It wasn’t just another day of riding last Saturday. It also wasn’t the first time I woke up at 4:30 am to go do something fun.

I’d be making the 3.5 hour drive down south to Austin to ride a trail on private property. You won’t find this trail on MTB Project or Trail Forks. You’ll need to be a member of Freeride 512, or be with a member in order to ride it. In my case, I’d not only be riding with a member, but the main builder of these trails. Oh, and I’d also be riding with a YouTuber named BKXC. You may have heard of him before.

He wasn’t the only YouTuber, and I wasn’t the only other one. Also there was the man of Austin, Eric from No Front Brakes, Tony from MTB Drop In, and my friends Chris CXK & Cobra Kyle. We had a crew!

Brian (BKXC) and the local guys were pretty fast. They all jumped out ahead of the rest of us YouTubers. We struggled to breathe as we mainly walked up the steep climbs, and just tried not to slide off the hill on the descents! Seriously though, these trails are tough, but boy are they sweet! Seth, who is the main trail builder I spoke of earlier, has also added many wood features, like drops & jumps. Most of them were well beyond my pay grade.

This really is one of the best ways to improve as a rider, though. Ride trails that have features just a step above your current skill level. Try one new feature, or a more difficult line on a feature each time you ride, and your progress will be exponential. In my case, I did a little bit of this, but looking back on it now, there were some things that I skipped that I now wish I would have gone for!

After the ride, Brian, Eric, Chris, his wife, Kyle, his girlfriend, and myself all went to Hopdoddy to chow down on some burgers and hang out! It was cool to actually meet Brian, but after watching his videos for so long it was as if I had met him already. Kind of a weird thing! All in all it was a great time, and we were also blessed with great weather! Doesn’t look like we’ll be so lucky on that front this coming weekend!

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