Sam Blenkinsop in 3 Minute Gaps - Video

 No Gloves

 Boss of the Boss'

 like a boss

 yeah i surpose

 Some of those tracks where in Earthed 4 i beleive, especially the step up that he hit.

 That step up is at Long Gully (Wellington, New Zealand) I haven't seen earthed 4 but it's a mean jump haha

 Yeah, forgotten the name of the rider, but he did come from wellington

 why are ther beraks so squeaky must be annoying anything they can do about that?

 stop it from raining?

 to bad he left yeti

 That's not the jump in earthed 4, the yup in earthed 4 had a wooden take off and is a step up on the nationals track http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3450090/ the jump in the this is the step up to the freeride track, similar jumps with the same terian on the same hill, but on different tracks

 Blenky!!! is deffinately a boss

 What's with the Life Cycles hate? I thought it was absolutely brilliant. If you watched LC to see the sickest dirt jumping around then you're the problem. I wanted to see a finely crafted piece of art and I got what I was looking for.

On topic: Clay Porter is really good, can't wait to watch that one.

 man, I loved Life Cycles, mostly because its not a bike film, its a film about the bike and the cycle of life... so all the story behind it made it look good... the hi-def cameras just make it look even better! but you're right, its a not a film that will make you want to go out and ride.. its more like a chill and enjoyable film... another nice thing is that you dont need to be with your bike mates to watch it, everybody likes it. If I want to get stoked, I go for the Earthed's and Freecaster's with all the downhill racing in it... just my opinion

 ^^but surely the idea of a bike film is about making you want to go out and ride?

if it cant do that then its doing something wrong

 yeah life cycles never made me want to go out and ride

that Brendan Fairclough 3 min gap trailer is dope gets me hyped

 The only reason it didnt make me go biking is cause i kept watching the film cause it was really good.

 Life Cycles was never advertised as a film for awesome riding. You read into it wrong and thats your own fault.

Your arguments for Life Cycles being shit are like saying Funny People is a shit film just because it has Adam Sandler in it so you were expecting slapstick comedy. Life Cycles was never meant to be about pushing the boundaries of riding - It was about pushing the boundaries of film-making (Which it did spectacularly). Its about time biking films branched out into sub-genres and thats exactly what Life Cycles accomplished.

Go cream over NWD if you want a music video.

 like how could life cycles makes you not wanna go ride , it inspires me to go out and build some stuff . the way its shot with all the cables , the angles , the scenery and epicness of the moment . and,i think that , the riding is sick and way better than most of us out there .

 I think what was so good about Life cycles was how you could relate to it as a rider: how your local trails look with each season, trail building, road trips, broken bikes etc. Films like Follow Me and NWD make me go "wow that shits insane yo, Cam McCaul is such a ripper" but LC makes me like "yeah this is what it's all about". (Plus the riding in LC was awesome anyway.)

 the music choice was horrific in life cycles, didnt suit the riding at all

riding is supposed to be about enjoying yourself and life cycles didnt portray that with their music choice, especially the transition into winter

not to mention the unbelievably cheesy narrator, talking about the bike. Why not talk about the rider and what he goes through when riding (broken bones etc)? not about the bikes forks breaking or snapping a deraillieur , that doesnt mean sh#t

 They said it from the beginning, Life Cycles is not a bike movie, but a movie about a bike. So of course they talked about the bike.

 tell me about it, my bike is at the workshop for two weeks already...its killing me...literally!!!

 pod*

 Lapierre DH team bike.