History Lesson: Vail World Champs

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Edited Date/Time 8/17/2014 12:11pm
Remember back in the time when you could order up VHS copies of videos from justpushplay.com/thenpushrewindbecauseitsatape?

DeShawn does. And if I remember correctly, he made so much money off Alpha Project that he was able to pay off his Escalade and had enough left over to burn some DVD-Rs of Clappin Yo Dome.

Here's the Vail Worlds section from the VHS days.






2001 World Champs from Vail - More Mountain Bike Videos



That gap that Minnaar greases is still gross looking to me.
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sspomer 10/22/2010 8:21am
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one of the best courses of all time? seemed like it. minnaar is nuts. (sorry about the quality, from an old web format).
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bturman 10/22/2010 8:25am
10/22/2010 8:25am
This race was the first time I ever saw gravity mtb. Bought my first legit bike ~6 months later.
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k.shiz 10/22/2010 8:52am
10/22/2010 8:52am
was that a big hit with a 24" rear wheel?
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jptree 10/22/2010 12:52pm
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SUCH a sick track, one of the best. Minnaar's gap is legendary! So crazy.
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bturman 10/22/2010 1:11pm
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k.shiz wrote:
was that a big hit with a 24" rear wheel?
Had a Jamis Dakar first, then the Big Hit.
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SylentK 10/22/2010 3:23pm
10/22/2010 3:23pm
I heart Vail
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Pip3r 10/22/2010 4:52pm
10/22/2010 4:52pm
What amazing looking courses. Interesting too to see how the body language has changed since then on the new crop of bikes.

Wasn't there a Nico section right after? Was trying to hunt around for that awhile ago...
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LukeD 10/23/2010 11:50am
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I remember watching that on OLN
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kidwoo 10/23/2010 5:51pm
10/23/2010 5:51pm
bturman wrote:
This race was the first time I ever saw gravity mtb. Bought my first legit bike ~6 months later.
Haha.....me too. Seeing that race on OLN made me want to get a dh bike.

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