Trying Not to DIE Riding this VERTICAL Rock Chute!

Today we're checking out Kamloops Bike Ranch in British Columbia, Canada. I've heard a lot of good stuff about this place and I know it has some massive jumps and crazy freeride lines. It's definitely been a place I've wanted to visit for a long time, especially since it's where freeride was born back in the day. Before we dive in, quick shout out to Hollowfly for sponsoring this video. More on that later, but for now let's get stuck into some riding. She said not to worry that the bears would just be quite content eating the berries, I'm not so sure. We're at the bottom now, a lot of lines. Wow, not a drop of moisture anywhere on this ground, it's so dry. Some big jumps, some small jumps over here. What trails would you recommend riding if you've never been here before? So if you go over the entrance there's a couple little trails over there, those are pretty good. What about Fistful of Dollars, good track? That one's kind of hard though because like you have to jump over a shed. This is the start of the big jump line that runs right alongside the highway, it's super floaty and really dusty. People were telling me that they hadn't seen rain in Kamloops over four months, which was wild. It was also really windy which added another challenge to the day. Wow, big rut in that. Off the drop, okay, fairly slow drop. Step up, that's pretty cool. Drop and step up. The lip's quite steep so we'll see how the downhill bike reacts. Whoa, slipped in the corner. Let's try again. Conditions really aren't up my street. It's quite hard to adjust to this dust, very different to what I'm used to. Well, I didn't expect that. Oh, I'm not feeling it today. I'll just ride down and show you, not feeling it at all. My head really wasn't in the right space today. It was hot from pushing up without a shuttle which seriously affected my concentration and focus. When you've got jumps this size there really is no margin for error. That looks sick, big air time, pump and then jump over the shed. You have to be fully focused on the ball. So I decided I'd live to fight another day. I got hydrated and returned for round two. Big old jump. Nah, not on the urn. I'm not feeling that today. So I found some cool ridge lines to go and play on. So I actually made another visit to Kamloops because I found out I could get a shuttle that would take me from the bottom to the top so I could do even more riding. This meant I could really explore the bike ranch and see what it really had to offer. Hey bud. I'll be right with you. Yeah sure, no worries. What a place. Really good for bike progression. There's like a pump track, jumps and then down towards the bigger lines down here. Tumbleweed. It's like riding on a beach. So damn dry. Who knows when they had rain here last. Wouldn't have for a long time. This trail was really fun with loads of progressive tabletops and doubles to get warm and a pump for the bigger trails in the bike park. So fun. Not only does this place have loads of trails, there's a huge jump park at the bottom of the hill with even more lines. Into the jump park. Look at the size of those monsters. We'll be hitting those down the bike. They are serious. But we can have a play on some of these small ones. I actually had a hard time choosing which tracks to ride because there were so many of them and I had so little time to ride them. You can see all the free ride lines. Crazy how fast the uplift was as well. It literally took me two minutes to get from the bottom straight back up to the top of the trails. We're already at the top again. Five minutes later. Shuttle's so fast. We're going to do Tombstone. Not kicking any of the bars then. Short and sweet lap. Let's go and look at this little free ride line I spied. Steep rock chute. Right burn. Left. 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It was also a lot less windy on day two of the bike ranch. Oh Christ, I overshot that a little bit. I was way more comfortable in the air and way more confident. Wrangler. Another jump trail. Huge berms, but there's loads of shark fins. This line was a much more progressive jump line with loads of bigger features and shark fins out all the corners. Whoa. That's a bigger jump line. That's the fistful of dollars line. So good. Very steep jumps. You just gotta go with the flow on these. I'm still getting used to them. They're all really safe. Just super steep takeoff. It's mind-blowing how much stuff is here. Funny, this place is actually where I dreamed of coming as a kid. Used to seeing all the old mountain bike movies that would be in Kamloops. So it's quite cool to be here. These are all like dirt jumps. Dirt jumps on a downhill bike is a bit weird. Whoa, that's cool. Real progressive. Definitely can improve my style though. Can't be uplifting so fast. It's already there. The good thing is that the ranch is set out in an easy to navigate way. You've got your jump lines on one side and your flow trails on the other. You're out of control then. The only thing that was really annoying about this was just how bright the sun was glaring off the ground. The ground is basically just sand and it was making it really hard to actually see what was underneath me and the terrain I was riding on. Whoa. Should we try that right-hand jump line there? That could be fun. So good fun. A bit weird on a downhill bike but I'm loving it. I wonder if we could progress up to these slightly bigger ones from here. Let's do the first few. Oh, definitely not for me this on a downhill bike anyway. Ah, it's getting progressively bigger. Damn it, I missed the shuttle. We can go and ride another one of these free ride lines. All right, so this one's all about bike control, brake control. Super slow and steady this one. Down the ridgeline. Blew that corner out. Look at the dust cloud I just made. So that was Kamloops Bike Ranch. What a place. It needs a bit of rain. It's so dry but there's so many trails here. So many jump trails, a couple of downhill trails. I didn't actually really have a go at the bigger jump line here, Fistful of Dollars. Just not feeling it but had a really good time. If you're ever in the area and maybe even you want something different than going riding at Whistler, come into Kamloops. There's so much riding there. Really good. See you in the next video.