Yes. if you pay attention to other downhill videos they dont have techno or whatever music that is they either have chilled out music or regular music, not techno or hard out.
Pay attention to Sean Anderson, Jake Lucas, The Parkins Brothers, clay porter they very rarely use such music
Couldn't help but laugh sorry. "Its the wrong genre for riding, its different to what others are doing therefore its not good." How come just about all movie previews/shorts have something catchy - look at Follow Me.
I couldn't agree more with Pirate King or Robbo. Gave the clip some energy and rhythm. Its not my preferred genre of music, but it was matched well. Like Pirate King I'm not a sucker for all this mopey dopey casual stuff. Doesn't necissarily have to be 'techo music or hard out' but just something that provides a backdrop of energy. If you have seen Seasons, you'll know the closing scene is a calm but also beaty/energetic Cat Empire song, but it still supports the clip. To add to that, just about all the old school vids used punk or pump up music. The songs goin through the scene at the moment are just another trend IMO.
How can a genre be right or wrong for a video? Theres definatelly no right choice. +1 to the idea that its not the song (or the riding for that matter), but what you do with it.