What is mountain biking about?
This great video by Filme von Draussen questions what mountain biking is really about. The best part about the sport for me is the ability to make every trail experience different. Some days it is about finding flow and extracting every single bit of speed out of a trail. For other days, it can be about a stress relief and channeling my life by beating up a local trail.
Mountain biking is open to interpretation. Every trail experience becomes a new adventure, experience and memory. Even that same trail that you have ridden 1,000 times before takes on new meaning as you bring your emotions into the ride.
Mountain biking for me is more than just riding a bicycle on dirt…it has become an integral part of my life providing more than just an activity to do with friends on the weekend. It preserves my mental and physical health while providing a creative outlet that keeps me begging for more. For this rider, mountain biking is more than the bike and the trail…it makes me who I am today.
Your own experience is out there…you just have to go out and ride.