AWESOME DREAMRIDE ADVENTURES
Are you ready for a dream adventure? Whether you are up for one yourself or long to live vicariously, you’re sure to be inspired by DreamRide.
The DreamRide video web series, sponsored by Diamondback Bikes, has taken audiences on adventures to some of the wildest environments on the planet, on trail bike rides that are truly a dream. Even non-cyclists are moved!
We enter a dream world where the trails never end. Where the promise of joy and freedom exist around each bend. We take a magical trip through breathtaking landscapes in each video in the DreamRide trilogy.
We follow along with the constant dreamer, biker, and filmmaker Mike Hopkins, and his euphoric expeditions aboard Diamondback's trail bikes on trails that unfold, like magic, with views are simply out of this world.
See DreamRide I video!
DreamRide I was filmed in Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington, in the Fall of 2015. The goal was to find the most beautiful locations possible and create the sense of a never ending ride.
DreamRide II was shot on location on the island of Hawaii, on Revelstoke mountain, in British Columbia, and on Abraham Lake, in Alberta, Canada.
“Ride along with us as we journey across massive lava fields, cruise alongside evergreen canyons, chase rainbows, ride on frozen rivers and explore volcanic caves. These are the places only seen in dreams. Welcome back to DreamRide.”
“We've traveled quite far, across ocean and land
To make something unique, something wild and grand
Steaming volcanoes and hot lava flows
Places with magic, where time simply slows
Sit back and relax. Let your dreams run free
Create anything that your mind wants to see!
But until you're able to cut loose and explore
We invite you to join us on our journey, once more.
Welcome to DreamRide II”
Watch the video here.
See DreamRide III video!
Mike Hopkins’ epic journey comes to an end in the final chapter of the DreamRide trilogy, DreamRide III, with the Release Carbon trail bike, also sponsored by ION Apparel.
Shot on location in New Zealand, DreamRide 3 traces a treasure map of beautiful oddities, both breathtaking and forbidding. Like all good epic rides, the video takes us on a wild adventure, as it did for the crew who produced it. Baked by the sun, blasted by the sand, saturated by rain and snow -- dodging acid, toxic gases and a wicked cyclone -- the crew powered through. They and their video are all the sweeter for it.
“Once upon a dream we flew
Across oceans and skies so bright and blue
We found a place unlike others we'd seen
With rocks so massive and grasses so green
We've seen mountains and jungles and canyons run deep
We've raced lava, chased sunsets, and found caves in our sleep
It's been a trip old friend, and I'll always embrace
The memories created in this magical place.
Welcome to DreamRide III”
Hopkins let’s us in on his innermost musings about this last adventure:
“Here we go again, come on old friend
We’ve got one more story before we turn in
Diving back into that childhood lore
Where everything is like nothing before
Roaming through places so beautifully strange
Between stony giants a lifetime unchanged
Sometimes I pretend I’m a really big deal
Like a cowboy in a western, with that cinematic feel...
“... This. Is. Epic!
Adventures can take a shadowy twist
Down a dark road where creepy creatures exist
Perhaps it’s my mind, simply playing its tricks
Or was that a monster stepping on sticks?
But let's be honest, safe places are never as much fun
There’s a youthful pull to places of dread
Just like mom always warned us “It’s dangerous!” She said
Life’s little storms try and push me astray
‘Not me, not today, not now,’ I’ll say…
“... For sometimes life’s challenges can create something grand
Like castles formed from fine grains of sand
So here’s to one final rip, and one final shred
One final lap before I fall back to bed
It's the perfect place to finally rest
We've given our all, our very best
But all good things must come to an end
So here's to our final story, my friend.
We bid you farewell, with hearts open wide
And thank you for joining our final DreamRide.”
The DreamRide series was directed by Mike Hopkins and was produced by Mike Hopkins/Juicy Studios, with camera work by Jordan Manley, Scott Secco, and David Peacock. The video was written by Lacy Kemp and edited by Scott Secco. Photographer Bruno Long, an avid biking enthusiast, captured the most magnificent stills.
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