No Shortage Of Spicy Lines On Slab City - Sentiers Du Moulin!! 🌶👀

[@BCpov]

Slab city IS super long, but i always figured the ribbon in grand junction was longer? I guess it depends how you measure it 🤷‍♂️ Both amazing trails though!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Yeah i agre with you (though I haven't ridden the ribbon)! Calling it the longest is a bit of a stretch, but can't say I've ridden any that are longer? Maybe something in north conway could rival it. Either way the whole trail was very cool nonetheless.

[@nathaniel5291]

He will have to visit the ribbon and compare now. :)

[@FreerideQuebec]

You did the Granitosaur like a champ! it's definitely gnarlier in real life without the Gopro effect ;)

[@jamesbarrett2380]

Great to see you back Phil! Love your vids, you have some of the best trail-riding content on youtube, keep it up!

[@topspot4834]

2:20 it's crazy how easy it looks on GoPro compared to real life. SDM is a gem, one of my favorite (and furthest) places to ride!!

[@saywhaatnow]

Made me feel better to see you had to pull for the jumps on Gold City haha. It's not just me!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Those jumps were really tough. Maybe on my sensor I'd have more speed, but i just felt like i had to use a lot more yank than I'd like.

[@andresamson8859]

The thing is , Gold City is made of all doubles and you really need to be on the edge to be able to clean it , and if you case one , you’re screwed for the next 4-5 jumps. Very few people can actually do it, and for 99% of the others, we cannot build our way trough it because it’s all double instead of tables… It’s also a very weird place to put a jump trail so difficult, should be on S1 . Would have been nice to have something a little more accessible to complete the descent of slab city all the way to the buttom

[@bikeguycody]

Just started the video I already know it’s gonna be a good one Phil never ever disappointed

[@ZanielGa_]

That slow tech trail look gnarly already on camera. I can't imagine how "bad" it must have looked in real life. It looked like an awesome bit of trail.... which I by no way have the skills to ride.

[@lachevre_mtb]

Those extra lines are SO cool to hit !!! Another good video. ;)

[@MTBzine]

Love this place, discovered it back 2015 on a DH trip to Mont Saint Anne that got rained out, so we decided to explore and found this and Vallée Bras-du-Nord. Did you also get a chance to go up to Vallée Bras-du-Nord, Accueil Shannahan? Some awesome stuff up there too.

[@ktvlm3987]

way easier when you ride the right direction! 😂 Slab City looks like so much fun! will definitely have to figure out a trip up there some day!

[@ripapa6355]

Heading this way in a week!!! Can't wait!

[@curtvaughan2836]

So, I guess this was before your injury. Look forward to your getting well and riding again. Your experience convinced me, an older guy, not to "send" anymore on my rides. I can't afford the down time. Life's too short. Carry on, sir!

[@BillSkatez]

15:10 I too, phil, am here for the sketch 😂

[@alphasportstv]

Nice vid Phil...added to the bucket

[@tomassanesson902]

Awesome trail 🤘👍❤❤❤

[@mtbpov6713]

Also phill I love your videos me and my dad got into mountain biking because of you so thank you so much

[@Twentykixx]

Phillis Thrillis! Sweet bro! 🤘🏼🤩👍🏼

[@isaachawkins6344]

Phil your the best mtb content creater

[@brandonm9229]

I love how Phil just sends it blind on every new trail he rides. 😂

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I only do that when I have a good sense as to where the trail is going otherwise, I am pretty cautious when I’m riding unfamiliar terrain. This is especially true when riding out BC.

[@rnj609]

I'm new to Mountain Biking and watching you makes me so shocked, how are you that good???? Keep up the work I love your videos

[@l4zyturtle479]

"That was a lot easier than yesterday ." As youre passing a massive arrow on the exit bridge of the little trials trail :) 1:51

[@jeffpiecuch451]

Love the looks of that tech trail in this!

[@louis-philippecorriveau4725]

Really nice one!! I bit disappointed cause that's my 13yo son and I at 1:54... You were hiding in a bush at the end of Tite-Chevre😄 so we didn't recognize you. It was my son's first time riding Super G and Slab City with his new XL bike. We would have love meeting you. Keep up the good content!!

[@modi3743]

You guys are really sweet together, love watching your vids Phil

[@brucemacneil]

One cool thing about Sentiers du Moulin - my house:) It is rather awesome seeing a range of interpretations of our home trail network. BTW _ Phil - really enjoy your videos.

[@MasterCraftFishing51]

Wow what a cool place !!!! Well i have learned one thing for sure this week . The elevator drop on Drummer hill verses Hardtail ...Elevator drop 1000 hardtail broken lol. I lived though stuffed the front suspension its stuck and a bit bent . Front and rear rims well are kinda a little umm tweaked. See what the trade in value is at ALPINE in Keene . I just bought it a month ago . I'm gonna need a little tougher one than this lol. Think if i put the reflectors back on it i can get a better trade lol. The looks on there face will be epic !!!!

[@jakelesnake]

I completely relate to your sweat issue, I get soaked with not much effort! Reminds me of that scene in Bedazzled where he's in a basketball interview and it's like a sweat shower🤣

[@bikeguycody]

Just started the video I already know it’s gonna be a good one Phil never ever disappointed

[@gordonkohl9083]

You make it look easy my friend!

[@PowderRider23]

7:00 Seeing this video after your wolverine vid makes me regret my comment on the last one lol Glad you did Slab City!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Ha ha no worries man

[@jokermtb]

Nice uphill tricky ridin

[@WilliamLevesqueineX]

In Quebec we have a tendancy to call everything a Proline, probably somewhat due to veeeery finicky insurance reasons. That said not too far away you have MSA which has waaay gnarlier stuff, "surprise" drops, gaps and what not with no warning signs and apparently its fine 😅 (I'll say it again, you gotta go ride the DH sector there at some point !) And dont worry about Gold City, a lot of people have the same opinion about it, havent ridden it yet but I trust their judgement, and now hearing yours further cements it. It's definitely a trail the builders built for themselves !

[@SkillsWithPhil]

It's always tough building trails like that. You never know how much speed you are going to carry until the dirt dries out which can take weeks or sometimes a month. The idea of the trail is good and there's a lot to love but I think the eye may have been bigger than their appetite! I'm probably going to hit up Bromont the next tome I'm in the area. Ive raced a quebec cup on the WC track and it was sick, but i haven't been back since and that was in 2011

[@WilliamLevesqueineX]

@@SkillsWithPhil Bromont is on my list too, probably soon when I take a week off. I hear there's some nice stuff there, but the best is "off the map" 👀 From what I'm told, its easier and flowier than MSA overall, bit faster and more jumps. The latter has more slow tech, more gnar and more challenging line choices. Cheers for the vids btw ! Always nice to see riders of your caliber hit our local trails :)

[@radiskulls-re5oc]

You should try circuits frontieres in East Hereford quebec right at the border with nh and vt very nice trails there

[@emilegagnon1490]

Hey Phil you should try the trail à Quebec City in the empire47 center or e47 in short it is at lac delage it is 30 minute away from sentier du moulin. There is mont saint Anne and massif de la petite rivière saint Francois. There is some trail at montchatel. And btw the rock at Quebec are REALLY grippy especially at sentier du moulin the are kind of more grippy wet.

[@vincyboy999]

euh... please don't go to Le Massif Phil... complete waste of your time. Spend 2 days at MSA instead and 1 other at Empire47 (forget about the small stuff, go for Descente du coude and Nosferatu, so much fun kzbin.info/www/bejne/hl6kiomYf9BnhcU)

[@mybadvideos]

Looks like you hit some super nice weather/dirt/dry rock conditions.

[@SsmAnyfeSt]

Mmmm did you watch his videos that were filmed a day or two before that one?! Wet as fuck! I would not have ride those trails in those conditions... he was going down like he didnt care lool

[@ivanr1301]

Phil you should take a trip out west and ride the slick rock trail in Moab

[@The_fox_furry_lover]

9:40 Mario 😂 😂

[@seanoneil277]

That was a great mix of trails and some impressive riding. That "Granitizer" or whatever it was called, with the long wooden bridge climb (imagine that climb on the ground, would take 2x or more energy!) -- that was pure early 00s natural tech, which is very hard to find these days. Some of those rock-to-rock gaps you made on a few of the steep chutes are things that you see naturally, but I wouldn't see. But after watching you do it, I think, "well, that was a possible line to ride!" Last time I watched one of your videos, you were riding with Wyn Masters. Your bike was creaking in that video too. Show it some love, man! But seriously, thanks for this video and the impressive riding.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I don't think people realize how often i take apart my bike and maintain it. Im constantly cleaning it, changing bearings, regreasing my bikes, but the fact of the matter is that if you ride a bike hard, multiple days in a row, it's going to creek. If you go back to the first day of this trip my bike was silent. This was the last day of a trip where i rode the bike hard the previous days. It doesn't help that the first day was muddy, and the other days were humid.

[@seanoneil277]

@@SkillsWithPhil I was sorta kidding. At my level of riding, my weight, my age I'm not stressing my bikes much. You ride aggressively and I'm sure put your bike through way more than the average rider. Most modern MTBs, as good as they are these days, are still designed mostly for average riders riding average speeds on average lines. Bigger more powerful riders, faster riders -- they stress bikes way more. I went back & watched the video of you climbing the Slab City or whatever it was called. The kinds of lunges & hops required on that kind of climb is a good example of what I mean -- what you'd put your bike through, vs what Mr Average would. Mr Average would be walking that climb where you're doing power lunges, hops, and if given enough room, gaps.

[@richicago20]

“slow down… in my lingo that means speed up”…. Says it all!

[@Nebbzz]

Let’s go! Can’t wait to watch, how’s your wrist feeling?

[@jay-effmichaud]

Et puis Phil tu déménage au Quebec quand?? You seem to like it and you would have just as much fun in the winter. + Poutine. :)

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Hehe Non, mais Vermont n'est pas trop loins!

[@Zaza_Lord]

Hey Phil have you ever ben to cyuna in Minnesota and if so what di you think of it

[@KevinTomayko]

1:50 You say it was a lot easier in that direction as you stop your front tire on an arrow carved into the wood pointing you in the direction you were going. It's amazing how easy it is to miss stuff as you are going along that can stand out to someone watching.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I know right!? Its amazing how many things i catch while editing video that i didn't pick up on in the moment. It's like being able to relive the day but frame by frame. But yeah, that arrow blended in. All i saw was ladder, which means trail, and then my eyes jumped to the trail behind it. That's where having redundant and predictable signage helps like You'll find on highways. That being said, there's so little traffic on that trail the arrow seems like more of a suggestion. Riding backwards up slab city on the other hand would be bit more problematic.

[@KevinTomayko]

​@@SkillsWithPhil So Slab City backwards next time? Kidding. 😉 Speaking of missing stuff, I recently improved enough in fitness / pace to start riding out front with my riding buddies and I realized how bad I was at paying attention to where we are going as I constantly was taking the wrong turns on our local trails once I was in the lead.

[@mtbville]

Good stuff man 🤟🔥

[@joshhoffman8970]

first off love your content! it's so fun to watch. also I'm a BRAND NEW rider and just got my first mountain bike this summer. not use to trail riding at all and have issues digging my pedals into the dirt. any tips for a rookie?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Sure do, I'll link to a few videos. Beginner Tips kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJCUaGCKq8-raKs Beginner Skills and Drills kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4bYooqbf9aCis0 Flat Turns Explained kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKOriJeJmL9ji9E Have fun out there!

[@joshhoffman8970]

awesome man thank you so much!

[@th0m562]

Come to WI and check out the cam-rock trails

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@burningatthetrailhead]

Love the jank.

[@alexmarcotte3949]

Did you do magneto at sentier du moulin in your trip if not you missed something really cool

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I did not. But it's good to have things to look forward to checking out on another trip:)

[@stevenkilleen8149]

Going too mt creek next weekend

[@txcbrodog7240]

2:52 me when I’m looking in the fridge for food

[@MichaelRei99]

I like the way Hailey was mimicking you at the end of the video. I don’t think she even knew she was doing it.

[@budycelyn]

you need a "hailey rides" segment, full run down a trail with camera :)

[@NeoDarkness]

I agree

[@vincyboy999]

exactly! Hailey gained a lot of skill over the 2 last years. I remember the video in Hawleywood with the 2 songs that switch between. so funny

[@orestisvas7277]

0:00 Have you been watchin Rainman Ray's Repairs recently Phil ?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

No I haven't but i went and checked out his channel. Are you referring to the intro similarities?

[@orestisvas7277]

@@SkillsWithPhil Yes

[@frederic1639]

At 1:52, the guy passing, that's lol

[@marathuzula9024]

Slip angle is the relation of your friction versus momentum. If you start to turn, you increase the slip angle, which will tend to spin you out of control. If you brake and turn. it causes similar failures. It's why you brake into a turn and accelerate out of the turn. In either case, the goal is to be going straight asap and turn whilst only turning. This is true for all vehicles... hint hint car people who never drive their vehicles in extreme learning circumstances... this is why driving at a track and learning what 'going out of control' is like in controlled circumstances is soooo GREAT!!! learn to loose control, and you learn a lot about maintaining control on the line before falling over the cliff of LOST control.

[@MrNamesjeff17291]

Phil was dead in this video haha 😆

[@Eric.V.]

What kind of anti-gravity boots were you wearing on gold city?! That section you rode by yourself was proper jank!

[@hugoandreas1715]

Hey Phil, love your videos, what hip pack do you use?

[@shayneb3327]

Total jank trail. 🤩

[@PePratiMTBRoma]

Insane Bro:)

[@toddouellette482]

Phil i know this is off topic but do you have any vids of you shredding Maine trails? Thanks man!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

lol the video where i injured my wrist!

[@toddouellette482]

@@SkillsWithPhil Oh my god that’s too funny because that’s the one video that I skipped over for some reason because I didn’t want to see you injured! I’m on it now!

[@glowerpower]

On that side of SDM, even in pure wet conditions, those rocks will not break traction. It's insane. However, if you crash for ANY other reason, those slabs are like a giant cheese grater.

[@sentiersdumoulin1]

♥

[@danielbuijs8647]

Norway 😍

[@Doggo1627]

When do you think you’ll get back to riding?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I'm basically back. Just needed another weekend off to give it a bit more time to feel better. It still hurts in some positions but not intolerable.

[@Doggo1627]

That’s good

[@pietrozanini2802]

Sorry I don't remember in what video u said your bike model

[@SkillsWithPhil]

It’s a GT Force carbon

[@calvintynes1879]

Outta breath, bahd? More Rowing, Running, & Burpees to build up that lung capacity!

[@STLMTB]

Phil, we really need some POV from your wife because if she is doing the same trail as you, I think it would be great to have her POV compared to yours.

[@BikeLifewithRob]

Would be chin if someone was filming on the side of the techy line to show the sketch factor better

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I agree I need to hire a full-time drone pilot to follow me 😊

[@jessewilliamswilliams9163]

Whoever figures in airbags for suits and bikes might save some carnage points.

[@mitchardnixonful]

Slab me silly, Philly

[@dino2540]

why is your bike always so squeaky? is that GT thing?

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I don't know. I fully tore my bike down before This trip

[@mtbpov6713]

First one let’s goo

[@Tallak_Hustoft]

Hi

[@Atticus1236]

Hi

[@marathuzula9024]

ahem... how are you in the video industry and still recording with a phone in vertical mode...

[@bryanbulmer6716]

i cant stand the camera angle or lense or whatever is making it look off. i cant tell how far away things really are or how high the jumps are.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

There’s not much you can do about that. Nothing trail related ever translates onto camera.

[@DMMTB]

When your wife says ‘ I look good in the lens’ you need to reinforce that with a compliment and not say the lens has mud on it 🤦‍♂️

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Thanks for the unsolicited relationship advice, but we’re doing fine

[@DMMTB]

@@SkillsWithPhil apologies for sounding like I was having a go at you as I was trying to be funny. Difference between Australian & USA humor. I enjoy your videos Phil 🤙🏼

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Ah my bad, just the way it was written came across as advice and not jovial. I hate how humor is lost in translation over text. Most of my Austrian friends have some of my favorite humor :)

[@DMMTB]

@@SkillsWithPhil All good & yes it is hard to tell the tone of a comment sometimes ..... Austrian or Australian?

[@nitronaf]

I like how youre completely out of breath and your wife is just casually cruising along no indication of effort at all. Can she do the videos instead so I don't have to listen to your heavy breathing :P

[@segsybennett]

You hear it from every mountain biker. It's cause the gopro is so close to they face. Have you heard of "Mountain bike matt"? It's the same thing for everyone.

[@tomdier8731]

Hi