Matt Jones on the importance of doing as many hard things as possible

Matt Jones on the importance of doing as many hard things as possible | Just Ride S2E5

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Күн бұрын

When Covid hit and a global lockdown saw the whole world forced to adapt to a new normal, Matt Jones headed into his back garden and started building. A year later he’d crafted some incredible jumps in his yard and turned his KZfaq account into one of the most must-watch mountain bike channels on the platform.
Matt’s career has been fascinating. One of the world’s best slopestyle riders from a young age, the lure of content creation and the success of his KZfaq channel took him down a path perpendicular to competing - yet the lure of competition is never far away for Matt.
He joined Rob and Eliot to reflect on his varied career, educate the listeners on the intricacies of slopestyle, open up on his future competitive ambitions and chat all things content creation. Like everything with Matt, this Just Ride chat is a lot of fun. Enjoy.
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@roncri Ай бұрын

Matt’s backyard build not only got me back into mountain biking, it inspired me to lose a lot of weight. I used to mountain bike a lot back in the mid-90s but by early 2000, life got in the way. Then like so many others, I stumbled across Matt’s backyard build around Ep3 and quickly become hooked. End of May I got my old mountain bike tuned up and planned to go riding only to realize that at over 300lbs, I was too heavy for my bike. So instead or riding, I started walking. 10k steps a day and no more snacking at night. Told myself if I lost 50lbs I could get a good mountain bike and if I lost 75lbs, I could get whatever I wanted. I lost over 100lbs within 1 year and love riding again.

@havenwisner6776 Ай бұрын

The weight loss goals is so genius bro congrats

@rootskywalker83 Ай бұрын

Same story here with not riding since early 2000s until watching matts backyard build series. Now out digging and riding every week and progressing further than ever before.

@DizzyBone3030 Ай бұрын

That’s what it’s all about bro! Getting after it and enjoying life. Congrats to you good sir

@justin_smith556 12 күн бұрын

🤘 right on!

@oldmanstumpie1061 3 күн бұрын

28:20 "Yeah I'm lucky" The harder you work the luckier you get. You've earned it.

@MtbDan85 Ай бұрын

Matt jones is one of the nicest guys out there. He’s one of the reason why I love the biking community. Biking is the best

@wagondecwrx Ай бұрын

Matt's a legend, love how down to earth he is . IV been subscribed to his for years really cool guy

@leebrown1204 6 күн бұрын

Over the past couple years Matt Jones has become my favorite ride , and person . sorry gee and brendog

@tshhater 2 күн бұрын

Matt Jones to Rampage has to happen!

@TheDave000 Ай бұрын

How nice all these comments are. The mountain bike community is the best. The two nicest communities of people I've ever come across is the Metal scene and mountain bikers. You wouldn't expect it from either. You guys rock. 🎉. Subscribed.

@eh_enduro9963 2 күн бұрын

matts videos brought the next step for me. ive been digging like 5 years ago illegal on existing trails and stoped after it got ruined so often. but i started again after the backyard series and now work in a bikepark as a shaper, trainer and bike mechanic living a cool dream matt broght up to me een reality does look a little diffrent then most people think of the job. only sad part is I get less to riding or racing but the building of dh tracks or jujps and then test riding it gives a lot of experience an opportunitys.

@gsportgeorge Ай бұрын

Redbull need to help him put on a mini slopestyle rampage in the UK with super unusual features and judging based on innovative moves rather than perfect runs.

@physicalgraffiti1933 14 күн бұрын

yes

@oldmanstumpie1061 3 күн бұрын

@n19ctt Ай бұрын

Probably the best interview I've seen for a long time. Matt Jones is such a great bloke, no way should you ever be embarrassed by your success, you put the work in so you truly deserve it!! Legend ❤

@SecretSpots Ай бұрын

Easily one of my favorite bike riders ever. Seems like such a genuinely great person too. .... I also have the great honor to be one of the people who got to name two of the features in his "Playground" jump line 🙏

@brendengriffin9862 27 күн бұрын

Matt Jones is honestly one of the nicest professional athletes I’ve ever met. I met him during Crankworx in Whistler when I was working

@davidbutt2910 Ай бұрын

It's rare you get this level of peacock chat these days. Top work

@turnertower 28 күн бұрын

Takeaway inspiration - “overcoming the mental challenge of thinking you can’t do it, amazing. Everyone should put themselves through that as many times in their life as they can. There’s no better feeling than doing something you felt like is impossible, it’s brilliant” 🙌🏻

@arp_909 Ай бұрын

Happy to see Rob give Matt his dues for what he did at Hardline Tasmania. That was so impressive

@zimcam1 2 күн бұрын

Legend.

@greengonzonz Ай бұрын

Thanks for this. It was wonderful ❤

@chrismade123 3 күн бұрын

showed his riding skills are from another world when he rode down that defy downhill line on a hardtail.

@claraaguilar8972 Ай бұрын

what an epic episode!!!!

@gogofastful Ай бұрын

This episode is awesome. Great combo of personalities.

@riseupmx Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed watching and listening to this! - Cal

@Haychtrain 20 күн бұрын

Awesome wholesome video lads. Love ya’all even more 👍

@m_t_burton Ай бұрын

Matt Jones is the whole package!❤

@simonwhite6704 Ай бұрын

Brilliant podcast

@Jason-gz9ok 12 күн бұрын

That was an awesome insight into the life of an auntripanur. Thanks so much.

@Dirtdaredevil Ай бұрын

Matt got me into biking, i saw one of his youtube videos and decided to start riding my local trails, he pointed me in the right direction with tutorials too.

@henrythekitten4822 Ай бұрын

Outstanding film chaps

@LaurentiusTriarius Ай бұрын

Why so few views this is a great interview...

@octodadmtbmartyrichards2862 Ай бұрын

Very good interview! 3 legends ❤❤❤

@user-kb7ij6ye8u Ай бұрын

had NO idea rob & eliot have a pod. Subscribed

@neffa101 23 күн бұрын

awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@tidyjimmy Ай бұрын

I've honestly thought one of the reasons Matt has built what he has with the people he has, was to go to rampage, he's more than capable of winning it

@aidbrind Ай бұрын

Had no idea rob was speaking regularly on a podcast. Cant believe Ive been missing out!

@adrianwilkinson2547 Ай бұрын

Brilliant interview! Can’t wait to see what times Rob and Elliot get to put on the barn door and also what forfeit the loser of the Hardline Jones head to head has to do 😂 Keep up the awesome work 🤘❤️🌈🕊️🌍

@BRgoalie Ай бұрын

Is robs shirt inside out? lol

@mikeg2939 4 күн бұрын

If, like Matt said, the courses are built so that you can get from top to bottom without peddling, I'm surprised Warner didnt get into free ride.

@leefarmer2284 10 күн бұрын

Googles"can peacocks fly" 😂 peacocks only fly 2% of their lifetime and can't fly for long and fly very poorly. Great interview 👍🏻

@KeijoMetsalu 27 күн бұрын

Great interview. Made me think though that if your entire livelyhood and career, all the sponsorships, projects etc orbit around youtube - how do you risk manage that in case you can’t do youtube any more?

@cabenDVC Ай бұрын

What was the name of that red bull series that was mentioned in this episode? I forgot and can’t find it..

@customtobi576 Ай бұрын

Design and conquer on Red Bull TV

@williamstock7371 Ай бұрын

sick MJ is the man

@chrismoore9563 Ай бұрын

Savage

@jackweston3011 Ай бұрын

4 step kids? Matt are you talking about Ben, Jamie, and I dunno the other 2?

@stevowyeth Ай бұрын

All hail the egg!

@neffa101 23 күн бұрын

i think how it use to be was definitely better!

@matt_metcalf Ай бұрын

I started listening to this episode on iTunes and the 11 minute BSing intro was unbearable. I came here to see where the content actually started. So glad they cut the intro out of this

@The9009username Ай бұрын

It maybe crass to talk about money but I for one want to know. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s a tenner or ten million, but I’m interested to know. I remember trying to find out and doing some rough calculations based on Sam pilgrims view count, but I think it was inconclusive and could have been anything from £50k a year to £50k a video if one went mental. 100k a year on average seem about right for the likes of Matt and Sam?

@Jeff-sim-tube Ай бұрын

oosh i really hope the downhill game is good no one has every really captured it correctly in a game all ways to over the top and lacking replay value

@bribri5458 Ай бұрын

Thought by 2013 there were bigger features in the UK to practice on! Clearly not! 😂

@KevMk3 Ай бұрын

I loved the back yard bills during lockdown kept me going and it was brilliant through difficult times. Sadly I dont follow matt in any aspect and lost respect with the way it went with his ex.....................

@harryainsworth9204 Ай бұрын

is matt a stoner?

@elslanedog1264 Ай бұрын

Very much doubt it. He’s too productive

@LauraLasmane Ай бұрын

He’s not really one of the best slopestyle riders in the world, or even in the UK. He’s not a slopestyle rider at all anymore. He hasn’t done anything even close to his previous level for YEARS, let alone anywhere near today’s level. Have you actually seen the tricks he can land today? Why on earth Rob keeps calling him one of the best? He doesn’t even deserve the Red Bull helmet anymore 😂 Not to mention what a horrible person he is 😒

@scoto1976 Ай бұрын

Salty much.

@Truckconsumer275 Ай бұрын

He was one of the best, and that’s what Rob is referring to. And he deserves the red bull helmet because red bull sponser people who can get their brand advertised, and that’s what Matt does as he is one of the most well known mountain bikers in the world.

@iloveloam276 Ай бұрын

Correct. He's just a salesman now, but a good one.

@DurbsBT Ай бұрын

He does admit this in the interview - he knows we wouldn't podium in Slopestyle if/when he goes back, but would likely qualify. His personal life is a little rocky, but so are many people's?

@grahamrushall6044 25 күн бұрын

Wow, who pissed in your Cheerios when you wrote this?