You've never seen MTB features like this before...

This looks insane. Oh wow. Oh my god. Oh god. Hello and welcome back everybody to another episode of Single Track Sampling. Today is going to be an awesome one because I am out in Pemberton and today I'm going to have a really special guest. Someone who hasn't been on the channel in a long time and you guys all will recognize. But first, I found a really cool campsite and check this out. Look at this. And there's a path over here that I haven't explored so I'm bringing you guys with me. I got a cup of coffee. I got my girl and we're gonna go down and see what's down this path if we can get close to this water down below. You need help? Dude. Dude. That's a slug. It's so cool down here. You okay? Yeah. Teamwork. That's crazy. There's like a nice little lagoon right here. Oh my gosh. It's just pure glacial melt off. It's crazy cold. I can't believe you just stepped in. I'm for some riding. It's actually way later in the day and I've had a whole day like went into Pemberton. Got some work done on the library which has blazing fast internet by the way. And went and saw another waterfall and now I actually am in Squamish because I realized I haven't ridden Alice Lake and because last time I wanted to it was on fire and now everything is in much better shape. Also, I have met up with the special guest of today's video. Hi. Who's that? Oh, I'm Eric. What the heck is he doing here? He's supposed to be somewhere riding around the world in his motorbike. Wait, you're no, yeah, you're now Uno Moto. That's what I'm going to call you henceforth. Yeah, formerly of UCPV. Yeah. I just have to say I'm here because I have to renew my driver's license and you can't ride a motorcycle around the world without a driver's license. So, I had to fly back and renew my driver's license. And you know, I figured while I'm here, ride some bikes. And you're not just riding any old bike. What you got here today? I'm borrowing this cheater bike. Thankfully for my friends at Smith Creek Cycle in Kelowna. Nice. Yeah. All right. Well, that's the surprise. Also, we're going to ride one of the, like what Eric has said is his favorite, like the best trail of all time. We're going to ride Treasure Trail. We're here at our warmup trail, Rupert. Yes. Thinking it's probably smart not to drop straight into Treasure Trail. It's a pretty serious trail. So, for anyone that doesn't know, Eric, formerly BCPOV, this guy is on a around the world trip on his motorbike. He is adventure biking around the entire world, the long way. Around Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand is the final destination. Sick. So, but my point was is Eric has not been riding a mountain bike. No. Third ride in a year? Yeah. He's been fine. One of my last rides was with you basically like a year ago. The Jack the Ripper ride. One of the best rides of my life. Like actually. All right, dog, let's get warmed up. Whoa. Yeah, buddy. This is just such a cool thing. Yeah. Yeah, bud. Weird. All right. And that's Rupert. Yeah. That's so fun. It is fun. The trails are so good. Yeah. Oh, man. Nothing but smiles. It's like nice and techie, but nothing where you're fearing for your life. It's going to change a bit in the next trail. That's going to change. Yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready. No, we got no pressure. I'm down to do it with you because I feel very comfortable around you. I feel like we got a good relationship here. Like no one's going to go to the other one into anything. No, no. In fact, I might convince you not to do something. Yeah, no, I could see that happening before the other for sure. All right. We've made it to Treasure Trail. The light is going down quick. Eric, I took a foot off the very first rock. All right, dude, you ready for this? Ready as you'll ever be. We'll see how this first feature goes. Yeah. Yeah, I probably shouldn't do that. Oh, dude, just roll it. If I looked at it, I was like a little concerned about the knuckle here. No, just roll it. It's chill, dude. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. It bounces so much. That got my heart going. Oh, my God. That hurt. This one is so nice because it's curved at the bottom. Yeah, that's cool. And then the other one is like... You can roll that one too. Yeah. But a lot of people will kind of huck it. Just flat. Okay. I rolled. Okay. Oh, I don't think there's any of those out here on a double black mountain bike trail in Squamish, Freddy Katz. If you've got the courage to be right here, I think you're beyond that. Pretty much down from here. I got plenty of space for you. Yeah, bud. So this is the next feature. Actually, this one freaks out a lot of people. This one freaks out people? Whoa. I've ridden it. I've ridden it from up here. If you're speed is under control, otherwise you're going to hit a tree and go over the edge. Okay. What's on the other side of that? Is that a big roll? Yeah. Whoa. Oh, this one's got a hard G out. I think this is fine. I've seen this feature in videos because it's got this interesting wave to it. How does it feel? If you're good on the brakes, it's not bad. Because it's Squamish rock. Yeah. So I should be able to crawl. Yeah. Well, you're going to pick up speed for sure. Okay. It's a bit too steep to crawl down. Yeah. All right. Gnarly. I'm going to give the ribbon side a go. Definitely need to be controlling my speed to a high degree. Yeah. I'm going to do this center line. It's a little bit easier. I think I can do it from that rock. That was what I was first planning on doing, but this just looks so straightforward right here. I'm going to give myself a little bit of leeway here and start on this simpler line. Okay. I could have been on the front a lot more actually. Yeah, you did great. Thanks. Okay. I'm going to do it from the rock and I'm going to combine it. Drop in. Yeah. That felt good. This looks insane from down here, bro. Holy. All right. First feature. Well, kind of first feature. What are you thinking? So one of the most important things or the hardest things that Eric's got is that he's on new brakes and I cannot emphasize, and I know how big of a difference that can be. We're on a trail where braking control is everything, you know? So I am putting no pressure on Eric. He's my guide out here. He's my riding buddy. He does not have to ride anything at all if he doesn't want to. I just want to go. Yeah. He's just out here to hang. All right. Eric's going to ride up to the B line here. See what he thinks of it. It's just old wall of rock. Far, far left. Yeah. Into the dirt, baby. Nice. Good job using that compression down there to brake. You're good to have around, Alex. Yeah, bud. I appreciate your encouragement. Hype master. This one, you've got no problem. Yeah, buddy. All right. Well done, dude. Not bad for not having ridden a bike in a year. Yeah, dude. I mean, I don't think anyone would expect you to come back after a year hiatus, third ride in, come ride a double black in Squamish. You're a good friend. All right. There's like an awkward drop. It's not even that big, like this big. Okay. But you got to like go through these roots to hit it. Okay. And some rocks and stuff. I'm not going to do today, but I'm sure you're fine. Oh, it's right here. Think over this, keep your speed under control. I don't know, man. Where's the transition? That's exactly what I mean. It feels like an uphill landing. What? It like doesn't look fun. Oh, it's fine. It's just, yeah. It's just kind of a like rim breaker. Yeah. I'll do it, but my back wheel's not going to be happy. You made it look good. Thanks, man. Yeah. It's tough. It's like you're, you know, an expert or something. Yeah. No, I don't know about that. I bottomed out of my fork though. Yeah. That made me a little nervous, but once I realized how much I could creep in to the first like big step, it was okay. It was okay. Yeah. No, I mean, I appreciate you coming out and riding with me. Eric just said, even though he's not riding everything, he's still just like loves being out in this awesome forest because it is so freaking cool. I keep like gushing about it. The forest, but also specifically this trail. This trail is super cool. Yes. This looks like a hard turn. Time to look at the drop. Oh, and it's a janky turn. Oh yeah. Wait, this isn't as slow as I thought. This has a great sideline. I like this, but yeah, it is jank into it. I'm okay with this. I'll do it real quick. Drop in. Nice. Woo. You come out of that kind of hot. Not the cleanest. I could have done it. The hardest part is definitely that turn in here, right? But yeah, the run out is actually like, I came out of that pretty quick. Yeah. But that was cool. Sick. All right. The next bit is some weird. What? What is this? What is this rock right here? What? Oh hell no. You just almost tipped the bridge over. Maybe it's getting a bit rotten. Oh, what? That's weird. Cool, right? Yeah. This is super cool. I wonder if this is going to hold. Dude, look at that. And then down this. Oh my gosh. And then you've got to make a left turn. Whoa. This is crazy. Cool. Yeah. Wow. That's so cool, dude. It's amazing. Well done. It's techie and it's cool. It's unique. All right. I got to give it a go. Dropping. Dude, this is so fun. Oh my gosh. It's like a freaking playground. Eric and I, we have not gone very far. If we just rode this whole trail through the trail takes probably like four minutes. Yeah. Like if that. Ooh, a double. There's wood at the bottom of that. Whoa. Okay. I'm glad I looked. You do not go over here. Nice. Yeah, dude. Notice how small Eric is. He's way below me. That's him. Little men squish. I squish you. I squish you. That's because it's weighed below me. This is where rock rolls get real tricky is when you stack them on top of each other. It's like anyone that it gets to be advanced level can do a rock roll that has a super clean, long run out. It's like, you don't need much break control to do that. You know, you mainly need confidence, but to do one into the other, into another, into another, where if you get out of control on any singular one of them and it would, it would mess you up on the next. Then it gets real, real tricky. It gets tough. And that is what we have, especially right here on this top. Yeah. Yeah. That top bit's the hardest for sure, man. It looks crazy from down here. Everything you get to the bottom. I just, I just keep getting to the bottom and looking up and it's like, you guys can't tell because you can't even see, this is just the last two ones. There's, there's two more above. It's like the amount of vert dropping is wild and the steepness and so cool. How about that balance? How nervous did I just make you? I've got that good balance. All right. When I have this drop, if I can wrap my mind around the skinnies before it, I think I should be okay. The, uh, the drop's not huge. It's kind of slow. No, dude, I'm not doing that. Nah. Yeah. I don't want to do that turn in. I don't know. Okay. Let me, let me just run it from here. Let me see what that feels like. Oh God. It's hard to start right there. Exactly. I just have to like really commit if I'm going to start right there and like starting right here is a no for me. Good job. Thanks. You scared me a little. Well, I scared you with the start stop. Yeah. And you did a wobble. Well, man, starting with that little bit of running is scary. Yeah. But the drop itself is fine, man. It does look really cool. I'm, I'm stoked. I did that, but dude, skinnies are just not, not my thing. Like if you lived here, they'd maybe become your thing. There's more, more water coming. Okay. I mean it goes, yeah, it just rolls, but it's like a bit of a gap between the end of the rock and those logs. So are you lifting? Uh, I think you'd probably lift a bit. Yeah. I don't think you, you may not have to. Oh, I see the gap. I see the gap. Okay. I think that's fine though. I am going to move this and this. You're good. Drop in. Oh, that was scary. Yeah. I hit the tree. Did you see that? Which tree, bro? My bar hit the tree, like pretty solidly. Which tree on the left? This one? No. On the roll, bro. Oh no. Yeah. Okay. I was, that made me nervous. That was, I wouldn't recommend it. Yeah, bud. I'm on you. Okay. Okay. Is that a drop? Holy. Oh, this is that. Oh man. That is awkward. But actually like looking from here, this is from that to that is like three feet. Oh my God. You really got to lunge. Like it's up to my pelvis. Yeah. When you're up here, your, your bike is not fully up by the time you get to that. I'm going to roll into it and see how much speed I have. I have a sneaking suspicion. It's not going to be enough to make me feel okay about it. See how this goes. Oh my God. You have so much speed. Yeah. But man, you got to line it up. I don't think I want it. Yeah. Yeah. Most people I've seen do it, do it slow. And then just one big lunge. Yeah. I think I can. I don't think I want it that bad. I'm happy with what I'm getting so far. I'll come back for that one. Oh wow. Yeah. That was fun. No one warned me about the skinnies. Absolutely nobody. Oh, I don't like it. Okay. You got plenty of space. I'm not on you. He said the exit is really janky and he might stop before it. So I'm giving him lots of space. Yeah. I shoulder tracked that tree, but I made it. Oh, I think so. Haven't put a foot down yet. I am balancing on a tree. Oh, are we out? Yeah, this is it. Yes. Oh, let's go, man. It's amazing to show someone. Dude, that's such a cool trail. There's so much variety. Yeah. Holy cow. It's one of those trails that we make it out. And I'm like, I was kind of holding my breath the whole time down, but you know, like internally, and I don't want to say anything to jinx myself, like, Oh, I'm doing great. I feel good about this. I've gotten most of the stuff, but now that we made it out, that's a fun and very challenging trail. And it has so many of the like aspects of mountain biking that I love. And some that I hate, dude, those skinnies I could do without, but dude, that's freaking rad, man. Thank you so much for. Yeah, no problem. Oh my gosh. I mean, I'll never forget my first time down this and now I'll forever remember it was with you, dude. Yeah. Oh, that was so sick and so scary. And it's just so epic. It was so awesome. Like I was telling Eric, I was thinking back to like the first features and I almost can't remember them. There's so many features on that trail. It's insane. Like yeah. Dense was a great way to describe it. Crazy dense. And I was also telling Eric, like I'm proud. I'm pretty proud of how I was able to handle that. Cause I don't even on a not great day this year, earlier on in this season, I would have been too timid to do a lot of that. So I've been riding, I've been out here for about a month now, and this is what BC does to you. It makes you a better rider. Woo. We emerge. Oh man. Great ride, bro. Oh, we made it. I'm not going to lie. I'm like too tired to sign off. It was rad. We're going to go eat food. Mountain biking is awesome.