'You have to be good at crashing': How two mountain bikers produced a surprising feat of ability

"Kade's in entrance of me, behind me, I am not even eager about him. I am simply attempting to verify I am on level as a result of, if I miss a beat, that is the place I've to think about that perhaps I ought to cease or perhaps I have to get out of the way in which sooner."

Regardless of driving inside a hair's breadth of one another, each males say they felt calm all through capturing, owing to the belief and respect they've for one another.

The strikes had been all deliberate prematurely and set to a newly constructed route in British Columbia, Canada. Each riders agreed that the situation was essential to producing such an atmospheric completed product.

The situation of the route, which took round two weeks to construct, had beforehand been a paradise for mountain bike riders earlier than a lot of it was burnt down final yr.

Whereas benefiting from the "ash within the air and the mud trails," Semenuk stated the mission additionally regarded to assist get the property again on its ft.

"I believe the imagery in all probability captured it a bit bit greater than the precise video, however simply the sunshine hitting the mud and the black bushes; should you're a cinematographer, it is sort of a deal with," he stated, including that he hoped extra routes can be constructed within the space because of the video.

"We bought spoiled with that one, as unhappy as the entire state of affairs was."

'Simply go together with it'

It was the primary time each males had been working collectively, however Semenuk by no means had doubts about asking Edwards to be his associate.

The British rider is a former junior downhill world champion and incessantly competes on the hardest downhill racing tracks within the UCI World Cup, however he's no stranger to initiatives comparable to this.

For Edwards, the possibility to create one thing lovely with one of many legends of the game was too good to show down.

"We turned up there and we might check the road that morning and that afternoon we might be filming it," Edwards informed Muricas News Sport.

"Clearly, you'd have a great few goes, you'd have perhaps 20 goes on it, so that you sort of determine what you are going to do and the place you are going to go, what the timing goes to be as a result of there's a lot to consider.

"On the identical time, you simply sort of should not give it some thought and simply go together with it."

Semenuk estimated that they reached speeds of round 60 kilometers per hour on the steeper sections and that even the jumps and tips had been completed at an estimated 40-50 kilometers per hour (about 24.9-31.1 mph).

With each riders so shut to one another at a number of factors alongside the monitor, you'd assume accidents had been commonplace however each remained comparatively unscathed all through.

Sure tips and abilities might have taken longer to movie than others, however each males had been content material with the completed product.

"To be an athlete, you have to be good at crashing as a result of you are going to crash," Semenuk stated.

"However should you're the athlete that crashes and hurts himself, you then're not going to be an athlete very lengthy.

"In order good as you could be at touchdown the trick, it's a must to be nearly as good at crashing on it."

Semenuk's want for pace

Adrenaline for Semenuk is solely a lifestyle. When he is not gorgeous the world on two wheels, the Canadian could be discovered driving rally vehicles at breakneck speeds.

Though the 2 sports activities are totally different in lots of respects, the thread of fast-paced, daredevil motion is a continuing all through his life.

Like many who excel in such compromising conditions, he says it is all about conserving calm.

"I believe should you begin to panic, you are sort of having bother already, you recognize? In case you're calm, it means all the pieces's going properly," he stated.

"As an athlete, you recognize what you could do. So till one thing begins going fallacious, there is no actual panic.

"Kade, as properly, like we put ourselves in a state of affairs each day the place we have to focus or there's some danger and also you simply sort of get used to it.

"Using is actually my most calm state since you are simply targeted on this one factor."

Watch the video on the prime of the web page to see extra of the outstanding route.