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Trialtech in Antwerp - Part 2 (Kenny and Andrei)


Mark W

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So this is now live - here's a video featuring Andrei Burton and Kenny Belaey riding in the last round of the UCI World Cup last year.

In case anyone had missed it, here's Part 1 featuring Rick Koekoek, Vasek Kolar, Dominik Oswald, Thomas Mrohs and Matthias Mrohs.

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Indeed. Initial attention was grabbed by how easy it looked and how stylishly it was done... then I realised it was neck height on that observer. Riiiight....

Does make it look a whole lot bigger, but when that man in the yellow shirt walks next to the truck you realise it's about nipple height. Still massive though haha.

Really nice filming as usual Mark.

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They did have a couple of stumper observers over there :P Thanks though Jake (Y)

One thing that stood out to me and kind of gives a bit of an insight into why Kenny's style looks so good/so different to everyone else is the start of the section at about 5:12-ish. That little pedal down thing he does to get wedged against that block just looks really good, and was quite a bit different to all the other riders out there. It's just the little touches like that that give him that overall style I guess.

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Cheers dude. It'd be interesting to go back to one of these and try filming it again now I get what's going on a bit more - having never been to a comp like this it was pretty hectic and I wasn't really sure how things would go, so it'd be nice to try it again with the benefit of experience (and my second camera body).

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Ridiculous . Technically challenging sections are one thing ,but some of these moves require downright courage ! Neat camerawork ,Mark in what was probably a hectic environment .

Fun fact : the first time I ever saw trials riding in real life was Kenny riding a demo in Holland - without the pressure of a comp he was generally jammin' , quite an introduction to the sport to see it's foremost practitioner at the height of his athletic skill just riding for the fun of it.

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Thought it was only polite to reply after badgering you before!

It's a little odd for me watching comp footage of Andrei. As someone who rides with him pretty regularly I know full well his riding style and capabilities, but I can instantly see a little discomfort in his riding when at a comp. Would be very interesting to see where he'd be in world standings if he were able to loose that - guess that's comp riding all over though

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Part of that is kind of my fault - I had a quick chat with him between sections and asked how he was doing. He'd got a really low score and appeared to be doing well, but seemingly I jynxed him 'cos he got a bunch of 5's immediately afterwards and ended up not getting beyond that round :P

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