Alex, thanks for recognizing Canton! If you didn't know, it was recently announced that Canton's paper mill will be closing in June, a major blow to the local economy. I'm a local and I have met many visitors while riding at Berm/Chestnut and we love to have all of y'all visiting. I'd encourage those of you with time to take the two minute drive up the road from the park into downtown. Canton offers great cafes, a coffee shop, bookstore and a brewery with seating along the river. With the paper mills closing, the continued growth of the park and mountain bike tourism will be vital to the town's survival.
Man that sucks when small towns lose massive employers like that. I hope you can pull through. Get your representative to pump hard for a new employer in the area. Much love to that part of NC.
That was such good context about Canton. Really makes you appreciate it. Hopefully it’s better for the community than NASCAR and others can follow. Nothing against NASCAR at all.
My wife and I were just there in the beginning of May. Canton seems like a great town with unique architecture and great little stores and restaurants. I really hope the town is on an upswing. Papertown Coffee and Grateful Table were great places with awesome folks!
The Orbea Rise is like a normal mtb with about 60Nm of torque when you need it for the nasty climbs but it rides like a mountain bike you should definitely check it out bro 🤘🏾
I rode Berm Park last season with my brother on the way back home from a weekend trip to Pisgah/Dupont. Such a fun spot and well-maintained. Grateful for towns like Canton making this possible. My brother and I had lunch in town before heading home. Worth noting I'm not local in any sense of the word...drove 14 hours from Buffalo, NY. I love riding in WNC and can't wait to check out Ladybird.
There’s going to be an event on June 24th welcoming 2 new bike only trails and 2 hike only trails! Seems like the kind of thing they did for opening day. Hope to see ya there!
Lady bird looks like fun ! I haven’t been there since it opened. Ashley, the girl working on the trail you chatted with used to work at my LBS and got me in to MTB’ing. She’s a great ambassador for our sport and dang, she was good at getting me to spend money on bikes !
every time i go to this place theres just family's hiking, experienced and beginner riders. It's truly a massive success. Moved to WNC from Massachusetts recently and I tried working with local agencies to build similar things, but every town is against it. This is incredible the town of Canton is on board.
Ladybird looks like so much fun. I started biking at 40 and I’ll be 42 this year. Hopefully this year I can actually start driving my bike around to try some new trails!
I've been considering a move somewhere. Was born and raised in the Seattle area. And while we have some amazing nature for hiking, mountain biking, snowboarding, kayaking, you name it. I think I've explored this beautiful area enough. Now that MTB has become such a big part of my life, moving would definitely have to take that into consideration. I do have some family from North Carolina. Mostly around the Asheville area. It does seem like it has some awesome wooden areas to explore. Has anyone ever lived in both the PNW and NC to compare the two? Of course there's plenty of other places to move to. But I've visited NC a few times and really enjoyed the vibes. It's pretty awesome having something like Outer Banks being a day trip away as well. It's time to switch some things up in life soon and this channel combined with Seth's has really illuminated just how rad the trails over there are.
That Reeb Steezl is an amazing bike, got to demo one recently on a group ride with Jeff Lenosky. Best cornering bike I've ever ridden and amazing cornering and suspension feel. It is a bit pricey though. And it really is built in a shed behind Oskar Blues Brewery, a shed with top of the line CNC and 3D printing machines.
Here in Seattle we have an amazing bike park called Duthie Hill. There's tons of beginner/XC trails, combined with pro jump lines with huge doubles and wood features and everything in-between. It's basically been my MTB training ground and it's amazing for progression. Most trails lead to a central clearing area with picnic tables, tools and a bike stand to fix your bike. I know Seth has a video featuring it. Berm Park seems like a very similar vibe. It's just such a great idea for people to progress at a place like this. It doesn't really matter your skill level, there is something for everyone to have fun on.
Awesome trail!! Did Ladybird for the first time in April and I really enjoyed watching your reactions knowing what was just around the next bend!! Especially that pyramid shaped rock roll at the beginning, surprised the sh*t out of me too! Lol!! You guys really sent it!!! Really looking forward to riding the new trails! With that said, I had about the same experience climbing up to Lady Bird. Was super easy at first but the last half mile was a challenge. Took this old slow guy about 30 minutes to get there from the parking lot with one stop, so if you haven't done alot of climbing, get some done before you go so you don't bonk on the way up and have nothing in the tank to get back down! 🤪👍
Wow this is so random that I am seeing this video today. While riding Howler mountain bike park is Branson Mo me and my wife met Nate on the shuttle. He was a joy to get to know and his bike is indeed supper rad.
I was there this past Thursday. I could not believe how much fun Ladybird was! Holy cow, wins the best flow trail award for me. I will indeed be going back for more. Good share.
It's fun watching your videos at 3 minutes and 50 seconds when you avoided that tree I thought to myself. That's the tree I hit yesterday. I'm glad you avoided it. Such a fun place. Thanks for posting this video so I can have a better understanding of how to run this a little neater.
"there's a nice little rock garden here at the beginning to deter beginners". Me and my brother are brand new to bike riding, and we started out riding blue squares. After roughly 7 hours of riding, we went down a black diamond. Was actually really fun and not as bad as we thought. Didn't take it fast, but was fun to experience all the stuff. (it didn't have any insane jumps or drops or anything). Just thought it was interesting to hear him say that the rock garden was there to deter beginners. haha. I think it would be a nice little challenge towards the beginning as opposed to a deterrent.
Love the video. Great look into the new trail at Berm Peak and how riding at a slower pace on the first run is a good idea. Definitely can prevent some of those “oh sh!t” moments. Btw, if you ever are heading towards the Charlotte, NC area I can highly recommend the trails at Mountain Creek Park just north of Denver, NC. Lots of flow, berms, jumps, drops, rock drops, you name it it’s there. Also, made by the same folks that made Berm Park. If you decide to try it out, hit me up and I’ll join and also supply the post ride refreshments.
I was on vacation in Candler, NC for a week last week. It seems chestnut mountian closes their operation at the hint of a first raindrop and keep it closed for days to dry out. The only days the park was open were the 2 days we had ticketable events/attractions we were attending. I wanted to do the survey for the economic impact of the park system there since we drove from Florida to hike/bike in Western NC. I want them to know people from several states away are coming to the area and hope they keep developing the park further but they only provide the QR code on signage in the park only. Since it was closed all the days we had the free time to hike/bike, never got to participate. Heres hoping to get another chance to check it out one day. But dupont was my favorite place to ride. So much variability for endless fun.
Alex, do more of these small, community parks! Missouri has two outside the St. Louis region in Ironton and Steelville. Both have massive input from the local towns, with Ironton featuring a national Enduro event twice in the past few years. Come check them out!
Nice ride in beautiful weather. Fun fact,on your trip to germany you've been lucky with the weather at the Zugspitze as they had up to 5 meters(~16 feet) of snow last week
Anyone from the Canton area that is involved in making decisions for the city: I have not been there yet but I am definitely interested in going and I would love to see more than I have already seen on video. I'm not sure that my bike is capable to take all of those trails with my skill level so if you have rental bikes available that would be something I would spend money on. When I do eventually get the time and resources to go I will not be coming alone; I will be bringing it at least two friends hopefully more than that.
I went over the bars in March on the crest at 15:07 before the downhill right turn. I see Nate almost had some trouble there too! My first big crash and I scratched up both arms and a leg pretty good. My bike would still be falling down the mountain had it not caught a vine on the tree on the inside.
9:30 what he’s talking about is so true. As much as I love my state parks that I ride, trails that are owned by a person or business and not government related will be better 9/10 times. The state parks have some sick features, but they seem kinda thrown together at times, and lack lots of maintenance. But the places that are built and kept by people almost always outmatch the gov parks. Maybe that’s just the area I’m at because it’s not a huge sport in most places in jersey, but it goes for many other sports as well, businesses run better because of the passion they have.
Damn, NC is a great mountain biking state...Seth has hit it outta the park again..nice fun trails. Also..I use double Assagai myself, but only exo casings, awesome tires!
Ladybird is epic. rode it over a rare window couple months ago and loved it. Amazing trial and a ton of fun. just bring your hike a bike legs for that final leg.
Lady bird was a ton of fun. That tree in the middle definitely got me on my first run. There was another part I flew off the trail. I still think ridgeline in DuPont takes the cake for best flow trail In NC tho
Drove the hour and a half from maryville, tn (out side knoxville) and the trails were too wet to rip appropriately. I reckon I ought to take a trip out this weekend and see what this lady bird is about.
I just got the chance to ride Ladybug, it was pretty great. You definitely have to be cautious around some of the blind turns but its fun. Took me 8 mins to get down to berm park.
I drove 16 hours there with my son for the weekend. They closed Saturday because of rain, they also closed Sunday last minute because of a sprinkle in the morning.
I work for an airline that fly's into Charlotte. After watching your video .I think in July we will fly in, then rent an Auto-Mobile and hit Asheville , rent bikes from somewhere there and check those dope trails out. Thanks for the vid and the full I.S on the trails that are open.
Great video! Thanks for sharing this experience. I’m planing a trip from Fl. I’m exited to hit real mountain trails. Were is that river spot? I’d like to stop there for a refresh.
I have same paddle board. Such a good one for the price! Also wear some sort of life jacket!! even if its just a insta inflation waste wrap thing!! lol
I had a business trip lined up only a few hours from this park, was going to bring the bike and stay at a hotel down the road....then I fractured my arm and am now sitting around just working 😭
Alex, thanks for recognizing Canton! If you didn't know, it was recently announced that Canton's paper mill will be closing in June, a major blow to the local economy. I'm a local and I have met many visitors while riding at Berm/Chestnut and we love to have all of y'all visiting. I'd encourage those of you with time to take the two minute drive up the road from the park into downtown. Canton offers great cafes, a coffee shop, bookstore and a brewery with seating along the river. With the paper mills closing, the continued growth of the park and mountain bike tourism will be vital to the town's survival.
Man that sucks when small towns lose massive employers like that. I hope you can pull through. Get your representative to pump hard for a new employer in the area. Much love to that part of NC.
This is an honest and wonderfully stated advertisement. Deserving of following it.
That was such good context about Canton. Really makes you appreciate it. Hopefully it’s better for the community than NASCAR and others can follow. Nothing against NASCAR at all.
My wife and I were just there in the beginning of May. Canton seems like a great town with unique architecture and great little stores and restaurants. I really hope the town is on an upswing. Papertown Coffee and Grateful Table were great places with awesome folks!
The Orbea Rise is like a normal mtb with about 60Nm of torque when you need it for the nasty climbs but it rides like a mountain bike you should definitely check it out bro 🤘🏾
Thanking and being nice to the trailworkers goes a long way, love to see it
she was hot id be nice
I rode Berm Park last season with my brother on the way back home from a weekend trip to Pisgah/Dupont. Such a fun spot and well-maintained. Grateful for towns like Canton making this possible. My brother and I had lunch in town before heading home. Worth noting I'm not local in any sense of the word...drove 14 hours from Buffalo, NY. I love riding in WNC and can't wait to check out Ladybird.
Glad you came out and had fun with our new additions beyond the Berm Park Design and Build. See you on the trails!
Yall knocked that upper Ladybird out th park 👍
@@Twowheeledchaos Thanks for the ❤!
Had to pause after the first two runs to say your riding is looking smooth!
Showing some love for the trail crew is a classy move. I love to see it. Stay stoked and keep riding Alex!
There’s going to be an event on June 24th welcoming 2 new bike only trails and 2 hike only trails! Seems like the kind of thing they did for opening day. Hope to see ya there!
ill see ya there!
Lady bird looks like fun ! I haven’t been there since it opened. Ashley, the girl working on the trail you chatted with used to work at my LBS and got me in to MTB’ing. She’s a great ambassador for our sport and dang, she was good at getting me to spend money on bikes !
Thanks so much for this video! I rode all of these trails today…..so stoked !!!
nice forshadowing before 14:09! Nicely done. Sunday save
every time i go to this place theres just family's hiking, experienced and beginner riders. It's truly a massive success. Moved to WNC from Massachusetts recently and I tried working with local agencies to build similar things, but every town is against it. This is incredible the town of Canton is on board.
Ladybird looks like so much fun. I started biking at 40 and I’ll be 42 this year. Hopefully this year I can actually start driving my bike around to try some new trails!
I've been considering a move somewhere. Was born and raised in the Seattle area. And while we have some amazing nature for hiking, mountain biking, snowboarding, kayaking, you name it. I think I've explored this beautiful area enough.
Now that MTB has become such a big part of my life, moving would definitely have to take that into consideration. I do have some family from North Carolina. Mostly around the Asheville area. It does seem like it has some awesome wooden areas to explore.
Has anyone ever lived in both the PNW and NC to compare the two? Of course there's plenty of other places to move to. But I've visited NC a few times and really enjoyed the vibes. It's pretty awesome having something like Outer Banks being a day trip away as well.
It's time to switch some things up in life soon and this channel combined with Seth's has really illuminated just how rad the trails over there are.
Ive been riding for the past year or so but Berm Park is my motivation to get back into the sport rn
That Reeb Steezl is an amazing bike, got to demo one recently on a group ride with Jeff Lenosky. Best cornering bike I've ever ridden and amazing cornering and suspension feel. It is a bit pricey though. And it really is built in a shed behind Oskar Blues Brewery, a shed with top of the line CNC and 3D printing machines.
Definitely worth the $$$
I'd love the continuation of ''Conquering Clickbait'' series!!! Please make it happen! Watching you progress is so much fun and very motivational! :)
Alex @ 14:49 "Oh rocks" LOL... My exact thought too seeing that
Nate being a hero @ 1:22 flicking rocks off the trail 👍
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Here in Seattle we have an amazing bike park called Duthie Hill. There's tons of beginner/XC trails, combined with pro jump lines with huge doubles and wood features and everything in-between.
It's basically been my MTB training ground and it's amazing for progression. Most trails lead to a central clearing area with picnic tables, tools and a bike stand to fix your bike. I know Seth has a video featuring it. Berm Park seems like a very similar vibe. It's just such a great idea for people to progress at a place like this. It doesn't really matter your skill level, there is something for everyone to have fun on.
Awesome trail!! Did Ladybird for the first time in April and I really enjoyed watching your reactions knowing what was just around the next bend!! Especially that pyramid shaped rock roll at the beginning, surprised the sh*t out of me too! Lol!! You guys really sent it!!!
Really looking forward to riding the new trails!
With that said, I had about the same experience climbing up to Lady Bird. Was super easy at first but the last half mile was a challenge. Took this old slow guy about 30 minutes to get there from the parking lot with one stop, so if you haven't done alot of climbing, get some done before you go so you don't bonk on the way up and have nothing in the tank to get back down! 🤪👍
Wow this is so random that I am seeing this video today. While riding Howler mountain bike park is Branson Mo me and my wife met Nate on the shuttle. He was a joy to get to know and his bike is indeed supper rad.
I was there this past Thursday. I could not believe how much fun Ladybird was! Holy cow, wins the best flow trail award for me. I will indeed be going back for more. Good share.
It's fun watching your videos at 3 minutes and 50 seconds when you avoided that tree I thought to myself. That's the tree I hit yesterday. I'm glad you avoided it.
Such a fun place. Thanks for posting this video so I can have a better understanding of how to run this a little neater.
Love the trails, would love to see some primitive camping spots for RV, trailers and vans that are fully contained. That would make that area epic!
Thank you for getting out there and riding!! We’ll be hitting this one up next weekend 😊
Taking the family in a few weeks. Kanuga, Riveter, Berm Park and Ridgeline. Very excited that Fathers Day weekend.
Sounds like a blast!
Road ladybird today. It is an absolute banger.
My house is about 20 mins from here and I can’t wait to try out the new trials every time they open up! I love berm peak and Canton!!
You and Seth got me in to mountain biking and know I can do a black trail so I just want to say thank you 🙏 ❤
Stay stoked, wear a brain bucket, keep mashing the pedals.
Thanks
@@Fgrufly2 ever find yourself in the denver area, hit me up. I like riding with new people.
"there's a nice little rock garden here at the beginning to deter beginners".
Me and my brother are brand new to bike riding, and we started out riding blue squares. After roughly 7 hours of riding, we went down a black diamond. Was actually really fun and not as bad as we thought. Didn't take it fast, but was fun to experience all the stuff. (it didn't have any insane jumps or drops or anything). Just thought it was interesting to hear him say that the rock garden was there to deter beginners. haha. I think it would be a nice little challenge towards the beginning as opposed to a deterrent.
We came out from Michigan last year. We tried to come back out this year, but it was closed for rain.
Keep up the building. We will be back!
This trail reminds me of a grade 4 blue trail in Queenstown NZ on Coronet peak called Carry On!
I love when two of my favorite, unrelated things (MTB and NASCAR) come together.
Full send, Nate. No brakes bro!
Nice save. 14:11 sweet trail, looks smooth.
your ability to give a running commentary while pedaling up hill or riding too fast downhill is amazing.
Love the video. Great look into the new trail at Berm Peak and how riding at a slower pace on the first run is a good idea. Definitely can prevent some of those “oh sh!t” moments.
Btw, if you ever are heading towards the Charlotte, NC area I can highly recommend the trails at Mountain Creek Park just north of Denver, NC. Lots of flow, berms, jumps, drops, rock drops, you name it it’s there. Also, made by the same folks that made Berm Park. If you decide to try it out, hit me up and I’ll join and also supply the post ride refreshments.
I was on vacation in Candler, NC for a week last week. It seems chestnut mountian closes their operation at the hint of a first raindrop and keep it closed for days to dry out. The only days the park was open were the 2 days we had ticketable events/attractions we were attending. I wanted to do the survey for the economic impact of the park system there since we drove from Florida to hike/bike in Western NC. I want them to know people from several states away are coming to the area and hope they keep developing the park further but they only provide the QR code on signage in the park only. Since it was closed all the days we had the free time to hike/bike, never got to participate.
Heres hoping to get another chance to check it out one day. But dupont was my favorite place to ride. So much variability for endless fun.
That back country trail you guys did looks amazing! Great riding too. So jealous of all the trees on the trail!
Great video! Thanks for highlighting the new trail. We are heading down from Ohio this summer and glad to see there are even more options!
I probably could've, but I didn't. The things you say crack me up Rico 😊 😅 😂
Looks sick, can’t wait to ride it! Thanks for sharing!
Alex, do more of these small, community parks! Missouri has two outside the St. Louis region in Ironton and Steelville. Both have massive input from the local towns, with Ironton featuring a national Enduro event twice in the past few years. Come check them out!
Missouri is exploding! We're in Springfield IL and all we want to do is ride MO trails and parks. Howler was fun as crap!
@@Krigloch Litchfield doing some fun stuff, too. Check out the Lambo trails if you haven't yet.
@@jonathanbruntrager992 yep, we were just there last Wednesday.
We need this in Gilroy, Ca!! Wine, Beer, and awesome trails, what else can you ask for.
Dream trail! Your riding is so smooth. And also on the (more boring) climbs your talking keeps us entertained!
Ahhh we plan to be here soon. I can't wait!
What a great trail! Thanks for sharing, dude!
Looks super fun! I wish I could make it to the event they are having.
I can’t wait to get back up there and ride at Chestnut again. Really cool park and the downtown area of Canton was great as well!
Ladybird is amazing
That thumbnail looks so inviting. Awesome work.
Love these trails! Can't wait to try out the new ones.
Nice ride in beautiful weather.
Fun fact,on your trip to germany you've been lucky with the weather at the Zugspitze as they had up to 5 meters(~16 feet) of snow last week
Rode that in April and it was still fresh. So fun. Nice little options.
I fell on the skinny at the bottom of bear country. It was covered in grass clippings and was slick as ice.
Great video. Trails look so rippable and fun. Yew!!!!!
Anyone from the Canton area that is involved in making decisions for the city: I have not been there yet but I am definitely interested in going and I would love to see more than I have already seen on video. I'm not sure that my bike is capable to take all of those trails with my skill level so if you have rental bikes available that would be something I would spend money on. When I do eventually get the time and resources to go I will not be coming alone; I will be bringing it at least two friends hopefully more than that.
Trail looking awesome, and so is your riding progression again ;)
Absolutely amazing looking trails. Definitely on my must ride when i visit family in NC
14:10 it was at this moment, The Sampler knew, he fucked up. hahah good save bro
I went over the bars in March on the crest at 15:07 before the downhill right turn. I see Nate almost had some trouble there too! My first big crash and I scratched up both arms and a leg pretty good. My bike would still be falling down the mountain had it not caught a vine on the tree on the inside.
ahh man, I just can't wait for my bike season to start
I did a video on that recently! Holy crap what a good time! So epic!
9:30 what he’s talking about is so true. As much as I love my state parks that I ride, trails that are owned by a person or business and not government related will be better 9/10 times. The state parks have some sick features, but they seem kinda thrown together at times, and lack lots of maintenance. But the places that are built and kept by people almost always outmatch the gov parks. Maybe that’s just the area I’m at because it’s not a huge sport in most places in jersey, but it goes for many other sports as well, businesses run better because of the passion they have.
It looks amazing amigo!
I definitely need to give this trail a try next time I'm in the area. Last time I rode and raced Fire Mountain and it was fast and flowy.
Wow, that's outstanding! Reminds me of Mt. Nebo is Arkansas...and that place is amazing.
Damn, NC is a great mountain biking state...Seth has hit it outta the park again..nice fun trails. Also..I use double Assagai myself, but only exo casings, awesome tires!
Ladybird is epic. rode it over a rare window couple months ago and loved it. Amazing trial and a ton of fun. just bring your hike a bike legs for that final leg.
The last push is sporty for sure but what an amazing trail!
Lady bird was a ton of fun. That tree in the middle definitely got me on my first run. There was another part I flew off the trail. I still think ridgeline in DuPont takes the cake for best flow trail In NC tho
Drove the hour and a half from maryville, tn (out side knoxville) and the trails were too wet to rip appropriately. I reckon I ought to take a trip out this weekend and see what this lady bird is about.
I just got the chance to ride Ladybug, it was pretty great. You definitely have to be cautious around some of the blind turns but its fun. Took me 8 mins to get down to berm park.
what a park sure wish could ride ...hopeful they start building around here .only missing a bench to sit down
I drove 16 hours there with my son for the weekend. They closed Saturday because of rain, they also closed Sunday last minute because of a sprinkle in the morning.
Hopefully you took the opportunity to ride some of the many local park trails that weren't closed, since you came that far.
@@Happy_Biker i definitely did. We did some pisgah classics.
alternative title: guy climbs a hill for 65% video.. you sir are a madman
So random, buddy mentioned Boojum beer yesterday at the Hub. haha
Sick I still haven’t made it over there yet
looks like fun, mr tail whip looks dangerous! Be safe
I work for an airline that fly's into Charlotte. After watching your video .I think in July we will fly in, then rent an Auto-Mobile and hit Asheville , rent bikes from somewhere there and check those dope trails out. Thanks for the vid and the full I.S on the trails that are open.
For a second, I thought you were at Seth's place, LOL
Can’t wait to get a new bike then I can travel!!!
Alex going full boost off that lip lol
Simply sick 👍
sick riding, you guys are runnin smooth... but whatever happened to the 3R's lol
It’s a blue trail bro
@@Twowheeledchaos I know
"hard at work building new trails" hahaha every single one of them happened to be on their phone when he rolled up.
Still a bit cold in Vermont to hit the rivers 😊
Great video! Thanks for sharing this experience. I’m planing a trip from Fl. I’m exited to hit real mountain trails. Were is that river spot? I’d like to stop there for a refresh.
“Wow this is really nice and long”. That’s what she saw 😂
So the on the way up on to lady bird reminds me of a canyon near me called yellow fork where the trails are just like that up hill
14:12.. Dooood ~;
Yeah I'm definitely going to have to save up money and go there.
I have same paddle board. Such a good one for the price! Also wear some sort of life jacket!! even if its just a insta inflation waste wrap thing!! lol
we each had pfd's on our rafts, don't you worry
@@The_Sampler Oh thank god lol n_n
May I ask, what kind of camera you’re using?
I had a business trip lined up only a few hours from this park, was going to bring the bike and stay at a hotel down the road....then I fractured my arm and am now sitting around just working 😭
Use footage from your last Berm Park video to cover your jump cuts at the beginning! Editor protip
Sooo awesome epik cool trail
Awesome park...
I wanna go to berm park so bad
Nice i run double assegai's too.
I'd definitely die if I tried riding that.