Look no further mountain bikers: flow, jumps, slabs, DH…
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2024
- This is my top 6 picks for best south Vancouver Island mountain bike trails of 2024. Flow, jumps, slabs, all-around, scenic and downhill. Have you ridden these? Do you agree or disagree? Let me know 🤙🏼
Grinder looks amazing, definitely added to my to-do list. Thanks for the epic list! 🙌
Definitely should! Hit me up if you want a buddy to join ya 😊
Happy Birthday Dean!!! Thanks for all that you do on this channel! Cheers!
Youre welcome its been fun to make these videos 😊. Some more good episodes to come 🤟🏼
Dirt looks perfect!! So many absolute gems on the Island.
Nice vid dean!
Airflow for scenic
Snake hole DH, for all round
Wildcat for flow
Liger for rock
Memphis for DH the only thing I there I don’t need to change me under wear after I ride it😂
Awesome list Wade , love all those
HBD Dean!!
Thanks for the best trails list!
Thanks it was an awesome day riding the best trails 😁🫡
Fun video dean. My list would be: lower Memphis-flow, August’s or daisy-jumps, outlaw-slabs, spice girls or natty tread for all around, and patchworx for dh!
Those are bangers too, love those trail selections as well. Thanks for watching Henry 👊🏼
Great video, as usual, Dean! Gorgeous choices and full agreement on some very hard choices. Another Scenic that deserves honourable mention is the Ridge Trail at Harbourview. That descent off Monument Mtn is panoramic. Although, it doesn't show at Trailforks anymore. New age trail gentrification.
Have a fantastic day, old man!
Oh Ive heard of that trail, and I think I need to check that out now that is 2 recommendations for it! Haha thanks, getting older but its nothing a lil’ ibu profen and caffeine wont solve 😆
Came here to suggest ridge trail 😁
Are you crazy! Giving up the goods like that. Thank you🤘🏻😎
4/6 of these are sanctioned and the other two are pretty well established; Grinder having existed at least 20 years. Enjoy 😊 🤟🏼
Great video and happy birthday, you share it with my son. I think I could ride some of most of them! Daisy Dukes was a bit nuts, that last drop, YIKES!!🐤
Nice! Happy belated birthday to your son 🎂. Yes Daisy Dukes is at the most extreme end of difficulty level… some other close contender trails at Prevost are also amazing though and less risk
Now I need the top 6 easiest trails on Vancouver island 😂
Awesome video! Thanks
Next year, new category - best climb trail?
Good stuff dean, hbd!🤘
Thanks man!
Best climbing trail is an interesting one, there are definitely some climbs better than others but would you ever travel to a network to ride because of the climbing trail? Maybe some folks would, but the climb has always been a necessary means to and end to get to the descent for me 🤷🏼♂️
Awesome Dean!
Mean Dean on the dream machine. 👽
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Happy belated dean... Nice trail selection but what about harbour view for an honourable mention?
Thanks buddy! Yup Harborview got mentioned in video for Air Flow being another scenic trail I love.
Freakin epic trails!
I’ve pretty much just added all these trails to the docket, thanks for sharing! I want to get up there for my first visit soon... Are any of them rideable all year?
I cant guarantee anything but typically the Jordie Lunn Bike Park with On The Rocks will stay snow free. Mt Tzouhalem and Hartland will sometimes get hit in January and February. Mt Prevost and Burnt Bridge are unlikely to be snowfree by January through to March
@@deantennantmtb awesome, thanks for the insight! No issues from releasing the 411 on the two unsanctioned trails, even though they are established? I did a video talking about unsanctioned trails at a spot that’s been around for 20+ years and is the “worst kept secret of WA”, didn’t say trail names or locations (even though you can find them on TH-cam very easily) yet some people were furious lol
Man honestly there can be valid reasons for trails to be kept secret, but what Ive found foremost is that some riders just like feeling superior that they know where a trail is and others don’t. I wouldn’t share trails if I thought they were at risk of being shutdown by the increased rider traffic.
11:11 what was that line choice there Deaner?! I've never seen anyone do it that way, I gotta try it next time
Yo buddy! Ya I would say that at 11:11 is not the fastest line tbh, but i usually ride it because i find it fun to ride the rocks. Not for speed but for fun 😁🤟🏼
Your flying dutchman trail was a former moto trail and its known as Angry Birds
Okay thanks for letting me know. It’s not my trail per se, as in I didn’t build it, but part of my list of best trails yes.
My understanding is that much of the upper part of the trail is newly built for mountain biking and the lower portion used a dead/rutted out moto trail. Now that the lower portion of trail has been repaired by a mountain biker it is again useable by moto bike. Seems to be a grey area there, but I certainly won’t be up there gatekeeping the trail access to either user group and hope that the mtn is big enough to be amicably shared by both motos and bikers.
Gonna come back with a new rim to ride the final 25% of Daisy Duke 😂
Lol ya that was a shame but you definitely got it dawg. Lets send it!
Love the choices, but Maddog is hands down the most scenic trail
Hmm yes good point there. That trail is sensitive though, I don’t think the FN likes riders on it so not one I could include here. Best trails on the south Island that can be posted to TH-cam*
It’s also a pain to lap solo even with the e-bike. Thanks for the great content as always!
Glad you liked it 🤟🏼🍻
The fact that heartland s now called heartland bike park goes to show how long its been sine i rode there lol back when i rode there everyone just said lets go to “theDump” or let’s hit up heartland. They had just built up the little trials area there when I was still riding there lol. Been a hot minute Happy Birthday
Haha well people still call it the Dump for sure. And the Dump has expanded closer to the trails so the smell hasn’t decreased.
@@deantennantmtb hopefully the dump never makes it to the trails. Thank you for the list definitely on the list of must hit trails for whenever i manage to make it out there. Soon i hope
first 2 easy I might be able to keep up...after that...im out....LOL
Best trail called 'Organ Donor' category next time? Some tough choices in this vid though!
Hahaha thatll be a 2025 category 😂. ya some tough calls had to be made, tried to give some honorable mentions to other top contenders
@@deantennantmtb I think I agree with most of them, but it depends on the day! way too many to choose from, and thats a good thing.
Ya man, it was tough choosing… good problems to have 🙏🏼
No way... what day was this filmed? Do I share a birthday with THE Dean Tennant?
September 28th…. Are we birthday buddies?!
@@deantennantmtb close. Few days off
Dang 😮💨
Is Benson or Doumont considered south island?
I am not sure what towns would officially be considered south Island, but for this video I included Duncan and south from there locations. Originally I planned to do best of the Island but it was very hard to narrow down so I limited it to just the south end.
I think I’d call Dumount / Naniamo, Hammerfest Cook Creek and Cumberland/Forbidden mid island
We all know adrenaline is the best jump trail but loam line makes sense
Ya, maybe I shoulda awarded to Adrenaline but gave it an honorable mention.
@@deantennantmtb but you can also hit adrenaline after pretty much every run so that makes it also much more fun
It absolutely slaps for sure. Might have to make some revisions for a 2025 list
@@deantennantmtb for the dh trail I thought Memphis to dd that’s is probably the gnarliest trail on the mountain
Yes thats the gnarliest full run, but a full Patchworx is a close 2nd if you are hitting all the features. Daisy Dukes is rated the gnarliest (Pro line) and Id say its warranted. The interesting thing is although its the gnarliest, does that also make it the best? Not necessarily Id say, but it does have a nice mixture of steep chutes, jumps, drops, rock face and even the log ride so its well-rounded and a ton of fun to link it all together.