Bike Park Tour With My Brother! | MTB Van Adventures

Blake Samson is out exploring some UK bike parks with his brother Ray Samson for a weekend of shredding, meeting friendly faces and exploring the epic UK MTB scene in his new off-grid expedition campervan!
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[@moozeex1]

I think Blake Is the only guy from GMBN who could make his owh chanel!!! He's easy to watch, has loads of charisma, intresting hobies.I could literally watch him change light bulbs in the house and it would be entertaining.

[@gagegreen7798]

Blake is another seth. The uk version.

[@martintin250]

Totally agree

[@Mr_Bedlam215]

He does have his own channel, I believe. He might just not be uploading on it for some reason.

[@paffpieboy]

I'd say Rich could too

[@SLYBUTTER]

So true

[@philanimasuku4256]

As a Zimbabwean 🇿🇼 Totally loved the Sadza and Muriwo part, will actually have that tonight.

[@richardhaselwood9478]

Haha, I'm Australian, but worked in Mozambique about 12 years ago. Had maize meal (spelling??) a couple of times, and nearly gagged. I can't eat it :)

[@gmbn]

Nice one! We hope you enjoyed!

[@carlosgonzalez4542]

That’s a very interesting way of using the corn flour Venezuelan product harina pan! Didn’t know it made it all the way there. You can make arepas for your next camping trip! Kudos on the video!

[@andyrogers747]

Great to see more of Blake’s Zimbabwean roots, and culture 💪 🔥 loved it

[@gmbn]

💯%!

[@irwannasit]

Nothing like a family ride and outing. More to come I hope!

[@gmbn]

Most definitely! We're stoked you enjoyed this one!

[@theaircooledcollective8600]

Biking, food and traveling… more of this please!

[@markmueller5081]

I totally agree

[@gmbn]

Noted! 📝

[@mtbmadman187]

Man that level of confidence and ability is awesome to watch.

[@gmbn]

💯%! We had such a sick time! Blake and Ray sent it!

[@BoneDocHarmony]

Hell yea Blake 🤟🏻 All the series you shoot are always of good quality, the respect and driving friendship between you and your brother is excellent. You should know that 20 minutes is not enough while watching you! I think you need to open a channel, what do you say?

[@olrenison]

I think we need a brother-off! The Sampsons versus the Jones versus the Atherton brothers! Bring it on 🙂👌

[@gmbn]

That would be sick! 😅 Thanks for the suggestion!

[@SLYBUTTER]

Goeie more, na 'n lekker pap en vleis. Blake is my favourite presenter by far.

[@davidklepis7248]

I think there should be a new series, Blake Cooks. Because what you made looks delicious!!

[@dusty7933]

Did i just hear your brother say braai? I like it! South African for barbique. Geniet daai braai boys. Vleis is lekker!!!

[@charlie_one_9]

Love the cooking there Blake! I, too, grew up eating white cornmeal ‘cept we made it into cakes with salt, butter and a slice of white cheese. Will have to try your recipe. Cheers!

[@406OutdoorsMT]

Blake’s my favorite you tube personality, let alone mountain biking. Seems like a genuinely good dude. Cheers guys, great video!

[@nevillepretorius8948]

I was watching this video in South Africa while having a braai! Blake and brother make great videos!

[@GrafRamolo]

Funny to see someone has the same bike as me. This ns define carbon is one sweet sweet machine, I only upgraded the brakes and handlebars.

[@aAnd67]

Great vid Bingers. I like the Brothers Samson doing vids together. Blake was the reason I bought a bike, at 54 years young. Such a great guy. 🤜🤛

[@hobbyaddict4928]

These kind of vids are my fave from GMBN, mini adventures to inspire me to get out and do the same, a road trip of riding, camping & cooking. 👌

[@bonganidarrylkhupe8139]

We still eating Sadza, Muriwo and Nyama (nicknamed the holy trinity). Nice one guys😂😂😂

[@Antjan46]

Yussis what what a kiff jol! Blake, your boet shreds 🤘🏽 That pap and braai dish looks good too! Look forward to more videos like this 👍🏽

[@spuddleydiddley]

Awesome stuff Blake and Ray. Definitely more of this please!!

[@gmbn]

We're stoked you enjoyed! For sure, more to come! 👊

[@spuddleydiddley]

@@gmbn 👊🏻👊🏻

[@KEITHKINOTI254]

In East African swahili, we call the Sadza Ugali, the Muriwo is just termed as mboga "stew" and Nyama is just Nyama it does look very inviting.

[@SeANi0Audio]

Always good to see Ray back on the channel. I knew this would be epic, just from the title!

[@gmbn]

You know it! Thanks for watching!

[@calvinpgetzke5720]

Thank you for getting me back into mountain biking. I ordered a Rocky Mountain Growler 40 last summer which is a hardtail. Thank you Blake Samson as your love for the hardtail is why I decided to buy one. Now I'm looking forward to building a full suspension next winter so I can get friends into it or at least give me a reason to have more than one bike. Its my first real mtb bike!! Finally showed up as winter hit here in Alberta Canada. Have yet to take her on the single track. So stoked and thank you GMBN for all your great content as it helped me do a few upgrades and switch to a moto style setup. You all have helped me get through the 'mild' Canadian winter. I put carbon bars on with a 35 x 40mm stem, some awesome XT brakes which Doddy's great video on his love for XT shows how much he loves them. I can see the passion in all the presenters you have on your great channel. Its inspired me to get out in the woods more and track my progress as a newb. Excited to say the least and looking forward, when our single tracks cross paths. Love you all and thank you!!! P.S. if you want a newb presenter to inspire more riders such as myself Nothing is keeping me here in Canada.

[@GedSal-ui2uw]

Brotherly love, shredding and a good tucker! Magic ..

[@downhill64]

Blake your brother shreds, great vid

[@WolfAs243]

Nyama also means meat or beast or animal in Lingala, from DRC. 😉 Great video guys ! The Salza, is know as fufu in my country... or national ball (Boule nationale in french) Lol. It is eaten almost everyday. Miam miam! Enjoy your meal !

[@darrenwall5439]

Great video dude nice job! Mighty to meet yourself and Ray in dyfi last month 💚 Also Ray is a demon on the bike, great to see the skill level of you guys! Inspiring us to keep practicing and getting more confident. Looking forward to the next visit to dyfi and hopefully dry weather, all the best 💚

[@gmbn]

Thanks for watching, Darren! We're stoked you enjoyed! Ray is such a sick rider!

[@lukajazbinsek1296]

I love how this turned into a cooking show half way through! :) Great vid. Never change, guys!

[@m4tzeeh]

I wish I had a brother to do that stuff with! That was epic, glad you both enjoyed it.

[@gmbn]

We all do! They make a great riding duo! 👊

[@edgarsnezinu1439]

Wow it was pleasure to watch and wow Blake you have awesome skilled brother big surprise !!!

[@cyclingonandoffroad]

A nice Dutch "goeiemorgen" there. Love these riding/camping videos.

[@01FozzyS]

Nice to see Ray back again. It's been awhile since the Jeep trip!

[@gmbn]

For sure! It's been a while! 👊

[@wolfura]

A new cooking show can be made: Beautiful food with Blake!

[@Larrysusmanuk]

Awesome Bru, hit me up if you want some Wors to Braai next time 🤛🏻

[@stelivesey489]

That food looked incredible. Going to try and make that this week.

[@jamesweldon8118]

Damn Ray shreds

[@cgriggsiv]

It's an awesome video to have you and your brother ride around camping family time is awesome

[@adrianlvcars]

Awesome Blake mate🚵‍♀️🚵‍♀️ so great to see you brother with you. Miss seeing your outings in Jeff, Jeffvan look the business wow 😃 want more of You and Ray please 🚵‍♀️🚵‍♀️

[@desmondstrydom4430]

Love it. Lekker braai. We had pap and boerewors in SA. Great video. More please.

[@conniebreitkopf2170]

More! I want more!

[@edmundhodgson2572]

looking forward to coming for dinner Blake. x

[@ruralpestcontrol]

I need to get to Wales this year 👍

[@fuori_piste]

Family love!❤

[@krantjie77]

Epic video. Loved the "goeie more" thrown in there.😆

[@ramamar6083]

I always love Blake!

[@thewillyfamily]

Julle manne maak mens lus om te kamp en vir n tjoppie and a klippies! Great video as always and thanks for the ride along. 🇿🇦🇿🇼

[@samlambert2699]

This is awesome! An MTB/ travel/camping/food show is such a niche thing but exactly what we needed. More of this please!

[@stephenmorton8017]

Blake gets _serious_ when he cooks. very impressive meal. well done.

[@the_spanner_ch7mp]

Cracking video guys 👍 Always a good one when Blake and his brother Ray are riding 🤘 Dan Atherton he's so down to earth isn't he what a legend 👊 Van looks magnificent Blake 👊🤘 Awesome stuff #GMBN 👍

[@gmbn]

Cheers, Ross! We had a blast making this one with Ray! 👊

[@_drawkward_]

As I get closer to 50, riding bikes with my brother is still the most fun I can have outside the bedroom. Thanks for the share fellas. Cheers.

[@OneTwoThreeTheP]

Blake.... you just have to like this authentic dude.

[@d4drift123]

Entertaining as always, we need more of your MTB vanlife episodes, you should dedicate a channel just for it.

[@petersteadman841]

Amazing video! Van life is the only way

[@rvent3605]

Blake, one of the best videos. Chef Blake making pap and vlies! Representing the Southern Africans 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@davidwherritt6916]

What a great video, love to see more of this!

[@gmbn]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the support! 🤘

[@TastyChevelle]

I will be mimmicking that recipe for dinner tonight! Stomach is already rumbling for it and its not even lunchtime

[@Arckabis]

Could watch these two all day.

[@nickmassey9104]

Blake needs to bring out a camping cook book with cakes and deserts by mrs Samson👍 Rays a legend .he should be the next gmbn guest presenter

[@ashpunting]

Hey, dude you're brothers got skills I enjoyed the GMBN Cooking show my mother being Jamaican cooked very similarly beautiful grub 👌🏾 😉

[@kerrytrentham9987]

"Goeiemore" Ek het nou LEKKER gelag, totally unexpected. Loved that pap en vleis, shishnyama. Going to do that tomorrow, right here in Bracknell

[@seanswope2533]

Dude your brother rocks on the bike did you guys compete against each other ? Was he a pro rider also ? He should be on the show more often 😁

[@ashpunting]

I agree with you Blake bring Raymond back for some more brotherly love fact my brother is called Raymond 💯 👌🏾

[@stuartslyper1479]

Love this exchange 😀 Blake: “Raymond”. Raymond: “Yes boet” Blake: “Do you have water China?”

[@howlsy6388]

I really like the videos with Ray, the one in Wales is my favourite gmbn video - great vibes 🤙🏻

[@kjracz15]

So stoked to see you brothers ride. I'm still trying to get my bro into mountain biking. Although, I finally got my gf to get her own bike and ride with me. XD

[@DanielBrosemer]

Favorite GMBN video in ages. Please post the recipes!

[@MichaelS-pr9qn]

Such an inspiring video to start the day, Thank You!

[@markcosens1]

Damn that food looks good, better than the pot noodle I have when spending a night in the van.

[@grantlingley1385]

Blake, reaching out from Nova Scotia and yes more of these Adventures for sure! Family just makes it that much more fun! Thanks for all of your work producing such great content! Much thanks to Matt behind the camera!!!

[@jny78]

Biker and Chef! Great video man!!

[@scottdavis2212]

Great adventure! Get your bro back for another this year!

[@PainfullyAverageMTB]

YESSS Hazza. I genuinely didnt know about Havok 2.0 . I will have to have a drive up.

[@xanderdixon3688]

Great video,looked like an awesome weekend of it.

[@TwiceAsVice]

Never been so engrossed in a video. Loved it ❤

[@pepperdiao37]

Whoah! Cooking at GMBN! Awesome and yummy!

[@arikpeterson6260]

Bros got skills!

[@thedford]

the editing on this is pro. and i love the cooking segments. i want more like this please.

[@user-lf8qm2rt9m]

Cool video 👍🏼

[@MotoMarvmtb]

Yooo, I can smell the food through the screen. just Google this food recipe. I'm making this weekend for the family. Thanks for the inspiration, Blake.

[@Geordo1960]

Blake, I do love your brothers bicycle! It’s a beauty! How are you liking your coil, I love mine!

[@nunodearaujo8317]

yes man! now that is a Braai!! making me miss home man!

[@MrCloudsOffi]

Man I love it when people outside of SA talks about SA, like when Dan said "Goeie more", it made my mood better for some reason. But great video guys😁

[@alecrisdan]

pap n nyama guys . thats what we call it in South Africa epic Blake

[@thewrx2600]

gotta love those atherton bikes, look sweet!

[@jonpowell8014]

Awesome video chaps!

[@gmbn]

Thanks so much, Jon!

[@jonpowell8014]

@@gmbn And despite the shade being thrown by Dan Atherton about his cooking, Blakes meal looked damn good too!!! 😁

[@alexkerpe930]

Reeally well made video

[@gmbn]

Thanks a ton! We had a blast making this one!

[@in10sive_za32]

Goeie more van Suid Afrika. Ons love jou channel.

[@joostdeen9614]

More Samson brothers please 🤙🏾😄

[@paffpieboy]

Rewatched the camping & riding video in the jeep on Friday and was going to comment for more brother content. This doesn't disappoint.

[@sid06]

Yes, more please. This was great.

[@timanderson8302]

I think you guys need to take a look at the Enduro2 event, two brothers competing as a team would be brilliant 👌

[@sr20drifter1]

Best show ever! Cooking fufu while camping is next level😍😍😍

[@dannyp5139]

Loved the cooking session Blake!

[@christiancollins4708]

Damn, the pixelated trail sign font looks so good! What a pain in the ass to route out compared to normal font, but its great!

[@junka1975]

Blake's new cooking section on the Dirt Shed Show perhaps? Perhaps not but it did look much tastier and healthier than what he did for Martyn's racing nutrition. 😜 Riding with the Atherton's must be an eye opener, those guys are fast. Awesome looking bike park too. Looked like a great adventure all round. Ray has some mad skills too. Those tuck no handers looked fully dialled. Great seeing the van getting so much use too.

[@EricBerghen]

Fantastic !! What a great video !!! Thank you 😀

[@bobothericefarmer1878]

Sick vid 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gmbn]

Cheers! 👊

[@djbanjo.5]

Blake and Reymond should enter the Strathpuffer duo section

[@tlegary25]

Love these types of videos! Blake is the man🤙

[@tomalleeson4573]

Super nice!