On first viewing, the value is certainly there,
especially when you factor in you “own” the film
once you have paid the fee. That means you can
not only watch it on the Vimeo platform as much
as you like but can also download Say No to Slow
in mp4 format to save to your computer or tablet.
Birch already runs his own in-person rider training
courses, but with the country in the midst of
fighting Covid-19 Say No To Slow has landed at the
perfect time to not only help us fight boredom
but prepare those of us planning on heading out
with the man himself.
“I hope that the video series will work well with the
in-person coaching, Birch says. “If people coming
to the courses have already watched the video we
can push through a day faster and get even more
information across and more improvement.”
Birch isn’t expecting everyone who watches the
series to sign up for a day of coaching, however.
“Another reason for the video series is it will
help riders that I can’t get to. I get requests for
schools from all over the planet, and often it’s
not possible for me to get to these countries.
This video series will at least let me help those
riders in some way. At the time of writing this,
it’s been purchased in seventy-nine countries,
so that seems to be working.”
While he’s currently known for his work with KTM
and their Adventure bikes – putting riders on
enduro bikes to shame at times – if the Adventure
series is a success Birch says he’ll look to expanding
it to other off-road disciplines.
“I think dirt bike riders would get a lot out of
watching the ADV series as at the end of the
day it’s riding motorcycles off-road and the
techniques are very similar.”
Say No To Slow is available for purchase and
download
from
Vimeo.com
(vimeo.com/
ondemand/saynotoslow/) for the bargain price
of US $35, which is about NZ$58. We reckon it is
definitely money well spent.
KIWI RIDER 15