Video: Niko Velasco Rips Through Scorched Trails in South Africa
After a fire burned through the night on Niko's farm, he had to make sure the trails survived.
Filmed by Thomas Sandell
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13 Comments
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gspottickles918
FL (Dec 19, 2020 at 19:51)
Sick 6ft shralpcloud at the end
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disruptiveone
FL (Dec 19, 2020 at 18:10)
When Nico is first talking one can see the fire damage. Did it only get to that section? Further down it is still very green.
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nikovelasco
(Dec 20, 2020 at 2:57)
Top and bottom stayed intact. Whole middle section burnt
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peytodog
FL (Dec 19, 2020 at 18:59)
glad to see that the area was saved, could have been a lot worse by the looks of it. Great ripping too,
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Rhymer
(Dec 19, 2020 at 19:55)
Cool fire breaks! The firefighters were probably stoked to see those trails.
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BetterRide
FL (Dec 19, 2020 at 15:04)
Glad to see the trails weren't harmed in the fire! It does look dry though. Stay safe.
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jmtbf
(Dec 19, 2020 at 16:24)
Why did it burn?
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nikovelasco
(Dec 20, 2020 at 3:01)
Suspect it was man made. 3 fires started that day.
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StancoZerOne
(Dec 19, 2020 at 23:35)
Great riding in a different scenario, well done!
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cmj1254
(Dec 19, 2020 at 17:38)
very cool video!
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