Megavalanche 2018 Full Race Run-- 14th Overall

[@livefree3869]

I was looking for an electric bike for my kid and got this. I must say that was impressive. That chap in black was your nemesis, you clearly had more power but he got you on the technical parts. Congratulations! - Now I need to find that bike for my kid.

[@mykolatkachuk7770]

he competed with two different men in the end

[@Hayes1955SPLaTFiLMS]

This year was my first (and probably last) attempt at the Mega- aged 63. I just wanted to make it through to one of the infinity races but after a brutal qualifying race on the Friday I had to withdraw from the main event. Great ride and great video!

[@stevemaggers4900]

63? so it's not too late for me to have a go at 52 then.

[@Hayes1955SPLaTFiLMS]

Steve Maggers Definitely not.. I didn’t start riding until I was 52 so you have plenty of time 👍

[@roberthess3859]

@@Hayes1955SPLaTFiLMS do they have an over 50 class?

[@Hayes1955SPLaTFiLMS]

Robert Hess Yes Robert. Grand Veterans.

[@nicolaipoulsen9506]

Respect man.

[@MrEtienne6657]

14th on your first try? That's awesome!!!

[@dcamp29]

Thanks! Only got one practice run.

[@MrEtienne6657]

That's even more impressive!

[@martinmaier352]

Given, you started in the first row, maybe you would have won.

[@Vovkq]

@@martinmaier352 David was losing to the winner on every part of the route. Time gab was about a minute by the glacier exit and about 4 minutes by the end of the track. True, Damien had little disturbance from other riders but i think his experience of the track matters much more.

[@networkbike543]

If you hadn't slid down the first slope. Avoided the fallen riders really well.

[@sterlingarcher1962]

Loving the joyful noises in the first bit... clearly it's as fun as it looks!

[@jfuite]

I was cheering for you! I loved how excited you were. The sections in the snow were amazing.

[@geppettomc1]

Great spirit, great passing, great ride!

[@dcamp29]

Thanks!!!

[@BleakCosmicVoid]

I love how happy you sound throughout you’re ride!

[@Tradhunter]

Very impressive run , and finally someone from the US, in top 20 finish.

[@dcamp29]

Thanks- there was one other US rider- Matt Koen- he finished 13th, about 5 sec ahead of me.

[@lloydsawyer521]

CONGRATS, Go USA!!!!!!!@@dcamp29

[@MareTranquil]

Anyone else thinking that the end of the route seems quite anticlimatic for such a race? I mean, the home straight is a boring thin track in the shadow sqeezed between a metal fence and some warehouse, and then the finish line is around the corner in some parking lot. Given the epicness of the start, shouldnt there be something a bit grander at the end?

[@Farmboy1544]

And now that you mention that, yes. The finish line is boring. Plus there was nobody there to cheer on the finishers. Consider that there is a helicopter and music at the start. Very little fan fare at the end.

[@dcamp29]

I think it's all based on logistics- it ends in a nice park (er in the park's parking lot) in the center of a small town. There is a bus stop 2 blocks away to pick you up and shuttle riders back up to the ski village. Also- they maximize the descending- you are literally at the bottom of a massive valley so the route stops there.

[@td_kdname5197]

@@dcamp29 - Did you hurt your hand when you hit that tree on the switch back about 2/3 of the way down? You said something about not being able to pull your brakes.

[@dcamp29]

@@td_kdname5197 I was having bad arm-pump (grip strength was running out) and couldn't pull the brakes hard enough to make the turn- so I hit the tree. Luckily it didn't hurt my hand or shoulder too bad.

[@JodyHwd]

@@Error-hc7mp I appreciate this was probably a joke, but as it happens, studded tyres are forbidden !

[@bermuge1]

You did really good and you weren't being an ass to anyone. Nice work

[@dcamp29]

Thanks- that was the goal. Haha

[@MrSmokedTurkey]

Love that "hey baby" at 24:13 hahaha

[@angelopizzo2933]

Legend

[@zachminter6570]

If I walked this trail I would trip multiple times. It amazes me that people can effortlessly bike this.

[@cezarypiatek2564]

"effortlessly"

[@michelegianni389]

You've been amazing on the snow!

[@mmdirtyworkz]

Awesome ride, I was cheering for you all the way! Really intense, great result!

[@vtownjester]

17:58 Thank you! Great ride by the way, awesome passing!

[@Kingsoupturbo]

Really impressive fitness, pounding past some other very skilled and fit riders, a great watch! dream ride!

[@bangaloretrailrider2472]

Great run man, your line choices were great especially on the top sections. Just with one practice run. Impressive!

[@kylesmith9956]

1:53 “ Look out......coming in hot”

[@tatianamaslikova]

Берегись.....спорт опасен.

[@PrimetimeNut]

Nice positivity man!

[@bridgecross]

After watching the video from the winner, I came here to see the race actually had some other bikes. That guy just crushed it.

[@kazooie4821]

Looks like such a good time. Congrats on your 14th place finish!

[@Mortizul]

Love the self-talk!

[@MULTIORGANVERSAGEN]

really awesome, but my mom was thinking i watch porn coz of the sound !

[@obviouslytwo4u]

i see what you did there

[@chrisaker6468]

🤣🤣🤣

[@synisterv7703]

Lol.......that's funny as hell.......my parents where still wondering why I wasn't wearing any pants.......

[@fabiogagliardi5908]

HUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[@leojonkers3181]

😂 I understand your mom! This is better then porno, I often sream as well. Oh, No, Look out, Poeffff, I got the feeling I am on the bike. And when they go into the wood, along those trees...I love your reaction on this vlog...🤣

[@leosandroni]

...and your first mega, you're amazing bro

[@Hoch134]

Fascinating how much power you were able to get out of your body. You can clearly hear how you were driving on your limit most of the time.

[@markbradshaw4503]

You are very good...great to watch💙

[@RD-ys5zw]

Awesome video my dude. Wry cool I love how you motivate yourself while riding and you can tell how competitive you are when passed by other riders. Future videos. Any chance you can edit. Like maybe put on the screen what place you are in when passing someone just for the viewers. Also maybe a top speed on screen. Again just see we can get a feel how fast you are going and what place you are in. Thanks for the upload my dude. 👍🏼 Awesome job

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

I'm exhausted just watching this...

[@SleazyRoseWalker]

1:51 *DEJA VU...*

[@RevN3]

I've been watching a lot of these videos this week and I like this one best. I like that you actually speak and breathe. These other people are so silent in their videos it's weird, like bike riding zombies. I hope you've upgraded to a cam with better stability functions since this race though :)

[@2wheelsonline]

All I can say is WOW! All the panting proves that DH is harder than UH when ur going for it! Very impressive and one of my favourite videos of 2018 :-)

[@epincion]

This is a good video I agree. Have you watched the winner's upload? Thats astonishing.

[@2wheelsonline]

@@epincion I watched that one before this :-)

[@JohnWicksDaddy]

Literally this video is good for headache.

[@RCCanuck]

What a total rush that would be. Congrats....on the 14th overall. Thats pretty awesome

[@streddaz]

Great ride! Great luck with the early passing

[@dcamp29]

Thanks- passing early was key. I tried to follow faster people for the good lines.

[@Gabrielmtbgopro]

super clean rider !! awesome work !!

[@shouldicallyoumista1167]

5:24 Now that's what I call a good sportsmanship

[@robertpowell7428]

Keep it tight Dave. Keep it together. Awesome!

[@muddgoat5900]

Impressive skills mate 14th 🐆 also a fine way to take in the beautiful views 👌👍

[@bruno2249]

Great. I love yours comments at the beginning, and your reaction to 666 sound ^^^^

[@TerraeChannel]

1:51 "Gotta go Faaaa-oOOOW SHIII-"

[@ruliosantosarts.9177]

Realmente incrível. Quem me dera pedalar num lugar assim. Show de mais. 😁😁😁

[@markgillis876]

Great post, would love to see some telemetry from your run, you were flying in some areas and were riding a very smart race. Awesome!

[@dcamp29]

Thanks! There's a link to my strava file in the description.

[@WiR3DGaMiNG]

1:48 mega action :D!!

[@chrisaker6468]

Diecast car enthusiast Hell ya 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@johnvonhorn2942]

I was scared just watching. You are a legend.

[@paultech9385]

Loved it. Hilariously funny at the beginning.

[@MrEarling]

The speed on the 31:00 overtake is mind numbing

[@athletic-dashole8648]

I thought I was bad ass commuting two miles to get my groceries

[@mwthomp]

Really great ride. Nice. Holy Fuck! Exactly.

[@fabiogagliardi5908]

Bad boy!!!! Terrific!!! Number one!!!!!! I guess you love mosquitos!!!

[@RemedyTalon]

I had a blast listening to you have a blast

[@LSZocker2009]

Thx for cleaning the cam while driving

[@Rieksfier]

1:51 Drifting like a boss.

[@dcamp29]

I remember seeing that while riding and thinking 'should I be going faster?'. The answer was no haha

[@loganmocherman3053]

Ya the guy at major shit xD

[@AnDre-yu4po]

Imagine if he saved that.. like.. wtf :D

[@spikespa5208]

Crashing like a boss.

[@justanotherdrunk]

a boss 'til he crashed

[@shimshonmelamed2888]

I had fun watching your race!!!))))))

[@bbvbo3996]

great ride! Im willing to join this next year.

[@dkzlslx7690]

Be nice brotha

[@funkydisciple]

your reaction is awesome and funny! subscribed!

[@idontwanttopickone]

I have watched far too many of these already and I can tell you that a lot of these guys need to learn a bit about slipstream distances. Watch some road race examples. At 21:20 ish you see this guy using it and then get overtaken by a guy who was doing it better. You want to be half a bikes length from the guy in front of you and if they are doing it to the guy in front of them and the guy in front of them is doing it too you won't even need to peddle on the flats - so you'll save yourself for the hills and blast past everyone. Great job. I probably couldn't do what you guys do, even with the theory behind me. Keep it up!

[@roaringlion4898]

Very well deserved placement my man! Sucks you didn't start a bit farther ahead than you did thought... All that passing wasn't good for your placing but meh, you crushed it anyway! Also.. HEY BABE!

[@genabrezhnev3817]

MEGA NICE AMAZING RACE.UNBELIEVABLE .

[@vredda1]

As for me, the video for 14th place is way more interesting than that for 1st place because there are lot of pursuits in front of the camera )

[@hiho0140]

5:41 - off course.

[@lucianobozzi4874]

Troppo bello questa gara ed il percorso stupendo BRAVO,voglio anch'io

[@ronbradshaw7404]

One fomdamental thing in racing: the Caboose is NEVER gonna find it's way to the engines, if it stays on the same tracks... Linesss guys!!!

[@zobayer1]

Sliding faster than some of them riders :D

[@drogariasaopedro]

excelente corrida, as melhor de todas que ja assisti da Megavalanche. Parrabéns.

[@shawnbutler145]

Dude, you've got heart. Well done.

[@luisenriquemolanoalba8234]

Súper espectacular tengo que hacer esta carrera que maravilla..

[@Palidence]

Great ride bro. Hope to see an Argenitnian here some day

[@Synthwave89]

Really fun(ny) beginning. Had to stop the video once you got to the rocky biome as I started to get nauseous. Maybe stabilization software next time?

[@nigeldunkley2986]

utterly fantastic! Well done indeed!

[@pratty1238]

Brilliant run pal… just about to buy a bike that can cope with a proper beating then I’m going next year to have a go myself…

[@chrisaker6468]

Greetings from Maui. , Amazing vid Bro

[@prizmprizn]

Looks tiring and dangerous..but really fun. At the start its absolute chaos..awesome

[@lazerbeamg1841]

You did great man!!!!

[@marvinkitfox3386]

A clear image of a racer that pushes his limits. . Possibly a bit too hard, too early. But he does keep on pushing despite the pain.

[@trejt]

Great run. Had you not had to contend with people starting in front of you and getting in the way causing you to fall you'd have been in the top 8-10 easily. I was hoping you'd push a little harder on the last roadway before the final single track through the woods to get to the narrows first but the dude slipped by you just before it and there was little chance of passing him after that, what with the dust in the air obscuring the right line. Excellent run and enjoyable vid.

[@dcamp29]

Thanks! The guy who passed me there was Youn Denauid- top 10 EWS guy... I think he'd crashed earlier because his arm was all bloody. Either way- I was givin her up the hill, just out of gas haha

[@trejt]

@@dcamp29 That particular spot is a bitch. I've watched Kilian Bron's recording from this year's Mega over virtually the same track and he lost to Borges at that exact spot (though I think Borges was playing with him the whole race). Tiredness has long since settled in, so much of the race is behind you so the adrenaline has started to fade, the roadway bit isn't very long but has a rise and the legs are knackered. That's why I like enduro, the hill challenges break up the downhill and require more than just fearlessness. You did incredibly well. Thanks for the video.

[@trejt]

@@dcamp29 interesting, the guy who passed you has his own vid of the event, and you are right, he crashed on the glacier close out of the gate at a bad line, slipping on the ice but continuing a good long way on a rocky patch that, from his swearing, I am guessing hurt quite a bit.

[@mydogvlad]

Awesome Awesome Awesome video man!!!! loved it!

[@s1chk]

Nice trail, awesome mountains

[@colettepin7397]

This is probably his best day omg!

[@Peac249]

Nice.. u did fabulous .. yr start just made u stuck behind a little bid

[@1jay.90]

This looks like so much fun

[@muddyrabbit4221]

Goodman! Good work!

[@albiceleste101]

the music in the beginning is so funny lol

[@craigsteele8178]

Dam dude! You are a machine! Did you train hard at cardio fitness for the event. I am looking at doing it this year of possible. Great job !

[@dcamp29]

Yeah I trained super hard for this and a few other races that summer. You need a lot of fitness as there is 1000 feet of CLIMBING on the course. Also you need to train for arm pump- as in grip strength. I did but still needed more- I hit a tree near the end of the race because I couldn't pull the brake levers hard enough!

[@DJ-iv2xo]

1:49 A bat outta h3ll passes you and you do some slick riding to avoid the pileup.

[@MajSolo]

this is more fun to watch then formula 1 cars

[@idratherfeedturtles]

Thank You ! !

[@albi16121983]

Very good line choice!!!!

[@Hutchhh]

How is your starting point determined? Is it by how well you qualified? And if so, how is your starting point for the qualifiers determined?

[@dcamp29]

Yes- qualifying determines what row you get to start on. Qualifying start order was by race number (which seemed random) except a few top finishers from years past got to start on the front row of the qualifying heat.

[@troyfall6573]

Great ride. I was getting a little nauseous from the bouncing camera. for some reason your video has much more camera movement than other videos I watched from the race. perhaps they are using a head mount camera and you appear to be using a chest camera.

[@DandyHippo]

Rly good run bro!

[@blainewinters8492]

Megavalanche is so sick. What bike did you use?

[@geothermal]

Bike was Transition Sentinel with a Rock Shox Lyrik 170 fork and all SRAM parts.

[@RPCAFF]

That takes some big cahoonies

[@AtAtFB]

This is awesome. I've just learned of these races, looks ridiculously fun. What was starting elevation?

[@dcamp29]

Yes- most fun races ever. Starting elevation on this one is over 10,000ft/3,300m. Ending is somewhere around 2,000ft/700m.

[@Vaffeljerne]

I never ever seen a fat bike in that race, why? It would be perfect in the beginning gaining a lot of places

[@Kingsoupturbo]

So much technical later on, even a long travel dual suspension fat bike would struggle I think, and a lot of weight to drag up those fitness sections! would be great at start!

[@amblincork]

Just wondering if there is any protocol about letting faster cyclists pass on the narrow trails or is it every person for themselves ??

[@dcamp29]

Nothing formal... mostly common sense- I think people were fairly courteous letting faster riders pass. No one tried to actively block me from passing.

[@amblincork]

@@dcamp29 As a trail runner I am happy to let faster runners pass me in the first two thirds of a race, after that it is every man or woman for themselves !

[@AMan-yo3sy]

love the narration

[@edwincc7513]

ALARMAAAA, SO MUCH SPEEEED !

[@patriciaannfaella8512]

I was watching the race, I saw people cut across. You had no chance to pass, did it piss you off? You finished 14th, and your friends you greeted. Did they ever disqualify, all those people who cheated?

[@dcamp29]

It's not really cheating in Megavalanche... the course is very loosely marked- take whatever advantage you can get. I had fun regardless what others were doing.

[@wilhelmw6140]

i dont want to be rude, but why did you ride against that tree in the forest? was it the brakes fault? what brakes do you ride?

[@killrustoleyum5177]

Grand effort. Top ten or higher next year.