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THE GAMBLERS

GAMBLE is a downhill mountain bike film by Steel City Media and Creative Concept showcasing some of the fastest and most charismatic downhill riders currently on two wheels, unleashing them outside of the tape to capture their true abilities on film. Two of those chosen riders happen to be Kiwis.

Looking back on the weeks building up to shooting the first segments of with Sam Blenkinsop and Brook Macdonald, I remember it being a hard-to-manage mix of stoke, stress, credit card

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