Most impressive helmet cam I've ever seen

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Edited Date/Time 11/17/2014 6:26pm
Okaym maybe not THE most impressive, but its in the top 3, for sure.

Watch this French Rider (Pela Renet) at the ISDE last week in Argentina...its unbelievable how fast he goes over those rocks.

And watch is line choices...he doesn't follow the beaten path.

https://youtu.be/YfylWCvzCog
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Manbearpig 11/12/2014 3:11pm
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That was insane! Not to mention the throttle control in the hard pack pebble crap..... Thanks for sharing man.
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dboivin 11/12/2014 3:30pm
11/12/2014 3:30pm
where did this take place? the moon?
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JBernard_401 11/12/2014 3:37pm
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is that a quad? sounds like a honda foreman
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jemcee 11/12/2014 4:13pm
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helmet cam?

haha just bustin ya balls

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Matt Fisher 11/12/2014 4:18pm
11/12/2014 4:18pm
Manbearpig wrote:
That was insane! Not to mention the throttle control in the hard pack pebble crap..... Thanks for sharing man.
+1
Needs a clapping hand gif to accompany his performance.
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Titan1 11/12/2014 4:32pm
11/12/2014 4:32pm Edited Date/Time 11/12/2014 4:33pm
I had a dream once of me riding...and even in that dream I was almost as fast as that guy.

I've watched it three times...and it still boggles my mind how fast he is going over those rocks...he's racing that course like they aren't even there.

That explains why he dominated Six Days this year...good grief.
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Sully 11/12/2014 4:35pm
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It's also impressive how a guy who grew up in a country without any deserts can ride that kind terrain so well.
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justpinit 11/12/2014 4:53pm
11/12/2014 4:53pm
The lines he takes should either:

destroy the wheels on the bike

or

make you hit the ground so hard you can't get up

or both.

Shocked Shocked
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tvo314 11/12/2014 5:22pm
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I sure hope that was enough to win the test. I can't imagine anyone going much faster than that. Amazing how he gets the bike leaned over so much with so little traction. The terrain reminds me a lot of Hemingway's Butte, Idaho, some amazing sand washes there!
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WhipMeister 11/12/2014 5:40pm
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When it first started I was like, "Meh...". Then it got uber nasty. Impressive.
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CamP 11/12/2014 5:59pm
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Looks like that could go very haywire in a millisecond. The guy's brain must process visual spacial information way faster than normal people.
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EastFlorida 11/12/2014 6:22pm
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DAMN!! No way he has anything close to the stock forks the production bikes come with! lol
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jeffro503 11/12/2014 6:35pm
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Good Lord!!! How the hell does someone rip across the tops of freakin' boulders like that? That dude has a shit ton of talent.....and must have balls the size of watermelons! I was seriously scared for that dude if would of gone down.....uuhhgg!!

What place did he get? Please tell me that dude took first....because I don't know how it would be humanly possible to ride a dirtbike any faster than that....on that terrain! Incredible!

Thanks for posting that Titan!!
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MIKEY755 11/12/2014 6:42pm
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That is a pretty awesome ride for sure! However, it's hard to compete with this vid as "best helmet cam" imho.

https://youtu.be/OWJpOC-78Jk
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Tim507 11/12/2014 7:01pm
11/12/2014 7:01pm
Listening to the bike.... one can hear a higher gear - low rev - smooth rider doing his thing. The higher gear and momentum helps the compliance of the suspension. Also one can ride with softer suspension settings. Couple that with skill, motivation and big balls !!!!!!
Lucian_rider 11/12/2014 8:47pm
11/12/2014 8:47pm
If I only had that type of terrain to ride I would give up the sport!! Yuck!! Boss skills though!!
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BAMX 11/12/2014 9:23pm
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Damn....his flat corners skill on that rock strewn hard pack was awesome.
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Johnny Depp 11/12/2014 9:37pm
11/12/2014 9:37pm
do they have it in regular speed? All I could get was the fast forward version..

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TailSoHard 11/13/2014 9:17am
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whoa, definitely don't have terrain like that around here; would be awesome to get to ride that kind of stuff... carefully lol
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CR250Rider 11/13/2014 9:34am
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After watching that, I'm selling my bike and taking up golf
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Utrider 11/13/2014 9:58am
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So much of that terrain looks so familiar.......... Utah, Nevada surface of the moon........... I know it's thousands of miles away, but I can't help but see so many of the desert race course similarities that we ride and race on around here. For some reason I kept thinking it was the Wendover race, then stuff around Dubinky.........crazy. Mike Knight's references and write ups are so amazing.

Thanks for posting this up, Titan.
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Titan1 11/14/2014 12:22pm
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Johnny Depp wrote:
do they have it in regular speed? All I could get was the fast forward version..
I'm assuming you were being sarcastic...but that is regular speed. It was day 5 test 2...his time was 8:14...the exact time it took him in the video...

Also...though he won the ISDE overall, he finished 3rd on this test...Taylor Robert and Kailub Russel both beat him (by less than 6 seconds...but still).
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RickLeY 11/14/2014 12:32pm
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Got to 30 seconds then i hated it, retarded possitioning of the GoPro.
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Titan1 11/14/2014 12:34pm
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RickLeY wrote:
Got to 30 seconds then i hated it, retarded possitioning of the GoPro.
Blame the FIM...they won't allow cameras mounted on the riders...

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RickLeY 11/14/2014 12:37pm
11/14/2014 12:37pm
i know, im not blaming anyone. The video is shit, regardless.

you havent seen much good ridingfootage if that's anywhere near the top 10000...
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Titan1 11/14/2014 1:55pm
11/14/2014 1:55pm Edited Date/Time 11/14/2014 7:05pm
RickLeY wrote:
i know, im not blaming anyone. The video is shit, regardless. you havent seen much good ridingfootage if that's anywhere near the top 10000...
i know, im not blaming anyone. The video is shit, regardless.

you havent seen much good ridingfootage if that's anywhere near the top 10000...
In terms of good riding...in the enduro world, it just plain doesn't get any better than that...that is the best in the world doing his thing on the biggest stage in his sport...sure the camera was mounted in a dumb spot...but what he is doing on that bike, over that terrain, is undeniably impressive. Pure talent.

It's like the enduro equivalent of watching a Ryan Villopoto helmet cam video....
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Gringoe 11/14/2014 1:58pm
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So much stupid in one thread
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markit 11/14/2014 2:48pm
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Yea at first i was thinking not very impressive but after that i was lik how the hell is holding the corners at that Speed. WOW
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PJ205 11/14/2014 9:12pm
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Line choice impeccable. Style impetuous.

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