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Kris Foster Freeriding a Moto is Seriously Rowdy

Aug 24, 2017
by Brian Park  

Mountain biking has taken influences from everything from BMX to big mountain skiing, so it's always cool to see mountain bike influences in other sports. Kris Foster is a madman.

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149 Comments
  • 132 1
 It's a new ebike with a sound box thingy !
  • 49 0
 It's called a BraaaaapBox.
  • 9 1
 See, isn't it obvious dirt bikes and pedal assist is the SAME thing.
  • 91 3
 I know this is pink bike and it is not a "moto" website but that was worthy of the whole Internet sharing it.....
  • 22 3
 All the real moto edits are worth watching
  • 6 0
 @adrennan: All the real ________ edits are incredible. I'm so glad X Games has been doing this series. I'd really love to see something similar in mountain biking
  • 3 0
 I've only watched two or three moto videos in my whole life...I watched this one four times so far. That was nuts. I had no idea. That flying sensation must be absolutely incredible. Or is it too terrifying to appreciate just how amazing it feels?

How much suspension travel do these machines have?
  • 8 0
 Oh...I used to play some PS2 offroad game that had moto but I assumed it was mostly fake; turns out it's mostly not.
  • 2 0
 @ecologist: A 2016 CRF450R has 12" of travel, but weighs 248 lbs.
  • 1 0
 @Track5200: Thanks! Wow...that's kind of not a lot (travel). Weight doesn't seem that unreasonable either considering what they can do, and take.
  • 3 0
 @Track5200: Ouch, a 2017 KTM 450SXF weighs 220.

Also dirt bike suspension weighs about 30 pounds, doesn't have to worry about pedal bob, and usually has more available adjustments than you can shake a stick at, and so it feels--to my untrained posterior, anyway--about 100x better than MTB squish, even though the actual travel isn't that much longer. I think the (rotating) mass of the dirt bike makes it deflect less, too, and the tires have so much sidewall that's a form of suspension itself.

You can also drop like 13 grand on dirt bike suspension if you feel like it--does such a phenomenon exist in MTB?
  • 2 0
 @JustinLund: For sure, you hear that @pinkbike ?!?!
  • 1 1
 @ryetoast:

re: 13 grand...they're trying hard and I think they're getting close. It is coming.
  • 36 3
 Rather watch that as a one off than some dudes skidding the f*ck out of A-Line or where ever, with the 1 minute warm up, the rain shot, the staring shot, the google shot..tbh if its not Scott Serco or Cadwell shot it's usually not all that

have i just shot myself in the foot ?
  • 4 1
 Caldwell is God
  • 7 0
 You forgot bike on-and-off tailgate shot, pulling espresso shot, spinning pedal shot, etc.
  • 18 1
 Insane.
  • 17 3
 I see them, they are everywhere... miserable haters, every where you go. I think they are also known as 'pinkbikers' and dicks.
  • 15 3
 I thought this was super cool.
To all you haters out there, where do you think mountain bike suspension came from? Check out a 1990 moto bike as compared to a 1990 mountain bike... Look at how big this dude is sending it! Makes most things on a mountain bike look pretty small.
And you can get 50hp and some serious travel for the same price as a lot of pedal bikes!!
  • 4 9
flag rockyflowtbay FL (Aug 25, 2017 at 7:00) (Below Threshold)
 Bender goes bigger.....
  • 7 1
 @rockyflowtbay: Bender "Went" bigger.....
  • 5 0
 @scotttherider: I'm sure he still rides
  • 3 0
 Ya, im wearing down my wife for a moto. All the best riders cross train with them too. Like every riders off season edits featured some moto riding. The 2 are compliments and i love seeing both.
  • 2 0
 @scotttherider: Bender kept falling off, as awesome as he was.
  • 1 6
flag PinkyScar (Aug 25, 2017 at 11:09) (Below Threshold)
 Please buy a motorbike and shred some private land. After, get gooned and watch Crusty Demons on repeat. Can't wait for mountain bikes to become the pedally little cousin to moto. Mountain biking on multi-use trails and public land is doomed if mtb aligns itself with moto culture. But maybe all the resort, lift access riders don't give a s---
  • 2 0
 @rockyflowtbay: very true. I think he's gotten away from his f*ck it huck it ways though.
  • 15 1
 Riding dirt bikes made me a phenomenally better MTB rider. I recommend it to all. Hobbies with knobbies Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Secret is out!
  • 15 6
 www.pinkmotobike.com
  • 13 2
 I was hoping that was a real thing
  • 2 1
 @npleshek: there did used to be a version of the page for moto
  • 6 1
 @npleshek: It actually works... except its www.pinkmotorbike.com
  • 1 1
 @yetiboyjay: There used to be a chain something moto site right?
  • 4 1
 @KRVZ: That´s sick Big Grin Big Grin

pinkmotorbike.com

If your legs are limp enough to justify motoring your PinkBike, we are sorry for you and you will be redirected to what you're looking for in a few seconds , if redirection doesn't work, please click here.
  • 2 0
 Vitalmx and vitalmtb
  • 2 0
 @Caiokv: Yeah that's it. I couldn't recall the name but I think it did have the word Chain in it.
  • 8 3
 After all that stuff...MTB "gaps" look pathetic.

Awesome video, I think it really broadens our minds what is possible to do on two wheels.

Good job PB!
  • 8 2
 Loved that, something different!
  • 1 3
 Nothing that new appart from the backflips and spins, I mostly feel like I'm just looking at a new school version of Terrafirma or Custy Demons... Wich is cool in a way !
  • 2 1
 Totally! Crusty 3 is still the best bike movie ever in my opinion@KRVZ:
  • 7 2
 MOAR!!!!!! I want more moto vids with mtb freeride style filming! Love the nose bonk at the start
  • 7 2
 movies for your monday material
  • 2 1
 Pretty sure this is what the local kids think they look like when they take their stolen dirtbikes down to our trails. Unfortunately they don't seem to actually take off from them, rather, they stop on top of them and roost the lips away.
  • 7 3
 Motocross Madness... Are we back to the 90's ?
  • 5 0
 I could do that.
  • 9 0
 I invented the question mark.
  • 4 0
 @bigtim: How's Chloe doing? Did she ever get the webbed feet sorted out?
  • 2 2
 @bigtim: I invented "the"
  • 4 1
 Holy crap, I just looked up how big the last gap was, from launch to landing it was 225ft! That's insane. Eek
  • 2 0
 So can pinkbike just delete the profiles of the peeps down below. How can anyone show hate on that vid. That was absolutely sick!
  • 4 1
 eBike week just got a whole lot better
  • 4 1
 Nice pitch correction near the end.
  • 5 1
 He was in the air soooo long he could have had his lunch up there, crazy amount of control and and speed.
  • 3 0
 Damn, how big was that last move, that looked like over 100ft from launch to landing, that crazy! Eek I took a sip from my coffee and a bite out of my egg sandwich and he was still in the air!
  • 3 0
 @dirtyrig: It's 225 feet.
  • 2 0
 @jwrendenver: That's crazy right!?
  • 5 1
 So fucking rad!
  • 3 2
 It's a cool video, but I thought Axell Hodges's was more rad... foster's last huck was killer though!

xgames.espn.com/xgames/real/20123805/real-moto-2017
  • 3 2
 1000% agree!! He's holding it down for my home town boys here in Encinitas CA!
  • 2 1
 Wow all the edits are just sick. Thanks for the link.
  • 1 1
 Gotta support my neighbors!
  • 3 1
 Props to the huge airs and seriously excessive speed it takes to huck a 200 + pound bike!
  • 6 3
 please stop posting this moto crap, this is an E-mtb site
  • 2 0
 If no theres no mtb riders doing it anymore, pinkbike has to post moto guys sending dunes and hucking cliffs!
  • 3 1
 Give him a run at Rampage......could be epic?!?
  • 5 1
 He'd send it to flat. Every. Single. Time.
  • 3 1
 @WAKIdesigns: top of rampage to flat!!!!! That would be epic
  • 3 0
 Just like stickman game
  • 7 7
 How does this man walk? Or fit his legs around that bike? He must have balls the size of melons to be pulling some of those moves
  • 14 2
 As a quote I heard somewhere.... The 'He must have huge balls' analogy is so far off the mark. Balls are soft and squidgy, and one little tap and you are rolling round on the ground in agony. However, a vagina is much tougher and can take a real pounding. So I reckon he must have a huge vag.
  • 2 2
 In Elvish "mellon" means friend
  • 6 1
 @bigtim: “Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”

- Betty White (Golden Girls)
  • 1 0
 @bigtim: That wasn't the only quote you'd heard before eh Wink
  • 3 1
 I loved it, some big tricks in there!
  • 2 0
 Fuck waki beat me too it.
  • 2 0
 those drops and gaps were massive. good video
  • 2 0
 Like old school NWD! Ah that Marzocchi truck.....
  • 2 0
 What a NUTCASE. I've never seen anything like that in my entire life.
  • 3 1
 wow. made my day.
  • 3 2
 That is one of the most insane things I have ever witnessed :O
  • 3 2
 Redbull rampage should have a freeride MOTOCROSS edition.
  • 1 0
 That'd be dope.
  • 1 0
 @therealtylerdurden: oh yeah that would
  • 1 0
 @RedBurn: f*ck yeah
  • 1 0
 @therealtylerdurden: you read it here first Smile I m sure it will come one day
  • 1 0
 @RedBurn: haha hell yeah
  • 1 0
 Siiiiiiiiiiiiick! So so rad!!
  • 1 0
 Damn now I see the difference between motobike and bike suspension :O
  • 1 0
 Kamloops brings out the best in us. BC does it best! Yewww!!!
  • 1 0
 Thank god I am already to old for learning moto freeride Smile
  • 1 0
 That's probably the sickest thing I've ever seen on a dirt bike
  • 1 0
 I'm not a MX fan but this guy is awesome...
  • 2 1
 No comment.
  • 18 0
 Ironic, since that is a comment....
  • 8 0
 No reply to that
  • 2 1
 I don't have a pinkbike profile
  • 3 2
 horrrry sheeeeet!
  • 2 1
 О е !!!
  • 2 1
 He should get a bicycle.
  • 2 2
 Could have been more Enduro!
  • 2 1
 Hucking mental! Smile
  • 1 1
 sorry which one of the MASSIVE SENDERS is that you were referring to?
  • 2 1
 Sweet ebike video!
  • 1 1
 Looks like a Rampage run from 6 years ago, come on Moto, keep up Wink
  • 1 1
 This looks like a rampage run from 6 yeas ago, come on Moto keep up Wink
  • 1 1
 This looks like a rampage run from 6 yeas ago, come on Moto keep up
  • 4 7
 Are any other motorcycle riders and motocross racers specifically sick of hearing people refer to mx bikes as "motos"? Every time I hear it I picture white sunglasses and 1000ml energy drink cans.... please stop say motos.
  • 11 0
 Moto
  • 4 0
 Did one tuff Moto mutha just ask if we can get all PC about his brapppetty brap hobby? Do fill us in on the compassionate term for motor-driven off-road two-wheeled vehicle activities dear linguistically sensitive throttle twister B-D
  • 2 1
 Easy steezy breezy
  • 2 1
 Tree tail tap is nasty!
  • 2 1
 Mental
  • 2 1
 so siiiiiiick
  • 1 1
 freeride Spirit..... has a engine...
  • 1 1
 Sorry...is this pinkbike...?
  • 1 0
 And? Quit yer bitchin, bud.
  • 1 2
 ok i m convinced -getting one of those cool ebikes asap
  • 2 2
 Sickness.
  • 1 2
 One feature was from the horsepower edit of Brett Rheeder or am I wrong?
  • 1 1
 Yawn.
  • 1 1
 Treat as ebike
  • 1 0
 So... f*ck your mom with it?
  • 1 2
 The f, ing shiet ry der.
  • 2 5
 I didn't know this was pinkmoto?
  • 1 0
 Stfu.
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