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I think if Johnny's fork didn't break in Sunday practice causing an ankle injury...he woulda have been up there. His qually time was faster that Jacob Jewett's finals time.
rained hard during pre-pro finals, bottom of the course was pretty wet
Seems Canada is stronger in Enduro than DH, or maybe just need to add back Goldstone and Iles.
Replay from Champéry
https://www.youtube.com/live/wu4k2r7QBqI?si=-bjuRxjr1heECF9X
gwin's vlog from national champs
Shows what type of guy Aaron is that the thumbnail is him and his wife instead of new pedals, a sick scrub, or the podium.
stoked to post up our Inside Line with Clay Harper. so many great stories but also great insights into what the future of #USDH could look like. Clay runs the Pro Downhill Series (among 400 other things he does : )
This comment is so asinine. What ‘type’ of man is Aaron? What type of man would he be if the thumbnail was riding? Would he not love his wife?
Not to mention the thumbnail was probably chosen by an editor and Aaron may not have even given input.
1. Odd AG chose the thumb nail: zero.
2. Odds he chose it because it was a nice picture, a bit higher.
3. Oodds he chose it consciously or not to demonstrate his ccommitment to family, 3%.
There are probably plenty of ways to decide AG is a good guy. I wouldn't count tasteful youtube thumbnails as a significant deciding factor.
Thumbnails aside, that bike looks like it was working well for him and riding high in the travel. Does anyone know if he’s lining up for any of the remaining World Cup rounds or World Champs?
4. Odds that YouTube users - especially mtb video watchers - click on an attractive lady: 95%
5. Odds that YouTube's algorithm prefers/promotes videos with thumbnails of people's faces more than products thumbnails: 100%
Just wanted to also add those in there.
Vital RAW form Monster Pro Downhill Series Big Bear
Pro Downhill Series Results from Big Bear - full results - https://artiming.wiclax-results.com/Pro%20Downhill%20Series%203/
What's the big takeaway? The kids (as in 15-16 class) are comin' for your jobs!
Top 10s
Pro Men - Dooley by just .5
Pro Women - Van Leuven by just .08!
Cat 1 17-18 Men
Cat 1 17-18 Women
Cat 1 15-16 Men - Cash Shaleen would have been THIRD in Pro Men!
Cat 1 15-16 Women
I remember so many guys from the southeast would go race Big Bear and just get smoked by the hyper fit silt surfers out west. Racing that moon dust is it’s own separate skill.
Will they ever allow DH on the upper slopes again? How much more elevation did they used to use for Norba & World Cup?
What upper slopes? This starts just below the top of chair 1, sure top of chair 2 is maybe a hundred feet higher.
Kai Burleson would have been 7th in Pro as well. What are they feeding these kids?!
Today I learned Mike Metzger races DH bikes. that's sick af.
It's been so long I can't remember. At some point, didn't Forest Service shut the bike park down? Cut out a big chunk of technical terrain forcing the bike park to close down?
I thought the way the way they were able to re-open was in a different spot further down the mountain? What exactly did happen?
Yeah all the trails inside the resort were shutdown but have been open for years now.
My bad. Thought when the park re-opened it was only like 300-400 ft elevation.
the other mike metzger races dh bikes.
The original raced back when.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-wGf1-vOE5/?igsh=MTNnN3oxeGVzamh3cA==
Idk who the other one is. But the godfather of FMX raced this weekend.
There are 4 Metzger, Mike's with USA Cycling licenses.
Press conference from Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series from Snow Summit
He is also a riding instructor at Snow Summit and you're bound to run into him on the mountain just about every weekend of the summer. Have a friend I ride with who is close friends with his son Myrie, who's also no slouch on a mountain bike.
Any info on how we can watch Worlds? I’m assuming it’s not going to be on Max (in the US) and we are going to have to use a VPN like in the past?
Worlds in the USA is on FloSports.
Got really close to downvoting you for providing the correct information, just because I don't want to accept it.
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