Riding Red Bull Rampage For The First Time! | GMBN Follows Tom Isted

Can an ordinary guy from the flat, rainy market town of Cornwall, England, perform at the biggest, toughest, gnarliest, and most prestigious mountain bike event of the year? GMBN’s ex-dirt jump and slopestyle pro, Blake Samson, follows Tom Isted on the journey to his first-ever Red Bull Rampage. How will Tom and his dig crew cope with this wildly different and difficult terrain? Will they earn the respect of other riders to share features on the mountain? Will Tom be able to put his life on the line to ride a top-to-bottom run? Let’s find out! 🤘
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[@gmbn]

What did you think of this year's Red Bull Rampage? Do you have anything to say to Tom Isted? Let him know 👇

[@danmccabe2004]

The judging was poor , as Brendog was not scored fairly

[@darrenwilliams6827]

Gr8 to see Tom there ❤ well deserves his spot there. He made the right call with not riding his second run. We all know his top 2 bottom would of been sick. Keep up the goo😂work & stay safe out there lad

[@NotSus1234]

@@gmbn amazing👍

[@jf8534]

Go Tom. Looking forward to seeing you back in 2025. Of course throughout the year too. Great job on your first Rampage.

[@kakemonsteret]

Red Bull Slope Style Rampage? or Freeride?

[@RomanMoroniesFargingWall]

Hey, no bullshit. This might be the best thing I've seen GMBN produce. Cinematography, direction, production, soundtrack, script, editing all came together with a purpose and a goal. It seemed like everyone was focused on the goal, and the end result proves it. Thank you for doing an awesome job covering this gnarly event! Tom's pretty good, too. 😉

[@jamesc6876]

felt like a true documentary. loved it

[@funkyduck4743]

Shoutout to Tom, Blake and the whole crew behind this production. I highly enjoyed it!

[@Dukhanstmichmal]

That Ice-T save at 0:50 has to be one of my most favourite freeride clips ever. Canyon gap into out of control hanging on to the bike - love it.

[@nulk3041]

Olly Wilkin's comment of 'how the f*** do you learn that in Cornwall?' has to be the sound clip of the year

[@9livesMtb]

When Brendog says "you f&&kin savage" you know that canyon gap is a monster😂😂🤙🤙

[@cornish_boy6235]

Love the fact that a fellow Cornishman was there! He did amazing.

[@5hane_]

We've got some unreal riders in many disciplines here.

[@jpg6482]

Free ride ain’t free 🎉😢❤

[@theoutsider6191]

LOLs "i built a line that goes from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, as fast as is possible" doesn't quite do it justice 🙂 Hope next year Tom makes it down, his line would've been a winner for sure, that gap is mental.

[@BOONERBOYO]

Brendog was robbed!

[@LS4830]

No he wasn’t 😂

[@bhew7409]

@@LS4830 11th?! Yeah, he was. One guy blew his feet off an beat him 😂

[@Holloweve]

Great first effort Tom, I feel for you a bit as all the focus is on the terrible judging of Brendog (which it was) but hope to see you and Bren there next year setting it right

[@geoffsimons3475]

I totally agree but I can’t imagine Bren going back there again or any other rider that is better at extreme gnar rather than tricks (Gee Atherton) 😢

[@jamesc6876]

i’m happy to see riders not have to be “ranked” according to one event… i really hate to see judging determine what is freeride. it should be free form and all riders should win monetarily while everyone gets a memorable reward for giggles.

[@Holloweve]

@@geoffsimons3475 that’s my concern too

[@Paul-q3q6u]

I'm coming back to MTB after along time away riding road. The bikes have changed beyond belief so I'm relearning skills videos like this are a real help, I don't bounce at fifty like I used to in my twenties. Hate to say it but I avoid the big drops as well now

[@NoddyD]

All the riders were excellent and the reality is they are all winners in their own way but let's be honest, Brendog was done over again. He did things that no-one else thought of doing and he did it in his unique style and he placed lower than he's ever done. I know it's a cliche, but he really was robbed.

[@Bob_Shy_132]

Blake, good mini documentary.

[@JeffMTBinVA]

Fantastic video, thanks Blake and the whole crew for putting this together. More behind the scenes at events in 2025 please.

[@luciannaie]

great take. thanks

[@NicholasNell]

Love how you went full Rhodesian on your outfit😂

[@geoffsimons3475]

Amazing effort Tom and the dig team. Some incredible riding when it went to plan and unbelievable dismounts and ride outs when it didn’t 😮🤯

[@dominicwitherowdwp2467]

Amazing! What grit and sheer balls! Only concern is that Blake thinks Cornwall is flat!!! 🤣

[@darrenwilliams6827]

Tom's top 2 bottom would of been sick ❤ but he made the right call,live to ride another day

[@zkx1048]

Awesome video! I have a question about your hoodies, is the gmbn word logo hoodie - light blue, the same shape as the gmbn embroided lable hoodie - sand? Because i have the sand one and it fits me great and im wondering if the blue one would lay the same on me?

[@beardedvikingmtber]

Great effort from Tom, he’ll be better next year & Brendog was robbed. It’s more a extreme slope-style event than a free ride event

[@crankshoptv]

In an alternate universe Tom completed a second run with some tricks at the end and knocked Brendog off the top spot.

[@_maslooo_]

Biggest event in mtb become slope style competition… Brandog is real Rampage winner 💪🏼

[@darrenwilliams6827]

Feel for bren & his krew😢such a shame it's turned into utah crank worx event. It need's taken back to freeride as we already have enough slopestyle events

[@jamesc6876]

they need to make run 2 on day 2

[@jamesc6876]

this will give everyone including judges time to adjust

[@rusty2222]

Isted is a mensch. Brendog was robbed - again & Rampage is now Crankworx Utah.

[@chrisjarrold]

Cornwall flat? Only the beaches! 😂

[@dumwee]

I believe Tom would have won if he managed a clean run. next year!

[@burningatthetrailhead]

Justice for brendog

[@geepersoilyrag1884]

Cornwall isnt a flat, rainy market town! lol

[@Psyplus]

There is a clock of 3 minutes to get down.

[@David.1517]

Subtitles would be helpful for us Mericans lol

[@chrisbest89]

Rampage is NOT freeride anymore. Don't get me wrong, the riders are all nut cases and it's a he'll of an event to watch but we can not call it freeride when it's turned into a crankworx event. You win by doing tricks instead of riding down an groomed, manicured and near asphalt smooth track that's been cut over the course of years.

[@onefoot2664]

Should Tom Isted be considered a "Rampage Rookie" when he can do 120ft backflips. The other guy is because he has a full time job working as an electrician.?

[@srstrand01]

AND . . . BRENDOG got screwed in front of the entire world!!!!!!!!

[@5hane_]

#kernowfornia

[@EwanStrauss]

First

[@rufuswareham2811]

6th comment

[@rufuswareham2811]

4th not counting the two botts

[@liquoriceimages]

The judging was poor and inconsistent the event is no longer a free ride event. I like the idea of other brands running a separate free ride event to promote fair competition. Ben was robbed.

[@theotrovato8250]

People calling rampage slopestyle clearly never been to a slopestyle event nor rampage… i’ve been to both an can tell you, it has nothing close to slopestyle

[@A5ter]

That's the point. This is not slopestyle and not freeride, now.. it's just a messy show..

[@theotrovato8250]

@@A5ter freeride doesn't mean anything, freeride is whatever you want it to be

[@A5ter]

@@theotrovato8250 well... If you look at it that way. Fair enough

[@A5ter]

@@theotrovato8250 well.. It's not. P.s: Don't get me wrong. Slopestyle is why I got into mtb.

[@wick67]

I am sorry but that is gross. I've been mountain biking since the mid 1980's, so yeah I'm old. I can appreciate the evolution of the tech, and the incredible talent of modern riders, but when one of the first things you show is helpers hacking up the environment just to make for a cool trick, you've lost me. That is antithetical to me, to the core of riding off road, where the first rule is have as little impact as possible, while having a ton of fun. I'm not denigrating the ability of the astonishingly talented riders, nor do I want to take away from their ability to make a living. But when you showcase people tearing up the joint to get a cool run, you are doing the sport, and the enviroment, a disservice.

[@SimonBauer7]

rampage takes place on the same mountain every year. they are only tearing the same stuff up year by year. yes they are tearing stuff up, but it isnt that bad.

[@geepersoilyrag1884]

I think this could help take it back to freeride! Make it so that anything done can be undone. After the event remove all built features, start from scratch with true freeride lines every year! It would mean no huge groomed bike park spec jumps!

[@_Tp___]

So you also disagree with mountain bike parks then? Those trails weren't created by squirrels.

[@Schmiddelwutz2000]

I would partially agree if it wasn't in the middle of the desert and they would not use the same site(s) every year. But I'm a new school rider who started in the (early) 90s. 😊

[@EwanStrauss]

Can you please give me a DH bike?😅 Im from South Africa