The life of an Urban Guru is often a little tricky.
There are many bridges to cross, and paths to walk. We can all take a little inspirational lesson from these Guru's - some are urban some are not, but they are all class!
This mad guru likes it out there on a knife edge - love extreme motorcross
Written by The Big Picture
Monday, 30 January 2012 15:00
This is what you would term real mountain biking - but not any wimpy little mountain bike with lycra, shaved legs & a rad scene. No this is biking. On a mountain. On a motor cross bike. With snow and stuff.
This is extreme, a slight mistake and it looks like it would be quite a slide down to the bottom of the valley. Possibly not the kind of accident you walk away from easily at certain sections of this video. The viral has really taken off. It got picked up by a local TV station in the US, and since then it has exploded with copies popping up all over the place, as well as the original video clocking up nearly a million views in the first month of it's life on youtube, with most of those coming in the last week after it got picked up and mention by a larger youtube channel.
The bike rider, and producer of the video, Chris McMahan, seems to be just the average kind of dude, and now is having to defend his video from haters claiming that it is too extreme and has got to be fake. Reason being, his head doesn't move enough - these people obviously have not paid attention during physics class - the camera is attached his helmet so it moves in conjunction with his head people!!!!
These extreme sports people really are quite nuts. The pursuit of the thrill must make them exciting to be around, but dangerously hard to love and live with. I mean now to you keep up with that!
The above footage comes from some random dude riding Junktown's (where is this?) skinny ridges in the snow. His channel is full of other such rides, but the scenery is not nearly as impressive. To make things more interesting Chris does this on his home made studs. Sweet. Looks like fun, maybe not on the first run, but once you knew you could do it. And that is the catch isn't it - how extreme are some of these guys? Constantly pushing the envelope comes with some drawbacks, like the crashes, and the repair bills to damaged bikes. You have got to love this tough sport and be committed!
Time to go deeper and look at some more video from this dudes day out in the mountains.
It has been a year since one of New Zealand's largest cities was brought to it's knees by a huge earthquake, followed in February by another smaller, but more deadly and damaging quake.
A year on and the city is still devastated, due largely to the constant stream of aftershocks which continue to rock the city and surrounding areas. This has meant that the rebuild has been very slow, but the heart of the city still beats and the locals are vowing to stay the course and see their beloved city rebuilt.
Local NZ hiphop superstar Scribe has chucked his energy into this by remaking one of his biggest hits to better suit what Christchurch has been experiencing. Could anyone do it better? Not many. If any.....
"Not Many Cities" is a tribute to the resilience of Cantabrians who have lived through over 8,500 quakes in the past year.
This remake of Scribe's double platinum record "Not Many" celebrates the incredible spirit of the people, with proceeds from sales on iTunes and Amplifier going to Plunket Christchurch. You can buy the single here: http://www.amplifier.co.nz/
This guru has got all of the styles on the bike, and a nice kicking redbull sponsership as well given the not so subtle product placement in the video.
Way Back Home is the incredible new riding clip (and movie too apparently) from Danny MacAskill. It follows him on a journey from Edinburgh back to his hometown Dunvegan, in the Isle of Skye. He rips it. Well worth a watch.
The music is Loch Lomond "Wax and Wire" and The Jezabels "A Little Piece".
This dude is an Urban Guru if ever there was one! He needs an Urban Guru shirt delivered ASAP!
Check out the footage of Chad Reed's spectacular crash on the opening lap of the second 450 Class moto at the Lucas Oil Motocross Championship's Spring Creek National in Millville, USA, on July 16.
Reed had just assumed the lead, looking to take his fifth win of the season, before losing control of his bike and flying upwards of 50 feet through the air. Despite the frightening fall, Reed came away virtually unscathed, and after collecting his breath, returned to action.
After crossing the line in 34th of 35 riders, Reed fought his way into 14th by the end of the moto. His 1-14 moto scores resulted in fifth overall, and even more importantly, Reed was able to maintain his series points lead as a result of his incredible effort.
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