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Full Film: The Tour De Gnar 2023

Oct 10, 2023
by Yoann Barelli  

Words: Yoann Barelli

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the 3rd edition of the Tour de Gnar!

Tour de Gnar is a gathering of riders from around the world, both women and men, taking on the gnarliest features of Sea to Sky, BC, Canada, all in a single day.
This 15-hour beast of a journey began at 6 a.m. in Squamish, with the plan to conquer 15 features all the way to Rutherford in Pemberton.

For this year's edition, we had 30 riders, compared to 10 last year and only 2 the year before. More riders means less time for each rider to analyze and safely navigate the features, as for most, it was their first time tackling them all.

Two days of rain leading up to the tour made the terrain extremely slippery, adding an extra element of gnarliness! As you can imagine, this year was a bit of a rodeo, so fasten your seat belts, everyone, and enjoy the show.

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We would also like to take this opportunity to promote our friend Aven's fundraiser. Aven had a crash a few days after the tour and is now suffering from a spinal cord injury. After 10 weeks in the ICU in Vancouver, he needs all the support from our community. I invite you to make a donation; even the smallest amount can make a huge difference in his life.

GOFUNDME US AND INTERNATIONAL.
GOFUNDME CANADA.
I RIDE FOR AVEN PHOTO AUCTION FUNDRAISER.

We would like to thanks the search and rescue teams in the Sea to sky corridor for continuously saving the lives of all of us playing in the woods, and sometimes putting ourselves in very tricky situations. All these people are volunteers and also need our support.
A donation will go a long ways.

SQUAMISH SAR.
WHISTLER SAR.
PEMBERTON SAR.
NORTHSHORE RESCUE.

Thank you so much for taking part and supporting this beast of a journey, we will be back next year, with even more riders, women and men !!

Filmed by Stuart Costello and Mason Copeland @stuminous @most_cope
Edited by Stuart Costello@stuminous
Drone operator Nic Nolet @nnolet
Thumbnail Photo @backpackerphotos

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39 Comments
  • 45 0
 Tour de Gnar made me start building lines with my kids. Tour de Gnar inspired me to put more Free in my Ride. Thank you Tour de Gnar.
  • 15 1
 Awesome to hear Smile !!! Send it - safely !!
  • 31 1
 When you leave out media coverage BS you end up with this gold! Which is better than slopestyle to watch and will probably be better than Rampage to watch. Feel for the athletes at the mercy of media coverage, lets the wind delays rage on.
  • 13 1
 I forgot Only Fans was sponsoring MTB riders lol.
  • 2 0
 They actually needed to branch out from their....other content....because they were at risk of losing payment provider support.
  • 2 1
 @ezryder613: maybe there will be women OnlyFans Rampage next year, cuz redbull is not interested
  • 2 0
 @ezryder613: Didn't that kinda bite him in the ass though? I thought I remember reading that the UCI wasn't letting him enter any events because of his affiliation. Which is stupid
  • 8 0
 Amazing riding- equal parts breathtaking and inspiring. Huge shout out to that paramedic. Her calm, informed, and genuinely compassionate approach, based on what was shown, was super impressive in a scary situation.
  • 7 0
 "I was watching it live..." would you hear this from a paramedic anywhere else?
  • 7 0
 You’re the gnar inspired us to do local mini tour de gnar and look for fun features! Thanks for the stokes!
  • 9 2
 I could do that if I had a downhill bike.
  • 2 1
 I could do all if I had 300mm Marzochi Big Grin
  • 2 0
 @valrock Goes without saying.
  • 3 0
 Just wanted to say that was insane! Great job to all the riders! Yoann is an incredible guy, I saw him riding in Squamish and he was just a rad guy who was stoked to be on a bike plus he gave me some great tips that helped my riding a lot!
  • 4 0
 f*ck. This "event" is so f-ing gnarly.

Side bar. All paramedics are rad but the one who had been watching live was rad as hell. She was so compassionate too.
  • 5 0
 Drop In TV 2.0 for the win!

This is a pretty sick video to watch Smile
  • 1 0
 I have a profound amount of respect for those talented enough to execute time and time again on this type of terrain. I was in S2S for my first time this Summer. In and Out Burger was the limit of my ability and scared the shit out of me, but the adrenaline rush will definitely have me coming back for more as the stoke level was off the charts. This event rocks Yoann! Definitely made my lunch break watching this.
  • 4 0
 Haven’t enjoyed watching a video that much in ages. When you do a Tour De Middle-aged Bimblers, I’m in!
  • 1 0
 Impressive group of riders and selection of jumps and drops. Well chosen, and in a nice order to offer the riders and viewers a progression of challenges. This was great but I will always enjoy original with just Yoann, Steve (& Remi?) the best!
  • 4 0
 was it too gnarly to be posted ? Video removed by uploader
  • 4 0
 Get Tyler Klassen in there next year!
  • 2 0
 Such a great event! The videos don’t do justice to how steep and gnarly these features are in real life.

Better than Rampage.

Yoann 4 Prez.
  • 5 1
 Gnarly as Rampage
  • 1 0
 TDG3! These have become a highlight of the year at this point, thanks for making mtb movie magic yoann and crew. Can't wait to watch!
  • 5 2
 This is true free ride. Rampage is big mountain slopestyle
  • 7 1
 Tell Gee that.
  • 1 2
 @slowerthanmydentist: big mountain slopestyle is still a gnarly af thing obviously. Also, some of the lines are way more slopestyle style than others. A few of the riders are still keeping the freeride part alive (Gee, Brendan, etc.). But some of the lines have pretty much zero tech riding to them.
  • 3 1
 @slowerthanmydentist: I guess my point is that rawness and super gnarly steep tech riding are a huge part of freeride that is becoming a smaller part of rampage every year.
  • 3 0
 The nollie drop at 40:40, low key highlight of talent
  • 2 0
 Is this an invitational event?
  • 17 0
 Not necessarily invitational, and not an event Smile . We contact bunch of riders then some other contact us. We planned few days of riding some of the features before the Tour this year to get warmed up, and the riders can have an idea about the terrain and how technical things are !! and then.. Let's GOOOO
  • 2 0
 Peter Knott
  • 1 0
 Donkey Boi
  • 1 0
 Hey UCI, get Yoann to run the show. Tour de That is wild.
  • 1 0
 I'm conflicted. Grateful to all involved...but conflicted.
  • 1 0
 insane
  • 1 1
 nahh
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