Dan and I chose to go and film on a track which we had discovered just weeks before. Unfortunately Dan's bike was in the local bike shop having a new shock bushing fitted meaning that he would be fixed behind the camera rather than occasionally in front of it. This was OK though as he wanted to test his new Canon EOS 70D which he had bought over Christmas.
The weather was horrendous when we arrived in the car park, so bad that we considered heading somewhere else on lower ground. The car was blowing around while we were in it taking cover from the rain. After 15 mins we got a break in the rain and quickly put the bike together and scrambled to the forest for cover.
The track was fairly wet and slippery but with grippy rock underneath in some parts. This made it difficult to judge when the wheels were going to slide. Some people have criticised the video because there's not enough mud in it to justify it being winter! It's not a sloppy track because of the rock underneath I think. It was wet though! Anyway, you can judge for yourselves.
It took me a few goes at some of the corners to make it look fast and aggressive and after a couple of hours we had all the footage we needed. I am pretty happy with the final result!
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