Don't you mean in 39 minutes? :p

I understand your point TONY but like u don’t have to stress over 39 mins

16 TUFFY that's nothing, I get to do that every hour every day where I live.

16 TUFFY is actually a woman 😂

wwooww wt a comment

😂😂

Exept the next guy likely is the one that let him pass, so he'll know, unless he forgot that is xD

No he didn't he got passed lol

@@bestari5555not if the leader got out front early. especially if the #2 guy made his way up there from a bit further back its definitely possible that there was someone else ahead of him that he didnt know about.

Actually looked up the finish times to see how close this was. The guy in second place finished about 50 seconds later which would mean he was at the iron bridge when Damien crossed the finish.

Yes, was nice han

that's beautiful!!

That's awesome

I was about to comment about that when I read this

Was he starting to fatigue?

goDs county 👊👍🐶

Love all encouragement of all of them right there.

Fuckin A right! That shit's hella helpful

It is like 40 second winds at once that. Top shit hahah

energy boost too im sure

French line.

It was a legit line though as they had crash cushions laid out on it. So someone picked it up on practice.

That was the deal breaker right there

The video should be called, POV winning run with shortcut :/

Juan Hernández This is the Mégavalanche, the rule is simple: if it is not taped, it is allowed. ANYBODY could have done the same. He is an elite-class enduro racer, he saw that line, kudos to him!!!

and several bikes and wheels and brakes. yep.

39:13 actually

"slowly"

39 minutes*

if you mountain bike for about 8+ miles you'll see that happen

They are called “Fans” - Encouragers...

Whats the song?

It was pumping me up and i'm not even there lol perfect!

@@nachoriq1792 666 alarma

@@karlomandic5317 reminded me of the scenes from forza horizon haha

jjJAJAJAJAAJAJ

underrated comment

thats a life saver there.

Where

@@mrlive8230 Really ? This is a joke . Everyone knows they are trail markers .

Was laughing hard right there

Was that Bez?

That dude was awesome!

I Concur.!!!!!!

This is completely normal and usual. When you are caught, you let the one who goes faster than you pass, in the best possible conditions.

@@MrEtienne6657 it should be. Not always the case.

@@Twiggy163 you're right, but sometimes I've seen riders trying to pass where the rider in the front doesn't even have space to get out of the way too. Both riders have to be smart. If one of the two is not, anger or/and crash happens! 😣

I dont think he would have let him pass if he wasn't 100% sure, at least I hope not.

Yeah. Excellent sportsmanship.

That was Stefan Peter, from Switzerland, and he ended up as number 5, coming in 1 minute 8 seconds after Damien

@Max Carrion ever heard of a joke?

Max Carrion they both know he didn’t mean it

No kidding. Even when Damien said left, he pointed right, because it was the better path. Classy act right there.

true, the other 25 min. he was just chilling around :D

I feel ya. I been in a neck brace since I watched this a couple weeks ago.

I smacked my head on 5 different trees through the forest section. Seriously though, am I the only one that leans side to side when he's going through there?

LOL!!!!!

@@mitchblackmore5230 Nope.

JD A, I had a similar experience. Amazing !

Always start in the front row...

@@z352kdaf8324 I could be wrong but my guess is that it's like other competitive events I've been to where the front rows are reserved for the professional athletes or best qualifiers and the rows behind are for the amateurs to keep things fair for the actual contenders

Ahh the GTA5 race strat ofc

And balls.

I think I spent about an hour descending non-stop on the final section (section 28) of the Colorado Trail... but at probably less than *half* the speed of this. Crazy.

I know, I wanna participate just for the ride.

then how you will travel back to the home ? maybe thats not the best part to imagine

Snowbird Ski Area, (Salt Lake City, Utah) has a trail from the top of the tram to the base area that takes most mortals an hour to ride. I'm sure some may flame me on this post 'cause it can be done quicker if you're in shape and know the course like Damien here.

Imagine getting on top of the hill, mate. 🙃

imao

Lol

💀

LMAO!!

xD

Ha ha ha I saw this post before watching and I knew exactly when I hit that point in the vid.

He looks back like 15 sec later to check if that’s really true too lol

I expected rather some flashing - but still fine ;-)

I can't understand what he's saying, what did he say

@@oliviersavard8676 "You're f*ckin smashing him!" -- don't know what Commonwealth or former Commonwealth accent that is though

Yeah there were some nasty hairpins at the end of a long down run. Trust in the brakes!.

Yeah, i very quickly went from "i wanna do this!" to "pls dont die..."

he was fearless just look at em

His 39 Minutes Of Fame!

Just like in GTA, lol

Ikr that chopper looked like the coolest thing in the world when you can only think about getting around the next corner.

Anybody know what his channel name is?

I tried that with competitive freeride skiing. It was the first time I ever competed, and there was a helicopter with camera crew that were filming each run. Dropping down the mountain, hearing the heli, and seeing its shadow glide across the mountainside below me as I was skiing down.. A truly magical experience. Sadly the following years the budget for the heli was cut, and they used drones instead :(

@Nemanja Jovanovic "You're fuckin smashin em, keep goin mate."

infinitydreamzz same

@@Sisteelin He was state the truth. I paused full screen each time he looked back and he was so far ahead of everyone you couldn't even see the other riders.

IM UP TO THAT PART NOW....PAUSED IT....LAUGHED....HOPED A TOP COMMENT HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. I love the internet

spectators give so much force

Naw, if it were our grandparents, you would be going UP the hill!

DennisH22A , nice. You had depression era grandparents too. One way.

@@psychot6859 Going up hill, BOTH ways no less

Chris Heffner with no shoes

My Dad had to walk to school 12 miles and uphill both ways... Barefoot in the snow.

original content! good job, mate.

Except this played in reverse . . .

i was gonna ask, cause i saw the signal pointing the other way, is normal take shorcuts and stuff like that? real question

@@mqtaidmqtaid it was closed off the next year :D

Where the snow turn into rocks, that's where I want my finish line.

Mononoke Hime they should just go from the snow straight to the freeway and street😂

(30 minutes later) i am tired just watching it

someone has some Opium for me to get grounded again ??

hahahahahahahaha

Soon as I heard that, I went looking for this comment.

(Negiark) hahahah

Your just an NPC

39 minutes? make that 2x39minutes, I first watched a guy 4 rows back, he crashed and ended up in the middle of the pack and fought back!

Hahaha me too.

yo: es un video muy largo, usaré los saltos de 5 segundos yo: rayos no usé los saltos

:D haha

Yup. That mirrors my life for the last 39 minutes and 20 seconds 👍

if I was in the middle I would of jumped over and held onto the side of the bridge lol

Same 😂

time?

37:55

ty

Had to chuckle at that, I was expecting a comment on here saying "that was me that"

Not just sportsmanship but self preservation. If it's anything like car racing, if you force the pass, you'll force the crash.

if your going fast enough to win, your going fast enough to crash.

the only thing that i feel so proud about gopro

That's what happens when you mount it on your head as well. Looks eerily steady.

a lot of it is also because when youre riding, you use your legs as secondary shocks and that helps keep you stabalized as well so your head doesnt really move as much as you would think. it would look a lot different if he let just his bike do all of the shock absorbing though lol

yes ,just compare helmet mounted cams to bike mounted ones on youtube videos of cycling there is a massive difference unless u got an expensive gimbel

thats actually the one annoying thing about this video. its stabilized in post. i just looks so unnatural. i really would like to see an unedited version.

Yeah true, It was kinda cheating tho cus the sign said to take the right path

When you find MarioKart shortcuts in real life...

Nathan Logan don't know why but this comment gave me chills

Wow that was a good example for Robert frosts poem

Nathan Logan sweet Lord...that also crossed my mind as i watched, and then i tumbled on this comment. 🎊🎊🎊

Why would he do that when he was clearly a contender? It seemed perhaps a little too gentlemanly.

In a way, it's almost a must in downhill mountain biking. Natural passing spots are almost non-existent since most of the run is single-track. You either pass on the pedaling zones or hope the guy in front lets you by.

no, they have to do that because otherwise the person with momentum would break, their brakes. At least i think thats how it works

Jason Vermette It's hard to say, but if someone who is much faster rides behind someone rather slow they will have to do unnecessary breaking which builds up extra heat on the disc rotors. And at some point the rotors and pads will be unable to "cope" with the heat so they just fail/break.

yeah i would not let him pass

Cloud 9 OMG THAT IS EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED! LoL 😂 BEST comment ever lol 👌

Haaa!!! I love this comment i bet thats EXACTLY how it went. Thats how it goes with my boyfriend and all his brothers its never ending!!! Good stuff!!!

Not much fitness needed to ride downhill, i mean not much pedaling needed lol. I was more thinking "hope the brakes not failing" :D

@@GaaraVII Your hands, arms and body core are use ALL THE TIME in downhill...Be sure much fitness is needed.

@@GaaraVII do you even have the slightest idea of what you are saying?

also the burning legs and lungs.

Downhill riders for the most part have killer cardio. You have no idea how much of a workout it is going downhill...you're standing on your pedals, using your legs as shocks most of the time. Not to mention, it's not ALL downhill. He's pedaling even on the downhill sections as well.

Was the megavalanche still called the megavalanche back in the day?

@@kgkomrin yes

@@Lorneplumber ah thanks

What do you mean?

exactly my thought. "Oh hey, you want to overtake me? The right side'll be better suited for that"...I loved seeing that

sounded like he said "your ass"

Hahahahahahaha exactly...roadies are lame

it's cycling, there's different aspects to all disciplines, none are lame, just different, all take skill, courage and physical endeavour. These guys wouldn't cope going up hill for 10miles twice or 3 times every day for a week, they would be left for dead in a sprint, they would be middle of the pack on a time trial, they'd be very good going downhill. But MTB is different set of requirements in terms of technical, roadies would rarely be able to cope with half of what is in this vid and nowhere near a fast. Just accept that all cycling is good instead of making stupid insults for different types of cycling.

Exactly :D

ynotnilknarf39 - please do not feed the troll - everyone's life will be better for it.

roadies are boring.

He was probably so early people from earlier on in the track didn't go to the end yet

We cheer from KZfaq nowadays.

> like 5 people start clapping * forgets about hundreds of people cheering on you along the way

It's not about the crowd. It's about the race.

I agree! I just was expecting something else then what I saw and it made me chuckle a bit.

:D made my day :D

...or her parents aren't home.. Lol

j dog *when she says she is home alone*

Just figure out, Damien is some 5 seconds earlier at the bridge and meet this idiots in the middle of this narrow footbridge.

pfff just nothing......

@@martinmaier352 To be fair they might have been there since the start of the race and decided to cross to the other side without imagining people would get there so soon. Really unfortunate timing. With that said, people should not be anywhere in the tracks at any given point, but that was just unlucky.

I thought the same

I think it’s easier to see when you’re there irl

I'd still be lost in those woods

Same. And going from light suddenly into a darker forest,....i definitely crashed into a tree or two xD.

STAY CLINT äää Äää

As opposed

lol ty

Came from him too and I agree

He was actually right. No capital required after a comma.

Hahaha same! Well it is better to start closer to the front vs the pack in the back..

Totally agree. I'm actually surprised that I managed to watch this video multiple times without getting bored

lol

Legit tho

1000”c disc brake vs butter *you won’t believe what happend*

Totally. On the snow though it's at 0

I swear his discs are melting at the moment.

Instead of break dancing! wtf?!

@@Luislopez1114 yes instead of break dancing

@@Luislopez1114 Why not both?

@@AtomicMonkeybutt who would fucking watch beak dancing? MTB is where it's at

@@Luislopez1114 Holy crap, its not just under serious consideration, breakdancings inception was recommended by the Olympics governing body for Paris 2024. What a goddamn travesty. Next up - beatboxing.

wait what? he said im going left and then the person in front told him to go right and called him an ass.

@@fortnitemaster-wb3dl Joke /jōk/ (noun): a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline. ex. "she was in a mood to tell jokes"

@@alexandergilbert1023 Jebaited /Jahbayted/ (Past Tense - Verb): The term “jebaited” is often thrown around on KZfaq when someone is successfully trolled.

Low /lō/ (adjective): below average in amount, extent, or intensity; small. Ex. "He didn't hear what the bicyclists were saying to each other because his volume was too low."

@@alexandergilbert1023 I love this comment, and shall be stealing it.

I would of love it for the first time Experienced I will diehard

I was like, he missed the road, but he knew better....

Nev Smith mountaine dorifto..

Was this rly allowed? The arrow showed to the right, thats why all went right way so, i think he cheated

@@daniematzani7842 This is the Mégavalanche, the rule is simple: if it is not taped, it is allowed. ANYBODY could have done the same. He is an elite-class enduro racer, he saw that line, kudos to him!!!

Kanye Houellebecq I mean sure he capitalized on it but you don’t think he would’ve done as good as he did without doing that, do you?

Hahaha you're funny 😂

That WHOLE race was a gamble!!! Pure awesomeness & craziness 🤯

Geese Howard.

Absolutely beyond insane...

longest fosters advert ever

Bgone 😂😂😂😂😂

I agree!

They were all spread out in the entire course.

Saw another video of this event and there were more people there then. Guess they were late, lol

he just finished to fast LOL

That was the worst ending ever.

Oh and then you will know the fun that will decide your life or dead

Hey there's this cool thing you can do... Skiing... Don't worry, its basically only on the snow.

Bro, the first dirt they hit was a massive pile of boulders. Thats when I decided that these guys have all made peace with whatever maker they have....

The first time you do this race, you're scared. But you want to race anyway, but most of all you're afraid. Because you don't know how it's going to go down. Once you've done it, you know what to expect the next year. So the next year you're scared, and you're even more eager to race and you're scared too!

Snowboarding is better 😤༺ڳOpernce.ฟ༻

MrSmid888 just watched that before this vid. Absolute classic 🤣

How do they know which way to go?

Bill Bo I seen some qualifiers so they must learn the route but to be honest there ain’t many options!A lot is single track or death ha.👍🏻

Saw tht video just before this 😂

link it brah!!!

Yeah, it looks like he went off course. The arrows pointed right and he went left

@@tonydamata No no, he was fully allowed to go there its just that the other riders didn't knew about it and thus he passed like 6 ppl or so and also gain a lot of time.

I agree with you. He went to the left short cut. He is not a winner.

@@Stcoadrdfo You are an idiot

it seems these races allow any shortcut that isn't blocked, so this seemed like an allowed thing

Haha! Same! 😁

for a second I thought he crashed

Chris Cole Right? I almost freaking died there!

How much? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Was is letzte preis?

it still worth a shitload of money like 5 grand if not more

Used once and never left the pavement ;)

@@alfonsodiforno9302 die werdn kein deutech können

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5eTdpd8vKyvpXk.html .,

yeah

Legend.

Legend

Legend

Legend

Legend

No this is what the mega avalanche looks like

Bruh

You didn't see bazos at the prize giving ceremony? This guy is the lucky winner of a 12$/hr employment contract for prime, kiss goodbye to slavery wages big boy you're making it to the high life.

next day delivery sounds like normal delivery in China, we got delivery within the day.

WHEN IT ABSOLUTELY MUST GET DOWN THE MOUNTAIN IN 40MINS....

There were a few small cuts in the video

@@awildfilingcabinet6239 Yes and I wonder why those cuts were placed...

Martin why were they? Because he took some more short cuts?

those two fatties crossing the bridge slowed him down. He would've got a better time.

@@nitramwin Probably because he's using a gopro and had to cut the run in some shorter clips. I have the same problem...

I'm going to take your word for this

I don’t know about all that, but I like to get hi on potenuse.

There actually was a big accident behind him, you can see it in other videos as about 10-20 riders crash.

Its a go pro

That and it’s a helmet mount which gives a lot of stability. Also there is probably a gimble

I2

But the picture is still potato quality.

Olive probably just a hero 7 and nothing else