The latest opus from the Private Sport Shop ambassador is a condensed version of the best lines he has ridden in North America and Hawaii. A great new video that should make you want to get on your bike and ride.
We left him last February with Fuegohis video shot in South America on fabulous spots like the active volcanoes of Guatemala. But Kilian Bron never stops and this time he chose to go further north on the American continent to ride lines and spots just as incredible in the United States, Canada and Hawaii. In this latest opus called "Cross Countries" (produced with his sidekick Pierre Henni and photographer Jean-Baptiste Liautard), the Private Sport Shop ambassador takes us to the mountain bike mecca of British Columbia (Squamish), where there are countless trails perfect for mountain biking.
"I've always dreamed of getting lost in the great outdoors, both in the mountains and in desert landscapes," says Kilian. "The American continent is an ideal place to do this but with a different approach to accessing the mountains as we know it in France for example. The goal is always to share my sometimes offbeat vision of cycling, in unusual environments that I seek to sublimate as I evolve. It is a real artistic approach, adapting to the existing and adding my means of expression, which is most often the bike.
In "Cross Countries", the diversity is fascinating. Whether you find the Frenchman on a descent through the dense, dark forests of Squamish Jurassic Five and Train Gap in Pemberton, British Columbia, or in the heart of New York City's skyscrapers with the bikelife through Slickrock in Moab, Utah, all of the Commencal rider's lines are done in a unique setting. This is also the case in Hawaii, where the archipelago is more famous for its surfing spots, but also has some perfect trails for mountain biking like this ridge line in Honolulu.
"For years now, I've been orienting my mountain biking around atypical and visually impressive places, most of the time far from bike parks and trail centers" Kilian explains. "All these places fascinate me, as well as the meetings associated with them, without forgetting the production work that is behind a film like this. I don't conceive of adventure or expedition by staying within predefined frameworks and spaces. And it is precisely on this subject where we had to adapt in North America, by accentuating more the other aces of creativity, like the sequence of the varied spots in radically different decorations, or the light scenarization of some American clichés, to be taken obviously in the second degree."
"Today, I am starting to fight in the heart of our mountains to preserve this freedom. A process that sometimes becomes political, but which requires a lot of dialogue, so that the next generation can take advantage of this freedom and express itself in turn as I did. From my passion for cycling to the discovery of new places, my message is also to defend this concept, through this speech and our artistic approach. I express myself by proposing this set, sometimes breaking the codes and assuming my ideas, as long as they make sense."
Note that Kilian Bron will be present in the Drôme on May 23rd for a day of riding. From 10:45 am to 12:00 pm, he will discuss with students of the high school of Romans-sur-Isère about the benefits of sports. In the early afternoon, at the Valence prison, he will talk to the prisoners about rehabilitation through sport, before joining the local mountain bikers for a ride of about an hour. The day will end, at 6:30 pm, at the media library of Mours-Saint-Eusèbe, with a book signing of his book "Vertige Tout Terrain", a book where Kilian tells his most beautiful adventures and his passion for mountain biking.
