Is the Jank still alive on the Shore?! | Cambodia, Mt. Seymour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ธ.ค. 2024
- The answer is absolutely yes! Although the newly sanctioned Cambodia has been rebuilt for a much broader audience it still has maintains many of the big slabs and janky chutes that it has been known for all these years.
This was our first run through the trail since it has been opened to the public and it is my first time back on the bike in over a month, so needless to say I was being a bit cautious and wasn't pushing my luck on this particular lap. Although most of the big features are still well beyond my comfort/confidence level I do think there are quite a few of the rock features I would like to try out next time I'm on the trail!
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Thanks for leaving some of the walking sections in. I just finished riding Cambodia for the first time and walked a lot of the same places. The first time blind on my own made it tough to get flow
Hahah yeah I figure I might as well be as transparent as possible! I’m in no way a “professional” so I’m not too ashamed of walking if needed.
I went back a few days after this was filmed and had way more confidence knowing what to expect and managed to ride anything I walked before as well as ride a few more of the optional slabs.
It really is fun to see how much progression can be made even with a slight confidence boost from riding the trail once through.
As the saying goes:
“Pre-ride, re-ride, free ride” 🤙🏻
Log used to be the entrance 😢 (at least the last few years. Original way to get to Cambodia was via and entirely diff trail called Lola and was decommissioned by metro). Original Cambodia had no berms and used to be more janky that required more work to get flow. Skinnies were much longer etc. Original drops (11:06) are long gone. Original flavor of the trail is gone, but at least they left the rock rolls.
Yeah I’ve been watching a few videos of the original rendition of Cambodia over the past few weeks/months and it definitely isn’t the same. Everything seems way more janky on the old trail, but maybe with a season or two of break in a lot of those smooth flowing features with end up getting janky again. Would’ve liked to see it in person before the rebuild, but probably would’ve been beyond my skill level or at the very least beyond my confidence level haha
@@CoastTimesMTB I think I rode it first maybe 20 years ago. The rebuild (in addition to building berms, also filled in a lot of sections with rocks and first so it “flows easier”. Skinny over the swamp used to be double/triple the length. The drop I referred to was actually 2 boner logs you could drop off. There was no ladder roll. But….. not many people rode it then and it was hard to get flow. Now a lot of people are able to experience the trail that otherwise would not have. Different strokes.
They only left the rock rolls because they couldn't pave them flat. This trail is nothing to what it used to be. A lot of the people going down it today wouldn't have a chance on the old trail.
@@TheNoseman1 totally agree!
That was not dynamite btw
Well that’s good to confirm! I didn’t think it was on Cambodia, but wasn’t 100% sure. I appreciate the info!
@@CoastTimesMTB No problem good vid
If you walked some sections it must have been gnarly!
Hahaha yeah there were a couple sections that just required some more confidence than I had at the moment unfortunately. I think for the next time around I know what I have to do, so assuming I overcome the mental aspect it should be fine.
Definitely some challenging lines though! Unfortunately the ratings are a bit all over the place IMO. This is a significantly more difficult trail than say Corkscrew, or pangor, or other similarly rated trails on the Seymour. But it is considered a black diamond trail with double black features, and there are a few sections of trail that I would consider double black and yet are mandatory obstacles.
Regardless of how it’s rated though it is a really great trail to practice picking lines through technical features as well as for practicing brake control on the bigger rock faces.
Cabin trail felt more exposed/double black to me and it’s a single black.
@@pixelc9560 oh interesting, I definitely do think cabin trail was a more technically difficult trail, but I personally found the features on cabin trail to be in general a little lower consequence.
I’ve since gone back and re ridden Cambodia with much more confidence the second time around and it was much more manageable.
The slabs on Cambodia are definitely higher consequence. The builders did a phenomenal job with the ride arounds to keep Cambodia appropriate for many different skill levels.
I definitely agree!