"People don't realise what I've done!"... Sam Pilgrim on his career BEFORE YouTube fame
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- @SamPilgrim talks about life before TH-cam, winning comps at 14 years old and why mountain bikers are weird!
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Some people never "grow up" and in Pilgrims case, thats great.
Sure makes great content! Haha
It’s good to be a big kid
Rumour has it, its called "Peter Pan Syndrome"
Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional!
Hands up here. I was late to the party, I'm an oldish git and been riding less than 3 years. The love I've developed for the sport means I've easily learnt about what people like Sam have achieved in the past. If u are into the sport u will easily learn, anyone who doesn't probably doesn't have the passion that most riders have. Nothing wrong with that, they just need to keep out of the comments! 🤣
Yewwwwwww
Yeah you're so experienced and deep only you understand true passion...
Stfu.
@@snavisTM don't be silly. The only deep thing here is the depth of your head up your arse mate!
I got into it a year ago from now at age 63. Bought a Trek Top Fuel 8 last August. I’m completely into trail shredding and am now in the best physical shape I’ve ever been. Thanks guys for making it all the more fun. All the best.
Amazing!!
It is great exercise for fitness. Im almost 60. Been riding 30+ years and can keep up with much younger riders.
Nice mate!!
I’m 50 years old, married, 5 kids, and age hasn’t slowed me down one bit, I’ve done most disciplines of biking , and still really pushing myself still, I ride street trials at the moment and love the challenge, I’ve just subbed to this channel and enjoying the content cheers guys 🤘
We appreciate you Gary!!
I did the same with the sub 🤟🏼
Born in 71 .
The talk of childhood isn't far off.
Before I was old enough to drive, I cycled everywhere and usually with my mates, offroad, onroad, exploring or simply getting from a to b. Cycling everywhere often resulted in understanding an area intimately, every trail, track or road was never off limits, neither were parks, sets of stairs, fields and anywhere else a bike could go...(Lost one in the sea once...) Those cherished memories are very much my harnessed youth and memories of endless days of fun.
Sam's point about growing up is true, suddenly life can become too busy for a bike, when you're commuting 5 days a week and have obligations on the weekends with kids. Sad but true and the struggle is real, because no matter how grown up you might appear, deep down we all have an inner child and would prefer to be out on our bikes, or in the surf, or kicking a football, vs staring at a computer in a grey office...
One thing reigns true; whether you're in your 30's, 40's or 50's, if you get a group together and hit the trails, it results in smiles, laughs, dares, bravado, silliness and sometimes white knuckles. Always a chuckle afterwards and a great workout = everything we did when we were kids.. ;)
Lovinf these shorts and SP is a living legend.
Sam is the GOAT. He is like Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Deion Sanders/Bo Jackson, Gretzky, Pele, Magic Johnson, Tiger Woods, Jerry Rice, Carl Lewis, Tony Hawk, Kelly Slater, etc... He's like that for me when it comes to freestyle/freeride/slopestyle mtb riders. He's truly mastered his craft like few others have... and living the dream! Mad Respect for you Sam!
Excluding Tom Brady. Tom Brady has proven that without cheating, he's a loser.
I’ve lived my life “behind bars” and have always had a smile while watching Sam’s videos. 👍
Everyone told me that I am crazy when started riding at age of 31. When I showed them my goals in how far I would like to get with it . Omg everyone said for me to grow up and everything else you can think off to put me off from it . What biking has given me is absolutely incredible. Just showed that when ppl are scared of something they try and make you not do it too . Weird . Brilliant video and big respect to the pioneers making mountain biking what it is today . Wishing you all a great week and even greater weekend 🙌
Keep it up dude we can accomplish anything we set our minds too 🤟🏼
At 31? Lol, that's crazy. I'm just appalled at how everyone around me between the age of 30 and 36 have suddenly become geriatric. Had a friend even tell me he's too old now to celebrate his 33rd birthday 😂
Meanwhile I'm still shredding the bikepark with more confidence and skill than in the 20 years prior, while they all get visibly fat and pity themselves.
Keep doing what you're doing Bro. Society is fucked up, it's best to not participate in the circlejerk of self pity and self neglect and just keep on doing what you love.
I don't plan on stopping riding downhill before my body literally gives out and I can't physically do it anymore. Then I'll probably buy an ebike and keep riding trails 😂
@@bikesnblades6737 inspirational right thank you I have been out of riding for a very long time I'm 35 last time I was on a bike was 15 I have a hybrid carrera atm building up to a jump bike though 😂🤟🏼
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Im a bmxer but im stoked on Sam mainly cause he's non stop having fun. Always laughing and joking, Dudes a gas. Plus that fucka Dusty keeps me rolling. lol Shout out to Lewi for his side of things. Video are awesome boys, keep em coming
You don’t stop playing when you get old. You get old when you stop playing!
Remembering pilgs from his days competing in freeride/slopestyle comps back in the day. My first memery of him was that comp that had a full loop in it but you sort of had to flip it kind of a weird set up, and it was soon after pilgs lost his tooth haha.
such good interview content... sam is such a positive force in the MTB world!!
Thanks! did you check out the full episode?
And there are new uploads about older contest. I love them
I just turned 58, been riding some sort of style of bike since I could walk. Been into mtb last 2 years, now I'm 16 again 😂😂.
Sam your bike skills are epic.
Or lighting fireworks inside a caravan ey Sam 😂😂 I’ve heard the story and seen the vid ☠️
The biggest gift of having you post content is the power to make people laugh but more importantly want to ride their bikes. That’s even before acknowledging how you pioneered tricks in competition. We’re lucky to have you show us the way of the shred! 🔥🔥
Kind words! Hope you enjoy the full episode too
Started riding bikes at age 40, im now 46 and feeling younger than ever, have alot of bikes, enduro, hardcore hardtail, fatbike, a yt izzo also for some chill rides, built a campervan for my trips, im totaly stoked and living my life, all this shit keeps us young and childish, people like Sam keeps us going forever, and i love it!
Mr Pilgrim chose the right path. Most of us struggle to make other people rich so we can afford a house, kids, car and other insignifacnt shit building our career. Pilgrim made his life a career, more people should make their life a career!
Facts
Sam is such a legend, like... he is so inspirational !
Kind words
I was one of those who discovered Sam Pilrgim only about 9 months ago , and it doesn’t take you that long to realize , he’s a legend of the sport , a true bastion of his trade , he falls and gets back up every time ( bamboo bike ) ouch …. He’s inspirational to any rider young or old , new or experienced … thanks Sam , please don’t stop what your doing , and good luck on your journey with Canyon and Good year , and the other thousands of sponsors you have haha 👍👍👍👍
I remember meeting Sam, around 12/13 years ago, at FISE Montpellier. I had posters of him on my walls, and was so excited to meet him!!! Unfortunately I wasn’t talking English back then ahah, I was 15yo, but he took the time to take a photo with me, and say some words in French. I’ve been following him ever since. And i am so happy we are still able to see him ride and have fun on the bike, so many years later
I rode all through my teens, tore my ACL twice in my early 20s. retired for about 6 years. Found Sam’s page, bought a bike and found my love for it again. Thank you Sam foreal !!!!
Saturday mornings are for watching Sam with my 3 year old. New generation of fans in the making.
Sam Pilgrim makes me smile! I hope he never stops making videos.
As a washed up old man with a new bike I discovered Sam on TH-cam and his ever present positivity kept me tuned in til I was infected with laughter and the desire to ride my bike....
the man INVENTED the flat drop backflip
INSANE
Right on, Im the same age as Pil (1990 represent), used to order MBUK to Finland back in the day (2000's), read about all the legends like the Athertons and Cedric Gracia. Just now have I been able to afford a proper bike (Privateer 161 custom build, was always a dream of mine to build my own bike, cant even remember how much time I put in to looking at parts at CRC) and ride real stuff. Always loved the UK mtb scene, just got my first pair of pilgrips, they will be going on the privateer next season for sure!
It's funny Olly says that, I'm a 44 year old Aussie and was never really into MTB but I raced motocross pretty seriously until a spinal cord injury in 2003 (Neck), but then a couple years ago I got into watching Matt Jones' lockdown backyard build and vlogs, then Brendog's grew to Pilgs, Odub, Kerr and so on and now I'm subscribed to more MTB vlogs than MX haha, and like you mentioned it was only the other day I was shocked to find out that Samuel Reynolds won Rampage!! I grew up and live on a pretty hilly farm and it kills me cause it'd be fairly ideal for MTB! I'm trying to talk the family into making it a bike park haha
Yoooo sick thanks for the comment bud!
It's because, Sam opened my eyes for biking. It's true that I didn't know anything before, but I researched and now I know he is the goat.. I love his content, because of his personality. That's a different story. Does mean, he is successful in many different ways and he is so talented in youtubing as well...
Without his channel I would not ride my bike, because I never realized, that you can really ride a bike in the woods.. He gave me that view.. I am so thankful
That’s rad dude!!!
@@TheRideCompanion it is. Wishin you guys a lot of success. Amazing videos. Ty
What's best is that Sam is a showman and an Entertainer as well, so his videos are not just going over jumps constantly he's pushing the envelope of what's acceptable as a bike rider with his strange bikes and unusual Trail lines
SAM is All round INSANE mountain biker/competitor, now an incredible content creator and narrator!! SUPER inspiring :)
Hah! This whole vid snippet is talking about me!!
I'm 53, started MTBing 3 years ago just having turned 50. Getting more and more into gnarly stuff, but suffering hard from the "why did I not start this when I was young and dumb?".
Also subscribed to Sam's channel maybe a year or two ago. Can tell from his dicking around vids that he knows how to handle a bike (or anything even remotely resembling a bike!), but had no idea of his more "illustrious" background.
I am 58 years old,been Riding sins the beginning of the -90, have to say no one is as entertaining and skillfull as Sam And that he's an fellow Haibike EMTB Rider dont hurt 😉🤠
Hahah yewwwww
I grew up as a kid in the uk watching sam and it’s cool to see him become so big over the years now being an adult myself
We're not weird, we possess a ZEST for life and a love for adrenaline. Personally I think its so much fun to learn about riding techniques and how to keep your front teeth (knocked out 3 front teeth myself having fun on 2 wheels). It's just brilliant to see you Sam with a missing front toof. Cheers Mate!!!
One of the realist conversations I’ve seen for a long time
Yoooo did you check out the full episode?
Despite the world being online, pretty much nothing is beyond reach, i find so many under 30's have little to no grasp of anything prior to their birthday!! I know they have been bombarded beyond belief in their years alive, i just wish they took a healthier interest in history!!!
while I didn't know who Sam was before watching his TH-cam which I only found 6 or so months ago, it didn't take me long to figure out who he was, and go back to learn a bit about what he has achieved. I think the only thing you're really highlighting is casual watchers vs people who are active on TH-cam regularly.
For sure bud
I think you meant growing old is inevitable growing up it is optional.
my favourite saying
Sam is following his passion, talent, he let's his inner child out to play (something most negative adults unfortunately shut out) and delivers his creativity and positivity to the world thru his vids.... He is an inspiration for us to not take life so dam seriously, to laugh at ourselves and to let our individual uniqueness shine thru.... what a role model !
One of sams best quotes "if your stoked on life it doesnt matter what bike you ride"
I'm 59 starting mountain biking 4 years ago & I've spent all my life having fast cars & fast women 😍! I wish I'd started earlier with the bike thing as I absolutely love it !!
took about 3 minutes of the first of Sams vids I saw, to clearly see he's world class. and a efing legend with it.
sorry,, should have mentioned,.. dude was riding a f'ing bed!..a bed... fearless and world class eh...
Sam is a 🐐 I'm pretty sure he had a cover on mbuk when I was a kid riding out a window down a dropin at his parents house, last week I finally managed to get a set of his limited edition halos from 09 they may be 13 nearly 14 years old but they're still straight true and solid as ever never a dull moment with Sam's riding or TH-cam content he's a legend
been one of his fans for a long time, even started buying NS parts because of him over 15 years ago.
So sick to hear it!
Sick what you all have done keep making this content
Will keep trying my dude! We appreciate you
The day you don’t find putting a tea cosy on ur head funny in a shop is the day have grown up. Do what makes you smile. If it’s good for your head do it.
Sam is legend of the sport.
🍻🍻👍🏻
Would be sick if you could organise a day with sam, odubz, brendog, ben deekin, blake samson , gee and or dan atherton shredding greno and warnclife 😉🙊👍
That is so true! If it was like 10 years ago and you would meet mountain bikers, depending where you are from and what your category is let's say I was a downhill and I would watch content on what was available, so most people into dh wouldn't know about Sam Pilgrim but they would know Steve peat, with youtube and the creation of content it's easier to know what people are up to besides competition, let's say like a lot of people now know about Sam Pilgrim from youtube, but I know him from different realms and I have a different perspective from Sam Pilgrim, regular people can barely grasp what Sam Pilgrim is all about and he isn't the only one, there are pros out there that are older than Sam Pilgrim and if I ask around if they know such and such they have no idea... That's when you know you are an OG I guess lol
Sam is a total legend!
Used to ride everywhere in my teens, like many I rode loads less after starting to drive! Got fond memories of blasting my old claud butler through the long corridors at Leeds Uni! Picked it up again a couple of years back and I am in the ‘WTF have I been missing’ camp.
Sam is just an amazing person all around and not only on TH-cam.... Even his brother does TH-cam and some people don't know that he's doing it unless they see him in a video but he's pretty good at riding too.
Olly you have been there from the start and Sam. Sad yous think yous are just TH-camrs now. You guys are legends in the sport and are responsible for the sport progressing to where it is now.
Great words!
All LEGENDS! Love all your content dudes!!
We appreciate you!
Bikes release our inner child...
I don't know much about Sam Pilgrim. That's a shame? OK I'll take it.
And I will enjoy every silly things he does with the mastery of skills what he has and makes a fun YT video from it with the amazing editing they are doing.
Sure winning a contest is huge. But being such an incredible rider with that kind of humor is something I can appreciate even more.
I whish Sam can be so "childish" for his old ages. The joy he brings to the world with his videos are life saving!
I am who you are talking about. I had no idea that Sam was winning comps at 14, I found him on TH-cam and he's one of my favorites. At first I did kind of wonder how he was so good and I've never heard of him before 😂
A big hero of mine in my bike shop days was John Cowan… back when you had to buy magazines to see crazy stuff like Sam’s riding. I looked to see what happened to him, he disappeared around 2014. Looks like he tried running a bike company and then ‘went straight’, now he’s an aerospace engineer with a LinkedIn profile and everything…? Sams videos are great love his content. Is 38 too late to go pro?
Yewww John Cowan was a legend!!!
I think the personality’s of most mountain bikers are just fun and show that you should make the most of your life👍
Sam is a legend, know him since his first FMBA events.
I had never heard of Sam before seeing him on TH-cam. I love watching his funny videos and admire his epic skills and mad sends. I had no idea he was doing competitions when he was younger. I assumed he must have done something before but didn’t have a clue.
That was EPIC, absolute dreams...
57 years young here and most riders I see are half my age at the bike park!
this 50 year old Bloke (from Kentucky) loves your whole scene lol
Legend!
Can you do a Pilgcast with Dusty? A Dustcast if you will.
😂
Love all of Sam's videos good laughs!!
sam was the FMB world champion in 2013! (free ride mountain bike)
It touches your inner child. ✨️
Sam's greatest performance was on Take Me Out. Top tier.
Most of my customers are so awkward and so am I. Nice hanging w people that are ok with that 😂
I have the shred two game on my mobile had it a good few years now with Sam in the game 😂 funny hearing the game and watching his comps then stumbling across his youtube channel years later was funny and like a blast from the past I'm not really much of a commenter but I had to share this experience 😀
And we’re glad you did!!
Gotta be done 💯 it's always the way to be epic though really 💯🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼
Imbracimg the inner child. The thing that society beats out of you or try’s.
My Sam needs to wise up a few folk on here by making a 'Firsts what I done and competitions what I won' type video?
dude is an absolute star..
Im 27 an still wheelie my mtb around like a 14 year old i dont care my local park had a new mtb track built and i went round it on my e bike with all my fishing tackle bouncing around hanging of my bike it was so funny
Youthfulness* stay young ✊
I remember seeing clips on pinkbike of 16 year old sam doing some gnarly stuff when i was like 10.
We're that weird a friend pissed in his helmet for 50 euros at the bottom of the plenny lift in France then had to wear the helmet for the rest of the week.
Comment GOLD 😂
He is an incredible gut. My son watch him riding his bikes 👌🏻
I’m 33 I was always about on a bmx or mtb bike. I had kids early and literally couldn’t afford much when it came to bikes for myself. my kids are teens now and I’ve recently got myself back on a hardtail and find myself grinning like a Cheshire Cat when flying down muddy tracks at 30mph. My kids also find it funny that dad can still ride a bike alright lol 😂. It’s to me one of them things that will never get old or boring even when your blowing out of your arse 😂😂😂
Ok so Sam inspired me to get back on the bake I was bummed cuz a breakup hahahah. Not an injury
Think I have said this before I am a year younger than Sam so know about him All my life May not have gone to the contests but I’ve known about him and what he has. achieved in his career Sam is a bit like Graham Jarvis the goat of extreme Enduro unless you know of him you don’t know what he has achieved throughout his career both. have achievements and accolades as long. as A river but my all time favorite moment. of Sam’s is when he built that scaffolding drop in the woods most sketchiest thing I’ve ever seen and he done a backflip off it Crazy
Is the word cycling dead and now we all say biking?
Maybe watch pilgrims videos first, he cycles about 1% of the time. Have you not seen Gwin win a DH round without even cycling once?
Sam is Legend
FACTS
Pilgs is a total legend
I thought it was funny when he went to haibike how a lot of people seemed against it like u cant 3 an eeb n hes just like watch me
Mountain biking is just too expensive these days
Childhood is right, my life mantra is 'growin up's 4weirdos'😄
Hahahaha love it!!
I work with a few 50 year olds who would throw fireworks off a balcony
If every people was weird, world would be a better place...
I feel the need to build a balcony now, cheers age 51 🙂
Buildddd ittttttt
I’m 55 and feel like I’m still 15 when I jump on for a ride 😅
Its so funny seeing everyone i went to school with I'm only 30 but so many of them look way older than me lol glad i didnt have kids and an office job.
I think it's an extreme sport thing. I race superbikes and still act 14 lol
A continuance so I was riding the bike park and going from slalom to medium slope at valpon in Boulder. The lower slalom well I wasn't feeling it, so I said bravo I will cross the gravel road and drop in on lower slope medium line . Stacks of injuries and perhaps age. Man my cut over line was sweet... The park workers didn't like that so they blocked it off with caution. I rode their asses for being deuscebags and they called the cops..... I told them to beat it I wasn't breaking the law. They left ... Which bring me to last night seriously ..I live in Boulder co. This putride thing of a woman was watching me like I was gonna run across the road and kidnap her. It's the way I look. So walking down the side walk I stopped in my tracks looked back and this crazy was watching me then I walk forward then turned around and walk back then her boyfriend class I was following her. I let him have it because if anything she following and watching me. The guy called me a weirdo .... Bra I let him know who the weirdo was. Boulder is full of really weak sick people that controll their pets like no other. What is that term situational awareness. Liberals are a sad bunch
Yes Sam.
Just watch Remy Metailler follow Sam downhill in Switzerland and you will soon see Sams skill go far beyond ride silly bikes down stairs and over jumps!!.
im 58 and still throw fireworks off balconies :)
😂😂😂
Sam is a legend.
#ladhood
Sam Pilgrim is definitely one of the best motorcycle video creators in the world and he's not even using motorcycles!!!
Most the time anyways. Cool Sam.
Lol this video did not help. I knew he was some kind of legend, but i still dont know what he has done^^
Anyone that has dedicated their lives to mastery, is an overnight success to those that discover them late on. Oh and riding bikes keeps you playful ;-)
He may has won natioal championships with fourteen. But he road a wooden bike, a bike made of a bed frame and casualy backflips those things on a regular basis. And these are the more sane things. So no wonder for a famouse youtube career
Sam 🎉❤