Whaimana | Nelson's Most Epic Descent?

[@One_Tall_Kiwi]

Epic! You guys must have been knackered after that

[@TheMaoriThatBikes]

Damn bro....thats some tech! Excellent to watch :)

[@markm5969]

Well that looked like a nice day out in the forest haha

[@TrailAtlas]

It was lovely! 5 laps of Fringed hill in a day was quite a mission though.

[@Mybody4life]

Incredible, My arms would have ached, I would have come off so many times going down there.

[@cunning-stunt]

Rode it today in the rain, it looks dry in the video. It's been raining pretty much all summer this year. The dirt is super grippy but the smooth rock and roots are just death. I learnt a lot about braking on the dirt but not on the roots. Front brake off over the root then rear brake off over the root. Like playing a pinball machine hitting the flippers, but you are also the ball. The chutes/corners are something else especially towards the bottom. It makes me wonder just what the limit of trail rideability is. A great trail but would go in from third house next time rather than Black diamond off Fringe hill peak. Black Diamond in the wet was a waste of energy, way too much climbing up over thousands of roots.

[@philthy4654]

one of my favourite local trails, although a bit of a mission to get to.

[@DarkSkyies]

Black diamond’s uphill is pretty rough.

[@Dipshtnick92]

Damn bro that looked steep. I really need to find some riding similar to Nelson before I head back down. I'm also amazed you stayed upright on the wet roots at the start haha. Awesome track by the looks.

[@TrailAtlas]

I don't think there's too much around Wellington that will prepare you for those crazy steep Nelson corners. Maybe Kissing Rock in Arapuke or Topa Topa in Miramar? Haha so am I, there were a lot of out of control moments. Definitely worth a ride if you're going to Nelson, I think this and Butters are my favourite trails there.

[@Dipshtnick92]

@@TrailAtlas I'm in the waikato, absolutely nothing like nelson around here, not even in the redwoods. Yea I'm still waiting for your butters video 😀

[@Gmork-The-Nothing]

@@Dipshtnick92 Have you ridden much of the unmarked stuff in Rotorua? There are a heap of steep, rooty, gnarly off camber trails that will test your skill. The Croods for one.

[@Dipshtnick92]

@@Gmork-The-Nothing which one is the croods? I've done busy/messy hands and one that cuts through the te maunga top section and one that runs off the side of hill road between corners and taniwha. I really need someone to show me the secrets of the redwoods

[@bisleysm]

@@TrailAtlas are the corners worse than those dropping corners on Yeah Gnar? Keen to try it but those are prob my limit!

[@Gmork-The-Nothing]

How long of a climb was it to get to the trail head?

[@jamieroberts6345]

About an hour to top of Fringe, then 40 mins or so along the ridge. When the 629 climb (eh tu) is back open its about 20mins less

[@TrailAtlas]

We shuttled up, but as Jamie pointed out it's quite a pedal to get to the trail head.

[@DarkSkyies]

Where else in NZ is there riding like this? Im a nelson local and I don’t know anywhere to ride like this.

[@TrailAtlas]

You're a lucky man living in Nelson! I can't think of anywhere else in NZ with such long technical descents. Rotorua has some steep rooty illegals and Queenstown hill has some nice ones too. The trails in Nelson are pretty unique!

[@cunning-stunt]

@@TrailAtlas There are some secret trails in Nelson too, away from the usual riding areas where the other trails are. Was talking to the Shuttle driver and he said that there is over 400km of trails within 45 minutes of Nelson centre. Not entirely true if he is including Wairoa Gorge as that would be a scary fast drive to get to the car park at Barry's Flat never mind the 25 minute shuttle up to Irvine's to the usual drop off point.