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Grassroots Cycles Shreds The Evolution Bike Park

by James Flatten
Dec 14, 2011 at 12:24

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During the first weekend of October Crested Butte Mountain Resort opened up their trails for a private Grassroots Cycles throwdown for the entire team. We rallied up our roster of downhill racers, freeriders, dirt jumpers and slopestylers to head up and ride together as one big crew. We never really get the chance to all hang out and shred trails throughout the season, so this weekend was a special occasion for everyone. We've been working with Crested Butte Mountain Resort on some cross promoting, making this trip the perfect opportunity to get everyone together, along with a couple of up and coming filmers and photographers, to document both what we as riders and the Evoluton Bikepark have going on.

One Footy

Pondering the Mega Train

The fall colours were at their peak this weekend and couldn't of been timed any better, a stroke of luck considering I worked out the details for the trip about a month before our arrival. It was pretty sweet to be shredding the golden blanketed trails... It made for some slick and unforgiving sections - good times!

Mount Crested Butte

Peak colors

Trainin some highspeed jumps

bigquotesAs riders, there's nothing better then getting together with a group of like minded bros and riding the type of stuff that makes us happy. That's what this weekend was all about. Its hard to put it into words, but that's what keeps the stoke alive in all of us. Just simply riding and feeding off each other with high fives at the bottom.

Should you ever find yourself in the Crested Butte area, you should make it a point to visit the Evolution Bikepark. They are doing some great things at the mountain, and with the surrounding singletrack and ample amount of camping one could easily get lost and drop off the radar for a few weeks in one of the nicest places in Colorado, if not North America. Grassroots Cycles would like to thank CBMR and the bikepark crew for a memorable weekend of good times with good friends and good trails!

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46 Comments

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flag theflyingdiablo (Dec 15, 2011 at 17:50)
 Any video that gets featured on PB shoud be in HD..
P.S. SICK VIDEO
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flag mmoon (Dec 15, 2011 at 22:15)
 I Disagree, HD Pinkbike videos don't play on my pos computer!
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flag VTwintips (Dec 16, 2011 at 6:13)
 No videos play on my POS computer thanks to Powerpc no longer being supported by adobe flash player.
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flag peddle (Dec 15, 2011 at 18:58)
 Been there, did that. Can we do it again? And, again?!
Is Winter over yet?
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flag peddle (Dec 16, 2011 at 7:24)
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flag EddyDave (Dec 19, 2011 at 3:06)
 Wow, looks even worse from behind! He walk away okay?
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flag jflatten78 (Dec 19, 2011 at 8:17)
 He was shaken not stirred.. Nothin major
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flag omnicell (Dec 15, 2011 at 18:12)
 Nice camera work.. Pull that front tire up..!! Very interesting with a lot of color. Liked that specific show of air contrasting to the field of view..

Caught the feeling of quick speed....
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flag Broso (Dec 15, 2011 at 23:01)
 So the kid I bought my Enduro off of worked at Crested Butte Mountain Resort and was selling it because it was too much bike...why on earth would you only ride XC if you lived near and worked at this place?!?! Fail! Guess his loss was my gain but seriously.

+1 on the Authority Zero
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flag Broso (Dec 22, 2011 at 15:33)
 Neg prop must be his XC booty buddie...lol
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flag madbiker786 (Dec 15, 2011 at 22:34)
 Yeah didnt like the death metal but the riding and park was rad! Man that dude totally nutted himself there at the end! Ouch!!
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flag togood2die (Dec 16, 2011 at 9:38)
 MOTHER EFFIN #%*(#@&%(*#@^&Wink^gbdg*)$(y$()tu$yt(pehg..........

WHY DID I EVER LEAVE &*(#%^#(*&%^ COLORADO???!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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flag pedroa (Dec 15, 2011 at 17:28)
 The Park is looking good... Some sick trails !
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flag MrDuck (Dec 16, 2011 at 3:09)
 Now this is what makes me wanna ride. Sweet vid, and finally once again with good music. More than good actually, more of that please!
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flag kyle89 (Dec 15, 2011 at 21:28)
 In the last 20 sec dude Helllaaa over shot the landing...reminds me of myself haha
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flag jruland (Dec 15, 2011 at 20:23)
 Damn that makes me wanna ride. Ya Roots!
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flag motomatt970 (Dec 16, 2011 at 9:08)
 Hell yeah boys! I cant wait to come ride with you all this spring!
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flag peddle (Dec 16, 2011 at 10:13)
 Sorry matt, tapped the wrong prop button on my phone! Props!
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flag motomatt970 (Dec 16, 2011 at 13:41)
 All good bro!
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flag NoahColorado (Dec 16, 2011 at 14:26)
 Neg propped you for fun Matt! Sorry! haha
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flag shredlightly (Dec 16, 2011 at 14:39)
 Strong work men! Love the vid and the shots. Roots crew rocks my socks.
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flag BIGD11 (Dec 15, 2011 at 19:14)
 The guy on the nomad is really good.
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flag peddle (Dec 15, 2011 at 19:28)
 Only one on a trail bike!
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flag NoahColorado (Dec 15, 2011 at 19:32)
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flag jruland (Dec 15, 2011 at 20:15)
 Silky Shuman! Noah why is it you were only in the video for 1.1 seconds? haha kinda.
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flag NoahColorado (Dec 16, 2011 at 9:10)
 I'm glad you asked. You can see me in the Crested Roots video at :30-31, what you don't see is what happened on the next segment of trail. That video can be found here: http://vimeo.com/30602379
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flag stever (Dec 16, 2011 at 7:34)
 Wow, the scenery in that place looks fantastic.
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flag Williss (Dec 17, 2011 at 20:22)
 LOL at the guy about to eat dirt at 7:15!
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flag MTB-RnD (Dec 15, 2011 at 18:45)
 Nice work Grassroots!
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flag jthefoo (Dec 15, 2011 at 17:22)
 Sick!
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flag dinosaurinachinastore (Dec 15, 2011 at 17:50)
 Those berms look tasty, makes me miss living in CO even more! Nice riding boys
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flag kylepape (Dec 16, 2011 at 0:02)
 thats the worst eating the dirt wile in the middle of a train
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flag Opinions (Dec 15, 2011 at 18:40)
 What a gorgeous place! Riding there would never get boring.
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flag epavichthesavage (Dec 15, 2011 at 18:39)
 This park looks so damn sick
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flag Gimpie7 (Dec 15, 2011 at 18:36)
 Was psyco rocks trail not open? That trail is a tech riders dream!
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flag jflatten78 (Dec 15, 2011 at 18:50)
 Yeah it was. Gonna do more vids up there. Gotta save some fresh footy for later Wink
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flag devonbalet Plus (Dec 16, 2011 at 10:33)
 I tried for weeks to hand off my psyco rocks footage but quinn couldn't get his act together.
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flag jflatten78 (Dec 16, 2011 at 10:55)
 He was doing a bunch of grad projects for school man. Not like he was sitting around not doing anything... He's still going to do another vid for us to send to sponsors. He should be getting a hold of you soon...
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flag Camoguy1 (Dec 14, 2011 at 14:55)
 Nice! Shred it up, can't wait till next season!
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flag njhop (Dec 15, 2011 at 20:11)
 the second song was horrible
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flag meattray (Dec 15, 2011 at 20:18)
 funny how different it looks without race/line tape up
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flag PennyFarthingDH (Dec 16, 2011 at 1:17)
 That bike park loooks sooooo sick!
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flag yelyayan1976 (Dec 15, 2011 at 20:48)
 7:13-7:14 Nice leg extension...
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flag DiegoRo (Dec 18, 2011 at 16:50)
 yeaaah!!
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flag skippy888 (Dec 15, 2011 at 22:08)
 Get STOKED!
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flag HebMT (Dec 15, 2011 at 20:06)
 Authority Zero... Great song choice, nice vid!
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