It feels bad when people crash on my features.

[@BCpov]

Thanks for checking out the video guys! If you’re interested i posted a pure pov lap to my raw channel this morning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYq1qH2clM2qnqc

[@Sketchybackyardtrails]

Thanks. I did not know you had a raw channel

[@3jinzo3]

the only reason he crashed his because he just let the bike roll over the jump instead of making the bike jump just before he hit the top of the jump like you did so it's not a problem with the feature it's a problem with the one on the bike

[@SBPOMFM]

Can you just roll it all? I am a new mountin biker and would like to try it out

[@messagedeleted1922]

Get yourself some basic cables and pulleys etc so you can rig cable pulls for your heavy lifting. Your back will thank you.

[@brickmonkeybuildz7173]

Never knew you had a raw channel

[@willemteale5020]

To be fair, if it is a double black trail, the features are gonna be double black, so you need to have the skill required

[@BCpov]

Very true, just wanna encourage people to try some of the features without rolling past 🙂 kinda like how some bike parks build your confidence and you end up hitting new stuff because of it

[@willemteale5020]

@@BCpov yea I agree it's a great idea but just in general if your not at a bike park or something it's best to do trails that you know or are your skill level, still a great videos loved watching it 👍

[@endurogod-r1e]

@@willemteale5020 I agree, if you want to build more approachable feature I'd say build a seperate black or blue trail, as to not numb down the "double" black

[@sirzorg5728]

Lawyers don't see it that way. If someone cuts locks to break into an electrical power station, ignores dozens of "danger high voltage" signs, and manages to electrically injure themselves, the owner of the station is considered to have committed a crime, because the justice system is way too obsessed with safety at the expense of all else.

[@jayd8285]

To be fair

[@gregcampbe1l]

I’m a decent rider (comfortable riding pro lines/double blacks) who already knew the general layout by watching these videos and I was struggling to figure out the flow of that section earlier this season. I think it’s due to a mix of lack of sight lines and tighter spacing between features. I’ve had the same issue a bunch of things I’ve built in the past, and I found cutting down tall brush in corners and moving lips at least 15 to 20 feet past the end of berms really goes a long way.

[@jasoncass8771]

It seems like trail building videos should be quite boring, but you make them very fascinating and enjoyable. Amazing work on both the trail and the video!

[@South_Van_Ilse_MTB]

I agree, this style of vid is great

[@BCpov]

Thanks Jason! I try my best to make it interesting!

[@januhelj3796]

@@BCpov well you succeed every time Eric, thank you!!

[@62swampboy62]

Damn, you're a trail building machine. Tackling that big stump solo was an endeavor. Hope Yuka is doing well.

[@james-hb5tu]

The problem with them hitting the jump is they were riding it like any other jump assuming that they would clear it, it was so safe for you because you were hitting the jump knowing that you were going to case it. This causes you to completely change your form

[@Froff]

That trail looks so fun mate, I love how persistant you are when it comes to clearing a feature.

[@BCpov]

Haha, I bypass many features.. but that's not very interesting :)

[@Sketchybackyardtrails]

I love building trails and can relate to your pain in removing that stump.

[@mahalomydude]

Thanks for continually making an already great trail even better!🙏

[@BCpov]

Thanks guys. I love doing it, so it doesn't feel much like work :)

[@elwindewitte]

Never thought trail building would be so fascinating! It's a lot like ux design, just trial and error, really awesome work!

[@penguinbadgerturkeybear4343]

Such a satisfying video. Up there with the Joe Robinet snowy bivv outs! Cheers!

[@BCpov]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@karlish8799]

There was a stump down at a local jump spot. It was kinda in the way of a landing and was a bit dangerous so we decided we'd remove it one afternoon just in case like. It look 4 of us like 6 hours to get that bloody thing out 🤣

[@LEGENDofBEANY]

I have Covid. It’s been a hard depressing couple weeks. I d decided to make a ‘to do’ list. Riding this trail is on it. Thank you for bringing some sunshine to my life.

[@10thletter40]

Happens, but it just makes victory much sweeter when you finally get it working as it should all around.

[@valueofadventure]

Awesome build! I build trails a bit too, and i have to say it is very impressive that you chose to remove that stump! Maybe its because I build mine all by hand, but after spending an entire afternoon removing a small stump, I now just build around them😂

[@alexxdeloach4947]

I have built four tracks that were ten-fifteen features back to back and I have always ended up being the only person to ride them. This last track I made for my seven year old was all table tops dug into the ground so that flat ground wasn't so far away for him. Everything looks great bro!

[@budgetking2591]

Big respect to all trail builders all of that is with passion, its heavy work.

[@Duckotron]

I can’t wait for him to release the video on derby in Tasmania ❤️

[@kingbob222]

I remember watching your videos like 2 yrs ago and here I am back. Also this time I subscribed :)

[@CaliradoKid]

I can’t wait to get out there one day and walk all these features! 😂 looks so awesome. Great work as always.

[@JohanMagnusson1]

Love your trail building vids! The editing and narrative is just perfect 👏

[@Happy_Biker]

"Stump's Revenge" Eric, you are a trail building machine!

[@JerreMuesli]

Thank you for this video. I've never seen anyone build a trail in a forest and when you started I honestly thought it would be next to impossible!

[@syetye9341]

Love this video , I remember watching you 2 years ago . I remembered this channel now I love watching this content again., Keep it up!

[@rpwhistler]

Eric - it’s a great feature and an incredible trail. I’ll be back for redemption! Ryan

[@BCpov]

Rad! Go get it!

[@AlanS_DGC]

When I was 13-15 I loved working on trails. The friends and I had bmx jumps in the wood behind my house. We would add or change or remove things all the time. It was so much fun. I haven’t ridden in 20 or more years. When I watch these videos I wanna get back into it but then I let life get in the way. If I want to do it I need to just make the time for it.

[@ryanskinner8789]

Eric, so cool to watch you build trail, it is a very time consuming and takes a lot of effort. IT is very rewarding as well, I feel the same way you do when you ride your trail and it works!! Keep up the good work!!

[@trailmonster]

Always entertaining to watch your videos.

[@vitaliyg.9257]

Wow, that's so cool! Many thanks and please do more building and show it to us! All the best, you're the best! ;)

[@OmnieStar]

Should ahve just added a flat top to it and turned it into a step up table. Or like... an angled table? that way there is no lip thing on the landing and no one can nose bonk it and if they do come up short its literally painless. Just my 2cents n_n Still looks fun as heck tho. I can't WAIT to try some local trails on my MTB. Years of BMX tells me its gonna be tons of fun! lol

[@SteveTheDiva]

The other side of the coin is that you invite your advanced MTB pals over, they nail all the features first time out, yawn, and never come back. Don't beat yourself up, you do good work.

[@XaviarCraig]

A interesting story to go along with some nice trail building footage. One thing that surprised me is the removal of roots. Around where I am its generally considered bad to remove any roots when trail building.

[@trailjockeytj6160]

Oh yeah and the most important part, awesome work! And so classic that the first dude to try, your feature goes OTB, he was a good sport about it!

[@san_costa]

Fantastic work and video Eric!!!!

[@wwerty234]

This track is so cute! It’s be a great place for kids to learn.

[@chaseriemma1187]

Being inspired by you, over the summer, I started building my own trail in my backyard. So far it's about 0.2 miles but I still have a lot of work to do and I'm waiting for the summer time so that there's no snow and so that the ground isn't frozen because I don't have the heavy machinery you have in some of your videos.

[@Budsport_TV]

So glad you addressed the pleasure of digging without rocks in the ground

[@cddevelopment363]

This is really quite interesting, I guess in the back of my head I knew this was someone's job, but I never really got to see it progress like this. Super awesome video.

[@maxgotts5895]

I love the shoutout to the indigenous nations at the end!

[@laustudie]

Glad you make the trails so they do not have dire consequences when you do not hit the jump perfectly. It is fun slowly learning to ride harder features, it is not fun if you break an arm while in that process. When i was younger i would not care, but now i am older i have an important job and responsebilities to worry about. Also i like if there is a way to opt out if you are not feeling it.

[@kiaw4415]

Great skills of trail building and great work on the trail. But if you utilized the stump with moss you've cut as a new feature, it would have been better to me. I think the moss on the top of the stump was so adorable. Thanks for the video as always. I love your work!

[@stumpy25lbs]

You make lovely, interesting and compelling films. Please keep them coming! 🤘🏼🤙🏼🙏🏼

[@hopNglo]

Lots of hard work. Looks awesome! Wish I was there to ride it.

[@user-mz6sh4uo7u]

used to door knock in upper bc boonies and constantly saw mountain bikers and people revving chainsaws in the nearby woods, respec for doing all that work for everyone to enjoy

[@joecasalena8263]

Hey that was great way to end the video with that wipe transition from original terrain to final .

[@Rwinnie]

Great video! Love the effort, keep up the great work, you are an AMAZING builder!

[@TehEpicMuffzor]

Thank you for recognizing whose land this is on ❤

[@TheTrueGrimReaper]

You should look into a stamping tool for packing the dirt on the trails you create.

[@shuster1921]

That is so damn cool, and what a blast!!!

[@fidelschuster4009]

Can we get another video of you riding the complete trail, you've built so far. Would be awesome. Great Videos at all.

[@elrikanos401]

Great video !!! Very good job !!! 👍👍👍

[@SnootchieBootchies27]

I would like to discuss the myth of "trail speed". Different riders, different conditions and even tires all play a part in actual speed. All to many times I've seen people pull back a landing or push forward a takeoff after too little of a test period, only to find later that once things are packed and fast that they made their jump too small.

[@darkuma1692]

That looks like a step up jump, there pretty cool, if you hit them right you can get some nice style over the higher landing.

[@theeoarsman921]

Eric no safety glass's while using a chainsaw, I wonder if Yuka will dig you sporting the Pirate look?

[@Kingpin267]

As a trail builder myself its always good to make the features as safe as possible and as accessible as possible ( in terms of risk/reward ) however what i found out during the years of building is that making it larger isnt always the way to go since most of the accidents happen when things just dont feel right. And you can always brake a bit if you feel like going too far. But Everything has its pros and cons in regards of making stuff more difficult -> If it was too easy people wouldn't progress.

[@PiazzaWoodWorks]

Epic work

[@ghostbirdlary]

for packing dirt have you tried one of those things thats like a jack hammer but it has a big flat piece of metal so it goes over a wide area so instead of breaking things up it packs it

[@jamesmilesmtb]

Hey Eric amazing job and one day we will come and ride your trail. Take care

[@justincraig398]

Bro I MISS so badly chillin in the woods building jumps and tracks and just riding all day. I wasn’t good enough to turn it into a career path for myself and now I have to work in an office with most of my time.

[@cutlaps]

Nice work. Always tricky working out where a landing should be placed.

[@BCpov]

Indeed it is! As things firm up,I think I probably got it right the first time.. but for the videos sake.. I needed to ride it, ha.

[@cutlaps]

@@BCpov I find myself trying to work out if I should be building the landing for my crappy jumping abilities now or where it should be if I could actually jump how I wanted to haha.

[@louisminford9696]

Love the trail building vids

[@incredible5587]

one good way to get into that stump only cause it was off the ground get a jack under it with a wedge and spit it from down up. helps split it up. I have done it before and that stump looked like it would work

[@JacquesTreehorn]

Stumps are very challenging. A puzzle sometimes. Chains and a tractor sometimes help, but sometimes I really feel like I need a bulldozer.

[@peteryee1584]

this is awesome!!

[@tomassanesson902]

Awesome cool trail 🤘🤘

[@Metaspection]

Interesting. I thought there was most math going into travel building but the trial and error seems to work. 💥

[@UnimpressedAussie]

as a beginner my biggest gripe is gaps.. build tabletops and it wont matter if we fall short (which we will)

[@trailjockeytj6160]

Also, the wheelbarrow with a half load of dirt makes a great compactor, and you don’t look like a bunny rabbit.

[@DONTctVT]

those chaps are keeping that log wicked safe

[@mrupholsteryman]

Trail building should be easy like putting clean sheets on a bed. So you can spend more time enjoying the ride...but I get it...sometimes things can get gnarly. We used to make a bunch of jumps for the 20" bmx bikes back in the day.... lots of fun!

[@8664antonio]

looks sweet. love this trails..🔥💯

[@benmilstein5654]

great video as always eric but - where is your eye protection???????

[@Seven-ko4hx]

Damn making these trails are a lot harder than they look

[@ZappasBappas]

Subtly timing your grunts to the classical music piece was fantastic.

[@khgdkhgdhggh]

I wish my property had that nice of dirt. I go down about 5 inches and hit solid rock. Was slightly disappointed when I found that out because I had wanted to sculpt a trail.

[@DMMTB]

Awesome trail Eric …. 🤙🏼

[@yournamethere123]

its 5am and the algorithm has brought this channel to me.

[@dimitrin101]

Come ride Central Texas, it's perfect this time of year! The Peddler Bike Shop Cedar Park can hook you up with some riders that know the way...

[@ESTrashfire13]

You can always cut stumps flush with the ground, rising up slightly, use an old chain though

[@samj1185]

great looking stuff. Not for me but glad you all enjoy it.

[@TalRohan]

looks like fun

[@avialibi5011]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NEW UPLOAD LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I'll have a bike soon :) im saving slowly but surely, gonna have to get a 400$ bike, but not sure how i can ride trails here in japan kekw

[@jonnybriggs6805]

Try using a 5 tonne chain winch, it has a small pull range (8ft) but you just attach it to a bigger tree with slings!

[@fire_node2416]

could you make a video on the process of clearing a trail? it always takes me forever and ends up not being very good, what type of tools do you use and what do you start with. stuff like that.

[@gregstevens2917]

Nice!

[@brandtdenis4016]

You should come to the south east for winter we have 2 new bike parks and a lot of extremely challenging trails mainly windrock

[@veryredfumoze]

The forest looks nice

[@sgamache3532]

If you aren't already, please wear chaps when using a chainsaw! Love your content.

[@peytonhorn2833]

I don’t even trail ride and this was a great watch

[@DougieFresh13]

nice work

[@henrytuttle]

Come to Kenya and build some trails here!

[@bike_somm]

I like your features 😜

[@Kebabrullens_racing]

at the end of the new step down it looks a bit tight to get over the sump. I think it is a great place to build a skinny.

[@januhelj3796]

Hey Eric, could we get a video about that sweet ext suspention, I'd love to know more about it

[@scugknight437]

This feels like some random cool cable tv channel

[@MrGourd]

Great work! Would you ever consider making a blue trail?

[@BCpov]

I’d love to! Ever seen cats meow at highland bike park? I’d build it like that. I just need permission to do so…

[@TimMillernapavalleyfilmworks]

This is precisely why Paul the golfer quit biking. So much ego in the higher tier of the sport. Just go out and have fun boys. It’s ask about the flow.

[@samcooper1145]

@@TimMillernapavalleyfilmworks Huh?

[@TimMillernapavalleyfilmworks]

@@samcooper1145 Paul the former punter now golfer quit mountain biking because of injury. Why does it have to be triple double quadruple black. Just find the flow.

[@MrGourd]

@@BCpov that would be excellent! Cross my fingers it happens in the near future. Injuries over the years have made me take a step back and now I ride blue trails more.

[@jacksonmiles1637]

Eric you should post a video from your boomerang farm trip

[@petekemp1569]

I don't know exactly where this is. I live in Australia and I love mountain biking. I find it hard to watch land being cleared for new tracks. Here we keep building new trails while the existing ones deteriorate instead of being maintained. I'm not criticising Eric. I am a fan of his. Maybe we could plant more trees whenever we build a new track or revegetate the forgotten trails. I would like to think nature and mountain bikes can't be separated.

[@jinavl]

That stump could make a sweet table

[@ankitbhattachan3234]

he made it so easy in the end, it is said the rain water followed the trail.