Downhill MTB in Tennessee?! Windrock Bike Park means business.

[@214shakenbake]

PHIL, Thanks for posting this. I have such a hard time explaining to people how steep and gnarly Windrock actually is. I feel this video does a super job at showing some "real" footage.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

214shakenbake haha you are very welcome.

[@somethingaboutsamme904]

That was a bad ass ride. On my list to visit for when I'm in the neighborhood. Thanks Phil, another awesome video.

[@nath5440]

Trails you don't know, on a loaner bike, thats not perfect for some of the hits, following dudes that rip and still honking!! hitting most lines straight up NICE!!

[@nikoking145]

Skills with phill, i have to say you have the best biking chanell, all of your videos are like wow but this one was just the best!

[@TrailRiderMTB]

That log jump at @07.24 tho!

[@TrailFeatures]

I want to see BKXC take this trail with Phil and flex those new skills he's learning!

[@icecreamtrucker6400]

Same. BKXC I see you hiding in the comments!

[@icecreamtrucker6400]

You don't manual that log. You bunnyhop it. Anyone who tries to manual that will ruin their back wheel and/or get launched over the handlebars.

[@madrx2]

Good effort hopping it on a 200mm+ Dh bike

[@tomsharpe8181]

TrailRider 7:24

[@MTBdropIN]

Best Mtb video I have seen from anyone in a while!!! Thanks Phil!!!

[@notsponsored103]

Best use of a bus I've ever seen

[@bullseye0112]

I like how they are all on downhill bikes and you are rocking the trail bike like a boss

[@mattdsteacy]

CANT WAIT TO SEE THE FINAL EVIL BUILD PHIL!!!

[@daylight31415]

matt steacy It's going to be soo sick with the new Cane Creek Helm fork!

[@mattdsteacy]

Day light Ikr!

[@mattdsteacy]

Joschua Wiese idk but he was fast AF

[@daylight31415]

From what I read in the pinkbike First Ride, the Helm is at least as good if not superior to the competitors. Especially for aggressive riders like Phil because it's well damped

[@brianpope7345]

As everybody knows, pov never gives you that "Oh Sh@@" feel. I was watching this and you cannot understand how steep it really is. These guys are all very good riders and were doing drops and rock stuff so smooth and fast it made the course look even more flat. Great Stuff.

[@tyleinho]

Yes! I live in Knoxville and this place is awesome!

[@motivatedbyhaters85]

Going to windrock soon to go off roading, had no idea the bike trails were this awesome! Looks like a dual purpose trip coming up. Thanks for posting this video Phil!

[@ZIggyRIbetto]

RIP trail bike, visiting this place with a few friends in april, should be rad! Great vid

[@yoji58]

Amazing Trail! Very inspirational as I'm about to start a trail system in Eastern Oklahoma in an area that this trail was very reminiscent of. Very rocky and steep.

[@odysseyjzx]

Fuzzyyojimbo Where in Oklahoma? I live in Tulsa and it's very rocky at Turkey Mountain.

[@yoji58]

Roughly Marble City area.

[@sethnichols203]

Hey Phil I was wondering when you would be back at Windrock I live close to there and I just rode dirt bikes there yesterday on the other trails.

[@Eltoca21]

I love the little woohoo's lol! Makes me want to get on my bike and go ride now lol.

[@TheJacken]

Ha! No idea what Dakota is talking about..."It's good cause it's like ugh ugh ugh, ya know?"

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Shit mountain bikers say episode 2.

[@lucienlalachance]

They've come so far since this video, such a cool place! Riding there now is even better!

[@scottiemanners]

We have an old mine that is a MTB park now here in Anderson, IN. Its a lot of uphill and downhill, mostly the piles of earth they moved and piled create a lot of whoop sections or uphills and downhills that allow you to keep your momentum going down and using the speed to get back up easily

[@CaptRohmer]

Lmao @ 11:50 in. Sweet trails, going to have to check them out now. Great vid.

[@paddydavison6969]

you make hands down the best pov footage!

[@anendlessgrove196]

That looks like a ton of fun, too bad I'm in Utah with a broken hand, awesome trails and riding!

[@isaacweatherly]

Aww, While you were out here you should've visited Devils racetrack or Barn Burner... Those trails are sweet!

[@aveOW2]

The cane creek helm is a 1100$ fork. What did you think of it and how it performed?

[@christianheinz9163]

yooooo no way man... I live so close to here... you should also ride at baker's creek and Sharpe's ridge

[@hobmarg]

Phil getting hectic on the trail bike toward the end! Sick riding dude. Would love to see you go back with a DH.

[@RyanMarcyesOutdoors]

Super Rad!!!!! Hope to ride with you guys next week at Santos!!! Live-Life-Loud!!!!

[@chrisaiello5230]

This place looks epic! Definitely making a trip there this summer!

[@gro_skunk]

you gotta come up to Minnesota and ride Battlecreek Park, Lebanon Hills Park and Cuyuna Lakes Trails.

[@JC-zf6sx]

yeah!!! got to check this place out. great riding!

[@markbusch1721]

midwest bike parks rule, lol. you gotta check out little switz bike park in wisconsin if you ever get a chance. pretty cool place.

[@jojoaspi7398]

Oh man! We were going to be there on March 18th. Would have been great to meet and ride with you.

[@downhillanddeadlifts6489]

Windrock has been on my list for a long time... I never manage to go further south than Snowshoe. Real nice of Dakotah to let you borrow a bike, but damn that thing is noisy!

[@minervgiko]

You should come to northern Cali and ride the trail networks around santa cruz, especially USCS

[@matthewshultz8762]

11:54 to 12:00 is the best part of the whole video... That last trail was amazing

[@mwinner101]

Your best video yet. Well done.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

mwinner101 thank you kind sir :)

[@quicksilverz6642]

Good stuff Phil! Thanks for sharing..

[@murchman0]

Phil have you ridden Bailey Mountain bike park, if you have I was wondering how they compare in steepness and in technical?

[@namelastfirstname4124]

We love you Phil! J&M in NE Georgia

[@ArcticPride1]

So many cool hits, hip jumps all over!

[@CancusTreff]

Oh dang I live in Knoxville and I've been wanting to ride all these trails but I have no one to ride with which sucks

[@Caleb-bp8bm]

same but I live in Maryville and my only bike is a walmart dirtjumper. I am saving up for a mountain bike tho

[@CancusTreff]

Caleb N. what are you planning to get

[@Caleb-bp8bm]

Bob Bob Barker probably specialized pitch unless I can find something used that is better for a similar price

[@logangross6899]

I'm in Knoxville and have been looking for people to ride with. I've been working on setting up a Facebook page for the area riders : facebook.com/groups/1809368122656471/?ref=bookmarks

[@CancusTreff]

Logan Gross ok sweet I just joined the group.

[@SWTrailsAndWheels]

Awesome, awesome footage Phil!

[@maxdevereux2180]

These trails look super grarly Phil! Awesome riding 🤘

[@sbdogg716]

How's the weather there in early February? Seems like the first place to be able to ride DH after the winter time

[@SkillsWithPhil]

It's one of the few places that's open everyday all year round. It'll be cold, but still fun!

[@avreso1555]

KZbin needs to work on their compression. At 3:30 there's nothing of detail or even a clear path visible, because it's to compressed.

[@MrNatedog1890]

I live right next to this place and didn't even know it existed

[@Deuteross]

Impressive riding, even scary at times;)

[@SaleenS351R]

That place looks awesome! I was just reading an article on the Cane Creek Helm.. How'd did you like it?

[@ReluctantRider]

That was insane! No where near enough bike for you today Phil!

[@abelburnem4402]

What were your impression of the Cane Creek Helm fork?

[@fe9523]

I have beeen looking for so much time for a trail like this in the us, so hard to find elsewhere

[@SKBKER]

On your live stream I commented about putting a BB spacer to space the drive side crank out so the chainring doesn't hit the frame . This will 100% work . Do not machine the frame down as the wall thickness might not be enough .

[@chuckfinley3152]

The old trails were crazy, and by steep you mean straight down right? I havnt been there in a long time, im assuming these are new since the old trails got logged?

[@nickrogers6441]

Aside from being under gunned, how was the cane creek helm?

[@MTBdropIN]

How did you manage the gimbal noise? Did you just turn down background noise in the editing?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

+MTBdropIN you can still hear it but the enough other nose to drown it out. I did do some minor audio tweaking which helped but didn't eliminate completely.

[@MTBdropIN]

Hey Phil I wanted to ask you something more personal to my channel, would you be open to sending me your email address through twitter?

[@The_Real_Don_Losole]

Going there to watch the Pro GRT Event this weekend. Would I survive with a Pivot mach 429 w 120 in the front and 100 in the rear? Carbon wheels? I am now officially nervous.

[@tedclev]

Thoughts on the Helm? What was the travel on the bike in this vid? Thanks!

[@bullseye0112]

Damn Phil, under gunned but still hit it hyper speed blind and semi fearless

[@magnolialee4288]

Thoroughly enjoyed! 👊🏽

[@idontuploadanymore6751]

I can't believe he responded I love bmx and mtb

[@andrewjones5520]

Hey Phil, question from the UK. What was the helm fork like? loved the video btw, sick park!!

[@KevinCoe1]

would riding that on a hardtail be any fun or are the rocks so frequent and intense that it would suck?

[@thiagogabriel539]

Great video, Phil!

[@Vanadium]

Yeah I like trails like that. gnarly stuff, best stuff.

[@dallingiauque6974]

how many years did it take you to get that good. Im really trying to get good like you.

[@phantomrider86]

Wow, those are some sick trails !! Phil, will you be taking your Evil Calling back here or a DH bike ?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

+PhantomRider86 of I have a dh bike I'll bring that for sure.

[@Midgetmayhem2792]

Skills with phil what would you recommend as a first camera

[@mtbfiend4170]

Ive never been to a bike park and cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!

[@erealpe13]

wow sick trails and riding of course.

[@JC-zf6sx]

I love watching Dak in this video.

[@6soccerdawg]

Why does the quality drop happen? I have experienced this as well. Using the exact same setup: Gopro Hero 5 and the Karma Grip Stabilizer.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

+The Average MTBr KZbin compresses the video files and has a maximum bit rate of 3mbps while Vimeo has 10mbps. So I bought a pro Vimeo account to upload bigger quality videos for people who are really want it.

[@AKay4tothe7]

Yo! The Tokul was what? Great vid, once again!

[@Ripskin16]

That place looks like a ton of fun

[@waynekoelsch5586]

Good ole rocky top!

[@TrailFeatures]

Oh man, so much good stuff in this video! I love how they built the natural features into the trail! I don't know why, but it makes me super nostalgic about shooting down the trails around my old house in NH. So I gotta ask... How did you like the fork? Allowed to talk about it yet? :)

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I can now, the Helm was released yesterday! I love it. It's very supple and you can make it ramp up super quickly. You can make it ridiculously progressive. The one in this video I'm going to assume was nitrogen charged or had special floating piston. The valve caps were taped shut and if you look at the pinkbike article they talked about trying different models out. They wouldn't tell me if there was anything different with the fork I was riding that day.

[@rgmtb]

That place was intense! Dude, carry a spare tube for crying out loud! Hahahaha!!!

[@carsonamate3330]

the sound of the front derailleur haunts me. so happy im 1x

[@carsonamate3330]

well if that is he noise i hear

[@SkillsWithPhil]

+Carson Amate no front derailleur. :P

[@F.N.G.RC1]

Phil at the beginning of the video you said the Tokul was undergunned. After riding it do you think the Tokul could have made it and what would have been the disadvantages??? Im looking at a similar model and wanted hardtail so thats why im asking. Thanks

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Could have, but I wouldn't want to. The Tokul doesn't like high-speed gnarliness. It's good for slow/medium pace technical trails but once you start opening it up the lack of rear suspension is a limiter especially at bike parks. For trail riding and flowy bike park trails the Tokul is great.

[@nathanfeaster5140]

Phil come ride in Knoxville! The local trails are great, I know plenty of people who could show you around.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I'm good friends with Kasey Armstrong and Cory Rimmer, been meaning to ride out there with them.

[@nathanfeaster5140]

Skills With Phil I hope you get the chance to soon!

[@ムース-r5d]

kinda out of context, but what special tools do i need to switch out my headset parts? i took apart my bike and lost 3/4 of the headset bearings, now i cant find the same headset on the internet

[@camshaft1840]

What a great test for the new Cane Creek Helm fork.

[@robwasnj]

Using a trail bike made this video a lot more interesting for me!

[@wildy1059]

Were you running tubes or tubeless phil

[@benjicaldera]

What do you think about tubeless Phil?

[@truthallurevideoproduction3661]

Do you ride all the way down the hill on a flat to change it?? Or did you stop somewhere and us a co2 cartridge and a tubeless plug?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I rode all the way down on it but kept my weight over the front wheel by basically leaning on the handlebars. I walked the super rocky parts though and was careful to avoid big rocks.

[@jimmyradloff6852]

Wow! Sick riding dude!

[@icecreamtrucker6400]

Were you rocking toobs in that bad boy? Or just burping the tire?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

+IceCreamTrucker the bike had tubes, but i didn't set it up.

[@icecreamtrucker6400]

For sure man! Tubeless is the way to go. Stoked to see the Evil!

[@allen423100]

Phil, when do we get to see your calling.?

[@shoulderbladez44]

Are his bars really short or have I been watching BKXC too much with his 800mm bars 😂

[@SkillsWithPhil]

They were around 790, the camera distorts the width of the bars.

[@pedalhound]

Hey Phil, is that a Banshee you are on? What model? I kinda brought back TMTBL...just posting peoples videos though. I was missing the community and still wanted to showcase the awesome creators that this sport has....if there is anyone you think I should add to my list lemme know.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

+Rivers Mitchell I noticed you did! I'm glad to see it back. I was just checking the site today! And no it's a BMC trailfox trail crew 03

[@pedalhound]

+Skills With Phil Yeah, I'm happy to see it back too. Still pulling 10k views a month with no one posting there....was surprised to see that! How'd you like the bike? You coming to Western Canada this year?

[@raymonddabela8538]

Who in their right mind would want to mtb in TennessHOLYCRAPiwanttogotoTennessee.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Raymond Dabela haha I know you wouldn't expect it. to add to that one of the best trails I've ridden was in Alabama!

[@baddriversofcolga]

Skills With Phil What trail was that?

[@MyMtbAdventure]

Check out tannery knobs in johnson city. Almost open, ..just finishing up the pump track. Lots of fun

[@aaronplvan8915]

@@SkillsWithPhil Yo I live in Auburn, Alabama I need this response

[@jacobcrawfordmtb]

@@SkillsWithPhil What was the trail?

[@MrFreestyletube]

Your videos and skill are sick... what do you use as a camera and how is it so smooth?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

+MrFreestyletube I'm using the gopro karma grip, I have a video about that it :)

[@jakakozjan255]

Phil, can we expect an Evil bike build video?

[@oldeh91]

are you able to give your opinion on the new helm fork?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I wrote this below in response to another user. "It's very supple and you can make it ramp up super quickly. You can make it ridiculously progressive. The one in this video I'm going to assume was nitrogen charged or had a special floating piston. The valve caps were taped shut and if you look at the pinkbike article they talked about trying different models out. They wouldn't tell me if there was anything different with the fork I was riding that day."

[@2010karatekid]

Recently got talked into riding at Windrock with a friend. Unfortunately, I only have a cross country bike. Needless to say I was terrified the entire time...

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Oh god, that sounds terrifying though I saw Neko doing laps on a hardtail XC bike.

[@vaskovasko5959]

I got my first flat today, got home and watch this video xD. Coincidence? Don't think so ;)

[@hobmarg]

Man those steep rocky trails look sick. Definitely DH bike territory.

[@akaveli2g]

awesome video!

[@JW6B3]

these videos are actually really sick!

[@dwarikathapamagar5117]

im fully excited

[@SkillsWithPhil]

TMI! If English isn't your first language what you said could be interpreted as meaning something completely different than what you wanted to say. :P

[@dwarikathapamagar5117]

I need downhill same like urs but its imposible hehehahaha