Skye Rides Los Angeles - Video

by Steve Tenuto
Feb 21, 2012 at 20:18

When you hear about Los Angeles, you most likely think of smog, ridiculous amounts of people and traffic infested freeways. I'm not here to tell you the opposite, because you're exactly right - too many people, smog and insane traffic could sum up the city of Los Angeles pretty well. But while living here, I've done nothing but dream about making the best of this landscape. And what better time to do it when the rest of the country is under snow and freezing temperatures.

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A couple months ago, I mentioned, to Skye, the idea of visiting me in L.A. for some riding and filming. He liked the idea and before we knew it, he was on his way to warm weather and a totally new area to ride. We had a tough time finding the flowy trails we're used to in the Pacific Northwest, but thanks to a lot of scouting and a couple of handy shovels, we think we made the best of what the Los Angeles area has to offer.

Here's the edit we got out of the weekend:

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84 Comments

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flag I-CanDoRideTheBike (Feb 21, 2012 at 22:12)
 Good video but....

THIS SONG IS ON EVERY FREEEEEEAAAAKKKIIINNNG video.
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flag scott-townes (Feb 21, 2012 at 22:25) (Below Threshold) show comment
 Naw man this is like the club dub 2.3 remix! It's COMPLETELY different!

Sick edit including the filming which was very unexpected but I've accepted that the biking community has the worst and most unoriginal music out of any sport... I guess finding new songs is impossible for good edits.
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flag norho208 Plus (Feb 21, 2012 at 22:34)
 Sorry guys- I guess I haven't updated my Pinkbike-video-already-used-song database in a while... Mind if I borrow your's?
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flag marseer (Feb 22, 2012 at 0:23)
 Stoked for Skye, rode some gnarly dh trails with him on his double a couple years ago in Bham. Glad to see him getting great coverage on here!
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flag Worm-Burner (Feb 22, 2012 at 0:41)
 Great vid...the song makes me feel like going yachting for some reason....
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flag KennyKillsIt (Feb 22, 2012 at 5:18)
 As soon as the first note hit I just raged
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flag Dchomey Plus (Feb 22, 2012 at 7:17)
 As much as it pains me to say the song works well for some vids and it's a good themed song for free riding but if I have to hear this or that one by Naked and Famous again I might punch a baby
Wheres the Atreyu , Volbeat , Slayer , Black Label Society etc... Hell I'd rather listen to Britney Spears in a video , at least there would be some humor to it
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flag scott-townes (Feb 22, 2012 at 7:36)
 ^ As much as I don't like mainstream metal bands as Atreyu and Volbeat, I'd much rather hear them in an edit than this crap again... and again... and again....
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flag chyu (Feb 22, 2012 at 8:18)
 I'm quite glad the music isn't avicii levels.
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flag KennyKillsIt (Feb 22, 2012 at 8:35)
 I used to like sail quite a bit and I don't mind hearing songs I like repeatedly, but when its repeatedly in different videos with different styles then it gets annoying fast.
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flag AustenB23 (Feb 22, 2012 at 12:32)
 Obviously the song is way over-used but I liked it in this video. Great filming by the way!
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flag lumpy12 (Feb 22, 2012 at 16:15)
 LEARN SOME FRIGGIN TRAIL MAINTENANCE CUZ UR DUMMYIN THEM BURRRRMS TO SHIAT WITH ALL UR DIRTY SKIDS
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flag synaptonaut (Feb 22, 2012 at 16:39)
 The electronic band that does this song, Awolnation, is signed to Red Bull Records, a subsidiary of Red Bull. I'm guessing this has something to do with it being featured in so many videos...

But yeah, I would love to hear something totally different for a change, or even just some good old metal every now and again. Either everyone who makes videos is into the same music or there are copyright issues that prevent the people making videos from using a greater variety of (better) music.
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flag TJquinn (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:41)
 FACK! Stop with this music. I have started watching my bike vids on mute.
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flag MXer125 (Feb 21, 2012 at 22:11)
 I have the same shirt, plaid is rad.
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flag craigstr (Feb 22, 2012 at 6:45)
 So tired of seeing every video showing slo-mo of good riders destroying corners? It makes every kid that watches it go out and try to duplicate it.
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flag synaptonaut (Feb 22, 2012 at 16:43)
 Totally! Plus they look amateurish every time they slide their rear tire around a corner and lose a bunch of speed in the process. Drifting a little because you're cornering so fast is one thing, but whipping out your rear wheel? Pointless fun I guess.
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flag Thrillride (Feb 22, 2012 at 18:31)
 pointless fun.....Fun is the point dude lol.
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flag badbadleroybrown (Feb 22, 2012 at 14:12)
 Great video edit and some nice riding... but LA is still the worst place on earth.
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flag ANONA (Feb 22, 2012 at 9:48)
 Another Great Vid from Skye and Steve - We just did a feature on Skye a couple weeks ago. The kids got chops http://www.thedirtywheel.com/feature1.html
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flag schilly (Feb 21, 2012 at 21:10)
 Well said, couldn't have summed up the weekend better!
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flag realityloop (Feb 21, 2012 at 21:58)
 You guys that rocked! Makes me want to ride so bad! VOD!!! Once again...
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flag jbum (Feb 22, 2012 at 18:56)
 so many haters that arnt good enough to make an edit themselves, haters gonna hate!! this vid is sick,fun, and flowy.
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flag ecurtis1986 (Feb 22, 2012 at 6:48)
 there are way sicker trails in so cal than any of these if you know where to look, but those trails look pretty sweet as well
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flag dylansageyo (Feb 22, 2012 at 10:38)
 Were man' I'm i'n culver city. We have Kenneth hann
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flag angrynipples (Feb 22, 2012 at 17:52)
 Head up to Idyllwild and do Project X or hit Sam Hill's trail behind the San Juan Trail. that's all some prime riding
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flag mtblocos1 (Feb 22, 2012 at 19:07)
 c'mon brah! Facepalm keep those ^ trails off the grid man!
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flag angrynipples (Feb 23, 2012 at 0:20)
 They're pretty well known trails and are in good shape. As long as they arent terrible riders it'll hold
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flag mtblocos1 (Feb 23, 2012 at 8:04)
 not if you and others keep posting them up.....learn to keep your mouth shut about our local trails brah.
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flag angrynipples (Feb 23, 2012 at 16:04)
 ^ And thus the reason I've heard nothing but shit about MTBlocos - A bunch of rich wanna-be downhillers with rad bikes who ride slower than Hellen Keller. I suggest you keep your mouth shut too and let your wheels do the talking.

And my friends helped build project x, I'll have you know. they arent YOUR trails. Go ahead and keep bitching, but that wont help your slower than shit riding. Just let people ride and quit being a tampon
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flag mtblocos1 (Feb 23, 2012 at 19:39)
 RICH? ha ha...i wish.
SLOW? sure, i'm slow....so effin what?

and i actually wonder how the true builders of those trails would feel if they saw posting off the grid trails up all over the net? if you wanna take this further, i'll be happy to....but i aint gonna sit here and argue on the net with a little kid by the name of 'angrynipples'.... lol
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flag rockin-itis (Feb 22, 2012 at 2:41)
 That was great. I never would've guessed LA, but if you had told me it was shot somewhere around Calgary I would have believed you.
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flag bowness8 (Feb 22, 2012 at 9:41)
 No kidding eh! I was thinking it reminded me of Kamloops as well.
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flag DhGabe (Feb 22, 2012 at 10:22)
 Sick edit.... but it really took some "scouting" to find a trail like that in LA??? I can name a few trails in LA like this off the top of my head. Still a sick vid though!!
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flag dylansageyo (Feb 22, 2012 at 10:39)
 Were?
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flag DhGabe (Feb 22, 2012 at 17:06)
 Lets see as already stated gmr is very similar, haven't been but I've heard jpl is similar to gmr, there's also mt. Wilson if it's open again. There's also turnbull canyon, a bit far but still in LA.
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flag mikeonetray13 (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:59)
 supprised no xc people were on the trails
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flag Dlongb13 (Feb 22, 2012 at 7:36)
 Another guy slamming into berms to make it look cool. How about impress me with some cornering skills and show you have speed instead. All these videos do is make kids go out and skid into turn at the local trails and create more work for the builders who don't get paid to maintain them. Don't you think we would rather be riding than fixing your video antics.
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flag rx7addict (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:41)
 looks like a little GMR
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flag ErwinR (Feb 22, 2012 at 8:11)
 ya, i dont think it though
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flag dylansageyo (Feb 22, 2012 at 18:01)
 yeah i ride jpl EL PRIETO every day an mt wilson every day supa sick ride dragons back from mtwilson then to chantry supa jizzzzzzzzzzz
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flag gnartail (Feb 21, 2012 at 21:46)
 Awesome! That looks like the most fun hip this side of the Mississippi
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flag RLickybeava (Feb 22, 2012 at 4:01)
 That shirt looks like the best cape this side of nagasaki!! Who's he think he is superman?!!
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flag angrynipples (Feb 22, 2012 at 17:53)
 just you
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flag Bowen1911 (Feb 21, 2012 at 22:50)
 This, or the sunny days at beacon. I can't decide!!!!!!!!
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flag SoCalMX (Feb 22, 2012 at 19:36)
 Sweet vid man and the song worked for me! Im a 30 minute drive from there and will make a point to visit!!!
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flag GRandolph (Feb 22, 2012 at 19:38)
 Ah! well I like it good work guys.
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flag schilly (Feb 22, 2012 at 22:57)
 thank you pretty lady Smile
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flag Alterego82 (Feb 24, 2012 at 21:59)
 Socal trails are WEAK!!! All I see is a bunch of over priced downhill bikes decked out with HD video bombing fire roads. LAME
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flag CycleKandy (Feb 22, 2012 at 22:39)
 What trail is this in L.A.?
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flag gizmogunner (Feb 22, 2012 at 8:35)
 awolnation we meet again
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flag socalshreder (Feb 22, 2012 at 10:51)
 that was cool. Is all of that GMR? cuz some of it looks like Holdacrooks in Redlands.
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flag cougar797 (Feb 22, 2012 at 5:18)
 Goes to show, you can build places to ride everywhere.
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flag ralbisurez (Feb 22, 2012 at 2:39)
 looks like the trail at Hulda Crook Park in Loma Linda.
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flag MTBiker44 (Feb 22, 2012 at 19:23)
 the original sail is tones better my fellow mountain bikers
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flag magbmiguel (Feb 22, 2012 at 19:16)
 and what about the TR250 ? TR250 a nice bike
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flag losieight (Feb 22, 2012 at 1:39)
 Los Alamos GTA-5 ---> r those avid elixir cr brakes?
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flag Skibum186 (Feb 23, 2012 at 14:35)
 ik this is sail but what is the remix called?
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flag mikeylikeydh (Feb 25, 2012 at 7:31)
 It looks like the hills above Glendale.
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flag Elspecialized (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:44)
 Where is this? San Gabriels? La Tuna? tell me!!!!!
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flag norho208 Plus (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:58)
 Some of it was on Glendora Mountain Road, Glendale, CA
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flag SeanC1 (Feb 25, 2012 at 20:39)
 Definitely recognize the GMR portions, sick trail.
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flag mikebike94 (Feb 24, 2012 at 9:36)
 where city exactly is this?
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flag mtn-sam (Feb 22, 2012 at 17:59)
 dont listen to the bad commets nice vid love the song and rip it up
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flag crazymac1 Plus (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:28)
 this guy DESTROYS corners! Salute
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flag mongoose85 (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:28)
 Nice!!! Came out pretty dang good Smile
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flag Lucas-Alcalde (Feb 22, 2012 at 10:09)
 loved the camera movements!! steady cam? slider? cranes?
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flag abonativ10 (Feb 21, 2012 at 22:38)
 loce the vid any one no what the song is tho if you do let me know
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flag spandex (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:57)
 awolnation - sail....but please don't put it on another vid Big Grin
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flag oscarolc (Feb 23, 2012 at 12:44)
 doesn't matter
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flag ishouldntridedownhill (Feb 22, 2012 at 14:30)
 song sucks spots okay and i counted 3 repeat clips
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flag norho208 Plus (Feb 22, 2012 at 14:49)
 thanks man!
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flag bmxkory (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:05)
 VOD coming soon.
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flag Broso (Feb 25, 2012 at 13:46)
 Looks like GMR to me...
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flag j-herbs (Feb 21, 2012 at 22:15)
 looks like a fun time
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flag oscarolc (Feb 23, 2012 at 12:43)
 whats the song again??
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flag dillonchamberlain (Feb 22, 2012 at 10:29)
 sexy
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flag thegirthquake (Feb 23, 2012 at 6:10)
 Sail
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flag scottsonb (Feb 22, 2012 at 7:12)
 what the song?
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flag gizmogunner (Feb 22, 2012 at 9:27)
 awolnation -- sail
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flag samminett (Feb 21, 2012 at 23:58)
 "we build a berm he will destroy it" haha Smile
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flag mtn-sam (Feb 22, 2012 at 14:56)
 what is the name of this awsome song?
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flag tiagoazul (Feb 22, 2012 at 1:41)
 nice!! what´s the music?
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