- Today is the Freerider Challenge.
Blake Samson vs. Martin Soderstrom.
Five challenges to see who's the king of freeriding.
- I like that.
- [Voiceover] The stoppie.
The bunny hop challenge.
Roost.
Big trick.
The race.
- Okay, so challenge number one is a simple one,
it's a stoppie challenge from this mark
the person who stoppies the furthest is the winner.
However, there is a freeride twist.
The run in to get all the speed, well there is no run in.
So, they got to try to find one.
- Whoo!
- [Blake] Freeride in!
- No!
That was *****
Oh!
- If I don't beat this one, that is ridiculous.
- [Martin] Freeride!
Whoo!
(laughter)
- It's harder than you think!
That was embarrassing.
Should we do it again?
- I agree.
- Yeah I agree.
Embarrassing.
Let's do it again.
- Freeride.
- This run in, that's why.
- Freeride!
- It's just so, there's too many rocks there.
Drop it in.
I'm gonna be right here.
(laughter)
- I was like "God dang it!"
- It's so hard with the rocks there.
- Yeah with the rocks dropping your wheel.
- The first round goes to Martin,
although I think both boys need to practise
with front brakes cause it wasn't that impressive.
- We never ride with front blakes, brakes.
- Blakes?
With front blakes!
- Challenge number two, the bunny hop challenge.
We got a run in, a bit of a slope and a stick
they got to try to clear this
and we'll keep raising it until one of them fails.
- [Blake] Alright!
Hey, did you know I hold bunny hop record
on GMBN yeah?
Watch me knock this off.
- [Martin] Yeah!
That was actually
impressively easy
I would say.
- [Blake] Second go, go for it.
- Whoo hoo! Freeride in!
I didn't know twenty-niners could hop that high.
- Who knew? Who knew.
- [Martin] Come on Blake!
Yes!
- Should we go big, massive?
- I'm scared of heights, I don't know.
- Actually that's pretty big.
Do you reckon?
Yeah, put the glove so we can actually see the stick.
- That's like Blake height right there.
- That is Blake height, look!
- [Martin] Freeride!
- [Blake] If you clear this, I'm buying you a beer.
No way!
Yes!
What!
- [Martin] Oh so close!
- [Blake] Oh man.
That was close!
- Now this is a real freeride challenge.
This is the roost challenge using
our new patented roost-o-meter.
Biggest roost wins.
(mechanical sounds)
(video game sound effects)
Now it's time for best trick.
We're on the trail, we've got a bit of a drop off with a
pretty sketchy run actually,
and this is going to be judged on technicality,
smoothness, extension, steezness, coolness,
everything basically.
- Wow.
- Biggest wreck off this drop off wins.
- No pressure Blake!
- No pressure, no.
(laughter)
- [Martin] I grabbed.
- [Blake] You grabbed what?
- [Martin] I grabbed the dropper post.
- [Blake] Oh, that would have been...
- Man.
- [Martin] Yeah!
That was good!
- Well I think it's a tough one to call
but I'm gonna give that one to Blake.
Good extension, smooth landing.
- That was good.
- It's now two all so the last challenge is a decider.
- I got a challenge for you, it's timed okay?
So no judging, no tricks, no nothing.
- No nothing.
- Purely challenge.
- No style? Basically, zero style. Cool.
- And you gotta race around the track,
and I'm gonna run, you're gonna follow.
And the time stops when you put your foot down here.
- Okay.
Right here?
- Right here on this mark.
- Cool. Alright I follow you.
- Follow. I'll check out.
And then up here.
- Up there?
- Yeah and then put your foot there.
- Cool.
- Three, two, one, go!
(dance music)
- Whoo it's quick.
- [Martin] That felt good!
Can't believe I'm losing all the freeride stuff
and I was flying!
- Three, two, one, go!
- [Martin] Pedal Blake! Pedal!
- [Blake] Oh my!
(laughing)
It's that stupid tree!
- Are you alright?
- Yeah, I almost broke my finger on that rock!
- My heart stopped!
- That's the second time I hit it!
- [Martin] Oh my God, that is...
(screaming in slow motion)
- Well Blake if you're gonna lose,
then definitely try to lose in style.
And Martin is the winner!
Well done!
- Thanks guys, I wish it wasn't on
a did not finish
but I'll take it!
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