9538 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! that is some funny shit man. We will never know... And definitely making it look easy man 👊

@tomatkins1231 2 жыл бұрын

I was dodging those trees watching this. Mad Man.

@MrRupertguy 2 жыл бұрын

crazy fast - nice vid

@mountfairweather 2 жыл бұрын

Hikers always have the right of way. Ride with caution

@romanski-g9n 2 жыл бұрын

Not a fan of the DH race training on a shared trail that is open for bikers AND hikers in both directions. That could go wrong very easily and it would not be the first trail that would be closed for bike access because of that. Sick speed, though.

@wittigrxn 2 жыл бұрын

near miss at 5:20

@falk.r.h8963 2 жыл бұрын

will you be riding crankworx innsbruck this year?

@patrickbikeph9165 2 жыл бұрын

So sick dude… 👍👍🤘🤘

@Donkey_Balls 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome.

@BikeLifewithRob 2 жыл бұрын

Nice run!

@friv0l0us 2 жыл бұрын

wow! what an amazing trail! Poor hikers...

@finwalkermtbforlife7268 2 жыл бұрын

is it just me or does that track look like it has some super tight sections

@TeamMagic01 2 жыл бұрын

Thst raw speed is incredible!!!

@TheArchiveOfWonder 2 жыл бұрын

This is why I like my hubs as loud as humanly possible.

@matteocecconi7560 2 жыл бұрын

That just insane, I was wondering if the video was speed up, its barely imaginable, and I'm biking since I was to small to remember

@hazzcowdell6742 2 жыл бұрын

So fast 😍🔥🔥🔥

@mtbmoto3833 2 жыл бұрын

Nice trail Padi 🥰

@allanguillermo7517 2 жыл бұрын

That Grandma just saw her whole life just pass her by LOL

@user-ns2cv3tv3k 2 жыл бұрын

now thats a proper dh track.... great speed.....!!!!!!

@petermaidment1175 2 жыл бұрын

WOW great riding

@TimZ750 2 жыл бұрын

So fast! 🤘

@flyingdoctor99 2 жыл бұрын

This does look like a shared hiker/biker trail. Although it is fascinating how you drove it you should pay attention to the fact that hikers (and cars) may get into your flying route. The way you did is surely high skilled and awesome to watch, but it may be also the way for the cable car giving the opportunity of refusing to transport bikes uphill or even worse the closing of the single track for bikers. There are many examples of that here in Germany.

@vincyboy999 2 жыл бұрын

What a rocket!

@jokermtb 2 жыл бұрын

George Carlin always claimed it should be ‘near hit’ instead of ‘near miss’

@downhillgroovy5859 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta give it to those hikers for that reaction time! They without a doubt we're ready for a biker to come flying down it seems 😆

@wheetbread1 2 жыл бұрын

that speed was incredible! Mn that was a close call, howd they not realize thats a biking trail? so annoying

@cubrTM 2 жыл бұрын

Insanely fast

@organdonor1962 2 жыл бұрын

Damn man you are fast.

@Simon-Simon-Simon 2 жыл бұрын

great trail damnn may be community walking times and riding times 4 hr block may reduce the mix or potential

@harlanswan8184 2 жыл бұрын

That was seriously close. Why weren't you wearing your bike bell? ; ) seriously though, they must have heard you coming. Just underestimated the speed. We have real issues in Austria on shared trails. Drives me nuts. Are bike bells the solution?

@w.baillie2923 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job. WTH with the trail at 3:50 it’s like a small little strip.

@schwuliantatutata7849 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like you are KOM on that trail. 😁

@rperrinj13 2 жыл бұрын

If you’re around Geneva you should ask Max Chapuis and Vinny T. to show you some of their home trails. You will have loads of fun 🤘🏻

@tobylavoie 2 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna say grandma dolphin dived into the bank🤣

@calilife805 2 жыл бұрын

Well in the USA we use bells to warn hikers to get the hell out the way 😂

@christofsalden6511 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy fast

@olecranonrebellion9976 2 жыл бұрын

That was fun.

@pq5022 2 жыл бұрын

5:20 for teh drama

@Learn2Think4Yourself 2 жыл бұрын

Try a bike bell, Finn!

@ddrowdy7666 2 жыл бұрын

crazy fast

@jeffreydzialo 2 жыл бұрын

You were cruising! Some of those trees were a bit close for comfort.

@recsund 2 жыл бұрын

HOLY SH*T!

@kenai_the_asian8106 2 жыл бұрын

This had happened to me at a bike park somehow

@bicycleremedies4391 2 жыл бұрын

Good news is you were travelling to fast for them to hear the english "sorry" and they will just blame it on another swiss nutcase on Das fahrrad

@blackdevil7183 2 жыл бұрын

You going crazy fast no gopro effect for you

@santiagohernandez2305 2 жыл бұрын

🤟🏻🔥🔥🔥

@chickenbotham 2 жыл бұрын

Finn needs a timber bell.

@DownTheHill3 2 жыл бұрын

lady had cat like reflexes!

@nicolasvo4577 2 жыл бұрын

Are you going to ride in Bienne? Ask Kevin he should know aboout it. keep on shreeding Mate!

@ivanbayarri2807 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂 those hikers have a story to talk about😂😂😂😂

@METEORA_47 2 жыл бұрын

denggg....super fast 💪

@michaelvanalexigallego5133 2 жыл бұрын

Finn i'm a fan you and specialized you're my idol since i was 11 now i'm 15 i keep on trying to go faster but i always crash, when i'm a college student i will move to Canada to study there and i really hope i can ride with you

@baptistesamann769 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Finn ! Big fan of your work since your juniors years, saw you riding like a champ'. Amazing speed on the trail but, you could have hurt them (shits happen we all know that), but you could have stop. You know ... Better safe than sorry, especially during the training. Keep your unique style and good luck for the World Cup 🤘🤘

@levinsonl 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i always at least stop to apologize so they don't walk away so angry at MTBers

@jamesc6876 2 жыл бұрын

They’re probably hikers that have never seen this kind of speed

@vaclavkhun4416 2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, this is a winning run

@damiantrails 2 жыл бұрын

Yo man 20 points for the people

@Laturbo 2 жыл бұрын

damn that was a fucking close call if i ever saw one .. jeez

@leRat699 2 жыл бұрын

so fast!

@ondropopjak5446 2 жыл бұрын

True Canadian

@xLordSpicy Жыл бұрын

Would have been way funnier if you just shouted 'I've got no braaaaaakes!!'

@josephdunbar2105 2 жыл бұрын

That could’ve gone bad fast.

@dhrracer 2 жыл бұрын

Was that a secured race trail? I am surprised a collision between rider and another trail user has not created a major lawsuit against a well known rider. It may have I have just not heard of it. There is video of Gwin in So Cal that looks like he was using spotters a long the trail.

@rolfvomgolf3721 2 жыл бұрын

Bro ur owning that trail

@Zack- 2 жыл бұрын

NPC avoidance training 😁 that was close as hell. I'd have trained into a tree at that speed long before

@bartvv1770 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing speed and skills . But it is a training /practice run . Would not have hurt stopping , checking if they are ok (bumping into rocks from te dive) and just take the lift back up for another run. Wheter it is or it is not the only , "bike trail " in the village , it is the alps , free for anyone . Now you are the hooligan that took off , while you could have been the polite young man ... In their perception... And mine.