Hey Everyone! We hope you enjoy this video! It was so fun to make it back to my hometown and show April the trails! Huge thanks to Portia for joining us and also to her dad Dax for always supporting us and being such a great friend. We have one more video on the horizon from this trip with our friends Dusty Betty and Hardtail Party Steve down in Sedona that should go live in a week or so. April and I are working our way back into full time posting and life is feeling the most normal it has for us in the last two years or so. My health is doing great, we rented a little place in Bentonville, AR for the month of February to film and ride, and we plan on getting back into tutorial videos in the coming weeks. We will also be down at the Sedona Mountain Bike Fesitval in March and we hope to see some of you there! Hope you have had a great start to 2023! Thanks for all your support! Sincerely, Kyle & April

@reneetschmidt

Жыл бұрын

Love Sedona! My cousin lived in Cottonwood (now Tempe) and my co- worker is from Prescott! Are there trails in Jerome on Mingus Mtn? Our friends kids are in Tucson.

@mtb7018

Жыл бұрын

Glad you’re feeling much better…here’s to continued health and great trails 🍻

@pauleddy5146

Жыл бұрын

This is fun. One thing Kyle does is explain techniques needed for sections. That alone is priceless. More of that would be something other channels who do similar format can't do like a pro does at breaking down the terrain. Oh, and an extended cut for the Patreon crew would be outstanding!

@cathytipler8204

Жыл бұрын

Kyle I am a Canadian grandmother who has followed your health journey. Thumbs up to you and April!

@marcrougeron572

Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos! you seem to have such a great time. Looking forward to then next ones. I can’t get enough 😅

Thank You April....few riders will ever be able to ever ride like Kyle....his skills and abilities are next level.....but you give us normal/average mountain bikers confidence to try things we would never do without you doing them first......you are awesome.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, so glad that you enjoy both of our riding!

As always, it is great to watch such nice human beings doing a sport I like.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Guys, so good to see you riding in Chico in the old hood. If you can clean Upper Bidwell, you can ride just about anything.

My parents lived in Chico for 17 years they loved it there. i never rode there , but i loved breakfast at Morning Thunder Cafe.

This is so cool. I live in Chico. I'm new to mtb-ing (two years...65 years old. Yeah, I'm insane to start this sport so old). Guardian is still "are you kidding me?" Hell, I still haven't mastered B-Trail yet. Seeing this video makes me happy. I'm not total crap...

@paradisedot50

Жыл бұрын

Oh, and you mentioned Bloody Pin Trail. Kyle mentioned that "it's pretty aggressive." I take that all the time and still struggle. Again, glad to know the opinion of these trials from the pros. I don't feel too bad about my, "holy sh*t" reaction to it...

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Haha your reaction is well warranted! Its a very challenging park and honestly if you can comfortably get down most of the trails in Bidwell everywhere else feels mellow haha

@chrisgreen5000

Жыл бұрын

B Trail is really fun as well and good for you for starting at ANY age! I'm 57 and plan on riding until they pry the handlebar from me!

@paradisedot50

Жыл бұрын

@@AprilRideMTB Thank you for the encouragement! One thing is for sure...mtb-ers are truly the most wonderful and helpful folks there are. Truly a wonderful "sport" with wonderful people throughout. Thank you for your help and videos.

YESSS LOVE THE GENUINE RIDING VIDEO. SO COOL TO HAVE NO SPINS ON IT AND JUST RAW RIDING.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sebs! This one is one of my absolute favorite trails and I am so happy to be able to share it with you all! The dirt / weather was perfect too. Hope you enjoy!

@sebswegner7035

Жыл бұрын

@@AprilRideMTB that’s awesome!! I very much did! So cool to see trail progression and see proof that the whole world isn’t filled with snow right now. Awesome riding!

That’s how you ride with other people of different riding levels! I love watching and helping people ride things they didn’t think they could. I enjoy it when others do that for me as well! That’s how mountain biking should be!!!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's so fun helping and encouraging others!

Winter here in Canada. Counting down the days to riding! I'm glad you two are happy and healthy.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Hey thank you! We feel you on the countdown haha! Hope your spring comes a little early!

Excellent vid...A great tutorial in and of itself,mate! And April @ 0:46..."I love looking at rocks" ...hint hint Kyle 😁

A few years ago My son and I raced the bump. You took the time to chat with him and encourage him. You’re a cool dude!. Thanks!! (Best trails ever!)

You guys had so much patience for this rider and showing her and letting her achieve is so amazing!! I’m going to do this when I get my hard tail, go over lines again and again till I feel I have it down

Where I fell in love with Mountain biking🥰 upperpark

I started watching the channel about 9 months ago and went back to the earlier episodes and watched a ton,, right through to the current ones. I am absolutely amazed by the progression that April has made. She looks like a natural now; which is a clear sign of the quality of the teacher, Kyle. You two are a fantastic team! 👌👏 EDIT: Oh, and the fact that April's bike looks absolutely SICK, can NOT be overlooked. 👌😊

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you’ve enjoyed our videos!

Oh man. I haven't explored Chico riding at all! Gotta get out there soon.

As someone who also used to live in Chico, thanks for showing off these trails. It’s great to see these trails again, even if I’m not able to ride them anymore.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! The upper park is so brutal but so fun and rewarding when you are able to get things unlocked! glad you enjoyed seeing them again!! Thanks for watching!

Great riding. Love that type of trails. Great job ladies.

Wow, that looks like a fun trail. Lots of techy challenges to work on. April and Portia did a great job on it. Kyle always offering great advice, "Watch out for a tree"

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Haha 😂, you know that one tree next to the rock and the turn

Welcome back to California. Looking forward to seeing how April does on rocks.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Barry! Yeah it was such a fun trip, April crushed it and we had a great time visiting with friends! Thanks for watching!

I am at the moment surfing Jeffreys Bay, South Africa and that's exactly what I say: So many rocks!

So much fun to watch you guys. I’m so happy to see Kyle back riding again. I know it’s been a while since he had his illness and my prayers were with him and thank God for a full recovery🎉

I just moved to Chico and i’m so stoked to know that there’s trails to ride im going to try this one first. Thanks

Super happy to see you guys riding 🤟🫶

April, Just Think, Three Or Four Or Five Years Ago, You Would Have Walked Most Of This Trail. Your Skills And Confidence Has Dramatically Improved. Congrats. Stay Wild My Friend. Kyle, Amazing Features. Had No Idea You Grew Up In Chico. I Rode This Trail When I Was Working In Forest Ranch. We Experienced The Same Fall Foliage As Well. Portia, Well Done. Now You Can Float All These Lines. Excellent Episode And Stoked You Two Are Traveling Agin, Cheers

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Travis! April was so stoked to make it through some of those sections! Portia as well! Thank you for the kind words and for watching, we really appreciate it!

Start of video: Portia's nervous and modest. End of video: I wish I had even half of that skill. 👍

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Yeah she has been doing so good! It was fun watching her ride!

Excellent. That was like therapy. 😁 Great work guys

You guys are rad! You seem like such genuinely nice people. I grew up near Chico and spent time in Bidwell park as a kid but I haven’t ridden there yet. Thanks for this video and thanks for your channel. I’ve only been seriously riding mountain bikes for about 3 years and I’ve definitely gained some skills and confidence by watching your content.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad our videos have helped you with your mountain biking journey 😊

Thanks for showing us Chico! I live right in the middle between Chico and Auburn. About an hour drive to either one. Been riding Auburn and Nevada City for over 25 years. Time to go check out Chico!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

You should, it’s so pretty in the park!

Wow! Awesome trail! Fantastic views! Thanks! Funniest moment 7:02 Savage, Kyle, Savage!🤣

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Haha thank you so much!

Gotta love upper bidwell! My rides are mostly going up Annie Bidwell and then riding back down. Its been awhile since I have done Guardians. I remember back in the day it was an outlaw run because the land was not part of the Bidwell park at the time. Once my brother-in-law got caught almost to the golf course by a park ranger then told to go back the way he came. He told him no way, he had just rode up 32 to go down. He told the park ranger he would die if he tried to go back up. We ride sometimes on the north rim trails. Its been awhile since I was on B line. Its all rutted up and not as fun as it was in the 90s. Those cliffs can be dangerous... Recently, a few riders have gone off those cliffs and needed to get airlifted. Also, there has been a cat hanging out around there. They let the goats out to cut down the grass. The cat was seen all the way down near hooker oak park. Most of the time, I park there and ride in for those climbs. As one person said to me years ago... "if you can master the bidwell trails then you can ride anywhere."

Awesome video. Pretty cool to learn some of Kyle’s history of sorts. April looks like she is getting really comfortable in front of the camera which is cool. I like. April’s bike, cool that she always matches. I always find myself smiling the entire length of the video you guys drop. Love it! Some times it looks like the video is sped up when Kyle is riding…so smooth, so fast. Can’t wait for the next video ❤ you two

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Todd! It was great sharing a bit more with you all as well! Thank you so much for watching and we are glad you find yourself smiling 😊

@Todd66

Жыл бұрын

@@AprilRideMTB ❤️

"It gets really fun and technical" 😎

Kyle, you are absolutely so awesome and yet so humble and nice. Rare qualities. Respect from Singapore.

I lived in Chico in the mid-90s and rode Bidwell park all the time with only 2" of horrible front suspension. Memories!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Haha oh man! that sounds brutal! I did quite a few hours up there on a hardtail but with a little more travel in front than that!

I used to live in Chico when I attended Chico State in the mid 80s to the early 90s. I loved the singletrack in one mile. I remember riding through singletrack in lava rock which was sketchy bcz if your crashed, you'd get torn up by the lava rock and possibly get staff infection. I think that was through five mile but not sure if that's correct. I remember talking to Jeff Lindsay founder of Mountain Goat Bicycles numerous times about his frames that were pretty trick. My go-to shop was Pullins Cyclery on Main St loved that shop. I miss riding Chico. Stoked you had a chance to go back to your hometown to ride with April. 🤙🏻

Great fun!

I LOVE that trail! I've only ridden it once, but it was so much fun! Stoked you got a chance to show it off to others.

Such a fun video to watch, nice people enjoying each other and riding some interesting trails. You guys have some of the best editing and narration, I love Kyle's little chuckles while he's digging the ride. Glad that your health is coming back too!

I’m so glad to see you are up and about. I have missed you guys, you teaching skills have helped me to overcome may difficulties patches in my MTB career.

Great to see you all at the trail once again tearing it up. Keep up the stoke. 🚵🏽

Great video guys. Looking forward to watching your next ones. Glad your health is good Kyle.

Grew up in Chico myself. This is amazing!

Awesome flowy and techy trail! Y’all crushed it!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Being a Chico rider, this is awesome to see you back and showing what lines to take. Personally always walk the toilet bowl but everything else I always try. Now I gotta get back out there are try your lines!

Super fun. thanks for all the hard work. Best

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great video. I remember Dax bringing Portia out to the BMX track when she was a little girl. Also, April did amazing considering she was riding it for the first time.

So glad your vids have popped back up in my recommended. Always a fun watch. Glad to see you both back living the dream.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you still enjoy the videos!

So fun to watch you all riding. Such positive and supportive teamwork! Keep up the good work!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Excellent looking trails. Makes me yearn for the trails in Flag and Sedona again. We need to find a way to add rocks to the foothills! Well done April and Portia!

It's nice hearing people say how much harder riding in rocky terrain is. Here in Az it's all rock all the time and as a beginner rider I feel like I've learned rather quick. And I feel like the terrain I'm learning in is being used to my advantage

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

It definitely makes you a skilled rider! We also did a ride in pheonix on this trip and got to see just how rocky it is.

Thanks for the video! I appreciated seeing where to session the trail. So glad to see you both on the trail again.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure! Thanks so much for watching Gio!

Good to see Kyle back to riding fast again. Your california series is becoming a lot of fun

What an exciting & beautiful trail. Thanks for sharing it with us.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching Faith! Glad you enjoyed :)

Loved this. You three need to ride and produce more like this. Great video. Thanks.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was fun having Portia ride with us 😊

Kyle Loved the time and Patience you show with the girls. They killed it.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Nice. I envy the amount of great trails you guys have.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Yeah we are definitely lucky out here in the mountain west. We hope to go explore some more trails abroad this year as well though. If you have any suggestions let us know!

Great video. I am way to old to ride such a trail, so I'll live vicariously through you two.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Bruce! We appreciate you watching!

Nice. I always forget where Chico is. You’re a real NorCal guy! I grew up in the North Bay. Dirt biked Redding a few times. Chico looks fun!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark! Yeah full nor cal guy haha, Chico is a blast, kind tucked in between Tahoe , Redding, & Sacramento. Definitely worth a trip if you like technical trails!

That was a fun content kyle and april!sick riding skills to the 3 of you guys!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! It was a really fun day!

Awesome video. April has really improved. You can tell she is getting really comfortable on her bike. I know you are proud of her. Pedal safe

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Gary! yeah it has been really cool to see her progress. I think she has a lot of bike handling skill now and i'm really proud of her!

One of my favorites. Varying skill levels on different terrain, sessions, coaching and Kyle bunny hopping uphill 😮. Great work to all!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I love these vids, thanks!

@AprilRideMTB

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Thanks for riding Chico!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! It was fun to share this with April and everyone online!

Very cool! It's nice to see Kyle's connection and sense of nostalgia for this place. I think most of us can appreciate the "old places" we used to ride or learned to ride on when we get back to them. Most of the time I see Kyle in "teacher mode" and then occasionally he hits the beast mode button and shows just how gifted a rider he really is. And April, cleaned some tough sections as well. Good job girl!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I love seeing how fast he can go too. He almost didn’t put as much of it in, but I encouraged it for the same reason you talked about 😊

Welcome back to Northern California! Trails are a bit torn up from the rain in January, big ruts in new places and a few slides. Most of the trees that came down are cleaned up. Lots of hero dirt still around Sacramento right now.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! yeah we got so lucky with the conditions, I know January was insane, hope you have some fun hero dirt rides planned!!

Great video! Looks like so much fun.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jim!!

This looks pretty sick. Great work guys.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thank you!

I'd love to see you two make a trip out to Crested Butte in Colorado! You'd love it if you've never been. Much love to you guys! One of the nicest couples on KZread.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Lance! Kyle has ridden in CO, but I still need to check out some trails there.

Wishing I was riding in Chico while patiently waiting for Minnesota winter to thaw!!

Great video! Looks soooo fun! Great to see your health is so much better!! Been following your health journey for some time now since being in the exact same situation myself for almost two years now- You're such an inspiration and can't wait to recover and be more active myself. (Though not at your level - 😉 hiking mountains with the dogs and biking is desperatley missed!! 🥰) Best of luck! Love from Norway!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and hope your recovery goes well! ❤️

Love a good long open to the public shuttle trail 👊. This video made me take the kids for a shuttle ride 😂

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad it inspired you to get out and ride!

that is so sick at 9:54 … being a local too i never knew that was even a line!! so sick to see y’all shredding chico, and awesome seeing portia out there with y’all!! cheers 🤙🏼

So much fun to watch you guys ride Guardian and "Session" some of the tough spots. I always take Bloody Pin to Annie Bidwell so haven't seen that last part of the trail in quite a while. Your video has inspired me to stick to the Guardian next time I'm up there, but Annie's is just as much fun (and much less effort if you cross back over at J-Ford). Thanks for all the great shots and video. I'm kinda waiting for the creek to lower a bit (and warm up a little!) to cross over to that side and enjoy Legacy and Guardian again. In the mean time, I'm happy in my rut of doing NorthRim and B to Middle. Very cool to enjoy watching you guys ride. Thanks again for the video and all the inspiration. When you said you would Session at some of the spots I thought maybe you'd pull off and open the Sierra Nevada's to toast the beauty of the place. 😉. It's important to stay hydrated out there! Cheers~

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thats so cool we bumped a little inspiration! I was thinking there will probably be some people working on cleaning those sections after watching April and Portia work on them! Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words, Hope you have an awesome end of winter and spring riding season!

Looks like fun

Awesome stuff. Thanks for sharing. Looks like so much fun. Love that kind of riding. Hope to make it there some day. So many trails, so little time. Aloha!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Love the video keep it up

It’s amazing how you float like that Kyle and mono at the end while turning:)

April is like a sponge she absorbs your coaching teaching help .Great trial session guys

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I've learned that Kyle is usually right, at least with riding haha

@nickmassey9104

Жыл бұрын

Love that April .can he iron .press clothes and be a domestic god around the house too ? 🤣🤣

Looks amazing 👍😵‍💫🙂👍

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching Jackie!

Awesome epik video cool trail 👍🤘

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Love it!!! Just some Chico mtb rippers!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Chico ❤️

Such a joy and motivation to watch your bike adventures.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words Lucio!

Awesome video guys like always 🔥🔥

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jose!!

Love watching your videos. Learned a lot of little things watching them and it’s cool to me seeing Kyle rip down some trails and then april doing them at normal people speed 😋lol.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Haha it’s good to see the contrast! I’m always amazed when I see just how much faster Kyles go pro is than mine.

Abril lo hizo muy bien!! Buen trabajo April!!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Great video, watching April tackle that technical stuff gives me hope in one day having a go myself, I’m not a very skilled pilot yet but getting there.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

You will get there for sure! we are planning on doing a "top drills video" in hopes of helping people get to that next level too! so much of it comes down to the fundamentals

It's raining out here in South Carolina so I only got like an hour of riding in today. Glad ya'll had some fun. Thanks for posting. I hope I find some friends to ride with as well.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

We hope you do too. I have found that joining in on community events has helped me find riding friends!

That trail reminds me a lot of Old San Juan down in SoCal.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

We definitely need to head down and show April more of So Cal! I know there is a ton of great riding out there!

Have to hit the jump at the end!

In all the hundreds of times I rode by that wall at the end, I never had the cojones to ride it. That fall toward the water is too heavy!

Great video, liked how you explain and session the tricky sections. Hope to see you guys at Sedona MTB festival.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

We will be there! We have a few rides with Shimano and will be hanging at their tent and Niner most of the time.

Kyle I'm happy for you your health seems like you're back to normal. Wow looks to me like a challenging trail, and all of you did great on it :) I see one of the commenters is local and said many have broken bones there. It looks like a trail my buddy would love, and I might struggle in some places but I'd like to give it a try. Thanks for showing off this trail.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Yeah thank you so much for the kind words and for watching! It was a really fun day and I am so grateful to be able to share the hometown trails with you all!

Kyle seems like such a genuinely nice guy to ride with! :)

Great video!

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

That looks like a great trail! I’m glad you’re back up to full strength you and the girls crushed it! On a side note I’ve been looking for new bars for a while when I saw you helped develop the pnw range bar I bought it and loam grips as well. It’s still cold here so I haven’t been out to test them yet but I can’t wait. Take care guys.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thats so awesome! Hope you enjoy the bars! I really like the flex on them. Thanks for all the support!

Nice! You two should come over to Humboldt and ride!

That trail looks like so much fun. I enjoy a longer trail that takes a bit of time to complete, instead of riding the same few trails multiple times.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

waiting for your upload, greetings from Philippines 🇵🇭

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jason!!

@jasonpatrickdeleon4701

Жыл бұрын

@@AprilRideMTB thanks for the tips about mountain biking, here in our country Trail, enduro and downhill getting more and more popular

I love Kyle's support for the girls

What fun to watch. Chico is just a little west of my foothill home and the trail looks much like what I ride, though mine have more roots and less rocks. I've ridden in Bidwell, but was not aware of the trails where you folks were riding. I like the way you folks feature lots of different areas and the challenges they offer.

@AprilRideMTB

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, hope you can try this ride sometime!