PRE-ORDER: Book Now!. Release Date: May 15, 2008 The premise of the movie is to follow seven riders as they go through the four seasons of the year exploring their lives. Fittingly winter was the first season and the movie starts out with Steve Peat at his home in Sheffield England. It then bounces around the world to Aptos Ca and Cam McCaul, and his off-season training of a launch ramp to back yard pool, the rich mans foam pit. Also has a piece on Bearclaws training which was similar to McCauls but a launch into an old rock quarry. Incidently a quarry on Vancouver Island in the winter is much colder than sunny SoCal, but Darren was ahead of the game donning a wetsuit. It took me a couple seconds to figure out what he was wearing, but I couldnt stop laughing when I figured it out. Looks funny, but makes total sense. From winter we move into spring and some great riding with Thomas Vanderham & Matt Hunter. Matt Hunter builds a huge Kamloops hip jump that is definitely one of the largest jumps I have seen, and worth buying the movie for on its own. Summer has a great bit on Steve Smith, which is Canadas next fastest racer. His mom is fully supportive of his racing and she shuttles him up to 6 times a day (in her Geo Tracker) up the hills outside of Victoria BC. A somewhat touching moment between mother and son both working towards the goal of becoming a world champion. They then go to Mt. Seven Psychosis race in Golden BC with Tyler Morland, Steve Smith and a Aussie racer named Sam Hill. This race has been on the radar for some of the best racers in the world the last couple years due to its timing before Crankworx and the fact that it is ridiculously hard. At about 12 minutes long it could be one of the hardest races in North America.
Customer Review: Superb DVD
This is the first mountainbike DVD I've bought and I'm going to get the other Collective movies - this is stunning. Great blend of cinematography, music, interviews with the guys, and mountainbiking action. Love all the different camera angles. The riders are excellent, as you'd expect as they are at the top of their game. It's cool to see mountainbiking from an observer point of view too. The stunts are incredible but this movie nonetheless makes mountainbiking feel accessible; unlike watching some other sports (motorbike racing comes to mind) this is something us mortals can do, even if not to this extreme. Very inspiring - makes you want to get out and ride!
Customer Review: Fun Flick
While it is not ROAM, it is definately a fun movie. Starts out slow. Let's face it, how many of us can really enjoy mountain biking in winter (except us lucky ones in Arizona... we just can't bike in the heat of the summer). The movies covers the life of competition as well as riding with friends. Love this movie.
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