Hi Alex, so about 5yrs ago I had a massive crash on a gap jump, by massive I mean I'm now an incomplete quadriplegic massive, the last feeling I have before that crash is that euphoria of being in the air on the bike and I have been living of that feeling ever since. This year, I hit a modest sized table top in my recumbent trike and got that feeling back .... not too proud to say it brought a tear to my eyes. Well done my friend and keep up the progression

@JerryTheReporter

26 күн бұрын

When i first read this I felt so sad and i had some pity but then I realized life is going to throw a curveball at you, and if you let that take you out then whats the point of doing anything. Its amazing that you got back out there.

@efdbjon2114

25 күн бұрын

that is brutal well done for getting back out there. I broke my back in June and recently began crying looking at some jumps that i used to hit no problem, ill be back tho...

@codh3gro

10 күн бұрын

Bicycles are the answer to many problems

Ebikes are the best! The amount of training you get by repetition is priceless

Pro tip for those of us struggling with going fast enough for a big jump. Throw on a full face helmet AND goggles. That will cut down the sensation of speed quite a bit and allow you to go faster. :)

I'm turning 64 this summer and didn't really start working on my jump skills until I was 60. Unfortunately it's been hard to progress, because there isn't a lot of jump options in my area. A new trail system is being built in my area that promises a couple dedicated jump lines, so maybe this will change.

Your positive energy is absolutely infectious! Thank you also for pointing out to be able to ride like that it really takes time and repetition. Initially I believe it also takes some coaching by someone who has the skills. It’s hard to remember or admit that as a rider sometimes. Stay stoked!

Awesome content buddy 🤩🤘🔥 This made me feel like the old Alex is back 😃💪

I've been on and off the bike for decades, probably off moreso than on, so I'd say my skill falls comfortably within an intermediate level. I feel like I still have lots of ways to hurt myself on the trail without attempting jumps, but your videos inspire me to keep pushing my comfort zone and working on fundamental skills to one day reach that sensation of flying along the trail! Thank you for sharing your passion.

Awesome video! I’m stoked with your progression 🤘🏼

@The_Sampler

28 күн бұрын

Thanks dude!!

Love your videos man, always such a positive vibe!

Awesome! Happy for you dude! I really dig the mixing you did putting multiples of your runs together in one moment. Fun stuff to watch here on a rainy Sunday, thanks!🤙

@The_Sampler

28 күн бұрын

Yo thanks dude! Trying new things and having fun with it so I'm stoked you enjoyed too

Dude! This is one of your best videos! Great editing and attitude! Love the uplifting content I can (usually) watch with my son.

Awesome to see all the work you put into editing this video, so worth it!!

@The_Sampler

27 күн бұрын

Wow thank you so much my man!! Gets me fired up to do more like it when y’all appreciate the editing 👊🤘

there was a point where my confidence just stoped and then started going down instead of up but now I am gaining my confidence back

@JFFilmsMTB

24 күн бұрын

you know by any chance what began to turn your confidence around?

Well done Alex! Loving the stoke and no doubt that will keep you on 🥳

Dude you are looking super comfy in the air 👍 I am happy you’ve got your mojo back! And this video is good man!

Besides the travel/adventure videos, which can't be beaten, this is the best video you've ever made. It's like you found the secret formula for what makes a great video. You got the success story, the brilliant PIP sponsor message, the interesting insights/observation about ebikes (without taking one an extreme side), the narration, the editing, the music. Love the content, love the riding. This has me stoked!

@The_Sampler

22 күн бұрын

Wow thank you SO MUCH for the kind words. I worked really hard on this so that truly means a lot

I love the editing of the jump footage!

Looks good. Great progression.

Dude, the editing on this is superb!

One of the best videos in a while. I know and feel your mental anguish, especially on this specific jump. You're "lame" comment was spot on. I hate seeing myself on video bc it's unimpressive LOL.

I feel ya, I've been recovering from a brain tumor/cancer since 2017, I don't think I will ever get that feeling back but I am hopeful 🤘🏼

Pretty cool how you engage the Predator cloak as you fly through those jumps ;)

@The_Sampler

28 күн бұрын

hahahaha trying some new things with editing and I def. have some kinds to work out! I mean.. yea, predator cloak :P

@SSMJ

28 күн бұрын

@@The_Sampler The new things with editing looked sick!

Super rad video!

I’m in the process of learning the jumps this video is very helpful and inspiring thanks man🤘

@The_Sampler

28 күн бұрын

Take it slow, focus on your technique, and get in those reps while being patient! You got it dude!!

Love ur stokeness Is contagious Thanks Alex And come to wa state and ride up here with us Bicifamily

Unbelievably sick dude! Cant wait to visit Kanuga at some point and check it out myself

I use a local dirt jump park with my trail bike, the loop I do has 4 decent sized jumps ( 3 of which are doubles just off the table line if I'm brave ) and 3-4 more lumps and bumps before those. I do 40-50 laps an eve between chatting and waiting for others to go. That repetition taught me so much and a couple of years ago it just clicked one eve on about the 4th visit, I could suddenly jump with seemingly very little effort, even nose bonks for fun. Two weeks later I busted myself up on a trail and between the nerves of "I really can't crash on that hand again" and the months of lost fitness off the bike it's never clicked again even if I clear them all on a lap or two. Went this week for the first time since it closed for winter and first lap was really good, thought I might find that mojo again. A dead sailor 3 laps in killed my mood and a hefty crash for a mate later put paid to trying any more eve.

At 57 years old, progression is merely keeping the skills I have amassed…..you’ll get there eventually!

Great Alex, never give up

Nice work Alex. Great to see you feeling positive about your jumping. I agree, focused practice over time is what has made me be able to learn to jump - I took up mountain biking late. Having an ebike was a massive help as it makes it easier to slap laps. I just looked and I've done 334 laps of a jump trail at my nearest park on it - at 15 jumps a lap thats more than 5000 jumps on just that one trail (its not the only one there). It all adds up. I am still not great as I am naturally cautious about it. But I have cleared jumps in the last year that I never thought I would be doing.

This is probably one of my favorite videos from you! This says a lot as I love damn near all of your content. This is going to be me soon! I'm waiting for the last piece of the puzzle to drop so I can finally buy my dream eMTB! Might even happen this week!

@The_Sampler

25 күн бұрын

Huck ya dude that’s so exciting!! 😃 I imagine you already got it all picked out?

@omahamtb6580

25 күн бұрын

@@The_Sampler Absolutely! Canyon Strive:On Underdog

Just like the older videos, love it

Opening day at Kanuga I looked at the big jump on Tortuga and thought “no way!” Came back a few days later and my buddy Cliff and I sessioned the trail 16 times and by the 4th one I could clear them all.

@The_Sampler

27 күн бұрын

Yoooo that must have been the best feeling!!

@kellyriffle4750

27 күн бұрын

@@The_Sampler There is video proof! Lol

yea dude🤘really cool duplication edit. Sick man🤘🤘

huuuuge sendage! love it, and like that you commented on moving those sticks from the landing!

Great video!

love the edits around the 9:00 mark!

Alex, I love the shot at 8:40 where you layer your repetitions, it's perfect for the concept of repeating your attempts! Congrats, and I wonder if you're staying on the e bike, or how the transition back to a regular bike goes?

Great video as always! I feel like I’m starting over every season. But reps with the e-steed makes getting back up to speed a bit more manageable.

Can’t wait for you to hit 600k!!!!

@The_Sampler

27 күн бұрын

🙌🥳

I was at kanuga for the first time last weekend. Really great place to practice jumps! I hope to see you out there one day 🤙🏼 I need to get a picture with the sampler himself! 📸

Good stuff man

Pro tip, thanks Alex! This is my issue as I don’t get to practice enough. When I get to the bike park, 30 minutes drive, I want to ride everything and when I thing about sessioning the training jumps I am already tired! My local, rideable to, jumps are not that well built for beginners, so maybe I will have to just session the dual slalom track all day next time I go to the bike park. Push up is short so no need for an eeb. Interested to know how you get on with your acoustic bike after breaking the barriers with the eeb. 🤘

I am 62 an have raced bmx since the 1995 an 6years ago I started racing mountain bikes xc. Every day on the trail or track a learning experience. At 62 I started a new gym workout to better my sprinting an strength training through plyometrics

I know the feeling. Definitely haven’t hit as big jumps but after building up over time at Jarrod’s place and a week honeymooning at whistler I was feeling good on jumps. Separated my shoulder and seemingly lost it all. Getting back to where I was but man! Talk about use it or loose it

Nice work, Alex! As for the LMNT, I got the sampler deal a while back and do love the product. Do you have another deal with them for ongoing purchases? I'd like to keep using it and for you to get the bennies, too.

Ebike for the win!

LMNT sent me the new sparkling water pack....they are fantastic, especially for after a ride when you want that bubbly drink!!

i love the ad read on the phone lol it kept my 3 second attention span happy

@The_Sampler

21 күн бұрын

Three seconds is actually a pretty long attention span these days, I'm impressed!!

Imaginative clever camera work Alex

@The_Sampler

27 күн бұрын

🙌 thanks Mitch!

I got to ride my first jump lines yesterday! I rolled everything, I am itching to go back but its a long long drive for me. Also was wishing I had an Ebike, climbing back to the top hurts.

@The_Sampler

28 күн бұрын

Haha it does hurt BUT it also makes us stronger 💪 jumps are addictive and it’s a good thing because they require those reps!!

The progression was crazy! and i get what you mean bro whenever you check the video after it looks worse then what you felt.

@The_Sampler

25 күн бұрын

😆 all that matters is how it FELT… unless you are me and you have to then go stare at it for hours while editing 🤪

Exactly, repetition and warm up every time, people who are really good are obsessed with riding and their life revolves around laps on Dh tracks or jump tracks. I built a jump/dh track with 15 jumps a tech section and 20% grade, nothing in the area had that concentration and it had every type of jump to practice. Building and testing jumps that are unknown helped me progress the most, understand the physics to estimate accurately, and especially since all other jumps people were building are sketchy lippy and with death pits. 1 lap took 10 min so 150 jumps an hour, but that's with xc fitness and i like climbing, chill more like 100. Wonder if ebike muscle memory messes with normal bike, definitely an awesome tool to get more practice.

Amazing!

Completely snapped my collarbone 3 days ago on a gap jump I’ve done a lot of times and all I remember was falling and just thinking to myself damn what did I do wrong I can’t wait to get back on the bike and build the courage to do that jump again

Long live the STOKE!!! 🤘

The green line at Kanuga is more challenging since you have to watch your speed. It’s not a beginner line.

I got over 600 jumps this weekend on my ebike. Just confirming the ebike benefit of repetition. This is not a competition. (not a close one anyway. ;D )

sucks what a crash can do to one's confidence. looking at the lightweight ebikes

Love the footage!!! Whats that little Sony cam??

@The_Sampler

25 күн бұрын

Rx100!

You love to see it

That's one of the few places and cases where an electric bike is appropriate, but do you think the skills and muscle memory will directly translate when you switch back to your mtn bike ?

@matt45540

27 күн бұрын

There's obviously a slight difference in balance and weight distribution. But it's great practice and to someone who travels it allows me to ride some of the larger parks entirely in one go. Doing a 30 mi ride means you can ride your favorite stuff twice

@skullsroad3642

27 күн бұрын

Ebikes are appropriate anywhere a regular bike is.

Hey mate, bit of unsolicited advice I noticed when watching your video, you have a very fast style of riding, scrubbing lots of jumps and pushing through them, similar to what someone would do on a race run to limit air time, so if you're chasing a bigger air time, try boosting jumps, I think it would be a good bit of fun. Considering your fast riding style on smaller jumps, you should have no problem with getting extra speed to be able to boost, and just need to practice compressing the bike up the lip, to generate more height, which is good fun. Going higher on a jump is one of the best feelings in a jump line, so give it a go.

Awesome

You should fly to aus and ride sugar bag rd

Fucking awesome!

I could never jump (land) with my fingers on the break leavers! I'd definetely death grip on landing :(

I think dirt jumps are the best way to hit many jumps in one day are main line probably has 5 to 6 and you can do it every 5 minutes without any trouble 70 jumps per hour without an e bike so you could probably get more

Ill be honest this is my first vid of yours. Awesome vid. I know you explained it but regressing that far back with your jumping confuses me?? Youre clearly a pretty damn good rider? Whipping, manualing, even scrubbing??

Hey Alex, did you know that your Specialized will actually count your jumps for you?

@The_Sampler

26 күн бұрын

Wait, seriously!?!?

@kylemoore2068

26 күн бұрын

@@The_Sampler Yes, as someone else noted later on the Mastermind TCU updates your phone app with the jump details, even distance! You do need to reset it though or it just keeps on counting. 🚀

A lil comment for the algorithm

I ride a full power e-bike it weighs 55 lbs, a full day on that bike jumping and exploring will exhaust you but my upper body has gotten a lot stronger. Can't agree with you more on the repetition of jumping!

The Mastermind TCU will keep a jump count & distance of jumps for you fyi.

The reason you’re struggling to mega clear that step up is clear in your footage of you going off the jump around 16:30 and 18:40. You’re only half heartedly popping off the jump, not achieving full extension with your limbs. With the speed you’re hitting that at it looks like if you got a full pop you’d send it to the bottom of the landing.

doing amazing but need to push you're front tyer down more

Skyline snowshoe 50 jumps in one lap. Could get over 400 jumps in a day. 🤷‍♂️ Shoot lol could get that by lunch time honestly if you are fit enough. 😂

@o1ox_21

27 күн бұрын

Except most of the skyline jumps are horrible jumps 🤣

@D91Mart

27 күн бұрын

@@o1ox_21 yeah you are not wrong 😂

@michaeltiffe6341

26 күн бұрын

Same at Windham on Wilderness Roll. Did 759 jumps the one day riding the system there. Could have done over 1000 for the day if I had stuck to the jump line only but love Batavia Skill more. Hangtime that day was 440 sec and distance in the air was 3701 meters

@D91Mart

26 күн бұрын

@@michaeltiffe6341 daammnnn thats a lot! Id be dead after that much jumping.😂 two laps on skyline I'm already dead lol.