- Welcome to this rundown of our
favourite trails in the world.
Now this is a really hard thing to do,
because a lot of us just really love
our local trail, because you get to know every
bump, rock, root, and jump there and it makes you
run through it in perfect style.
But we thought, what about the ones
that you just cannot miss, the unique trails?
Great thing about this is you can disagree,
so get involved in the comments section down below,
but for now, let's take a look at the ones
that, in GMBN, we thought are the best
and our very favourite trails on Planet Earth.
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Our first trail is the Petzen Flow Trails.
Now I first heard about these trails, they're in Austria,
so we're starting just about there on the globe,
from Hans Rey, legend of mountain biking,
trails riding, friend of mine.
And he saw my riding after I came back
from my injury, where I was using a bike
that was pushed along by my mates,
and he gave me a call and said, "You've got to go
and ride the Petzen Flow Trails,"
'cuz it's 11 kilometres.
11 kilometres, imagine it, of perfectly smooth,
sculpted trails winding their way down
through Austrian hills, turn after turn.
Look at it. It's just beautiful.
But imagine how good you'll be
at railing those turns by the time you get
to the bottom after just one run.
Your riding will be improving,
left, right, left, right, so nice.
I've seen these trails so many times on videos,
I've been caught just staring at a video
watching the guy go down, and my head
just flowing into the corners.
I've gotta go to this place.
It's on my bucket list.
Have you ever ridden there?
If you have, let us know.
But it's one of those trails you just
cannot miss, the Petzen Flow Trails.
Oh, nice.
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Next up is the Meadows Trail in the Chilcotin Mountains
in B.C., Canada, is just there above Vancouver on the globe.
Fabulous place to ride.
Now this one is an adventure.
You take a floatplane out of the Tyax Lodge, fly up
to a beautiful lake, and then start your descent down.
The experience of this ride is,
coming from the word of Doddy, who's done it,
is the experience of going out
into the wilderness and being all on your own.
Because basically that floatplane drops you off
in a spot where there is no one else.
You're very unlikely to see another rider
the entire way down.
What an experience.
Beautiful, long grass meadows, flowing trail,
and you might even see some grizzly bears.
No, really.
Actually you might see a grizzly bear.
If you do, you're gonna need to speed up.
This one, an adventure of a lifetime, surely.
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Next up, well, this is strange,
because I'm suggesting a trail that probably,
if we admit it, most of us just could not do.
It's the Red Bull Hardline.
Now let me find that on the globe.
It's in the Dyfi Valley in North Wales
in the U.K., just there.
This track is designed by none other than Dan Atherton,
brother of Gee and Rachel, a fantastic pro racer.
But he designs this course every year
and it is evolving, getting harder and harder
and it's so difficult now that there's a handful
of pro downhill riders and FNB riders
that are really brave enough to take it on.
It's that hard.
But if we're talking about unique
and crazy trails in the world,
I've gotta bring it up.
It's Red Bull Hardline, it's spectacular,
it's huge, it's ballsy, it's scary.
It's one of those ones you just cannot miss.
If you're not gonna ride it, make sure you watch it.
It's something pretty special.
Well done, Dan.
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Next up we have got the Whole Enchilada.
Now, this trail in Moab, in Utah, is just unbelievable.
It's 26.5 miles long, almost all of it downhill.
There are a couple of killer climbs in it
right at the top, but basically,
you're running down that hill for 26.5 miles.
Now the bit we're gonna concentrate on is the Porcupine Rim.
It's the most technical bit of the run,
it comes right at the end, about an hour from the bottom.
And this run is fast, it's flowing,
it's got big technical rock sections.
Every corner you go around, you've got to expect
some kind of obstacle that's really gonna test your skills.
But what I love about it is that
you've got this great flowing trail
and then just off to your right-hand side,
there's some terrifying drops.
You cannot get it wrong.
And if you look at some of this video
that we've been given by Nate Hill,
thank you, dude, for letting us watch this, you can see
that once you get going fast, it can get pretty sketchy.
It's definitely one for your bucket list, in fact
I'm putting it on my bucket list.
I'm gonna do it, 2018, I'm going to Utah, I'm gonna ride
in Moab, and I'm gonna do the Whole Enchilada.
And that's handy, actually, because the last trail
on our list is in the very same spot, just there.
Nope, that's Idaho.
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Oh, I'm sad. This is the last trail on our list today.
But don't worry, there's gonna be more
volumes of this video, because the great thing about trails
is when you ride a new one, suddenly that's your favourite.
So our last one is the Slick Rock in Moab.
Yes, Slick Rock Trail is special
because it's on this incredible rock
and it's actually anything but slick.
The reason it's called Slick is when they used to
ride it on horses and it rained,
it was treacherous for the horse.
But on a bike it's actually
incredibly grippy, which is amazing.
So some of the climbs you can do
are almost unbelievable, the grip is intense.
And you'd definitely know that if you fell off.
There's a 10-and-a-half-mile loop
of this just beautiful riding.
Flowing rocks, super grippy banked turns, drops and hills.
It's like nothing else, really.
It's all marked with these white paint spots
so you can just ride 'round without getting lost
unless you see yellow paint spots,
because that tells you that there's some danger
and you need to watch out.
I'm definitely gonna be hitting up Slick Rock Trail.
In fact, I think it's my favourite
of the list today, it just looks beautiful.
Now, do you agree?
It'd be great if you don't.
Let me know where in the world you've been riding,
the best trails on the planet.
Let us know in the comments section down below.
I hope you've enjoyed this.
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