r/nextfuckinglevel • u/RampChurch • 25d ago
Skinny bridges over deep river chasms in the woods
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u/lonestar-rasbryjamco 25d ago
I see you there, sneaky man in blue.
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u/Subject1928 25d ago
I am glad I wasn't the only one who saw him! He knows he has to stay hidden to see the elusive Mountain Biker acting naturally in it's habitat.
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u/sad-potato-333 25d ago
Why does that second bridge get thinner in the middle? Is this the right place for aesthetics? Is this a video game? Do you get extra points for crossing it?
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u/SmokeyXIII 25d ago edited 25d ago
Unfortunately your life experience simply starts you at the wrong point for thinking about this. You simply wont see it the right way, so let me assist.
Picture this: You're 17 years old, your dad has been gone for 5 years already and Mom is always at work. You've got a girlfriend tho, Andrea (but everyone calls her Andy). What a friggin smoke show she is, so honestly life could be worse. School is out for the summer and you and your buddies have time to kill. You just watched the last season of the Red Bull Rampage, Hardline and Joyride but man you don't have those trails around. Anyways fuckin Kenneth and his rich ass parents just got back from Whistler and he's been bragging about hitting 'A Line' (a fuckin lie, btw, because he would die if he tried it). Andy heard his bragging and she thinks it's cool or whatever so you need to put Kenny in his place. Then you remember the waterfall out back by the abandoned mine. An idea starts to form. You know what you need to do. So you build the waterfall skinny. So all that's left is to crush a monster (screw red bull) turn on the go pro and hit record.
Anyways I hope this clears things up for you.
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u/google_fu_is_whatIdo 25d ago edited 25d ago
This is in Squamish. Built by people who ride this sort of stuff on the regular. It works.
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u/Immediate_Cut_6672 25d ago
The red bull thing is the truest thing I’ve heard lol. Mountain bikers have a huge appreciation for red bull but in the end all I see them drink is monster
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u/chodeboi 25d ago
I thought the was the spot near the old quarry near Sutherland in North van but it’s been 30 years; glad too see I was within 100km
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u/DaleATX 25d ago edited 25d ago
Psychological. It commits you to the feature and once you are committed it ramps up the skill challenge. I would try to explain it further but basically think of all the things we do in life where it starts simple and ramps up the challenge and you will understand why mountain bikers build features that begin easy and increases in difficulty. Often times there will be a "squirrel catcher" at the start of a trail that will be representative of the bigger challenges you will face, to weed you out before you get into the shit. But that is not always the case.
The other aspect is that man made skinnies mimic their natural counterparts: fallen trees. Depending on how the trunk is shaped, your tread will narrow and widen at multiple points.
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u/T_D_K 25d ago
The seesaw serves as the squirrel catcher on this one I guess
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u/c_radicallis 24d ago
Yeah, I thought the teeter totter was the gnarliest feature in this line, by far
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u/TackyBrad 25d ago
I'm assuming that's over a log and it naturally gets narrower there for some reason and they copied it for good support.
Or it's an extra test like the seesaw lmao
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u/JohnnySmithe80 25d ago
These are often built for a shot in a movie or promo so it gives extra cool points.
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u/2wheelzrollin 25d ago
Hopefully it deters unskilled riders from trying something they shouldn't be sending.
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u/VolatileDataFluid 25d ago
This feels like one of those places where the news story would include:
"When they recovered his body from the bottom of the ravine, approximately 43 days after he was reported missing, the memory card in his GoPro showed that his bike tire had slipped on the third bridge. The resultant fall sent him plummeting some 12 meters into the rocky terrain below, breaking several bones and hopefully killing him outright. Due to the decomposition and what appears to be damage from scavengers, there is no way to tell if he survived the initial impact or lingered on for several days in the remote area."
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u/Vancitysimm 25d ago
Whenever you see someone with a cast on leg in Squamish 99% it was from a bike fall. I go there twice a week for work as an appliance tech and a lot of hunters, mountain climbers and other extreme activity people live there. One time I went to a house grandparents were taking care of kid and mother was showing me issue with dishwasher and dad was working on his shoulder, I thought it was from a bad rotator cuff because I do similar stuff for mine, he said they were going mountain climbing so he was warming up lol like saying they were going to park.
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u/jeff-beeblebrox 25d ago
I could ride that but why the hell would I want to? There’s exposed, technical and challenging riding but this is just plain sketchy.
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u/AngryQuadricorn 25d ago
I’d be scared to walk on that! Would never consider riding a bike along it! Wild! Big NO from me!
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u/ericfromct 25d ago
When I used to actually ride my bike, I’d never have walked it but would ride this comfortably. I definitely felt more comfortable and confident riding than walking. Never rode mountain bikes like that, but a bike is a bike at the end of the day.
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u/uno_novaterra 25d ago
I got pretty into mountain biking in college, this is so terrifying, I don’t think I ever rode with that level of accuracy.
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u/GratefuLdPhisH 25d ago
I wouldn't be surprised if people came in with broken bones to the hospital and they didn't even need to ask them how it happened
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u/Amazing_Viper 25d ago
I'm not even there, just the pov had my brain repeating "Oh shit oh shit oh shit"
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u/National_Package_119 25d ago
First bridge "ooo that looks fun, I want to do that" second bridge "Nevermind".
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u/lattestcarrot159 25d ago
I suddenly have the strong urge to not go there. Can't really explain why though...
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u/TDYDave2 25d ago
Then there is the guy in blue at the 22 second mark holding up his phone to get pictures.
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u/IncorporateThings 25d ago
How is shoddy little bridges NFL? Ya'all have some non-existent standards.
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u/Allemaengel 25d ago
I love tech mountain biking on Appalachian rocks, roots, and logs but I like keeping my wheels on the ground.
Kudos to those guys out in BC who ride that.
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u/SignificantDiver6132 25d ago
As a heavy metal fan I get that some are into the misanthropy aesthetic; but it gets seriously creepy when people show actual disregard for human life.
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u/rambosalad 25d ago
What gives me the most anxiety in this video is not the trail itself but that he might cycle into a bear lol
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u/patinaYouUgly 25d ago
I thought that first skinny was going to be a drop into the other skinny and was happy to see it was a teeter after he’s on it. Looks sick
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u/EzMowgli 25d ago
At 0:10, I think there was someone trying to get a sneaky pic up that person's biker pants
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u/MissAlice1234 24d ago
Where was this filmed? The natural landscape is beautiful, but I can’t understand why they’d design and ride through such hazardous, skinny wooden bridges.
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u/Odd-Perception7812 24d ago
My hats off to you all who enjoy this. I'm glad to have this thrill.
Watching this video made me pretty anxious. Not my jam.
Thanks for sharing! Have fun!
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u/DrAniB20 24d ago
The guy filming on his phone at 21 and 22 second mark scared the crap out of me the first time I watched it.
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u/ywezelenburg 24d ago
No one seeing the camera man on the side there where there is a90 degree turn to the right 😅. Very cool trail
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u/Outside_Narwhal3784 20d ago
I often wonder what goes through people’s minds when they build trails like this.
“Let’s see how many of these bitches survive this shit. Hah!”
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u/Lost_daddy 13d ago
If you jump in the second hole and hug the edge, you’ll land in a magical floating barrel that will shoot you like a cannonball to the checkpoint
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u/OhLookASquirrel 25d ago
Nope.