77 years old Mountain Biker shreds with me and reveals her secret!

Keep fit, keep strong, keep consistent. I'm actually nervous on the wood. When you're 90 you're gonna think 70s young. Yeah it's all relative. What's up everybody and welcome back to the channel. So I always say this but today's video is gonna be epic because I'm gonna be meeting with mountain bike legend North Shore Betty. She's a 77 years old shredder. I connected with her a few years ago. We did a video and honestly I've ridden with a lot of top athletes but this time was probably the time where I felt the most inspired. So today I'm meeting with her at the base of Montferrand in Vancouver. I'm gonna be following her for a few laps. It's gonna be unreal. Let's go biking. Hey how are you? Hey Remy, I'm great. How are you doing? Very good. Awesome. Okay let's go biking. You bet. Let's go. Okay before we go and ride, here's a little present. Thanks. Those are my Julbo Signature sunglasses. Wow awesome. Oh those are beautiful. Look at those. They come with two lenses. You've got the reactive lens that adapts to the light and you've got a clear lens for days like today. Remy look at these glasses. Remy's jealous because she didn't get a pair. Yeah no those are fantastic. She'll get a part of my sandwich. Awesome. So we are out here pedaling on Montferrand and yesterday I called Betty and I asked her hey what bike would you like to ride and what did you say? I said my Cousic bike. It's really fun. It's so playful. I've been riding it a lot this summer. It has a bit more travel than my e-bike. So here we are 77 years old, still no e-bike. I was definitely hoping that you'll want to ride the e-bike because as you can tell I'm getting over a little cold but so are you right? Yeah I'm getting a bit of a cold. But no excuse to take out the e-bike from the garage and here I am pedaling on my new jeans. And what trail should we ride today? I was thinking we'd ride Espresso. I don't think I've ridden it in years. Definitely never did a video on it. Let's do it. Okay Espresso. Made it. Yeah not a bad climb. What's this trail like? Really fun. Flowy, not too technical. It's got some woodwork, some little jumps, some rock roads. It's got a bit of everything. It's just a really feel-good trail. Perfect. I like that. Okay on to Espresso. Oh the dirt is good today. Wow. So I haven't ridden with Betty since two or three years. Three years I guess. And she doesn't look any older that's for sure. Still looks so young and so far rides just as well as before. That's really cool. That's a cool trail. Wow. Slippery. I can't catch my breath. Yeah you have to remember to breathe. I never used to get out of breath going down but I do now. I feel like you're a little bit nervous to do the video. I am. I could tell. I just obviously didn't want to put any pressure on you and I was like yeah just have fun, just relax. And I mean this is everybody including myself. Whenever I start filming I want to go faster. I want to ride better and often I forget to breathe. Also it's quite slippery. The dirt is good but that wood here. The wood is a bit freaky. Yeah we don't have to do that section. Oh no I'll just go super slow. There's a little hump here. Okay. You gotta have enough speed to get up. Sounds good. A little hump. You ride really well. Like your body position and you're really dynamic on the bike which is cool. Oh thank you. I'm actually nervous on the wood. I'm not talking because I'm actually a bit uh a bit worried. So I think that is the section that nice. Yeah Betty mentioned that she used to ride that until not too long ago. Right? That is a rock that you used to do but. Oh yeah. I don't blame you. It's the entrance is pretty skinny if you were to lose your balance here. Well it's much better than it used to be. It used to be kind of a beat up old plank that wasn't smooth on the top. Yeah. So it's kind of shaky just getting onto the rock. Yeah yeah yeah. The rock was the easy part. Wow. And then this. I guess it's gone now. There used to be a log that you rode. A log ride yeah. Yeah. Okay before we keep on riding let me introduce you the sponsor of this video. Acura. So Acura and I have partner. They've landed me the all-new ADX. This is a aspect edition and this is a premium compact SUV. It fits really well my athletic lifestyle. I typically on a truck with a bike rack which obviously has got some advantages but honestly I'd rather be driving a smaller and more fun vehicle like this one. So I've been driving it from Vancouver to Whistler even on the back roads of Squamish as you can tell it's a little bit dirty and this car is definitely super sporty. The background of Acura is really focused on premium and performance driven vehicle and this is exactly that. It is a compact SUV but there's still plenty of space for all my gear and I found it very easy to get along with the car. You know when you sit into a new vehicle sometimes it can get a little bit tricky to get familiar with it whereas I found this one really straightforward. The sound system is great, you've got the moonroof, you've got the bike rack as an option and it's all-wheel drive obviously so I assume that on the sea to sky highway in the winter it will be a pleasure to drive. Now if you want to learn more about this specific model and the brand make sure you check out the link in the description. Now let's go back to riding. Okay back at it. Wow are you okay? Yeah I mean I could have done exactly the same mistake and I'm glad Betty didn't fall. Wow what a save! Still got those reflexes! I think I'm actually more nervous than Betty. I've got the right bike for the trail and also I believe Propane still may have some crazy discounts right now so make sure you check out the link in the description. Nice yeah thank you guys have a good one. Wow you're kidding it! Yeah she's got better lines than I do. Faster lines for sure. Yeah wow I am super impressed. Pretty slow in the corners but oh come on don't be so humble. Lower Expresso. Wow so North Shore Mountain Bike Association did a killer job. I'll put a link to their association in the description as well if you wish to donate. Betty I am extremely impressed. This is this is unreal. So what's your secret? I think it's just really important just to keep fit. Keep fit, keep strong, keep consistent. You know if you're going to end getting injured you've got to try to keep yourself fit by going to the gym or or getting on a stationary bike. It's just really important to try to be consistent. And so we talked about it a little bit in the other video but what's your background because obviously mountain biking is a really new sport. You started when you were what 45, 50 years old? Yeah 45. Over 30 years ago but what did you do prior to that? Well I started like all my life pretty I've skied and hiked and backpacked. Mostly in my 20s I mountaineered as well as you know skiing and backpacking and stuff. And then I started windsurfing in my late 20s and into my late 30s. And I lived in Hawaii for about three years. Oh wow. And competed in wave sailing. And then I moved back to Canada and I still windsurfed but it was sort of like I had to travel to the gorge and so it kind of got inconvenient. And at about the same time I got osteoarthritis in my hips. So my doctor said I had to quit all impact sports like you know squash and tennis and running which I was really into. And he said just ride your road bike. Get those hips strong. So I did that and then at some point in time I think my son was about four or five. I was yeah I was around 45. We got a dog. So I just had my hands full with dog, house, yard, work, mom, all that stuff. And so I got myself a real mountain bike. I mean I had a crappy one but I never rode it except when we maybe went car camping. I rode it around the campsite. But yeah so and I just got hooked right away. I just I was snagged by the sport. And then you never stopped? No no except when I've been injured. Of course yeah. But yeah it's really inspiring like as I was saying in the introduction I've ridden with some of the best athletes. Jackson Goldstone for example and of course it's inspiring. But as I get older I have even more appreciation for what you're doing because you know I see people in their 40s and 50s and you know they basically quit the stuff they like because they they are worried to get hurt and you know they don't find the time anymore. And you know the passion goes away and and you you manage to maintain it and make it stronger than ever. So really really inspiring. Thank you. I really think it's changing though. There's just so many more people are realizing that they don't have to quit. No. I mean I do hear a lot of people in their 40s say oh I'm getting old but you know I just tell them hey when you're 90 you're gonna think 70 is young. Yeah it's all relative. That's a great way to see it. Yeah. Well let's uh let's get back on the track because uh I've been I've been really enjoying following you so. Oh let's go this way. Oh this one. Okay. Yeah. So I think. No I need to go this way. Yeah move forward a bit. So let me pedal. Oh here we go. Thank you. The dirt is exceptional today. Okay that's the end of Espresso. Okay. Oh hey how are you? Good how are you? And then we can just do it on go down Penzoil and end up at that parking lot that we saw. Okay that's perfect. Okay. Go for it. Thank you so much. This was this was spectacular. You know like I see my parents. I see you know some of my neighbors. You know you see people at the grocery store and you can guess they are you know 65, 70, 75 and definitely none of them are doing what you're doing. This is really really cool and I have people watching this video even if they're a bit younger and sometimes you know struggle to get over like an injury or you know something that doesn't go as planned. I hope it gives them like some type of motivation to come and you know go enjoy the bike and go enjoy the outdoors. Okay rev. Hi Revy. Come on. Leash. Leash. Woohoo. Come on. Boy that trail's in good shape. The woodwork made me nervous. I didn't want to trust it because it's not that it's wet. It's got mud on it. Yeah. So many riders. Yeah totally. Yeah it was slippery. Hey look this way. This way. Okay heading to our second lap of Expresso because the first one wasn't enough right? Right. If you say so. We're gonna be getting a few clips with my GoPro Max 2 but on the climb you are saying that at your edge now there is some stuff that are a little bit more challenging than others and it's not necessarily what people would expect here so what is it? Well actually I don't I don't really feel any specific challenges. I just like to ride blocks as hard and as fast as I can. I mean it's all relative. I mean for me the hardest thing was when I was in my mid-60s and I had to start riding double blocks because I just wasn't comfortable anymore. I was scared and I'd roll up to something and I'd go. Which is a fair point. Yeah you know all those years of having fun at that level and I have to give it up. So now I guess you're worried that this will happen with the single blocks? Oh I'm having so much fun on single blocks. It's all relative. It's just really fun. I'm loving it. And what happens if one day you show up to a single block feature and you no longer want to do it? Well I know I've been through it before so I know time to transition to riding blues and that'll be just fine. You'll be equally as happy with that? You bet. Well I think that's a good way to conclude that. Enjoy some footage and let's meet again at the car park. Hi I'm Northrow Betty. I'm 77 years old so let's go ride. Okay let's do it. Okay making our way back to the car. Yeah Betty. Wow that's difficult. Still doing the yard. Unreal. Holy crap. That was insane. Wow. Thank you. That was epic. That was awesome. That was so fun. How are the glasses? Love the glasses and they kind of match my bike. Yeah. No the visibility on them and they don't fog up. Yeah. They're great. Yeah. Thank you so much for them. Thank you everyone for watching that video. I hope you enjoyed it. A massive shout out to Betty for shredding in front of me. That was once again super inspiring and I hope that motivates you Atom to go out ride your bike and have fun. Also a big shout out to Acura for lending me that ADX and supporting this video. If you enjoy the content make sure you subscribe, leave me a like, a comment, check out the link down in the description. See you next week.