Whistler Bike Park | Dirt Merchant to A-Line - Optimal Flow | 4k GoPro Hero 6 Followcam

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
  • Dirt Merchant is a double black flow trail at the Whistler Bike Park that many consider the best flow trail in the park and some would say the entire world: mightier even than the enigmatic A-Line! This trail has many step-ups/downs/tables/gaps/drops/rollers all joined via massive swooping berms that even a seasoned pro would be happy to lap for an entire day. More often than not, a lap of Dirt Merchant is followed by Lower A-Line and A-Line Tech (as in this video) or Lower Canadian Open DH to complete the lap.
    Rider: Aiden Hutchinson - @Aido_Was_Here - All the way from the land down under - Australia. Aido smashes out 2 'suicide no hander's in this video in addition to many huge whips if you didn't notice!
    This video was filmed with on a brand spanking new GoPro Hero 6 black in the 4k 30fps Superview setting. Please watch in the highest resolution possible for the best viewing/audio experience.
    If you liked this video don't hesitate to drop a comment below, give it a thumbs up and subscribe!
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Komentáře • 73

  • @bkxc
    @bkxc Před 6 lety +9

    Haha, I'm blown away at how smooth and effortless this all looks! SOME DAY

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      +BKXC effortless and smooth? I don't know about that Brian! Nevertheless it is much appreciated. The progression is beginning to show through (thank god!) Some day? Man you could be jumping smoother and more effortlessly sooner than you'd think! It's all just practice. Next time in Whistler ride Crank it Up all day for 2 days straight (I know this summer you spent a day but that second day is key!). At the end of that i reckon you'd have improved your ups by 200-300% easily. No problem at all. ;-) Keep the sick vids coming BKXC - huge long time fan!

  • @Fuckstupidlibtards
    @Fuckstupidlibtards Před 6 lety +1

    More time in the air than in the dirt. Kick-ass!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Love this trail so much! Its just so good!

  • @shinacmaha
    @shinacmaha Před 6 lety +1

    some serious leveling up going on!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Its all about the miles bro! I got a few of them this summer!

  • @Hawlkeye-e9p
    @Hawlkeye-e9p Před 6 lety

    Whistler trails always look hammered to me.

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      This was best condition I'd seen Dirt Merchant in all summer. It was a beautiful thing tbh. All the berms were prime! If only they hadnt put in those rollers!

  • @mc-diesdas6651
    @mc-diesdas6651 Před 6 lety +1

    Yeah , you`re back , and you have train your skills

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Glad you're still here and thanks for the compliment!

  • @noramanley2881
    @noramanley2881 Před 6 lety +1

    Great video!

  • @ElevationStation1988
    @ElevationStation1988 Před 6 lety +1

    This is great riding!

  • @kenny.h1
    @kenny.h1 Před 6 lety +1

    You've really improved in your biking skills throughout the past 2 years of me watching you bike. Last year you were casing most of the jumps on A-Line but now youre clearing Dirt Merchant like its nothing!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      thanks man - I've been practicing! And I've lost 15kg (33lbs) since June. That has definitely helped! Thanks for watching Kenny!

  • @jvoytilla
    @jvoytilla Před 6 lety +1

    glad to see you are back! been dying for new videos!

  • @feaskoh
    @feaskoh Před 6 lety +1

    Ooooh yeeeaah

  • @jacobrosemurgy8503
    @jacobrosemurgy8503 Před 6 lety +1

    Glad your back.your quality of your videos are top notch 👍

  • @jeffmclearen229
    @jeffmclearen229 Před 6 lety +1

    Dang! You guys crushed!! I have ridden dirt merchant and it warms my heart to see it! So smooth! Can’t wait to send it on there again!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Aiden is one hell of a rider! Did you see his no handers? Think he threw up 3 of em in total on that lap! It's a heck of a trail no doubt!

    • @jeffmclearen229
      @jeffmclearen229 Před 6 lety +1

      Oh I saw them!🤘🏻

  • @heythere1238
    @heythere1238 Před 6 lety

    Holy fuck you’ve gotten better! Sending everything and throwing whips!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety +1

      ;-) appreciate that! Sure is fun moving up the curve!

  • @t-roy9800
    @t-roy9800 Před 6 lety +1

    WOW, Finally! LOL Stoked to see more new vids!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Plenty more coming!

    • @t-roy9800
      @t-roy9800 Před 6 lety

      NICE! Your vids are what gave me to push to go to Whistler last year! Cant wait to move to BC! hehe

  • @123vemund
    @123vemund Před 6 lety

    Awesome bro! Looks like you’ve improved your riding a lot since lasy year!😁🙌🏽

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Glad you like it bro! Got a lot of footage from the summer that I'm only now getting to so there will be a lot more to follow! Appreciate the kind words too!

    • @123vemund
      @123vemund Před 6 lety +1

      Whitesnake2 looking forward to watching it!

  • @peterfogden
    @peterfogden Před 6 lety +1

    Yo dude! your riding has progressed soooo much since I last saw one of your videos. keep it up!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      +Peter Fogden many thanks! It was a great summer of riding!

  • @brad8961
    @brad8961 Před 6 lety +2

    He’s back!

  • @Aidosbmxvlogs
    @Aidosbmxvlogs Před 6 lety +1

    Love the video Jamie!
    The guy in front of you kills it (;
    Good work man! You sent it!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Hahah Aido!!! That guy in front dominated Dirty Merch and the park in general! Great riding this summer with you mate. Now get back to work and save some money so you can come back to the promised land next summer. ;-)

    • @Aidosbmxvlogs
      @Aidosbmxvlogs Před 6 lety +1

      Whitesnake2 yea I had heaps of fun riding with you Jamie!
      Yea I should be back at work soon and definitely going to try and go back!!!!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Make it happen man! Next year all of Creekside will be open too! It was a summer to remember no doubt bro. No doubt.

    • @Aidosbmxvlogs
      @Aidosbmxvlogs Před 6 lety +1

      Whitesnake2 dude that summer was insane! First season in whistler was wicked!
      Next will be awesome too!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      #BestPlaceintheWorld

  • @MichaelGarciahk
    @MichaelGarciahk Před 6 lety +1

    Best edited vid yet Snake! Awesome riding as well! You need to slow down!!! 😂

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      +Michael Garcia thank you! I have been making use of my freetime!

  • @ithinkthat406
    @ithinkthat406 Před 6 lety +1

    It's so great to follow your progression - not only as a rider but as an editor as well! I really appreciate the effort you put into experimenting with motion graphics, it looks great! You may want to try out tracking objects (works great in After Effects) - It's totally unnecessary but you could add a nice following effect to the name tag, as an example.
    Did you cut the highs this time? They sounded a little muffled... but it worked great for the wind noise!
    However, keep the quality up, I really enjoy your videos! Good to see you're back!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Its funny you mention that. I am interested in the SFX aspect of these videos as well and am trying to learn as much as I can on that front too. I spent some time yesterday learning how to use the rotoscoping and motion tracking functionality in After Effects. Very powerful stuff. In fact, I tried to incorporate rotoscoping it in this video, but I found that it couldn't keep up (or I couldn't get it to keep up) with the fast moving ever changing environment in this video. It might work well in a more technical riding focused video where the rider is travelling more slowly, but I couldn't pull it off in this one. I also suspect if a gimbal were used, it would be much easier for the computer to keep up to all the dynamic changes taking place. As per the @Aido_was_here layer in this clip, I tried to use the Motion Tracker on that as well but again found it was jumping a bit too much all over all the place again. Obviously a gimbal would greatly help in this department too.

  • @t-roy9800
    @t-roy9800 Před 6 lety +1

    Dude, Your Sending it! NICE!

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety +1

      Love me some Dirt Merchant to A-Line man! Its one of the best laps out there!

    • @t-roy9800
      @t-roy9800 Před 6 lety

      Those jumps are Big! Good Job! Send'er! lol

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks man - now I gotta get the whips and tables down.

  • @MloVisual
    @MloVisual Před 6 lety +9

    Where you been bro? Lol. Nice riding.

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety +2

      I know! Its a long story - short version is that I moved from Asia back to Canada this summer and didn't have any of my computer gear with me (it was all in a shipping container) so it is only now that I have been able to begin looking at processing some of the footage I've amassed in the last bit. Plenty more where this came from that is for sure!!! Thanks for hanging on for so long!

  • @DownTheHill3
    @DownTheHill3 Před 6 lety

    Noice!

  • @AnnababysDaddy
    @AnnababysDaddy Před 5 lety +1

    Love watch your video. I bought Demo8-swork too just few months ago. Filming some with GoPRO4 and gimbal. So far I edit films by Quik on iPAD pro. but I saw you use Primiere. it’s so great. Therefore I start to survey NB or Macbook. May I ask your text and signs of video what sofrware you edit them?

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 5 lety +1

      Everything was done using the Adobe creative cloud software. Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.

  • @braxtona.4575
    @braxtona.4575 Před 6 lety

    Your style shall be called the "flailing trout"

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Not sure thats a good thing or a bad thing.

  • @onecutmedia
    @onecutmedia Před 6 lety +1

    Let’s do some laps next year. I should be all healed up by then 😜

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      I'd like that! I think I've seen you around the park a bit this summer. What did you hurt?

  • @Jonny-im5ml
    @Jonny-im5ml Před 6 lety

    How do you have such little wind noise? External mic?

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      +Red just the go pro and a windmuff and post with premiere.

  • @ki882010
    @ki882010 Před 6 lety +2

    2017 season?

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Yes 2017 Season. We shot this footage on October 5.

    • @ki882010
      @ki882010 Před 6 lety +1

      cool , but i leave Whistler at September. will you share more HongKong series?

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety +1

      I have plenty of unpublished footage from HK as well that will see the light of day at some point! No doubt. In the meantime, check out my buddy Chewy's channel. He is constantly putting out new HK edits and the riding level is exceptional. The dude shreds. His channel is here -> czcams.com/users/ChewyRacing

    • @ki882010
      @ki882010 Před 6 lety +1

      I known him in HK , he is excellent in riding , that's awesome
      this year is my first time to visit Whistler , very big different in HK.
      there are legendary mountain bike park , will visit in 2018
      your footage help me to preview the trails , thumbs is for you dude !

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Thats the idea! Before I went there for the first time that is exactly what I did for weeks trying to get my head around all the trails and features. I found a lot of the footage to be lacking in one way or another so it was one of the reasons I decided to try my hand at trail edits to be honest. Many thanks for the support.

  • @Mediarahan003
    @Mediarahan003 Před 6 lety

    Nice quality. Not a fan of the music though.

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      Appreciate that! The music won't always be hard rock focused that I can assure you.

  • @youngfoundersschool6673
    @youngfoundersschool6673 Před 6 lety +1

    Go pro shoild sponser you

    • @Whitesnake2
      @Whitesnake2  Před 6 lety

      I'm holding out for Red Bull dude! I know they are coming... I know it! Sooner the better! Thanks for watching! ;-)