Leaving A Tread
- 2023
- USA
- Duration:
- 6 mins
Overview
As the popularity of mountain biking grows across Mexico, riders like Israel Carrillo work to blaze the trail — literally. Carrillo shares the challenges athletes face in a growing sport, financially and otherwise, while showing off his hometown of Guanajuato.
El ciclista de montaña Israel Carrillo nos muestra su ciudad natal de Guanajuato, México, y las dificultades y diferencias de ser ciclista de montaña en México.
From a student:
"Israel Carrillo is a mountain biker who has dreams for his home in Guanajuato, Mexico. Israel builds radical trails for the youth to get out, shred and aspire to bring mountain biking to its true potential in Mexico." — Townes Merritt, age 17
Production Team
- Director
- Maxwell Frank
Festival Screenings
Featured in the 2024 Mountainfilm Festival.