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Rip Down a Dream Slalom Mountain Bike Track
See Bas van Steenbergen's vision of perfection, jumping through dense Canadian forest at full speed.
3 min
Dream Slalom
Watch Bas van Steenbergen's vision of the perfect mountain bike course in "Dream Slalom."
"I like technical lines," says Bas van Steenbergen. "For Dream Slalom, we thought it'd be cool to create a course made entirely of extremely technical moves, while going fast."
See Dream Slalom on YouTube in 4K ultra-high-definition video
Slalom is not a term that mountain biking's mainstream audience typically associates with the sport — but there are factions of MTB's best riders quietly practicing the underground discipline, to perfection.
Riding slalom, you have to land on all the backsides perfect to connect the next section.
Van Steenbergen is one of the world's best bike-handlers, a Red Bull Rampage alumnus and an advocate of using slalom riding to sharpen his ability to change direction — both vertically over jumps and horizontally between creative berms — with his newly created Dream Slalom track in British Columbia's interior.
Take a POV run down Dream Slalom below
1 min
POV: Dream Slalom
Ride down Bas van Steenbergen's perfect mountain bike course in "Dream Slalom."
Dream Slalom, the ultimate mountain bike rider's course — located in Vernon, B.C., just 10 minutes from Silver Star Bike Park — is a twisting, jumping, hipping and ripping run through dense Canadian forest, built by van Steenbergen.
Half BMX dirt jumps, half MTB singletrack, the best slalom tracks can only be navigated with total bike control — emphasizing a rider's ability to turn equally with jumping ability.
With Dream Slalom, I wanted a trail you couldn't just cruise through and land wherever — you have to be precise to even hit the next jump.
"I like technical riding, the type of riding where you have to be perfect over everything," says van Steenbergen. "Riding slalom, you have to land on all the backsides perfect to connect the next section. With Dream Slalom, I wanted a trail you couldn't just cruise through and land wherever — you have to be precise to even hit the next jump. That's what's entertaining to me when I ride."
Dream Slalom: Bas van Steenbergen
© Harrison Mendel/Red Bull
Dream Slalom: Bas van Steenbergen
© Harrison Mendel/Red Bull
Dream Slalom: Bas van Steenbergen
© Harrison Mendel/Red Bull
Dream Slalom: Bas van Steenbergen
© Harrison Mendel/Red Bull
Part 2: See Bas and younger brother Tom van Steenbergen in a slashing, jumping-through-the-forest, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the epic Dream Slalom track in Related Stories below.
Go to YouTube to watch Dream Slalom in 4K ultra-high-definition video
