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 »

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.

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 »

I’ll never let go. Ordinarily when things start to get ugly on a climb, we let go of the machine and hope for the best. Not this guy! He somehow manages to ride out the crash even when his machine was upside down. Warning – this one contains a bit of rough language.

What goes up… Real hillclimbs are generally regulated events with safety staff on hand as well as hill-side volunteers stationed at various intervals along the way to keep machines from tumbling back down in the event of a mistake. This is not that type of event.

Man vs gravity. Hills are a part of the off-road arena – when we do it right, they are little more than a change in elevation. Sometimes, however, gravity gets the best of us. This Kawasaki KFX450R rider demonstrates how quickly it can all go wrong.