What is it that is so compelling about riding an object of nature, as opposed to a man-made object? I found myself asking this question after doing a Tree Ride of my own near the local skatepark just recently and it got me thinking… What were the raddest tree ride pics we’ve seen in past issues/features? Well after a little bit of digging we managed to find some absolute gems! Scroll down…
Photo by: Riley McMaster
BSD‘s Jason Teet is right up there! Like, how did he get that high? The angles don’t really make sense… Impressive.
Photo by: Nathan Beddows
Bedford doing it for Mutiny over in Tenerife 5 years ago for Mutiny & The Make trip. Less of a tree ride, more of a tree CHUNK, still valid though!
Photo by: Dunk
One from our dude Dunk while shooting strange spots with Kye for a print feature. Sure, it’s slightly sculpted, erring towards trails riding, but a tree-to-tree transfer? Amazing.
Photo by: Vince Perraud
Ah yes, wee crab right up there and snapping a table on Ride To Glory with BSD in 2012. That tree looks like a session!
Photo by: Nathan Beddows
Another RTG classic, this time Phelan doing it for Nike in 2011. And when I say doing it… He’s really doing it! Flip fakie on a tree?! WTF!
Photo by: Joe Bailey
This one is quite a different interpretation of tree riding and we welcome that. Lee Enever dropped into this lovely natural transition for a ‘Step Up’ feature in the mag. We’ve never seen another set up like this one.
Photo by: Zilker
The pump track of tree rides? Here’s Sunday Bikes rider Jake Seeley taking an unorthodox route!
Photo by: Bertie Buck
Joe Blacknell in the wilderness…
Photo by: Ryan Chadwick
Tree abuse! Eric Bahlman with the smith.
Photo by: Bertie Buck
What a classic. Pipe loves a tree ride, we love a tree ride, we love Pipe. This is a banger of a photo by Bertie Buck, shot on a Stolen trip in Tenerife. So high!
Joe Jarvis doing it for The UK in the first Borough Breaker Rally
Ben Towle getting down and dirty in the trenches at Backyard Jam Asylum
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