Drop everything—Semenuk’s back
The Canadian freeride legend drops a moody new edit in the redwoods, blending myth, trailcraft and next-level bike handling
When Brandon Semenuk releases a video, you stop what you’re doing and hit play. It’s the only appropriate response. There’s no press release, no teaser campaign—just a quiet upload that rewires your idea of what’s possible on a bike. And as always, Semenuk surprises you.
His latest? A surreal descent through towering California redwoods, thick with fog, drenched in mystery, and possibly… haunted by Bigfoot. It’s the first official release from ö Clever and it’s every bit as cryptic and cinematic as you’d expect.
Between dirt and the divine
The video opens with atmospheric tension: wood knocks echo through the trees, radios hiss and someone swears they’ve seen the beast. Then Semenuk drops in—no intro, no explanation.None is needed.
Shot with the kind of precision most filmmakers could only dream of, it’s more than just a riding edit. It’s part horror short, part trail builder tribute, but total riding mastery.
There’s no title card, no real voiceover to speak of. Just Semenuk moving through it all like a ghost in full control.
Legends and loam
The film nods to more than Sasquatch. It’s a quiet tip of the helmet to the ones who shape what we ride—the builders, the brands the unsung creatives behind the scenes.
“Stories like this aren’t written, they’re stumbled into,” reads the only copy associated with the project. And that’s exactly what it feels like: a strange, beautiful accident of killer imagery, world-class riding and mystic atmosphere.
Real or imagined—it doesn’t matter
Is Bigfoot real? Probably not. But does it matter? Not when the riding’s this good and the cinematography is this sharp.
This is the stuff that keeps freeride alive—beyond contests, beyond algorithms. Just Semenuk, a shovel-built dreamline and something stirring in the woods.
Even if it’s just your imagination.