Good stuff buddy 🤘

@splooshmtb

2 жыл бұрын

You guys both inspire me so much🤧🤧

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bobo! 😎👌

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah, Sploosh MTB 🤘

im about 50 miles from roanoke, glad to see a video from a local!! also the trough is a fun but pretty damn tough climb!!

I'm getting some serious drone envy right now! Beautiful shots. I love all the color change on the trees out there. So rad!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

It's been a beautiful fall here!

Carvins cove is my favorite place to ride. I’m from NJ and have ridden in top spots all over the country including Moab, and bentonville. Nothing beats the heart love and soul/tender love and care that went into building carvins.

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

It truly is a special place.

just moved to Emporia, VA flat farmland 13 months ago. I have been there 3 times already. I love this place! Local motels are as low as 59 dollars a night. Pedaled 4 days straight in November. It's 3.5 hours to get back home. Nice video. :)

Such a great video! I've wanted to go to Roanoke for a while.

Love your story telling in the introduction. Great production mate, enjoy your 2022 season!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

That place looks awesome... I love the sound of leaves under bike tires!!

Hell yeah, glad the city managed to get the easement on the land. Its a finite resource and once its privatized and developed there ain't no going back. Sick video, those drone shots were awesome.

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ryan! I'm really grateful Roanoke decided to embrace this sport like they have.

About to head back to my hometown area first the first time with my bike. Been living in Arkansas for 9 years where I learned to love MTBing. Super excited to ride The Cove

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! There's so much more stuff around Roanoke now too, lots too explore if you'll be back there for a while.

@lailer2962

2 жыл бұрын

@@SemiSendy I was able to ride Carvins Cove 3 times! If yall are ever in Arkansas, HMU if ya need a tour. Mount Nebo is a can’t miss

Rich, awesome childhood memories. Thanks for the vid.

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Boyd!

Nice... I knew there was a reason I liked your channel so much. Anyone from Roanoke is just a good person. Met a guy on the trails who moved from near Beckley to Salem and was telling me how nice the trails were down there. I definitely have to make a visit. I almost forgot... don't watch BKXC's video on his Roanoke visit. hehe

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, vetted by proximity! I'm really glad you enjoy the channel so much, that always makes my day to hear. As for the BKXC video, now I feel like I have to go watch it. hahaha!

Very nice video, loved seeing a new place featured. Looks really fun classic single track.

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely classic in all of the ways that you would hope for!

They’ve has got to be some hidden bootleg gems in that area? Long live secret trails!

Great video highlighting Carvins! It is a little jewel for sure. Gaunlet is my fav trail there hands down with Royalty next. Gaunlet roots get gnarlier every year which is so good! The down/upside is Bburg development has grown like crazy, so it's real hard to want to travel up there haha! But I'll be getting back soon once the wrist is a little better off and able to handle the gnar. Shred on!

Always enjoy rides at the Cove. Great video 🤘

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

🤘☺️

I'm taking a month or two mountain bike / whitewater vacation next spring when I retire. After seeing your video I've added it to my itinerary.

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah. Definitely a great stop to add. Cheers to your upcoming retirement!

Always good. The rides and the music!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Pairforce1!

Great video!!! LOVE CARVINS!!!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Greta video! Can't wait to hit the Cove.

hope to see you on the trail !!!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

That’s right! 🤘😀

Again. Nice video. Thanks to you I'll have to take a little road trip to Roanoke😃😃

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

You won’t regret it

Awesome man! I didn’t grow up in Roanoke but I live here now and the cove is where I go just about every weekend.

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! Ali and I checked out Dody Ridge for the first time a few weeks prior and that was a blast. I'd never ridden it before.

@chrismichael3916

2 жыл бұрын

@@SemiSendy haven’t ridden Dody. Just googled it tho and looks like fun.

Stellar video shots. Well done. Carvin's rules. Happy trails, - r

Thanks! I’m riding this today… I have never ridden in Roanoke before looking forward to it

@SemiSendy

2 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it!

🤙 I learn so much from your videos!!! Merci🤟

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, Ballard!

Great vid. Looks fun up there. Would love to see more racing footage too! 🏁

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

We will definitely have more racing footage in the future, but I decided to take the filming element out of the few races I’ve done this year just to let me focus on getting my head game back. I miss doing those episodes though.

@theshredneck7296

2 жыл бұрын

@@SemiSendy everything has still been great without it. Keep it up!

Great, now I want to go ride, but I’m stuck at work😂 2 hours from us so hopefully we can hit this soon!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Oh nice, that’s super close to you guys. You’ll love it for sure. There’s some other high-quality rides in the area as well.

Nice video!

Beautiful trails. Glad to see the Hightower still making an appearance. Hard to beat a solid all-mountain bike.

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Over 2 years strong, such an incredible bike.

I went here recently and spent a lot of time on OG jumpline. While the upper half of OG has seen better days, the bottom half was AMAZING.

Rode gauntlet myself yesterday and the leaves made it sketchy hiding roots and rocks!!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

I bet they were thick this week!

That Dropframe though!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

It’s my favorite helmet to use with goggles for cooler rides. Super comfy.

sick video as always

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

🤘

Great video!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Yohannes! 🙏

@killa44beast614

2 жыл бұрын

@@SemiSendy I went out and enjoyed the gauntlet and hi dee ho. Worth all the climbing!

I saw you filming this on the Trough. I just wanted to say you created a great video!!! Gauntlet is my favorite trail as well. My favorite loop is Trough, Buck, Midway, up Hi De Hoe, OG, Gauntlet. Roanoke is an awesome place to live and mtb. Next time you are in VA check out Hooch trail at Bryce Bike Park, it is a handful.

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Eric, I remember you from Trough! I definitely hope to visit Bryce this season. I’m overdue for a visit. Hooch does look like a big line 😳

nice film work….

It's beautiful out there! Definitely an autumn dazzler. I love that star. Why was it built?

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Legend has it a local sign manufacturer designed and built it with his sons in 1949 intended as a christmas decoration, and it just ended up sticking around. The city has always kept it up and even switched up color displays for various significant events. They use to light it up red on evenings when someone was killed in a DUI accident as an awareness beacon. I also remember them lighting it up red, white and blue for the first time when roanoke was awarded all-american city.

man I might have to make this drive!

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing to it but to do it!

Love Carvins - I’ve done a few vids on my channel as well - I’d like to see someone breakdown Rattlin Run other than Jeff Lenoski

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I have yet to check out Rattlin'. I'd love to get more time up there in the future to do so. I am also anxious to get out and see all of the changes at Pandapa's. I've got a buddy that's done lots of work up there and the stoke is high. I hear Blunderbus is a blast.

@FoCoFlowShow

2 жыл бұрын

@@SemiSendy Rattlin is a special kind of technical - slow rock tech - different from anything else at Carvins - if you can clean even half of it in one run you’re a magician… Pandapas is on my list too - heard the same awesome things

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

@@FoCoFlowShow I will definitely have to give rattlin' a go. Do you know anything about Rock'n'Roll at Carvins? I saw a photo of it once and was curious. On trail forks it shows it possibly being located on the other side of the reservoir off happy valley, but the trail itself isn't marked on there, just the trail name randomly floating just north of Happy Valley Rd. I'm wondering if it's worth pedaling over that way for since I usually stick to the Brushy Mtn. runs.

@FoCoFlowShow

2 жыл бұрын

@@SemiSendy yea - RnR is a machine built flow trail that’s above Happy Valley - past Arrowhead if your on the FireRoad coming from Songbird … Its pretty mellow and you actually have to pedal for a lot of it so it’s not on my “must ride” list - especially since it’s clear on the other side of all of the other epic stuff out there

@mkenyon7429

9 ай бұрын

Rattlin’ is like a rocky trials course. I’ve only been to the Cove once a few years ago. Only had 3-4 hours so stayed on the upper trails. Good video. Now I know where to ride and have to get back soon. EVMA does trips there.

Sweet trails to grow up on. Great edit. Are you going to Bobo palooza 12/4 at Kanuga?

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Charlie! I don’t think I’ll be able to make it to Bobopalooza. I’ve been getting slammed with a heavy amount of work travel until mid December.

🙏🔝🚴‍♂️🔝📽️💯✌️😎🙏🙏🙏

how difficult is the gauntlet trail. The sign says double black but i seen some videos say that different trail apps classify it as a blue. In your opinion what should the difficulty rating be

@SemiSendy

11 ай бұрын

Trail ratings are really relative to the system itself and it depends on what you’re comparing it to, but I would personally give it more of an intermediate rating. There’s nothing on it that is a mandatory feature or truly constitutes a black rating. I say give it a go!

What time of the year, what month did you do this ride?

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

I filmed this right at the very beginning of November.

several decades?

@SemiSendy

2 жыл бұрын

Dating myself a bit....haha.

My company has an office in Roanoke, they need me to make a trip, got a new bike, I'm going to get paid to ride!

@SemiSendy

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah!