I finally took on one of the trails I’ve been avoiding for years — Speedster at Leogang Bike Park.
This was my first time riding the full trail from top to bottom, and let’s just say it was a real challenge! I started off with a slow sighting lap, but lap two was go-time… although I made some sketchy mistakes and had a few close calls. Super stoked to make it to the bottom, completely gassed but happy to have ticked it off.
I was riding with my buddies Bernie and Roberto — it was epic to ride with people who push you to ride harder, try new lines, and step out of your comfort zone.
To round out the day, I also took a spin on Bongo Bongo, a rooty, rocky beast of a trail in the Leogang woods. First time on this one too, and while I wasn’t fast, it was super fun (even after a minor crash 🤕).
Speedster and Bongo Bongo are definitely two trails I’ll be back on later this season… with a little more speed next time.
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I hurt my my dick. My You hurt your dick? Yeah, that was insane. [Music] Morning everyone. Back again. Another video. Uh this time back in Leo Gang. Uh, meeting Bernie on the slopes in just a second. Going to do a quick warm-up run. And today I want to challenge myself a little bit to get the speedster run absolutely [ __ ] nailed. I’ve ridden bits of it before, but never the full thing. So that is today’s challenge. Head up, find Bernie, and get a warm up front ridden. Let’s go. Oh, blew my foot off the pedal. [Music] Woohoo! [Music] Wa! [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Hey. [Music] Oh no. [Music] So just on the warm up pretty [ __ ] warm. The one I want to learn today is speedster which makes up about 80% of the World Cup down on course. You can’t do the whole course because this is the start from it. And this is closed. So we start on this one here which is Flying Gangster. And then just before the wall rides down here, we uh separate off into Speedster. And yeah, that’s where I’m going to do a first sort of sighting lap. There’s some bits I’ve ridden before, but like one or two times and there’s some bits I’ve not ridden at all. So yeah, tried to do a bit of a a mix sighting lap first to see what the features are like. Guess the speeds of the track starts here. This top bit is just flying gangster. Few jumps, nice and simple. Woo. I love this wall ride. Little double step up. Right. And here is where we separate off. So, normally I’d go left here, but this is the new bit for me. Well, dusty as [ __ ] Okay. So, step downs. Hey, you right. Okay. So down here and then take a shot. Now this is the speedster bit. I’ve never done this bit before. Lots of doubles I’ve missed and a big double there which probably carry speed for. Wa big gap jump there. Going to miss that. And then come into a rock garden which never seen before I think. I hurt my my dick. My You hurt your dick? Yeah. Okay. Watch Bernie’s line. I’ll step back up and drop into that. Oh, okay. Okay, it’s pretty easy. Probably need to check before I come to speed. Now we go up right here. Big drop down off the brakes. It’s super dusty. I like get into this BM. Little double jump slightly case. Oh, this is such a bumpy run. Little double jump. I’m going to miss there. And then into this section here, which is rock drop and then down. Woo. Which line do you take inside? The same. I’ve done the left side once. Yeah. And then the last drop is a lot higher than you think. And you’re going a lot slower. It’s difficult to move slow. And you’re going a lot slower as well. That one there. What’s this bit like after this little roller? Uh, interesting. Oh, we’ll watch. I think if you go Oh, you can Okay, you roll it. Oh, okay guys. It’s uh so easy to get bucked off the front of your bike there. Like obviously carrying speed helps a lot more. But yeah, a lot. Yeah, that was grid to see that. It’s raining so much. Yeah. Well, it’s dusty as [ __ ] isn’t it? This is a really tough section. It’s um Well, it’s just a stump garden, so lots of tree stumps. I barely take a different line. I hit the tire there. See, that’s not so bad at all. Here you see. [Music] Woo. And then we come through to what they call motorway section. Dusty’s back. Used to be two nice long sort of table jumps, but now it’s these kind of half whoops, which are super awkward, and then down into this table jump right now. You can go to the right here, which I normally do. I’m going to go left cuz this is speed to the track. I’ve never done this before. And it’s yeah, you need more speed to do this section cuz it’s full of doubles and triples and I if you don’t have enough speed for it, they’re kind of awkward like that. I like this one as well. So yeah, more speed needed through this bit. And then famous wall ride bit. Always scare myself on this. Yeah. So jump comes off here. The workout carries on. I’m going to go take a peek at it. I don’t want to ride it, obviously. They come at like Mac one down into here, which is the steep forest section. And this is like the final bit where World Cup track uh disappears off and separates from the flying gangster/ Speedster track. Another video, another day. We’ll maybe do that bit, but for now going to carry on. Right. So, further down, you come off this water ride and you head left down here. Whoa. Okay. Didn’t know that was there. Never ridden this before. And then into Okay. Kind of rooty not to tech section. Whoa. Okay. Did not know that was like that. And then I guess you can kind of cut across here. Whoa. Okay. Around the BM. Okay. So, yeah, I did not know that dropped off so much, but it’s not so bad. Okay. So down a little gap jump there for me and then I guess left here. Yeah. Woo. Okay. So it’s not so bad. Oh, you probably get hung up on that. Uh, okay. I guess there’s two ways down here and I’ve picked this one. So, Woo! Woo! Jeez, that was fun. It gets so steep, man. Well, like the first bit I’d always seen and I never realized there was like roots then the drop. Yeah. So, I came in the roots after you like, “Okay, this looks like I can roll it out.” And I was just like, “Oh, fuck.” I mean, it’s only straight. It’s just a roll. Yeah. Just going down. Okay. You can roll it. And then the gap jump there, right? The gap is terrifying. Is it? Yeah. Is it big? Yeah. Yeah. The gap is right. I’m going to roll it up to get some It’s uh crazy. You can’t see what you’re rolling into as you go. But all right, here we go. [Music] Okay. So slow and uh cautious, but it’s the first ever lap of Speedster done. Second run on speedster. His uh target for this is uh basically full run, no stopping. [Music] W. It’s so dusty. [ __ ] hell. He’s gone down again. Same place. Bernie’s got a bad corner. W. It’s so dusty though. Right. I got to remember the line to this cuz I’m not going to stop. So, okay. Yeah. Okay. So, off to the right. I don’t want to go in too quick. W. I’m dying in the dust here. Right. Okay. Line goes a little bit this way. Oh, that was so sketch. First near big crash on this run. Try to get it in that bit. Right. Okay. Through here. Oh, legs are tired. Right. I’m going to miss the bit on the left cuz some fast people behind me and I want them to basically go through. Oh, they’ve missed it. Okay, so normally we go on the left bit. I’ve missed that. Hit these doubles off the brakes. Right. Double wall ride. Yes. One. Yes. Two. And then [ __ ] that one up. Okay. Tricky bit now. Okay. Think I can go through here and then where’s the line? Ah, roller. Okay, nearly over the top. Oh, I’ve completely forgotten this. And then I think right, I’m going to don’t think I’ve got enough speed for that yet. And then hard on the brakes and then down this little gap here or over the drop. Okay. Think the line through here. Okay. I’m going to take this like wide route there. Sick. Okay. Right now I think I go. [ __ ] me. And there’s a roll. I can roll it over here, I think. Yeah. I’m just Okay. Okay. Woo. Oh my god. Last little bit. Hold on the brakes here and just roll over this fast bit. Now I’m going to try this jump. [ __ ] me. So sick. One full run of speedster. Second run. Full way down. My legs are [ __ ] I didn’t die. Oh my god. I nearly died, but I didn’t die. Holy [ __ ] [ __ ] That was insane. That was insane. Ah, I got I got over the the stump section and I was like, my legs are [ __ ] already. I’m going to go get some water. Speedster run number three. But we’re only doing top section now. Oh, you got it. Yeah. Oh, come on. Don’t hit the pink ones. [Music] struggle so much to get that right. Hit the line. Woo! Yeah! Woo! My legs are burning now. Right through here. Woo! Yes. Right. So, we’re now going to go and do another run. So, that’s speedster done with for now. Oh, that was so sick. Getting faster, dude. Coming to that stump section, I was just like my legs were so gone. [Music] Come on. Oh, I can’t really see anything here. Come on, get around. [ __ ] hell. Fuckle clips out. [ __ ] Brutal. Wow. [Music] [ __ ] rough, huh, dude? Biggest crash of the year. What crash? Yeah. Massive. You’re fine? Yeah. Knee hurts a bit, though. What happened? Foot clipped out. Coming into a steep rock section. Couldn’t get it back in. Front wheel caught up. Rescue was to try to step off it. Right, that’s it. I’m calling it a day. Uh, epic couple of laps. Managed to get nailed what I wanted to do with the speeds to run. Top to bottom, full run without stopping, which was sick. But had a little bit of crash on Bongo Bongo. First time I’ve ridden that. Nothing damaged, but yeah, it was a bit of a sender and starting to feel a bit sore. So, catch you in the next one. Peace out. [Music]