Off The Radar - Brendan Howey

by Mike Zinger

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I wanted to go back to Cali to ride in warm weather with the locs! AT's showdown was coming up in a few weeks, so lots of friends were headed to San Fran. The side by side format sounded like so much fun with a huge rider's list it had to be sick. A week before I left I asked Mike Zinger if he wanted to go on a last minute roadtrip to Santa Cruz and San Fran for AT's showdown. He had just about nothing better to do so he was down! Our plan was just that we were going to drive to Cali, crash at Fogel's, eat lots of Burritos, ride in the sun with friends and film it. I brought my downhill bike too because it's the most fun to shred and on the rainy days we hit some really fun trails. AT's showdown was more fun than I could have expected and everyone killed it. No one got hurt besides Chubey hitting his head too hard and the jumps were big and fun. I was happy about qualifying 7th and psyched to see Ryan Howard getting 2nd place. Mike Zinger got productive too and killed it behind the lens! Enjoy!

Getting wet

Flowing at post office

56 Comments

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flag classicmoto (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:34)
 Never commented on a dirt jump video/segment but that guy riding the blue bike at the beginning just makes it look soooo simple. Nice style, very smooth!
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flag RideBikess (Nov 29, 2011 at 12:14)
 Yeah, Howey style is pretty sick, you dont need to do tricks to be good at biking, just have to ride very smooth with some style, awsome video Mike! Posted
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flag rubbermeetsmud (Nov 29, 2011 at 12:31)
 anyobdy know the first song?? knarly edddiitt braaa
  • + 3
flag rubbermeetsmud (Nov 29, 2011 at 13:26)
 found it, Strange talk- eskimo boy.... for anyone else wanting to know!
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flag poozank (Nov 29, 2011 at 16:25)
 you almost need a flashlight in that forrest
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flag lmbngtracer7975 (Nov 29, 2011 at 21:01)
 absolutely effortless!
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flag biker-Boy808 (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:05)
 Looks sooo good! I want it to be summer right now!! I'm going to have a stroke because i want to ride my bike so bad watching this!
  • + 12
flag Orsumness (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:42)
 To make you feel better, in Australia summer is just getting in to full swing with the sea temperature just hotting up enough to go surfing and the trails looking prime. Haha : )
  • + 2
flag iamamodel (Nov 28, 2011 at 23:43)
 And we can ride all winter long.
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flag stumper21 (Nov 29, 2011 at 0:50)
 and even in california is winter, we can still ride all day long with out an issue
  • + 6
flag Vulpine (Nov 29, 2011 at 9:23)
 yeah.. here in my country we can ride all year.. but C'mon! everybody want's ride the Bikeparks of Canada in summer.. :/
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flag CamP1 (Nov 29, 2011 at 16:31)
 Stuff Auzzie. NZ is where it is at atm!!. The trails are perfect and the jumps are all freshly groomed. Its a worldwide fact that NZ is far better than Auzzie.
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flag Orsumness (Nov 29, 2011 at 17:55)
 Ah yeah. NZ is the best if you like shagging sheep........! haha. Some aspects of NZ are better but not many.
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flag iamamodel (Nov 29, 2011 at 18:07)
 NZ is on my MTB hitlist. I have some friends that have ridden in many countries and they say NZ is the best.
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flag Orsumness (Nov 29, 2011 at 18:56)
 Nah, I've been to NZ and it was good riding and friendly super chilled people.
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flag sushimami (Nov 30, 2011 at 22:47)
 if you wanna know why Canada produces the best riders in the world it's cause we do ride all year, even during the harsh winters! Smile
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flag stumper21 (Dec 2, 2011 at 0:05)
 how
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flag sushimami (Dec 4, 2011 at 17:36)
 big tires and plenty of extra tubes
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flag stumper21 (Dec 6, 2011 at 9:57)
 not bad it sounds like fun riding in the snow.
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flag justinwyper (Nov 29, 2011 at 0:54)
 Zigger is such a boss! best short on pinkbike I have seen in a very long time! Howey I want you baby's!
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flag FRguild (Nov 29, 2011 at 13:06)
 Only tourists and out of towners call it "San Fran". We'll give you guys a pass this one time since you rip so hard!

SF, The City, San Francisco, the Bay, NorCal
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flag Yarlezy (Nov 29, 2011 at 14:47)
 I thought it was called the Fris, Like you call up yer brews and say "fellas we're goin to shred the Fris."
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flag Gibbons757 (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:27)
 I wonder what camera they used cause this video has amazing quality, sick views, sick weather, and I just want to go shred right now.
  • + 2
flag singletrailrider (Nov 28, 2011 at 23:43)
 Yeah everything was sick, the whole movie was sick, but that forrest segment was the illest..
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flag MikeZinger Plus (Nov 29, 2011 at 0:07)
 I used a Canon 5DmkII for this, which got water damage from the dh rain section.
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flag hardlyworthwatching (Nov 29, 2011 at 2:19)
 hit that with a quick dislike
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flag TTDesigns (Nov 29, 2011 at 3:29)
 @MikeZinger Dude, that sucks man. Aren't the canons made for rugged outdoors?
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flag boxxer27 (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:08)
 All this winter needs to be over already. I want riding season back!

Or I need to move to a different hemisphere
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flag lukelovesbikes (Nov 29, 2011 at 22:53)
 the DH part was soooooo nice
only complaint is that they should've kept the riding sound in, it made the video seem detached from the audio without it
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flag scatology (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:16)
 40lbs bikes to do all mountain trail!!!
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flag Madscotty (Dec 1, 2011 at 11:57)
 Just saw BRENDAN HOWEY in the news feed and knew i'd spend the rest of my day watching this clip Smile
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flag rossfr (Nov 29, 2011 at 10:41)
 the guy on the blue bike at the start was so smooth
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flag LTmtb (Dec 2, 2011 at 22:14)
 didn't recognize so many pros at AT . . . damn, at least it wasn't as many as sea otter.
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flag james1 (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:25)
 Australias summer has just started Smile
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flag Mdcbiking (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:09)
 Cali at its Best
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flag ZachTurple (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:44)
 Alright scratch that comment from Semenuk Wandering, THAT, was the best video I've ever watched on pinkbike.
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  • + 1
flag silverstarrocker (Nov 29, 2011 at 15:56)
 why do some people put there forks backwords
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flag surgesunday (Nov 29, 2011 at 13:04)
 Sick vid! Whats the name of the first song?
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flag rubbermeetsmud (Nov 29, 2011 at 13:27)
 eskimo boy- strange talk
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flag Stpd (Nov 29, 2011 at 15:41)
 what type of camera did you use?
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flag semenuk-fan (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:21)
 Talk about some barspins/xups in that second rider
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flag svdhrider (Nov 29, 2011 at 16:26)
 they're not that pinned on the trail...
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flag simonsilver (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:33)
 YO killin it zinger and howey
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flag brockanderson (Nov 28, 2011 at 23:31)
 sick colors in the DH part Mike!
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flag oskarc (Nov 29, 2011 at 16:05)
 finally a good soundtrack! the organ kicks ass!
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flag tabletop84 (Nov 29, 2011 at 4:31)
 Goodmusic!
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flag Rider656 (Nov 28, 2011 at 23:12)
 Come to SoCal... I'll show you some dh trails!
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flag dirtluck (Nov 28, 2011 at 22:22)
 rad video. no doubt the side by side format kicked ass!!!
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flag GermanyFreeride (Nov 29, 2011 at 6:24)
 nice rainy downhill.
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flag mtbtacolover (Nov 29, 2011 at 11:02)
 sick video!
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flag giantman817 (Nov 29, 2011 at 10:10)
 that was reallly awesome
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flag Felix316 (Nov 29, 2011 at 6:57)
 Sex.
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flag Dhracer97 (Nov 29, 2011 at 17:50)
 No.
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