| ROAM: The Collective DVD Review From the start you know you are about to watch something special. The opening sequence settles you into the different locations the movie will take you - a snap-shot of what is to come. The mist-filled forests of British Columbia's northshore sees the Berrecloth brothers riding stunts, log rides, dropping-in and throwing down some unreal tricks. The forests are lush and green, and the stunts have everything from step-ups to wall rides. This section is very well shot, with cameras coming at the riders from all angles. Then it is off to Whistler with Morland, Rennie, Romanick and crew carving up the trails from the top of Garbonza at full speed. This section is breathtaking with riders linking in and out at different sections of the trail, then finishing with a four-way over the MTX track. Excellent shooting from the camera crew - Rennie is really ripping up this section. Leech is still styling it up with his trial riding in Prague in the next section. Then it is off to Moab, the home of Slick Rock, with its rocky landscape and spectacular scenery. After this, McCaul and Lunn hit up the dirt jumps in his backyard doing backflips, tailwhips and 360's. There is a section with Shandro & Peat carving up some buffed single track in Sunvalley. Great use of bike-mounted cameras with the riders chasing each other down the trail at warp speed. Next, Hunter and Vanderham hit up the natural terrain of Morocco, nailing huge road gaps. Hunter continues on to BC's interior where the gaps get bigger. He is joined by Romaniuk doing one-footers off everything! Gulevich gets into the mix, and Hunter eats it big time on a road gap, only to return to stick it later on. The pace picks up as the crew hits Kamloops with huge road gaps and drops. With bonus footage, a documentary on the making and much more, ROAM exceeds all expectations with a film that highlights great camera work and unusual locations to showcase what freeride mountain biking is about today. The Collective have done it again, by making the best mountain bike movie to date. 10 out of 10! | ||
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