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You may have never imagined it, but me and Sam Reynolds and some more. Quick, it's cloudy.
Matt Jones and friends compete in Melbourne Classic's whip off and balance bike world championship events with thrilling races and challenges.
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Key Takeaways
- The whip off competition is intense and showcases skilled riders and rivalries.
- Balance bike racing is taken seriously with structured heats and world championship status.
- Matt Jones and Sam Reynolds have a long-standing competitive relationship.
- The event blends freestyle tricks with competitive racing formats.
- Family-friendly and community-driven atmosphere with support for young riders like Cove.
What the video covers
- Matt Jones and Sam Reynolds return to competition at the Melbourne Classic whip off event.
- The competition features 25 riders, with a focus on Matt versus Sam rivalry.
- Ben Deacon and Finley Davis are notable competitors performing whip tricks.
- The event includes elimination rounds narrowing down to final two riders.
- Cove participates in the balance bike world championship, racing multiple motos and finals.
- Cove shows strong performance but ends up in the B final after heats.
- The video covers different race formats including slalom and downhill racing.
- Cove receives a bike from Early Rider and competes in timed seeding runs.
- The atmosphere is fun and competitive, with humor and camaraderie among riders.
- The Melbourne Classic is highlighted as an iconic event with diverse biking competitions.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Competition Setup
- 00:42Matt and Sam's Rivalry and Background
- 01:19Whip Off Competition Begins
- 04:26Rider Highlights and Tricks
- 08:14Competition Progress and Eliminations
- 10:03Balance Bike World Championship Overview
- 11:02Cove's Race Performances and Results
- 16:18Slalom Racing and Final Results
- 21:08Event Wrap-up and Reflections
Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown
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We said we were done with comps, but we're back. Tonight's the whip off. Tomorrow's dirt war slope style competition here at Melbourne Classic.
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Sam's been training like mad day in day out in this compound. Black and blue from training so hard. Meanwhile, I've been taking my compound down.
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So, I've been out of the picture a bit, but we're going to see. There's 25 competitors, but ultimately, it's me versus Sam. It is really.
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Yeah, I've been winding him out the last few weeks. I've been practicing.
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Obviously, 10 years ago, I came into slopes and dethroned Sam. He's been upset. I've literally retired.
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Before you even started, I made you retire. Really?
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Yeah. I could see it was coming. I knew it was the end. He made it look so rubbish. I had to quit.
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I was like, "This sport is not for me anymore. I'm out."
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Yeah. And it's taken me 10 years to get back into it.
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To be able to touch your toes again.
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Yeah. I haven't touched there in years. Ben Deacon's doing whip off, which is always a spectacle.
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That's like... That's an oxymoron if you know what that is. Something is the opposite of what it means.
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Ben Deacon whip off should not be in the same sentence. Team rider for Marin. He's a bit better than you.
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Yeah, it's a natural progression of things.
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Yeah. Finley Davis. Everyone knows him. Oh, it's deep.
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Here comes D. Quite good. Take a picture. It looks like a big whip. His whole body is turned the other way.
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But if you watch it for real, if you watch it for real, nothing happens.
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Yeah. If there was a high jump bar, he'd have gone under it. If it had like a drone above at an angle about 20 from the Hubble telescope, that would look good.
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We're doing one right now. Then we knock you out down to 16 riders. Then down to eight riders. That's four riders. And we will meet you with the final two.
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Then our first rider drop in here. The stand whip. Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for Match Wheels and an all-around lovely, lovely guys family here on the sidelines waiting for.
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Let's see what he's got. A big batch on the big 360 onto the last. He got a match.
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That is a fully sideways. That is Red versus Monster. Next on the hill there, you cross.
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There you go. Wow. Preston Williams. She's working out the legend Mr. Oil himself.
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Oh, Libson banging it sideways. We got Ollie Wilson cranking up with Harway.
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He's been here all week riding for Giant Bikes and Walk There. But we're not in.
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Yeah, but I can understand how you feeling right now.
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I'm trembling.
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Yeah, absolutely trembling. Ben Deacon. Bending might be in the farm and I might not be.
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I think maybe you're trembling because you might some of that water from the other side of the lake.
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This is Monster Energy versus Redly Mes. 60 was touch and go there. I thought I wasn't getting in, but like Sam said, they were worried about ticket sales the next day.
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Exactly. They literally thought people weren't going to come back again. So that's it. The sport's been reduced to this. Nothing more than a clown show.
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It was a clown show before we started. They will be. We are the biggest clown.
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Come to the lake right now. You sit down like I knew you would at the circus. They have all the people with skills like the trapeze and all the tricks and stuff and then they have the clown, don't they?
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And we're the exact same. We got people that have done some stuff and then there's dicks.
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I'd say we're all puppets. Any more like that you will get beaten up on your own channel.
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Out make your way back up. We are out. I thought you were sideways. Oh.
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One of the varieties right now in make some noise. Whip's not our thing at all. Clearly, it's another seems to all be a young man's game.
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I mean, let's be honest, we knew that before. So, I tell you what, just it just hurts to be confirmed so early on.
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Yeah, I could do a big one in the huge sideus one.
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Yeah.
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Oh, we were the opposite. We were like just waiting for our name. You when you going to... He did. He did a fat whip, but he put his foot down. Jim doesn't want it. He's strict.
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They've got drinking a lot of beers.
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Okay, so our top two we got help Davis and make your way to the top.
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Oh, man. On my right-hand side to be aware. And if you think this time pretty close about to start his balance bike world championship quad eliminator.
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He's going in there. So, this is four people. They line up, best two go through, and it's the first event that Cove's going into a Melbourne Classic and they take all the points over the three days of three races and actually it's qualified as the UCI World Champion three-year-old, which is sick.
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Cove, yeah, go on the start gate. When it drops, you can run fast. Get one practice run. Run, run, run, run, run.
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Here we go. We're off.
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Yeah, boy. How was that, Cove?
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Yeah. Do you think you do those jump?
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I think I saw you do a whip.
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Yeah. Ah. Okay then, boys. Are we ready? Watch the game.
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Run, run, run.
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Yeah. Yeah, boy. Come on, boy.
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Well, that's the first moto done. Looks like Cove got there first. But there's three motos. They add the points together and then it goes into the final. So, let's see if we can keep that up.
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It's so sick watching him. Rivers on the mods. Cove, what are you having there? Winner.
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Cove, did you win?
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Yeah. You get some sweeties.
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So, the guys at Early Rider have just given us a bike for Cove to race on. So, this could be the world championship bike this weekend.
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I'll do it for you. Go to 40. Think how much he weighs compared to an adult. It should all be proportional.
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I think you want 12 PSI max. 'Cause it needs to deform over bumps. None of you know anything. You dirty.
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Feel that?
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Well, yeah. Hard ain't good. This is racing. It's not dirt. It's just about rolling speed.
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Sorry. I'm getting involved. This is the uncle's call.
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Oh my. Is... Are you really... Is he really having that?
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Mid mid motos. Gate two. He's up against Freddy, the defending balance bike world champion.
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Run, run, run, run, run to the first corner. Oh, contact. Go on, Cove. Go on, Cove.
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You and Crosby have come over from France, Hellfire Rider, to enjoy Melbourne's.
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We're going to be doing the dirt wars comp, but Cove's about to do his third and final moto with the heat.
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And they take the average of points. They do the B final and the A final for fifth to eighth place and first to fourth place and they're important points that are going to go into the overall world champs.
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Yeah, boy. He's up. Just two of them. Guaranteed second place. Run, run, run, go, go, go, go, go.
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All right. He's definitely more into the freestyle side of biking with the jumps and the racing. I think the racetrack's just a way of getting him to that jump. Bless him.
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Right. So although Cove got first, second, and second in his three heats, he's in the B final. We finished six in like that seeding essentially. Some of the kids got first place in all three, which is amazing.
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Go rider 64. Yeah, you won it. You won that race.
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Right then, new day. River's got downhill racing today. He's in the youth category now. Big boy. Cove's got slalom racing on the same course. We have taken out his favorite jump.
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But today's the day, so it's going to be like one v one. I guess it's straight knockout, but we'll find out.
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Here's your timed seeding run, Cove. He's locked in. Go, Cove. Run, run, run, run, run.
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Yes. Thanks, mate. You guys are awesome. Qualifying times are in. You got third fastest in qualifying. So 24.4 seconds. Got a big fan club here.
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So he's on track for a slalom podium. Bless it. But he doesn't care right now because he's playing tag. Two run, Cove, run, go. Keep going.
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Oh, it's close. Yeah, boy. Beat up.
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You won. I got a flower. You won your race. Get given a medal.
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Yeah. Been a while since daddy had one of those.
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And third place today goes to Joe. That's you. Here you go, Cove. Can I see your medal? Show me.
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Whoa. Legend.
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Right. Of all the events at Melbourne Classic, this is by far, by far the most iconic, the late ride. I
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don't really practice, I suppose. But it feels so good dropping in and doing bangers like I haven't done in years. In my last run, which the judges said would was on for a winning come. I slipped my pedal on the lip. I landed in the gap
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and I was really blown my ankles up. That's why I'm sat on my bike. So, I don't even think I'll walk tomorrow. But yeah, big big couple days in M so far.
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Loving it. We'll see what the rest. It's going to be pain. He wants you to film.
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What? He wants you to film.
Topics:Melbourne Classicwhip offbalance bike world championshipMatt JonesSam ReynoldsBen DeaconFinley Davisdirt warslopestylebike racing
