The Geoff Gulevich Experience

Jun 20, 2011 at 11:31

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When I got the news that Adidas Eye Wear was coming on board as a sponsor for 2011 the first thing I thought was "This is great! I might get to shoot with Geoff Gulevich". After a few phone calls my thought became a reality and we were booked to shoot over May long weekend. I had worked with Gully in the past while riding for various photo and film shoots, but never with him in front of my lens. This proved to be a totally different experience altogether.

I arrived at Geoff's home in North Vancouver on a Thursday evening where we planned out the rest of the weekend. Gully decided on the following:

Day 1. Shoot in Squamish

Day 2. Par take in the Troller to the Raven (annual pub crawl)

Day 3. Shoot on Cypress Mountain, and hit the local Dirt Jumps.

Even though the weather was supposed to be clear and sunny, the usual Vancouver rain rolled in over night and almost squashed our first day. We ended up heading to Squamish late, but after bagging up the camera, and hiking the trails the rain slowed and we were ready to shoot. We got some really nice shots in the foggy forest, and Gully was calling angles to shoot from that turned out great.

Day 2 was the Troller to the Raven pub crawl. This was a 40km cruise on our bikes with 30 people all the way through North Vancouver. Needless to say we took over the streets for one afternoon and we were unstoppable. If the day read as a newspaper headline it would say "3 Hospital Trips, 1 Person Grazed by Van, and 2 Malls used as Bikes Lanes During Local Pub Crawl". If you want to get a little taste of the annual pub crawl head over to www.lonewolfproductions.ca for a bonus video dedicated to the Troller to the Raven.

After a bit of time in the morning to recoup we made our way to Cypress Mountain to shoot Gully's favorite DH trail. Geoff and his friends had been holding locals only races down this trail so he was shredding. www.lonewolfproductions.ca has a full top to bottom video of Geoff riding the DH course if you would like to check that out as well. After walking the trail top to bottom and getting all the shots Gully wanted we moved over to his dirt jumps where he showed us that he is not only a freeride guy but can also shred on a little bike as well. After a quick session Gully had already gotten the shots he wanted and we wrapped up. From there we parted ways, as Geoff was getting ready to head to France for the FISE competition.

I would like to thank Geoff and Adidas Eyewear for fitting Lone Wolf Productions into their busy schedules and for bringing all of you this awesome video! Don't forget to follow our twitter @lonewolfteam, and our facebook fan page.

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74 Comments

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C4coach (Jun 21, 2011 at 12:01)

Regardless of production companies having agreements, promoting Manitou with a sponsored Marzocchi athlete in the vid is not only misleading but will cause issues for the rider. My $0.02.

shirk-007 (Jun 21, 2011 at 12:40)

I noticed the same thing. A whole bunch of sponsors shown that Gully doesn't work with.

RampageRules (Jun 22, 2011 at 10:00)

song?

schralpy (Jun 22, 2011 at 14:43)

Sail. Awolnation

duttonmike (Jun 24, 2011 at 1:08)

Solution is easy Coach...you can start to pay for the quality videos produced by professionals like Lonewolf yourself. Just send Matt your bank account information. Its easy.

Or, you can be happy with rinky-dink web-edits from 16 year old's bedrooms.

Until you guys try your hands at fund raising and producing something worth watching...I suggest you try to be happy with the fact that there are guys like the folks at Lonewolf out there busting their asses to make it happen for you.

Just my 2 cents.

j-brantley (Jun 25, 2011 at 10:22)

Sorry, have to agree with Coach! Looks a bit weird with sponsors that aren't Geoff's in the beginning!

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isaacds (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:12)

I've always had a huge amount of respect for gully, even watching his segments in the early digger movies he was shredding it. and he's got even more flow now. plus it's cool to see super fun looking trails like that ridden by a rider who can rail the sh*t out of them.

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hampsteadbandit (Jun 21, 2011 at 13:11)

gully = good guy!

got to meet Gully on his first trip outside of Canada, to the UK with Wade Simmons

they turned up at the old Esher Shore bike park in Surrey, England and they were a "little" surprised to see a timber based bike park miles from home

Gully in action http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/437127/

Wade in action http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/437122/

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C4coach (Jun 21, 2011 at 12:01)

Regardless of production companies having agreements, promoting Manitou with a sponsored Marzocchi athlete in the vid is not only misleading but will cause issues for the rider. My $0.02.

Lone-Wolf-Productions (Jun 21, 2011 at 13:30)

has nothing to do with either manitou or zocchi, it's an adidas eye wear section. says it right at the start of the video. All the bike films do the same thing. NWD is a kona film but i seem to remember a ton of riders on other bikes because they rode for oakley, or another sponsor of the film.

CoN-AiR15 (Jun 21, 2011 at 17:23)

truth^ regardless he's an adidas athlete, witch the video starts by stating that, doesn't matter what he's riding to what the production is supported by, its about the eyewear..

boomforeal (Jun 21, 2011 at 19:31)

the point so nice you had to make it twice? someone's got a bad case of being a spawnzors biatch...

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superdoperider (Jun 22, 2011 at 0:00)

Great west coast riding vid. Even makes Half nelson look fun on a big bike. His line choices on gave me some ideas on more to try there. The Cypress stuff looked like a real blast.

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goingbig101 (Jun 21, 2011 at 17:52)

Geoffs a class act. Been watchin him since early Digger movie days and always been a fan. But, the garage sales! Damn those are awseome. Boughten lots a good stuff for cheap at those places. Right on Gully !!

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brule (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:25)

While I do enjoy the odd POV video, I am stoked to see the evolution in the video here at Lone Wolf with the addition of Digital SLRs to go with some POV shots.

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colnago (Jun 21, 2011 at 12:54)

Watching Gully ride always gets me so stoked to go and hit the trails. It definately helps that he is such a nice guy. Awesome video and great riding!!

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batteredwestcoast (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:48)

Sweeet videeeeo i was waitiny so long to watch this because i saw them filming!! Geoff also gave me a shuttle up the moutain! He is such a good guy and rider

Lone-Wolf-Productions (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:49)

I remember you haha, hows that flat tire?

batteredwestcoast (Jun 21, 2011 at 22:22)

It is doing alright now! but now i have mechanical problems so im bringing it to the shop soon. Anyways im really happy to see some familiar shots! I was waiting for ever to see this and it turned out great! Your video is a lot better than my videos but if you have time i would like you to watch some of my videos under my profile to give me some feedback to make it lone wolf style ;p Anyways it was awesome to meet you guys and thanks a lot for the shuttle again Smile

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GuyIsHere (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:18)

Would of been a smoother video if it didnt have the sound of the bike in some scenes, but still super sick video! dudes got so much flow!

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yeahbro (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:15)

i want to add this to my favorites soo bad but its on vimeo.

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azzyboi (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:24)

song name ? love it Smile

Academy (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:32)

Sail - Awolnation. Must say its great song choice.

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brygreg (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:35) (Below Threshold) show comment

I hate that song, had to mute the video

jptothetree (Jun 21, 2011 at 14:10)

glad to finally see that song be used in a video!! nice edit!!

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FilipStarcevic (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:32)

gulevich + mystery dh = HUGE PIMP

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webbrider12 (Jun 21, 2011 at 14:26)

in The beginning, wasnt that the same trail that Brendan Howey rode in his edit?? awesome video

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superfunride (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:04)

such a sick video, geoff killing it!!

yeahbro (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:10)

yeah he rides with soo much flow! he makes everything that he touches look soo smooth!

Devinallan000x (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:13)

gedurg

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felixhoffe (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:45)

btw. why is he running a marzocchi fork despite beeing sponsored by manitou?

lux-freerider (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:00)

if I'm not mistaken the video (video crew) is sponsored by manitou but geoff is sponsored by zocchi

socalshreder (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:03)

Yeah I was wondering that too.

dirtbag420 (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:14)

lux-freerider you're correct. Lone Wolf is sponsored by Manitou. Gully is sponsored by Marzocchi. Lone Wolf is working with Gully thanks to their mutual sponsor Adidas.

Lone-Wolf-Productions (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:49)

Dirtbag 420 is spot on. This is a riders segment for Adidas Eyewear. We will have a Manitou rider later in the season.

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ButtonPusher (Jun 21, 2011 at 12:58)

Good vid..! Thoroughly enjoyed...

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steezejenkins (Jun 21, 2011 at 17:02)

Is my net connection fugged or was this all slow A** motion!

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cambo5 (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:06)

pinned!!!

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dingo-dave (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:00)

Nice vid, but what's Gully up to in the first pic of the article...?

audeo03 (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:10)

Rollin' a doob!

Lone-Wolf-Productions (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:47)

I believe he was getting his costume ready for the Troller to the Raven pub crawl

dingo-dave (Jun 21, 2011 at 12:04)

I guess I'll just have to check out the additional footage don't I... but yeah, loved the vid.

purebelmont (Jun 21, 2011 at 16:10)

which one is this? i only know hoodrum and loutet

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blowfish1 (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:13)

You just made the shore look siicckk

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RampageRules (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:04)

gully is the man, i met him at rampage!

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luke-wheeler (Jun 22, 2011 at 3:03)

well that just made me stoked to go ride.

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krash (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:03)

Its too bad he never took up racing, dude looks super fast

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purebelmont (Jun 21, 2011 at 13:33)

where is the dj park?

Academy (Jun 21, 2011 at 15:18)

North Vancouver.

purebelmont (Jun 21, 2011 at 16:10)

which one is this? i only know hoodrum and loutet

Academy (Jun 21, 2011 at 17:45)

Near Cove Bikes under the bridge.

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PhoenixEvans (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:18)

love this song Smile

OliScale (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:25)

its used in so many biking vids tho..

lazex (Jun 21, 2011 at 15:51)

Whats the name of that song though?

mtnbyker (Jun 21, 2011 at 22:55)

Sail - awolnation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH2efAcmBQM

lazex (Jun 21, 2011 at 23:06)

Thanks a lot man!!

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fredydh (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:25)

no dig no ride!

betsie (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:05)

As a digger and a rider, I say you choose to dig. Just ride with respect if you don't dig.

yeahbro (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:19)

i agree with betsie

webbrider12 (Jun 21, 2011 at 14:28)

Awesome reply betsie!!

dazem (Jun 21, 2011 at 14:52)

NO DIG NO RIDE! anyone who neg props this DOESN'T DIG ENOUGH! including the 3 commenters above me. anyone who knows these people should throw a shovel at them!

dingo-dave (Jun 21, 2011 at 18:23)

dazem, I build quite a bit and I agree with them too. I'll bet you that if you threw a shovel at a real builder for saying that, they'd probably catch it and beat your a$$ with that same shovel.

If you don't dig, just learn to show a minimum of respect to the place and the people that created it.

MCsession7 (Jun 21, 2011 at 18:49)

HAHAHA, Dazem is a real builder, just look at his photo's, probably the one of the best lines on the East Coast, if anyone knows that rule, its him.

betsie (Jun 22, 2011 at 5:12)

dazem:
Could you chuck me over a McLeod please, as we can't get them over here as standard.
I live to build, and build to ride. Everyone who knows me, knows that is my way.
You aint trail building if you are using a machine of some sort, imported timber, imported hard core etc.
Soil, rock, passion and creativity are where it is at for me.

fredydh (Jun 22, 2011 at 7:38)

Dazem... ive seen your photos... the guy is really a builder... all the props for him..!!!!

dazem (Jun 22, 2011 at 8:02)

Betsie -I would If I could....let me set this record straight. The Jumps in the Video said no dig no ride, officially sanctioned Volunteer multiuse trailbuilding Does NOT genererally create dirtjumps of that nature. Its usually a one or two hardcores who pour the sweat and blood to make it happen. Most of the damage at my jumps is actually caused by RIDERS with the MINIMUM of respect, If you happen to stumble across someones site uninvited, -The last thing you should do is have the sence of entitlement to ride. WTF gives you the right to come CASE the shit out of someone else's spot whlile you SAMPLE THEIR SWEAT AND BLOOD. DIRT JUMPS ARE NOT SINGLETRACK and their sure as hell not multi use. Riding dirtjumps causes much wear and tear under the best conditions, when some random who has no Idea decides to test his metal on your dirt, and crank cases every landing, ruts up every berm, they can shove their minimum of respect up their Ash. A minimum of respect would have you out there digging, NOT BITCHING Cause it sais NO DIG NO RIDE when you straight up just dont belong,

Catch that shovel, I dare you! Try me! I`m down for a shovel off any day of the week.

betsie (Jun 22, 2011 at 15:45)

Riders damaging things is not what hacks me off the most, but litter.
One of my Dh tracks http://www.pinkbike.com/video/128043/ (Gi60)
You are right Dirt Jumps are not single track, we have a full pump track that gets a hammering all the time. No matter how well you build people still trash things with bad riding, tyre choice etc. and they don't tend to fix what they wreck.
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/6260043/ (YKPT)

dazem (Jun 22, 2011 at 16:35)

Maybe Im just a greasy jerk bastard, but as far as jumps go, I see more benefit in time spent building new ones than I do fixing the ones people have trashed, People find time to come trash your spot cause their not busy building their own. I`m not exactly the only one who supports No Dig -No ride at someones jump stash, minimum respect is dig or gtfo, anyone who`s feelings get hurt by no dig no ride, needs to know they are not special, if your going to thrash someone else`s work, and not put in your are a self entitled parasite scumbag.

dingo-dave (Jun 28, 2011 at 9:20)

Funny to see builders arguing over stupidity like that....

I've been digging at a jump spot not too far from where I live for the better part of 5 years now and I have to say that what irks me the most isn't the casing and riding without ever lifting a shovel. It's the people who carry in a bunch of garbage in and then leave it behind wherever the f@#k they happen to be standing when they finish their candy bar or can of pop. It's the ass monkeys who light bonfires in dry, grassy fields and sometimes even have the gall to throw in good lumber and carpets when technically we're not even supposed to be in that field building jumps and trails. Or the tards who have the nerve to say the jumps and pumptrack suck, but don't do s#!t when I'm there digging with no bike in sight. And the worst are those numbnuts who see the sign we put up explaining basic etiquette such as "No dig, no ride", and then take it upon themselves to modify a line or jump to better suit them when that jump's been there and enjoyed by many longer than they've known about the spot.

I went out last night to ride a bit and dig on the new pumptrack I've been building (entirely on my own) only to find that somebody had decided it would be a good idea to take out one of the rollers leading into the track and one of them jumps, and use the dirt from that roller to widen the landing for one of the smaller jumps there instead of finding their own dirt. Not only that, but they had also dug on good jumps to fill in the gaps on the smallest jumps there.

That's what I meant when I said they only need to show a minimum of respect to ride where I dig.

yeahbro (Jun 28, 2011 at 19:07)

@dingo-dave iagree with what your saying. the exact same thing happened to me at a spot where me and my buddies built we told this kid that he could ride there as long as he didnt mess with the jump there was even a sign. Then next day i show up and find that he not only built a PUSSY jump on the run-in and scrapped the roller flat for some stupid f*cking reason, he also dug some stupid hole right after the lip . like ride there just dont f*ck with it!!!

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Mdcbiking (Jun 21, 2011 at 21:56)

2:16 from follow me

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crividh (Jun 21, 2011 at 10:07)

so sick

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OliScale (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:27)

hahah failed attempt at that shot from life cycles at 0.57

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enorbz (Jun 21, 2011 at 11:05)

super sick geoff!!

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