The MEGA DROP may be too big for me #mountainbiking #remymetailler #gopro

That's insane What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the channel. For today's video I am back into one of my favorite places here in Vancouver Island with Mark Matthews You probably know Mark, he's a freerider, a trail builder And if you have followed his social media, you probably have seen the big drops that's behind me. So far I've only seen the landing and it is pretty scary I have yet to go on top and see if I can actually jump it or not So in this video, we're gonna get some riding and Mark is gonna hopefully help me to jump that. So let's get going What do you think about me? I think I'm scared The landing looks massive from the bottom, but when you stand on it it's actually not as big as As Mark said, so yeah, so takeoff is quite far back. So that's gonna be a lot of airtime Okay, so yeah holy Bigger in person, hey? Definitely you get that feeling that you don't get in video on drops like this with any drop But I feel like like this is huge like in videos. Obviously, I knew that it was gonna be way bigger in person but like The length of that thing. It's not that much the height. It's the length. Yeah, it's not a huge distance down Like I don't know the vertical drop. Why do you think that would be like 15 feet? Yeah, like not even 20 feet but it's far out it's you're like gliding through the air into it So that means you have to go so fast like obviously you've done it. So I'm sure speed is not an issue But that means that If you make a mistake and you go 10% too fast or too short Yeah, it's like you miss the landing or you overshoot it by a lot That's why I made the landing so big you can definitely get away with overshooting it But casing is like yeah, you wouldn't want to do that knuckle looks gnarly from up here Even though it's not when you're down there, but when you're this high up and far out it looks there is no way I'm gonna do that right now. Yeah without warming up So yeah, I think we take the bike and we go and do some trail riding first because all right, that's too intimidating Yeah, okay. Let's warm up five five nine seed before you send it. So I haven't seen anything It's gonna trust the mark style That's a really fun trail so far Bike is brand new as well. So Hopefully everything is set up properly Yeah That's so sick Bike is dialed. Yeah So sick, that's really fun It's super easy to ride Brian. I mean Yeah, I'm following you so makes it easier for me, but yeah, I feel really comfortable yet Bikes are really cool. I really enjoy them. Thank you Sounds like mark doesn't like skinnies me neither. So I think we're gonna get along well That was epic Yeah, good warm-up a Sick nice and mellow. That's perfect. It's nicer to hit it slower like that cuz like all those drops are so small Yeah, no, that's great. Like really scrubbing if you go full pin. Yeah. Yeah, you can really miss the train. Yeah All right. 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So yeah, please give me the right tips to Get some of that confidence Yeah So we're gonna work through the run-in here Getting this is like honestly the run-in is more technical than the drop like once you've made it to the drop you've done the hardest Yes, this does not worry me Yeah, and it's chill and it's super chill, right? So we have like a pretty steep section with a step down in the middle of it It's a grind to hike to the top that hill So what I will do is start on that landing of that first step down yeah, get enough speed just to clear this little thing and then maybe a little brake check over that roller kind of erred a bit and Then no brake no pedal off the drop. Just kind of like let off your brakes and let the trail speed Guide you and give the drop just a mellow little pop and that's my approach to the whole line So you explain it a ways that looks way too easy. So yeah, I'm definitely gonna have you do it a couple times I like study your riding Yeah maybe you like to take a run-in and You could follow me as I go off it and they'll see how I you'll see how I like approach to the run-in for it Yeah, are you gonna do a run-in? It's honestly easier for me just to go off the drop at this point now that I have the run-in so figured out Okay, I don't know it's easier for you to kind of like break it down I think the way I'm gonna walk this line is I've walked the landing of the drop So I know what's my run out is like and what I have to like Care for and honestly from the bottom It sounds like you can get a lot of control on your brakes as long as you land on the on the landing So yeah, I feel like my process is to check the run out, which I did Yeah, I looked at the jump from the side to have a better idea of the height and the length Yeah, I've already done as well. We looked at the takeoff for a while and I was a takeoff So now I'm gonna need to do a few run-ins kind of feel the speed I'm gonna start by doing that little gap behind me Do the roll like you said and I'm gonna need to do a bunch of run-ins Yeah, I think what's gonna work best for me is to do that do a run-in by myself and then watch you hit the drop Okay, so I get some information before I watch you doing it. Yeah I'm gonna go on my own because I think I'll be able to see better Okay, sure if I follow you and you jump it. Yeah, I'll probably want to do that Afterwards, but I feel like I won't be able to see as well how fast you actually go. Okay, sure So I'm gonna do that. Okay, I'll show you where I like to start that it's like just right up here What do you think I'm very scared I don't know what I stand up for Yeah, I'm scared Anything that's like technical and slow and that's like braking control and bike handling. I'm not worried about it I feel actually really good on that propane spin drift, which is definitely I think the right bike for the job I'm glad I took this because 180 millimeter of travel is gonna come handy in case I overshoot a little bit But yeah getting the confidence to do such a big jump is you know, I know I can jump it But obviously if you go a little bit too short or a bit too long, it could be catastrophic. So That's what scares me Okay, just run in for me and then I watch with it from the bottom. Okay That's insane Can't believe how big that is How does it feel rolling in there at me? It feels insanely scary like I mean the double and the setup is really nice You get so much speed on that. It's like I Mean obviously, yeah, you got a lot of speed because the jump is absolutely massive. I've never seen in person I think a jumps that big in a forest This is like rampage style jumps and Yeah, I was so impressed that I don't think I managed to film properly Just pretty hard to do on a GoPro That was huge After seeing how fast Mark went and obviously seeing the length of the jump, which I couldn't see from the bottom I need to go back down to study again my run outs because looking at it It seemed like very straightforward, but I didn't factor that I was going to go this fast. So I'm gonna do a safe Check of the run out again just to just to be safe Dude that was crazy Like the speed you had like That's just insane It's smooth though. Like the trail set you're perfect for the drop You just have to embrace it Running number two How are you feeling? I don't know dude. It's Just so big and so committed like it's intimidating. Hey, it's very intimidating. Yeah, you know, I want to ride tomorrow. Oh my god How's it? How's the ladder feel? You got a solid base there? Yeah, you know, we got some very like good rigging over here great technique Hey, Mark, are you are you worried about his safety? No, he knows what he's doing. He's good because I'm more worried about the safety of this Than climbing on the ladder. I'm the other way around a little more worried about my safety You guys seem to know what you're doing Look, I'll hand you my bike my gear and I go up the ladder and take the video. Let's swap spots. No problem Did you break at all on the last one the last one so I braked into the roller So I came over that roller a lot slower rather than jumping it and then after the roller I Didn't like break, but I also didn't like try to push through to carry speed I just like stayed really like mild and chilled and then Last second. I was like, oh, maybe this is a bit slow So I gave it a pretty hard pop and I still landed like more than a bike length down the landing so you can get away from it pretty slow and then overcompensating with a pop if you need to but it's uh Yeah, I don't know. I feel like just Hit that roller without airing it kind of break right before it and then just let yourself cruise From there and don't overthink things and I think you'll make it in that nice pocket really well Okay, yeah, yeah, I see you you bring up a lot so yeah, I'm gonna have to adjust my riding and also bunny Oh, yeah. I mean like my Ryan style is like really light on the bike popping around I'm not good at staying like planted and like fast to the ground. That's not like my style as much so on features like this I tend to like lighten up and lift off things and I do it pretty heavy on this drop which makes me go out more Okay Running number three. I'm gonna start from higher Just to get a bit more time on the bike before Yeah, I am really scared running number four My looks good It's just like It's so big man Let's have a feel Running number five That was really impressive, huh? Yeah, I mean we have the same speed basically Still went huge, huh? Running number eight. Okay, wait for another. Yeah another running running number nine Okay, last running You know what? Yeah, I'm not gonna do it. I I Feel like my focus and my desire to do it is it's just not there like I feel so good on the bike like I've just been riding again for the past like couple of days Yeah, and you just freshly got back into riding after some time off Yeah, and I feel so good. Like I feel like I place the bike exactly what I want I feel like you know, I look at a little feature and you know, everything happens exactly like how I planned it but this Like going into it I feel 100% confident. I'm gonna land it perfect. Yeah, and yet like my Mental is just not there. Yeah, I'm like You know, I shouldn't be doing that. Like I feel like I'm forcing it instead of like being like really excited to do it There is a part of me that's like it's just like don't do it It's not worth it and I can't like remove that thought that was like the first time I went to hit this Even when it was a bit smaller I think that was my first I just finished building it and like I was in the same mentality as you and then I came Back the next day with a friend who was like really stoked to ride it, too We were both really excited and we did it in like five minutes So it's just like being in that right mind frame of like right frame of mind Yeah It's such a high consequence feature that If you're on the right frame of mind like the chances of it not going smooth are way higher you know like what I've been thinking is like I Feel like really good on the bike and when I was in Sedona, I felt really good Yeah, and there was that feature I crashed on and at the top I was like, I don't need to do that Like, you know, I'm forcing it. I'm trying to do it faster and better than I've already done it I shouldn't be doing that. But I was like, you know what I'm riding so good. It's not nothing's gonna happen and when I saw that I was losing control and and crushing like the first thing I came to my mind is like I Build like a personal life and a professional life that I'm really proud of and I just I'm gonna waste everything on that moment fortunately, I turn out to be like okay, but something like this the consequences are just like all I can think of when I do a run-in is like I Know I'm gonna land perfect. But for whatever reason if I just panic which I've never done on a jump I've never like panicked, you know You see some people like last minute trying to stop or you know, just doing some things if I'm going to do I know I'm not gonna do that. But if for whatever reason something happens I'm just gonna waste Everything, you know, like yeah, this is not gonna be a small injury Deep on that or if you case that you're going down hard. Yeah, just like I'm frustrated because obviously like You know, I want to always provide the best riding, but I'm just not into into the right Yeah, you know what? It's gonna be even better when you come back here because I'm on the trails not done yet Like you come back here like a month even we'll have everything down to the step-up built We'll have everything like fine-tuned so even the run-up for the drops gonna be smoother than it is now like everything's gonna be tweaked and more dialed in and then you'll come back with a fresh mindset and probably Hit it right away and then there'll be more fun stuff to ride after it. Yeah, that's a good way to do it It's just like knowing that you know, this is gonna be there tomorrow and you know I can come back and have a look but you know at for now It's just like and I also want to set an example like on my channel with Having the right attitude to do stuff like I've always like only done stuff when I'm like really feeling it Except a few times I crashed and you know, like I was a good example right now Like I'm just having too much fun on the bike. Yeah, I don't want to waste everything But you know what? I'm gonna go from the top of the landing and try to do this couple of jumps that you after just so we get some Riding and I think maybe we can get the B roll of that steep section because that's that's a section That's more my cup of tea. Yeah, you don't have to like judge the speed and I can just like let ride Yeah, this is like but yeah props for building that yeah hitting it Like yeah, I don't think people realize like for me coming here and doing the jump Will be already impressive But I would have seen you like I would have you know, I don't like question everything right definitely scary Especially with the size it is now. It was really scary The first time hitting it word is now because it's so long. I would never guinea-pig something like this. No Yeah, it's a it's a scary one for sure. Like I will be able to guinea-pig stuff That's like my cup of tea was gonna be like really steep and yeah like stuff like growing up Yeah, I've been to and this is like it's more about precision. You don't really have the speed factor Yeah Or like stuff in the bike park like back in the day when I was doing those gap in the whistler bike park most of the Time I could roll the feature. Yeah this I can't roll it. I just have to like straight jump it So like yeah props to you for like coming here putting the hours to build that and then being able to jump it like this and No, thanks for coming out and taking like a really smart approach to this because I think that's inspiring for people to see like You don't have to be like the guy who comes and hits everything every time you go somewhere gnarly It's like that's how we become better riders as we are really careful about our progression and like that's how you get to the higher Level is by really like calculating every little thing when you are injured, you're not really progressing, right? So no exactly. That's the thing Okay, yeah, let's get sad. Yes Look at the other features. All right. Yeah, I feel proud of myself for not doing it instead of being like big French energy I'll just be like, ah, whatever Yeah, you know, I feel like I'm getting smarter, you know Okay, okay, let's have fun, okay, let's get some photos for Noble Yeah, the run-ins like rowdier than the drop yeah Like because it's so steep when I'm behind you. Yeah, and you're sliding all over the place like it's really hard to like Be close like I have to let you go. Yeah, otherwise I like I just don't have time to see like everything coming It's actually like pretty committed like once you're in yeah, you have to go so that's a fun one I like that section a lot. It's a good I know I want to do like a whole line like that It's all the way down the middle of the gully. How sick would that be? Yeah So following the big drop that I didn't do there is a nice corner shark fin You land right there where my bike is It's a beautiful corner and then I need to carry enough speed for the downhill takeoff and most likely I'm gonna have to Pop to reach the landing and I want to make sure that I go left enough so I can open the next corner Let's give it a try Shark fin, berm, downhill takeoff Nice, and then Mark is obviously keeping up the build with that. That's gonna be exciting to watch Thanks a lot everyone for watching the video. I hope you enjoyed it despite me not doing the jump If you did, please leave me a comment below big shout out to Mark for showing me how it's done Hopefully when you finish the line, I grow some confidence and come back and have the entire line Big shout out as well to Noble for having me in Cumberland. Make sure to check out the link down below Thanks for watching. See you next week