Can’t touch this. This off-road crew calls themselves the Untouchables and, despite what looked like a pretty good charge early on, their ring leader manages to commit a big no-no in the field of hillclimbing – he stalls his quad. Fortunately, the rest of the Untouchables are there to spring into action. We’re not sure […] More »

See you at the top. Hill-climbers are a separate breed. They don’t concern themselves with trails, mud pits, MX tracks, dunes, or snow. Theirs is a simple mission – be the fastest up a treacherous slope that we can promise is far more intimidating and steep in person than it appears on video. With swingarm […] More »

Some claw their way up. Others float. When it comes to punching our way up a steep incline there are generally two schools of thought – one is to claw our way up. Get as much weight on the wheels for traction, multiple drive wheels if possible and let the machine dig its way toward […] More »

Onward and upward. This week’s short is fairly impressive. When it comes to vertical rock faces, apparently the right combination of torque and travel can make it happen effortlessly.

King Quad, peasant operator. This guy got brand new tires, remembered to put his King Quad into 4×4 and even bought a new blue flannel for the occasion but forgot one simple lesson when it comes to punchy, steep climbs: Momentum always works better than wheelspin.

Where he is coming from looks like submarine territory. While we can’t say we approve of this guy’s choice in proper safety gear, there’s no discounting his impressive technique in taking his Grizzly from what looks like the waters of a lake to greener pastures.

Hill climb gone wrong turns into a helmet PSA. When a hill climb goes well, it looks really easy. When it goes wrong, things get ugly in a hurry. This unique crash was captured by two angles and kids, if you don’t think helmets are important, pay close attention to where the Honda rider’s head […] More »