It’s the second episode of our new Finding The UK’s Biggest Jumps series, and this time, Blake Samson & Neil Donoghue are out at Bike Park Wales to hit the new Vanta Pro Line! Will both presenters be able to complete this infamously difficult line in one piece!?
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welcome back you beautiful people we’re here at bike park whales in wales we’re actually the south of wales and we’re going to ride vantalize vanta vanta neil not fanta right and this is part two of our search for the biggest jumps in the uk we’re gonna go uh worldwide this shortly i should go in somewhere very exciting very soon but yeah this is the third time blake i’ve been here with half intentions to ride this and i’ve done it so far yeah it’s today is a little bit windy mother nature not us it’s mother nature’s wind and um yeah there’s a few challenges on this one big jump it’s kind of different to windhills these are there’s loads of different styles of jumps going on here so it’s techy and fast we’re gonna have to work it out i guess well that might take a while neil yeah you ready no i’m ready to walk down there and check that first one out [Music] [Music] oh how scary that is first hits man first hits on anything is scary this is a very long jump i might need the tape measure [Music] [Music] blake showing off his free ride qualifications i’ve done the first little one three times to get a feel for it he did it once and then did the first three in one go so super smooth looks actually pretty good i dropped the first two [Music] hahaha [Music] too much in case yeah oh man i’m just getting uh trying to piece it together but i was too high and too long now too short and that’s perfect so one step at a time the old picnic slab was scary i like pushed myself over i was like no get over i didn’t want to tag it because it’d be the worst otb of my i didn’t want to target here and just get barked over the bars [Music] [Music] so we’ll take a quick look at some of the features and also we’re going to get tape measure see a big deal yeah this first top section right here is techy fast it’s actually quite fun kind of step down hip step up here into this big one we call it a rock slap jump rock slap slash can i have a coronation chicken sandwich please do you know lion witch in your wardrobe yeah they uh sacrifice the lion this is where they actually filmed it little known fact really yep selfie then boy no you’re lying aren’t you lying [Music] this section neil it at first it’s quite intimidating right because there’s a tree and you have to jump over the tree do you go left right or straight over i go right left to right but fir trees well these evergreen pine trees over five years right that means they’re established every year after that they grow a meter so next year that’s a meter taller you have to you’ll have to pull even harder little known fact [Music] [Applause] did you feel with that one fine yeah i the last minute freak out like oh my god flicks on a tree what’s going on yeah you take do you take off now oh there’s one i say this is the most techy section in the whole trail this mid-part section of vanta is you’ve got to be on your a-game if you’re not techy uh supercross so this jump on jump off or roll that manual kind of a transfer a really long and low don’t forget it’s only take off that big it’s really long and then you’re into the weeps got a tape measure [Music] [Music] hahaha [Music] that was scary [Music] got the tape measure because this one is quite big and it’s the most awkwardest one ever if you go too far that way you’re in a tree and that grows a meter every year oh my gosh it’s 10 meters exact how many feet’s that 33 feet why if you mess up that’s that feature there you’re sure as hell not doing this you freaking go over the bars you case it [Music] oh this this one is very it’s very unnerving right because you’re coming flat out you’ve just done that awkward situation then you have to do this jump someone’s garden 37 foot that’s pretty big that’s massive i have the takeoff’s about two foot tall it literally is two foot tall well one two three foot tall okay so already we’ve hit 33 foot 37 foot and it’s only getting bigger what’s next neil most awkward bit neil loves him moto whoops this section right here is all about all the way if you’re not on your a-game again you’re gonna go over the bus because they’re quite horrible especially this third one [Music] why blake that is a big take off neil we’re going that way neil [Laughter] that’s funny shark fin really fun but you could either jump at all neil’s case case it i’d have done both actually yeah there is that there you go great thing about this jump is you can land there and land 10 foot down there and you just about survive and he’s he had to tell the tale just my fault but i’m not down there somewhere [Music] this is the biggest jump on the line and you absolutely bomb into it it’s actually about 35 feet which is not the longest but it’s by far the biggest you go so high on this one yeah well that the long low up there was 37 foot yeah that’s right it’s quite scary that long ago so this is a whopper the air time on this massive but wait there neal where we’ve been landing wait though yeah it’s there oh so that’s more like 43 and a half 44 feet that’s still not bigger than but yeah that’s true so wind hill is still bigger wind hill’s still bigger though i did see you cases jump i did didn’t i so that was more like 33 feet [Laughter] [Music] so after that big one there the first one you got the second one as well which is a little bit smaller than that so i’m saying that’s about 33 foot something it’s not not as big as that one and after this it’s just basically roller road gaps it’s basic it’s like a rhythm section so it’s like all the way straight down there like a motorway there’s a cool feature at the end though actually two so this this uh feature right here they were basically building this whole trail and this thing broke down so they just left it here and jump off it then you land into the last features like a hip so you go left or right kind of like a snowboard hit and then you high five and yeah you’ve just conquered vantalin all right watch this how you’ll be oh [Music] we made it got to the end yeah ankles are intact not much casing going on i think i said this in the last video that i’m just amazed at these places that are just open public come and pay your money come and have a crack i love it yeah exactly let us know in the comments down below where else should we visit in the uk maybe even across the pond or somewhere else let’s check some more big jumps give us a big thumbs up and share this video if you love big jumps see ya
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What's the biggest jump you've ridden? Share your riding stories down below! ๐
visit redbull hardline track
Way too big for me but the new 50:01 line at revs looked insane when I was there. Canโt get over how big the jumps look in real life
Amazing
Would like these type vids to have an unbroken run at the end to show the whole flow
Can you start vanta half way down, or do you have to ride the full line?
I absolutely love these vids, watching you two ride together is always amazing.
Next time 50 to 01 line?
Where else to try?? How about Vancouver Island, beings as most of you guys are already on the west coast?
Tomorrow's video; how to ride whoops
Head to Dark Fest Blake ๐ค๐
You guys should stop by Quรฉbec City on your way back from Whistler! ๐จ๐ฆ Try Sentiers du Moulin and Le Massif and maybe even Empire 47!
Where's the full run from top to bottom? Didn't get any first time hitting everything perfect footage?
Sweet video as always. Doesn't Woburn have the biggest jumps in the UK?
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Go to blue Derby
Come and have a Crack !!!! lol only thing id be cracking is every bone in my body !!!!
Great vid
Geezus you guys can shred!
Shout out next vid bruhโป๏ธ
Y'all are on another level in the UK. SOO many sweet bike parks!
Great video but would love to c longer, uncut GoPro footage
Sitting here with my arm in a sling and a lone tear of longing falling from eye watching this righteously fun video…
Would love to see you guys hit Berm Park next time you're in the States.๐
You guys should come to South Africa and go to Hellsend where they hold Darkfest each year, those are some massive jumps!
Should be going there in a few days. Can't wait. Doubt I'll go on that trail. Way out of my depth
cool
Dirt Farm Wales, full moto line…
Less than 1ยผ hrs drive from gmbn hq
Nice to see that.u need to check out jumps and do run ins and repeats…and not just hit it full run first time with Steeze, as nearly all YouTube vids imply for all youtubers. Glad to see u build up a bit like us jump mortals
You boys should come play at phoenix bike park in Suffolk
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if you guys come to the northwest US you've got to try BlackRock MTB Park in Falls city Oregon it's awesome tons of crazy wood features big drops, big doubles between trees and a few road gaps the coolest looking drop is the skull drop if memory serves right its 13ft off a wood take off over a moss covered rock that looks like a skull
Visit Revolution Bikeparj the 50to01 Line is Massive
How big are the enter the dragon jumps at bpw? They look less tech but possibly longer than vanta
Awesome video ๐ค
Vanta was the track you guys rode some of before didn't you in the rain and decided that you would go back to tackle that rock table if I remember correctly ๐ค
Cracking stuff #GMBN ๐๐ค
lets see some Northwest Arkansas biggest jumps! I know we have some big ones here in Bentonville.
The Dirt Farm ( former black mountains bike park) and the A417 Fly Up have got some whoppers!
Go to La Fenasosa!!!
youre boi hit 45ft gap
Blake and Neil are the reason I love watching this channel!
Please can you go to Revs? It has to be an important one as devastatingly it is closing, ๐