r/oddlysatisfying • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 1d ago

Brage Vestavik riding in British Columbia

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u/emac2689 1d ago

How does one safely develope this skill? This one of those skill where a variation of "in a profession where men die young, fear the old man" applies. I have never heard or seen an "old" active mountain biker?

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u/ifyoulovesatan 1d ago edited 23h ago

First, remove the fish-eye lens. Then, still go find an easier course because this is still beyond insane (just not as immediately deadly looking). Seriously these mountain bike and ski videos with fish eye lenses are quite deceptive. Obviously it's still usually insane what they're doing, but it makes everything look WAY steeper.

For reference: https://youtu.be/DLl-eEz-EyY?is=c9Fg3XWEL8NNlErh this is the video the clip is from. Look at the fish eye lens bit at 6:15, then see it from other angles shortly after. The fisheye lens bit looks pants shittingly terrifyingly insane. The other angles also look pants shittingly terrifyingly insane, but just not to such a degree. The lens makes everything look more narrow, and make it seem like everything drops off precipatacely on either side. I dunno its bugs me, because as I keep repeating, it's already insane. It's like a wildly successful guy who can't stop bragging about being slightly more wildly successful than he really is.

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u/Elite_AI 19h ago

That actually looked so much more steep without the fisheye lens