Discussion
Just starting.
Quali canceled yesterday due to gusty conditions, so all riders going for a single run race.
Course looks even more gnarly this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nuL0xmWdeE&ab...
Quali canceled yesterday due to gusty conditions, so all riders going for a single run race.
Course looks even more gnarly this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nuL0xmWdeE&ab...
BadOrangePete said:
Loved it, the coverage seemed better that the usual Redbull DH WC stuff and Reece Wilson/Rob Warner commentary worked a treat. Prefer this to Rampage TBH find that abit too freeride at times.
Well it is a big mountain free ride event.. though i do agree it has gone a little more slopestyle and less bigMountain.
Smith’s crash looked pretty nasty, he was looking very good for the lead too.
First time I watched it this year, fascinating.
There was a lot of talk about how that new huge drop was unsettling, but from watching on the TV it was the little section just after the drop down and the LH berm that looked like barely controlled chaos!
First time I watched it this year, fascinating.
There was a lot of talk about how that new huge drop was unsettling, but from watching on the TV it was the little section just after the drop down and the LH berm that looked like barely controlled chaos!
Great event, top track, good filming and Reece smashed it on the commentary!
Glad there were no major injuries and Joe Smith seems pumped again for next year! Hopefully Gee is back then too.
What to do for next year though! I don’t think any more big features are needed as the race isn’t won or lost on those, it’s the tech in between.
A big root section with a bus stop before to slow their laze down could be interesting, but don’t know how viable that is in these woods! Let’s see what Dan does!
Glad there were no major injuries and Joe Smith seems pumped again for next year! Hopefully Gee is back then too.
What to do for next year though! I don’t think any more big features are needed as the race isn’t won or lost on those, it’s the tech in between.
A big root section with a bus stop before to slow their laze down could be interesting, but don’t know how viable that is in these woods! Let’s see what Dan does!
smifffymoto said:
I would like to see some proper “old school “section,rooty sections so rooty keeping control is the only option,arm pump inducing rock gardens.
Maybe even going back to hardtails and ditch the jumps and tail whips.
Problem is the more technical riding does not translate over to the casual viewer, it has to be a fine line between technical and shock and awe. You have more chance of them switching to e-bikes than hardtails. Maybe even going back to hardtails and ditch the jumps and tail whips.
wastedyouth86 said:
smifffymoto said:
I would like to see some proper “old school “section,rooty sections so rooty keeping control is the only option,arm pump inducing rock gardens.
Maybe even going back to hardtails and ditch the jumps and tail whips.
Problem is the more technical riding does not translate over to the casual viewer, it has to be a fine line between technical and shock and awe. You have more chance of them switching to e-bikes than hardtails. Maybe even going back to hardtails and ditch the jumps and tail whips.
kin huge! Steep, rooty, rocky stuff just won't translate into what Hardline is all about which is a track that gets professional downhill racers genuinely nervous. Sort of UK downhill track meets Rampage...
Really liked the huge moto kicker step up straight into the massive drop this year!
Haha you wouldn't be able to pump through a loop on a downhill bike set up for Hardline.
wall ride would be cool though maybe as part of a berm.
Hardline also wasn’t set up to be like a world cup event it was mean’t to be a mix between downhill and big mountain.
Would love to see Semenuk go down it i think he would surprise a few pros
wall ride would be cool though maybe as part of a berm.
Hardline also wasn’t set up to be like a world cup event it was mean’t to be a mix between downhill and big mountain.
Would love to see Semenuk go down it i think he would surprise a few pros
wastedyouth86 said:
Haha you wouldn't be able to pump through a loop on a downhill bike set up for Hardline.
wall ride would be cool though maybe as part of a berm.
Hardline also wasn’t set up to be like a world cup event it was mean’t to be a mix between downhill and big mountain.
Would love to see Semenuk go down it i think he would surprise a few pros
Aye, big wall ride into berm, bit like at Leogang (I think) where Brook Macdonald gapped into it. Savage move.wall ride would be cool though maybe as part of a berm.
Hardline also wasn’t set up to be like a world cup event it was mean’t to be a mix between downhill and big mountain.
Would love to see Semenuk go down it i think he would surprise a few pros
A drop like Gee's at Rampage a few years ago would be gnarly too. Blind, into a hipped landing.
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