This is what you would term real mountain biking - but not any wimpy little mountain bike with lycra, shaved legs & a rad scene.
No this is biking. On a mountain. On a motor cross bike. With snow and stuff.

This is extreme, a slight mistake and it looks like it would be quite a slide down to the bottom of the valley. Possibly not the kind of accident you walk away from easily at certain sections of this video.
The viral has really taken off. It got picked up by a local TV station in the US, and since then it has exploded with copies popping up all over the place, as well as the original video clocking up nearly a million views in the first month of it's life on youtube, with most of those coming in the last week after it got picked up and mention by a larger youtube channel.

The bike rider, and producer of the video, Chris McMahan, seems to be just the average kind of dude, and now is having to defend his video from haters claiming that it is too extreme and has got to be fake. Reason being, his head doesn't move enough - these people obviously have not paid attention during physics class - the camera is attached his helmet so it moves in conjunction with his head people!!!!

These extreme sports people really are quite nuts. The pursuit of the thrill must make them exciting to be around, but dangerously hard to love and live with. I mean now to you keep up with that!

The above footage comes from some random dude riding Junktown's (where is this?) skinny ridges in the snow. His channel is full of other such rides, but the scenery is not nearly as impressive. To make things more interesting Chris does this on his home made studs. Sweet. Looks like fun, maybe not on the first run, but once you knew you could do it. And that is the catch isn't it - how extreme are some of these guys? Constantly pushing the envelope comes with some drawbacks, like the crashes, and the repair bills to damaged bikes. You have got to love this tough sport and be committed!

Time to go deeper and look at some more video from this dudes day out in the mountains.

What is it that makes these people want to live this close to the edge?

This little statement on his youtube channel sums it all up
"Just a country boy from southern illinois with a taste for doing what they say cant be done!"

Here is a nice interview about the above video that has since gone viral and has been seen almost a million times on his channel alone - let alone all of the views on other channels. He really is a nice guy!

The reason we are posting this is to once again illustrate the power of the social media medium. It is just everyday life for this guy, just going out on a ride. But he has got the technology to record and share it. That technology is very cheap. When he hits the right spot it all comes together and he is now in a position to prosper from this one video if he has the right plan in place.
Applied to a business environment the right attitude, some guerrilla forward planning and a modest budget compared to traditional film media, can get massive airtime. You just have to take a chance, and play all of your cards right!

Enough chatty chat - I am now on fire to watch more of Chris and his cool adventures. I also now want a motor cross bike.
This video below shows more from Chris on the same day, and it doesn't go so well.

Here he is again, this time at the Rampart Range in Colorado, where he records an epic run on a chest mounted Go Pro camera, that ultimately ends in a pretty massive spill. Ouch! The camera on the ground action at the end is not him lying there unconscious, it seems that the crash dislodged the camera, but we get to see this mad dude at the end. EPIC!

Who wants to go out and get a dirt bike now? I do!!!!

How much fun does this look like - out in nature with a buddy just ripping it!

part 2 - this is cool, you can feel the sense of achievement, and how much energy it takes to ride like this.

Great job Chris - the Go Pro makes it all so much more accessible for those of us that can't get out there doing it.