Turning A Fallen Tree Into A Mountain Bike Feature 😮

[@geoffb6360]

Your survey poped up on my feed but this video never did. Thanks for another video phil👍

[@keepon239]

Man when this notification popped up, I felt like i saw an old friend from far across the airport and i couldn't run fast enough over to hug ya. We missed you Phil! Your videos always inspire me, give me a sense of peace and calm, make me laugh, and make me want to build - wether thats myself or trails. So many other channels are too full of themselves and it just doesn't feel right. Your channel is about the joy that is riding a bike and what it can mean for your lifestyle. Not to mention top tier production quality and coaching that normally people have to pay for - hours on end at that. I'm frustrated to hear about the issues of things not popping up because this is by far my favorite channel. Some comments suggest some other direction but I'm like dude no just be you. Your channel is like going over to a good friends house to hang out and geek on bikes for a Sunday afternoon. Being able to offer this peace and friendship to the world - that is an incredible thing. Thank you for doing what you do and how you do it ✊

[@shwinner8714]

I was just watching your old videos and in the middle of one i saw this notification! Yay

[@benklopper2293]

That has happened to me also

[@SkillsWithPhil]

It's a sign!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

It actually snowed 4 inches since this video was posted... Gotta love New England! Edit: just a quick PSA I'm being sarcastic at the ~2:30 mark. I'm literally wearing a chainsaw helmet a few minutes later. 😉

[@philipschiermeier6008]

Are Any videos with snow coming

[@ryanknoup6288]

Come ride with us in North Carolina. Weather has been beautiful as of late.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I'd love to and would have, but I'm not traveling until the pandemic is under control.

[@jonahweyant]

Haha Vermont this year has snow a lot at lest in ludlow vt

[@emma-eventing]

awesome to see an update, Phil! that skinny line is sick and *gorgeous* -- and only moderately terrifying to watch the sketch factor of constructing it LOL

[@mountainsteward7776]

I'm so hyped you (and a few other guys) have switched over to all natural building. Lots of new mtbers out here who don't know about the SUSTAINABILITY aspect of being in the woods yet and you're helping show them the right way

[@trialsrob214]

Always a great day when Phil uploads a video

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I appreciate that :)

[@jasoncampbell8376]

Coming off a small injury it's nice to have these videos to keep the stoke alive while I heal.

[@boystrubicza9797]

U the one that broke some bo es and wheat over the handlebars?

[@markrisser735]

The backyard is back!!

[@DrShredder]

I love that you built your most hated feature 😂 but seriously, it's probably that mindset, conquering your weaknesses, that made you the rider you are 💪🏼 I also seriously appreciate the increased production value, sick edit

[@davidmain8696]

Use those wedges to help avoid getting your saw blade stuck.....before it gets stuck. Impressive vid!

[@somerandomguywastaken]

6:16 the beat sync 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@IBCMTB]

That came out great! I think the extra little touches like the cleaned up entry and rock work make it!

[@SM-st7dw]

RAR!!! PHIL SMASH⚒️🏔️⚒️ Awesome job!!!

[@michaelmahaffey6407]

Yes! Glad you're back on the trail build!

[@fabricationnation8052]

Been a long winter....glad to have you back

[@nosreuter]

Last few weeks when winter turnes into spring (here in Sweden) I've been having Skills with Phil abstinence. So good to have you and this series back on the road 🙌

[@noahlikesbikes1812]

Yes more trail builds!!!!! Yes sir! Exited

[@elduran8686]

Nice! Good to see some more Skill Vids from Phil. Looking forward to more trail building with your new yellow trail toy . Also, think youtube missed letting me know you had a new vid. Will be sure to scroll through my subscriptions and keep a look out for your new stuff. Keep the sends coming! Cheers!

[@MichianaMadman]

New video?! Hell yeah! Phil’s channel is what motivated me to start mountain biking.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

Hell yeah bud!

[@PeterCPRail8748]

Sick saw skills and planning. That skinny is crazy good. Love it. Keep the slick trails coming

[@eig1979]

Glad to see you back at building. To be honest, it's the content I like most. Can't get enough of it.

[@BigGuyXC]

I saw the video it popped up in my feed as normal. No weird hiding the video or anything. Normal video and was what I expected from your channel. If youtube is your job get consistent with posting content. Doesn't matter what that is, just keep us posted on what's going on with YOU every week. Doesn't matter WHAT that is just checking with your story every week. We will watch.

[@JinjaBeard]

Delightful video as always, you two!

[@jeffstreck]

I am always stoked on good people doing cool stuff on bikes with a positive attitude. 🤘

[@MTBKingLife]

Same. Such a genuine dude!

[@nielsrooiman772]

Yes more building

[@aidanholmes]

So excited to have more Phil and Hailey content again!

[@newenglandagingrider1738]

Nice job Phil. it is nice to see you and Haley working together on your trails. Your skinny skills will improve quickly if you have to ride that everyday.

[@jonathandefoy6376]

yay! finally I missed your builds!

[@freerangemtb]

I think it's awesome that y'all who have the land to build your own bike park features in your backyard. I admit I doubt I would build a skinny because I hate them so much. I admire that you built one specifically because you hate them.

[@joesanger0]

Yes he has finally uploaded

[@dano6201]

I have a 15000 pound electric winch that I built a receiver hitch cradle for with attachment points on the handles. You can wrap a strap around a solid tree and winch a tree or anything stuck or heavy. I use a deep cycle battery that I keep charged. It works great, I moved a huge walnut tree with it yesterday to make a new trail feature!

[@charliehicks2554]

Hey Phil love the video , but I do hate skinnies. Guess I need to double down and try to get better. Also you are the man! Love what your doing. I’m going to go finish your whole video catalog now. Cheers!

[@mikebinsufficientfundsraci748]

Love how well it’s all coming together. I can’t wait for more building and riding videos with the weather getting nice.

[@marccope942]

Love it! That looked like a fun build. Every time I see Phil smash a rock, I tear up a little. I wish I had those gorgeous flat boulders for my builds.

[@dirtrocksandtrees]

So Funny Phil! Never have seen you struggle with Anything... great video too!

[@marcelosanchez3986]

School work will have to wait

[@priceless409]

Good to see you back from winter hibernation!!! And Nice music...matched very well.

[@mrp1919]

Phil thank you sooooooo much !! 4 months it's taken me but I can now get to the balance point every time and have today cracked the bunny hop. Now need to work on longer manuals and higher bunny's but I've cracked it thanks to you. Super stoked buddy, thank you , thank you and thank you again I'm ni longer a dum dum haha !!

[@azzaman332]

Enjoy watching your videos, especially those years ago in Whistler, you busting down the hill at break neck speeds. Like the back yard building also, keen to see you ride more.

[@dcooksey503]

Oh how I've missed new videos from Phil. It always makes the day better.

[@JCintheBCC]

Your editing has gotten really good! Even down to syncing the music to the wedge hits at 6:15

[@peterspillane7115]

Great to see you back and busy on the trails.🤙

[@SkillsWithPhil]

More to come!

[@AndrewHicks1984]

I enjoy the trial building videos almost as much as the other videos. Watching your home trail come together has been really cool and I can't wait to see what comes next.

[@joele1978]

Hey Phil. Great video. I didn’t click right away as you haven’t uploaded a lot lately, so I’m not as invested watching you build the trail. I understand it was winter and hopefully there are more vids coming. I find you how tos really helpful, mostly bike maneuvers, but I like the information you inject about trail building.

[@stevenbrideau3741]

I am so glad you posted that community poll, because YT failed to tell me you made a video!

[@mtb_films_6227]

YES I’ve been watching your TikToks to keep busy while the winter passed and he’s back

[@waynemandryk6479]

Super squirrely skinny...love it!!! Awesome Job Phil! 👌

[@shawza]

Editing the hammering of the wedge in time with the song was SUPER pleasing, love your work!

[@coreymtb420]

Always a pleasure and relaxing watching a Phil video thank you sir happy riding cheers

[@GelMibson-u2y]

The old icehouse on mongegan island off the coast of maine was insulated floor to roof with saw dust, and when full after an ice harvest, would provide the island ice nearly year round. Saw dust is good stuff!

[@elipetchel3121]

Love this video Phil!

[@theinternetpelican3079]

WHY WASNT I WATCHING THIS SERIES. i was missing out man

[@lamefart]

Time to binge watch in both his channels then!😆

[@harryroberts556]

Same

[@steveward5917]

Hey Phil, drop down that bar on the bottom of the boom on the excavator, when you curl the bucket in that is designed to pinch a log to pick it up, it's called a thumb. Should be a bolt or pin holding it up, check out a clearing video with an excavator you will see it in use. Good luck and love your videos !!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I'm a bit confused, Its a hydraulic thumb and i was using it throughout the whole video except for the things that were either too big or too far away to reach.

[@chrisvahi]

Nice feature! It's great to see you building again. Love the work!

[@domflane]

So glad to see a new video Phil!! Your videos are always a treat! Thanks for what you do man.

[@AndrewHaxx]

KZbin algorithm has been shafting you lately lol. At least you have the best channel name in the business

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I don't want to blame the algorithm but I would be lying if I said I was happy with how my last few videos have performed. Maybe it's the thumbnails? Maybe people aren't getting notified? Maybe my subscribers just aren't interested anymore? Maybe it's the time of the year? Maybe my videos are just not that good. Or a little bit of all of them? I'm honestly not exactly sure what the real answer is. I know I'm not the most consistent poster, which certainly plays into it, but I have to find a balance between my own mental health and releasing videos.

[@doctajuice]

@@SkillsWithPhil I haven't been getting notifications or even seeing the videos in my feed.

[@willbros1499]

@@SkillsWithPhil .....I hope I'm not detecting any sort of dejection. If you stopped making videos, I would be absolutely bummed out, and I mean that. I can only speculate, but I think build videos became the thing for a bit there due to COVID, and people are just growing weary of them. It's not a slight to you, and I still enjoy yours, but generally speaking, that could easily be a major cause for it. It still had some riding in it, and it's always amazing to see you on a bike regardless of if it's on your land, or a world famous bike park. PLEASE DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED by any blip on the radar regarding your viewership. When things turn better, you will be out ripping up the trails, and your viewership will go right back up. Chin up dude...the production quality is on par with many who are paying people to do it for them, so just keep doing what you do!!

[@hejnixon]

@@willbros1499 That is a really good take. Fully agree. I also didn’t see this video in my feed but I saw the survey you posted Phil. I also watch pretty much all your videos :)

[@morinpatmorin1]

That started out a bit painfully but then picked up quick and the end result looks fantastic.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

What was painful?

[@morinpatmorin1]

@@SkillsWithPhil It was that first bit of struggling with the oddly-shaped piece of tree trunk. Once you got that in place, things came together nicely.

[@trailswithtrevor1509]

Jank. Pure and fun jank.

[@hunterridesmtb]

That skinny looks so sick. Good job on the build and I really would like to ride that skinny.

[@Alisha_Kmetz]

Nice drone shots

[@MarcusGarfunkel]

I don’t think the excavator arm is supposed to lower itself like it does in that time lapse video @3:47 of you working with the log strapped to it. Might have a bad seal inside? Nice work!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I turned it off while i was fiddling with the log, it's natural that it'll loose hydraulic pressure.

[@rhysjames3835]

yesss so stoked you'll be making trail building videos again soon. Have missed these so much

[@ericsharp5079]

Shit, for those that are new! Haha! Phil has more Skill than more than 3/4 the riders you know about! Maybe more than that!

[@AZMTB]

Huge amount of work! Props, Phil! Looks super challenging, there are some SUPER skinny spots!

[@pyrophonics]

loved this video! Editing was a little rough, music loud or voice comes in too soon. Really enjoyed seeing you build and and what issues you had, really good creativity.

[@black07rr]

One thing that is imperative for you to research is a “spring pole”....especially since you’re using equipment to move logs and trees around. It a anomaly that can happen when wood is put under pressure or unknowingly already under pressure....bad things can happen real fast...that is reason all logging machinery has heavy duty metal screening/grating over the cab windows etc. I’ve picked up you like to work extremely safe as I’ve seen you constantly add more ppe to yourself as you’re progressing....check out what I referred to🙌🏼

[@MTBTrailSherpa]

Well done Phil. Glad to see you back with some video.

[@mortokai9]

PHIL IS BACK 🔥🔥🔥

[@eziola]

You gotta get the Trail Boss, Jeff Lenosky over there to build a cool skinny with you.

[@stinthedude]

Phil you are becoming quite an operator on that cat! Nice job

[@shreddingwithsean5452]

He’s back to the trails!!

[@matiasvota6899]

I'm soo glad you're back Phil!

[@edenshred]

I've been waiting sooo long for Phil to work on these trails again :)

[@SubmarinersDive]

Nice addition Phil. 🤘

[@tejbergin6393]

So hype to see a new build video!!!!!

[@danielherrerotamayo5848]

At first the video didnt catch my attention, but after seeing the post i watch It, and holy moly i LOVE It. For sure you have a lot of work to do it and made It interesting. Superb Nice Channel

[@SemiSendy]

Super stoked the trail build season is back for you guys! This was a super satisfying build to watch and honestly one of your best yet! The story telling and editing was awesome.

[@SkillsWithPhil]

I went back to my old editing style. Last year I avoided doing voice overs because people would always rag on my voice/speech difficulties and it gets a little demoralizing. All the talking was done on camera and people aren't as critical of that for some reason. But as a result the story telling aspect took a bit of a nose dive.

[@SemiSendy]

@@SkillsWithPhil honestly, I've always found your voice to be awesome. It's part of what makes you...well...you, and you seem like a super rad dude. Jerks will be jerks, and as much as they can get under the skin, fortunately they are just a very vocal minority. Honestly, someone has to have a no so great life if they're concerned with how someone talks. It's tough putting yourself out there here on KZbin, but you are incredible at it and the community by and large has your back. 451k of us ain't wrong. Always stoked playing bikes on a new Phil Kmetz episode!

[@amattsrsky4397]

Nice drone footage at the beginning Phil!

[@cg2250]

It has been awhile... glad to see you back!

[@chimps4gimps]

Soooo good to have you back 👊🏼

[@mick4659]

Yes, i haved missed him too. nice he's back.

[@jeffhayes1855]

I love the look of your skinny, Phil. It’s got real character. Next tangent for you - chainsaw sculptures.

[@jonathandahood]

Doesn't sound like something you want to say to a man. 😛

[@Graeleaf]

Oh , yes. Scary but fun. Standard Phil!🤘

[@Randombikekid]

Yay more trail build!

[@ktvlm3987]

This looks so fun!!!

[@SkillsWithPhil]

When you get bored with winter let me know! My brain switched modes the first nice day we had.

[@ktvlm3987]

@@SkillsWithPhil im thinking its about time to throw the bike rack on the car and make sure my bike still pedals!

[@kasperandreasen7730]

This video didn’t come up on my KZbin and neither has really any of the KZbinrs I commonly watch. Glad I seen your survey as it’s a bit eye opening lol

[@bobbyd8503]

Having watched a lot of your other videos, I knew you weren't a fan of skinny's, so I knew this would be good!

[@TCR1990]

I like this video. Just didn't notice it was up until today. Keep up the good work.

[@penitentchicken]

Nice line, Phil!

[@vbspec94]

Sweeet new Phil video!

[@BikeCheck1212]

hey phil we live a little way from you and would love it if you could stop through and check out our local parks, seeing what you would suggest for upgrades. The backyard bike park is called Pine Hill in Rutland and its a pretty new set of trails but are super fun(one killer drop too) but needs some more features. The other set of trails is called the green mountain trails. They have bigger features and cabins to stay in. Of course there is killington but that you have to pay for we are more about free. Please come tour our area, all three bike parks are only 15 minutes apart. Thanks for the great videos.

[@beerenmusli8220]

I recommend reaching out to him through his business email adress, its more likely to reach him that way.

[@benja1378]

The edit at 6:16 🔥

[@Thatfordtractorguy]

Awesome to see updates!

[@FiretrailMtbAdeventures]

Yess dude great to see these videos return love them 🤟🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@shanningporter3653]

Great video. Nice to be able to work on a new skill.

[@alexanderkelley2556]

Phil some of your music has a Brian Jonestown Massacre vibe and Im diggin it!

[@TwinTipz]

Great video as always! Can't wait to see future builds

[@incredible5587]

so they make a attachment to cut lumber out with the chainsaw. i saw the guy down the street making skinnys at clydes pond and he was using it just to square up the log. he said it was 80 bucks on amazon and fit in his husqvarna saw. i will get the link and get it to you.

[@mattgies]

Sounds like an Alaskan Mill?

[@flemming_j_]

Yeah!, us old timers know your skills, and need more riding videos 😉😜

[@Shawn-wt4kh]

Phil honing some Skills!

[@69PK-UP]

Hey Phil, seen your post in the community portion of your channel. The video literally just popped up in my feed (yes I am subscribed).