Stil er alt. Nogle ryttere har flows så individuelle, at du kan genkende rytteren på lang afstand, når de kommer flyvende ned af singletracken eller over berms. Men hvor kommer den stil fra? Er det noget, som kommer naturligt eller er det en del af deres DNA? Eller er det absorberet gennem deres gang i mountainbikemiljøet? For Matt Hunter og Matty Miler er det naturen mod naturen. For begge kommer deres stil naturligt, kombineret med talentet i deres DNA og skaber deres unikke stil på sporet.

Det er nemt at se, hvorfor Kamloops er himmelkst for alle ryttere. Sporene er magiske, skovene er frodige og stemningen er så afslappet, at det minder om en film. Men det er også her, hvor to gange Matty mødtes første gang og et langt venskab startede. Da MOTIVE blev lanceret til Crankworx var deres specielle forhold et fokuspunkt, som de ønskede at vise verden.

Gode spor er fortryllende. De lader dig føle deres intense flow og giver dig en fantastisk følelse af tilslutning med underlaget, som ikke kan blive brudt, men mindre du rammer bunden af sporet. Berms, hop, rock gardens og alt indimellem er hvad vi lever for, og når du finder det perfekte det perfekte spor vil du ikke andet end køre det igen og igen. Sporet i videoen er den perfekte kombination af alle disse dele og er blevet til efter mange dage med troldmænd i skoven, med skovle og trillebøre har de skabt det perfekte spor, som de ved kun varer 45-60 sekunder. Vi har taget en snak med sporbygningstroldmændene Dylan Dunkterton og Curtis Robinson, for at se, hvordan de gør det.

Q: Let’s think of the woods as a blank canvas for a second—what sort of things are you looking for when scoping out a potential new line for a trail?

Dylan: The most important thing is gauging the work vs. reward. Some lines are so natural and ready for features, but with the scale we work at now, some things take a lot more to bring to life than you initially think. I'm always looking for areas with the best visuals and natural looking, potential lines. It's really easy to take on way too much when starting any trail. It's a ton of really hard work. It's difficult to stay motivated when you're moving mountains of rock and wood...but if it's worth the work, we’ve gotta [sic]make it happen.

Curtis: Generally the location, grade, and style are a great place to start. Utilizing the natural contours where you see fit for the given application. Ideas tend to jump out at you the more you look around for potential options or routes.

Q: What elements make up a good trail, and what is your idea of the dream trail?

Curtis: Key elements for me would be flow, good turns, pumpy, and some sort of air time in between. My dream trail(s) are already at Coast Gravity Park, we've been lucky enough to bring multiple dream trails to life over the past few years. I feel spoiled.

Dylan: The dream trail is a never ending, always changing idea. I think the dream trail is usually the last one we built. Then it's on to the next. There are so many elements that make up a great trail, the potential and options are limitless. That's the beauty of building trail—it can be interpreted and created in any way you could dream. That's why we love it so much, we get to ride whatever we can dream up. Hard work is worth it.

Q: What do you personally get out of the experience of building a trail? What does it feel like to see people enjoying it?

Curtis: I like that you can add, take away, and change exactly what you want if you know what you're looking for. It gives you a different feeling than just riding a new trail blind—you get to know it well before you even hop on the bike.

Dylan: I get so much out of building a trail from the creative side and the riding side of things. Now with the bike park, it has evolved into not only me enjoying our work, but now anyone can come and have a good time on the trails.

Q: How and where did you first learn to build trails?

Curtis: I was introduced to trail building when I was 11 through my friend’s dad. He brought me out and put a rake in my hands and said “Go”—I was hooked. Through high school, my older brother started to get more serious with his trail work and began building progressive freeride lines for the later Kranked films. This was a huge source of inspiration for me, as well as a direction I was really into at the time.

Dylan: Like any kid, it all started building ramps and bridges down the side of my driveway. My dad, being a carpenter, gave me an old framing saw [and] I went to town cutting stringers and banging nails through old mill scraps all the way down the driveway. It all grew from there, and as I got older and bigger, so did the lines and the methods used to create them. With the guidance of my old man, and some crucial tools, Curt and I were able to build whatever we could dream of.

Q: Tell us a little about the trail in the film. How would you describe it?

Curtis: We built a few things since the snow melt. One freeride line with multi-hit features through the line that Dyl and I both rode, [and] we also built another separate DH trail and jump trail at CGP (Coast Gravity Park). These lines are something that we really enjoy riding, but it’s still a good challenge that pushes us. It feels good when a line works top-to-bottom.

Dylan: Every piece of trail is different, and depending on terrain, each zone throws its own curve balls and challenges into each build. With the lines for this film, we spend 28 days straight on the top-to-bottom wood feature line, with over 400 man-hours invested between us and our buddies and another week on the loam line.

We have been dreaming of downhill skipper pads built on top of stumps or rocks. One day walking through the bush, I stumbled upon the perfect rock with a perfect run out, and that was it—that was what we were dreaming of. And after checking out the run in, I noticed more potential above, and more above that. This evolved and mutated into a huge top-to-bottom mega build with three on/off pad features and some sick slick rock sections. Dream line achieved.

Det føltes som om, det kom ud af ingenting – en skrøbelig lille 14-årig dreng, som brød reglerne og kørte verdensmesterskaberne i Crankworx i 2014. Det var en kampagne, #LetFinnIn, som fik ham til start, men det var også mange års træning og besættelse af at komme til verdensmesterskaberne, som drev værket. Det er vigtigt at huske, at intet kommer fra ingenting. Finn Iles greb ikke bare cyklen og tænkte, ’Hey, jeg prøver det her’. Med Whistler i baghaven har Finn Iles de bedste forudsætninger for at træne og opleve de tekniske spor – lige siden han var 11 år. Her få år senere har Finn domineret juniorrækkerne og nu er han en del af den professionelle scene, efter utallige verdensmesterskaber i juniorrækkerne og en samlet world cup sejr.

Men hvor kommer motivationen fra? Hans ønskede om ikke brae at vinde, men at køre så stærkt, som hans ben tillader. I Motive mødes Finn Iles med the Coastal Crew og tager til Vancouver Island, hvor de bygger og tester spor. Første gang han mødtes med Curtis Robinson og Dylan Dunkerton var i 2009, hvor de var hans trænere på en træningslejr. Siden da har både Finn og the Coastal Crew defineret deres egen stil og gået hver sin retning, men for dem, så er det aldrig et dårligt tidspunkt at mødes og køre sammen igen. I flere dage har holdet rejst sporene rundt og filmet Finn, når han kører på de bedste spor og samlet spor til MOTIVE.

Motive er skabt i samarbejde med filmtalenter fra Mind Spark Cinema og de talentfulde ryttere og filmproducenter fra Coastal Crewet (Curtis Robinson og Dylan Dunkerton. Motive er optaget på tværs af Nordmaerika og er en samling af den gennemgående stil og progression Curtis Robinson, Dylan Dunkerton, Finn Iles, Garret Mechem, Matt Miles og Matt Hunter gennemgår.