Here is this week’s four-pack of rad videos to get your week off to a good start.
All At Once – Ft Ben Wallace
From WeAreOne Composites: “Ben Wallace spent 3 months sampling the best riding New Zealand has to offer onboard his DH Proto. From the Queenstown steeps and Dream Track hits in the deep South to the sideways action of the Crankworx Rotorua Whip Off in the North, an off-season NZ road trip doesn’t come better than this! “
Harrison Roach in “Proper by Any Measure”
From The Surfer’s Journal: “Roach’s surfing is mannered, refined, and unflappable. While grounded in the helmsmanship of heavy tankers, his approach also deftly ports over to all type of craft, pits, and walls.
“Long before he won a world title in 2022,” Michael Adno writes in TSJ 33.3, “Harrison Roach was known as a surfer’s surfer, admired for balancing a career that was made from equal parts curiosity, creativity, and complexity. Some knew him for winning three Duct Tape Invitationals and for surfing for brands like Rhythm, Deus, and Roark, some from appearing in films by Thomas Campbell and Andrew Kidman, always surfing longboards well, properly surfing single-fins at Pipe and alaias in heavy surf.”
FREERIDE SPIRIT By Enzo Cavard
From Enzo Cavard: “For my 2024 video project, I wanted to highlight the Freeride aspect with its wild lines and big jumps.
Since my childhood, I have been captivated by this practice, influenced by the local legends of my region who made their mark on the history of the Luberon. I spent hours watching iconic freeride films like “New World Disorder 3,” and I was fascinated, eager to do similar things.
Over the years, I started practicing freeride with my friends and became addicted. That’s why it was important for me to create a video centered on the theme of Freeride, inspired by the videos of that time while adding my personal touch to express my vision, “My Freeride Spirit.”
Feeling that adrenaline rush at the top of a big jump or a steep slope is incredibly exciting, and once launched, it’s a sensation of pure pleasure. Capturing all of this on video is so satisfying with the grandeur of the landscapes. I hope it gives you chills like it does for me.”
Backyard Battle 2024 | Stop 1: Veronique Sandler & Sam Hodgson
From Monster Energy: “Welcome to Gnome Land, Sam Hodgson and Vero Sandler’s very own dream yard which makes it grand debut while playing host to the first stop of the 2024 Backyard Battle series. ‘Build it and they will come’ they said, next thing you know there’s 40 of the sickest riders knocking on the door to rip laps on the biking paradise they’ve created.
Featuring: Sam Hodgson, Vero Sandler, Paul Couderc, Elias Ruso, Daniel Ruso, Sam Reynolds, Lukas Schafer, Theo Erlangsen, Adolf Silva, Tim Bringer, Edgar Briole, Tomas Lemoine, Louis Reboul, Sergio Layos, Matt Begg, Talus Turk, Robin Goomes, Casey Brown, Gemma Corbera, Lucy Van Eesteren, Hannah Bergemann, Oscar Powell, Josh Lewis, Vinny Armstrong, Remy Morton, Daryl Brown, Simon Johansson, Josh Bryceland, Harry Gascoyne, Alphie Stephens, Nils Heiniger, Zac Rainbow, Chad MacLean.”
