Surely the point is that its possible to put brakes on your bike and then not use them? Obviously you would take brakes on your bike to a comp, but if you're confident in not having to use them all the time.....then that's just another trick to add to the arsenal of all the techniques you might need to use. Just because you have brakes on your bike doesn't mean you have to use them all the time when its unnecessary.... I could be entirely wrong but i see this video a bit of a statement, like manifesto was against pointless hopping.... Also the riding in this video is absolutely amazing! Blew me away