2001 UCI Worlds Footage, Vail, CO - JJ Gregorowicz, Bruno Arnold, Kenny B, Sidehop Contest

[Robbie Pfunder]

Hey All,  I present to you very special footage I captured in 2001, from the UCI Worlds, in Beaver Creek, Vail, Colorado.  I was an American, competing in the Junior category at 16 year old.  I was in way over my head, but a massive learning experience.

Backstory of how this footage finally wound up on YouTube:  In 2001 I flew out to Colorado to compete as a Junior at Worlds, in Vail, and borrowed my mom's 8mm camcorder to capture some of the action.  I knew I would be seeing mind blowing riding that I've never witnessed before.  After the trip, the 8mm tapes sat in storage bins for 20 years and I forgot about them.  My mom passed in 2022 and I found the old tapes in her storage and paid a company to get them all restored and digitized.  There were also unbelievable home movies from when I was very young, like 7, so very tender footage indeed.  Anyways, this trials footage was on the tapes (took many hours to sift and edit through) and I finally am uploading to my channel for the world to see.  Remember, I was only 16 at the time and not a experiencing filmer so I did the best I could.  But here it is- hope this is cool for some of you OGs.  Also, there is more footage to come where I filmed many sections from an American comp featuring JJ G and Jeff Lenosky.  So keep an eye on my channel for more vintage footage like this.  Thanks all. 

JJ Gregorowicz in 1 section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpkJtwtdaI4&t=6s

Sidehop world record contest, (Bruno Arnold, Benito): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1GVuuQNnao&t=174s

Kenny Belaey in 2 sections (in Junior I believe): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiS3sC26OUo&t=1s

Benito Ros, Marco Hosel riding sections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bITDz_urGGM&t=16s

Bruno Arnold warm up move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14R04GH4MVQ

 

It's worth noting this was the weekend before 9/11 happened, and world changed forever...  

[Canardweb]

On 6/17/2024 at 7:36 PM, Robbie Pfunder said:

Hey All,  I present to you very special footage I captured in 2001, from the UCI Worlds, in Beaver Creek, Vail, Colorado.  I was an American, competing in the Junior category at 16 year old.  I was in way over my head, but a massive learning experience.

Backstory of how this footage finally wound up on YouTube:  In 2001 I flew out to Colorado to compete as a Junior at Worlds, in Vail, and borrowed my mom's 8mm camcorder to capture some of the action.  I knew I would be seeing mind blowing riding that I've never witnessed before.  After the trip, the 8mm tapes sat in storage bins for 20 years and I forgot about them.  My mom passed in 2022 and I found the old tapes in her storage and paid a company to get them all restored and digitized.  There were also unbelievable home movies from when I was very young, like 7, so very tender footage indeed.  Anyways, this trials footage was on the tapes (took many hours to sift and edit through) and I finally am uploading to my channel for the world to see.  Remember, I was only 16 at the time and not a experiencing filmer so I did the best I could.  But here it is- hope this is cool for some of you OGs.  Also, there is more footage to come where I filmed many sections from an American comp featuring JJ G and Jeff Lenosky.  So keep an eye on my channel for more vintage footage like this.  Thanks all. 

JJ Gregorowicz in 1 section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpkJtwtdaI4&t=6s

Sidehop world record contest, (Bruno Arnold, Benito): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1GVuuQNnao&t=174s

Kenny Belaey in 2 sections (in Junior I believe): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiS3sC26OUo&t=1s

Benito Ros, Marco Hosel riding sections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bITDz_urGGM&t=16s

Bruno Arnold warm up move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14R04GH4MVQ

 

It's worth noting this was the weekend before 9/11 happened, and world changed forever...  

Thanks for sharing these, legendary images there!