Bath seems to be fast becoming the Bike film premier epicentre of the UK. This time it was host to the brand new cinematic biscuit New World  Disorder 10- ‘Dust and Bones’. Congratulations to Brothers Rob and Jon Ashelford and MBUK’s Doddy for pulling off a wicked night once again. The  fact they managed to fill both screens at the Little Theatre and  then later on at the local pub I believe is proof that there is plenty of  support out there for the mtb movie industry!

So on to the film; It starts in a blaze of cinematic glory with the riders attending a funeral; thankfully this was not a return to the frankly shit format of story based freeride films but just a short section  paying homage to this, the last of the legendary New World Disorder Series.

And the riding? Old school faces such as Bearclaw naturally got  their chances to shine, but they were also joined by a few newguys such as Grahem Aggasiz. I don’t want to spoil the fun but the definite highlights for me were an insane intro section from Brandon Semenuk and a wicked Utah section from Kurt Sorge and Wayne Goss. Low point would have to be Kurt Vories’ section. You couldn’t see him through the trees in the foreground. Also it seemed that once again the New World Disorder crew have given in to the devil and gone overboard with the latest new school trick, this time being in the form of the front flip. Gnarly as hell for sure but they seemed to dominate the film, although it has to be said Cam Mccauls superman front flip varieties upped the game significantly.

As usual NWD sports a massive range of camera angles, reflecting the high budget of these films. There are loads of cable cam and helicopter fly-bys give some truly epic sequences, especially in the final Hells Barge section. Thankfully however, it is not the slow-mo orgy that NWD 9 was!

Overall, the film continues to in the same vain as previous NWD films,  massive tricks but a bit repetitive. Having said that the riding is so much more fluid than previous instalments, the camera work is brilliant and there is no bullshit monotone dialogue over the top about how they are so “stoked” to ride. It’s definitely got me keen to head out on my bike, well worth a watch!

*over and out*

Check out the New World Disorder website here

Trailer….

All this was written by Adam ‘Danger’ Hicks – an Iron Horse Sunday riding Bath Uni cycling club member. Cheers fella – hope the hang over wasn’t too bad!

Sorry from me (Jamie) for not taking any actual photos at the premier – I got drunk and forgot. Pro huh?

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