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Nope. 100% identical track, the kids are just that fast. There’s some solid talent in Aus, but the path to Europe is hard and expensive.
Insane
More entrants in both U19 and U17 women than in pro women too, the future is bright
I’m kinda hoping it’s bright for our junior men too!
Bruni does a non-WC race??
This world is going mad!
Anyone now what this is about
Comments said it was a joke
You mean you don't remember this incredible moment in DH history?
Bruni has done a few Crankworx in NZ before and usually does a couple of pre season races too. Pretty sure he picked up an injury at a pre season race in Italy a few years back too?
Pretty sure it's a joke, mocking the NST tour that happened down there for holding an event, and delaying results and media coverage.
Thats idiotic, hold a race and stream it months after specially when nothing is happening at this point of the season
race talk forum lurkers get it before it's public - 17 Questions with Loic Bruni
Questions asked
0:00 - Who would win in a fight between you, Amaury Pierron and Jackson Goldstone?
0:50 - Do you ever go to World Cup after parties? If yes, tell us your favorite post-race story. If no, why don't you like to have fun?
1:54 - Does your mechanic Jack get enough credit for how much he helps with the bike and suspension setup?
3:02 - How many on-track line spotters do you have? (Spoiler, Nico Vouilloz will be one in 2026!)
4:14 - How many Elite men and women should there be in finals at a World Cup?
5:39 - Do the new crop of young racers terrify you or motivate you?
6:55 - What tire pressure do you run and do you run inserts?
7:23 - What has been your favorite part of being a dad?
7:55 - How much money in bonuses have you made from winning one World Champs?
8:27 - When you SuperBruni or PopeBruni signs, does that weird you out?
8:58 - What do you want to do when you're done racing?
10:04 - People always talk about how your suspension setup is different than most of your competitors. Do you think it's true? If so, how does it differ from the rest?
12:02 - If your new son wanted to pursue being a pro rollerblader, would you let him?
12:41 - What is one activity you would not let your son pursue?
13:11 - Have you ever told Red Bull "no" to one of their clickbait video project ideas? If so, what was it?
16:17 - Do you think social media can have a negative impact on race performance?
17:58 - Would you rather be telling Vital MTBers to like and subscribe instead of answering these dumb questions?
Two words bro: YARD SALE! The original was so wild
Crankworx Christchurch Seeding.
https://live.rawmotion.com/cwxchristchurch2026
Does anyone know where we can get split times? Often looks like the pink site get full results from crankworx and Hardling that us fools can't get?
PB is just showing the same results from rawmotions.
finals will be on Youtube tonight.
Hopefully no weather drama. Luke said they had to shuttle up for Qualies yesterday because of lightning...
Not a race strictly speaking but I figured this could go here anyway - slopestyle finals LIVE from Crankworx Chirstchurch, starts in 4 hours or so:
The best racing I've seen in ages is to be found in Jimbo Munro (and others) instagram stories. A bunch of the NZ expat summer crew (Jimbo, Alex Blanar, Finn Smith, etc..) threw together a homegrown "four cross" race on some raw tracks in NZ. So freaking sick.
Sorry if you don't have instagram. Hopefully someone puts together a youtube edit of the action, but it's absolutely bonkers and looks like a ton of fun.
Here's Jimbo's account.
Luke Meier-Smith's POV from his winning Crankworx run - the hands-in-the-middle-of-the-bars tuck is so gnarly!
it's been thrown around before, but LMS is the fittest dude in WCDH. Guy is a determined beast.
He would have been licking his lips when he saw this track for the first time
"For me? You shouldn't have!"
Dude put 10s into Bruni. I know it’s not a wc race, but also I don’t think Bruni is just sitting down in the last split either. Dude emptied the tank at the bottom.
I figure if you can win an Enduro WC, and happen upon a DH pedalfest, you might be happy.
“happy” 😩
I honestly thought he got a flat near the start of the last split, you could hear him make some groan noise on the live feed. Apparently that was just his turbos spooling up
March 8th in Brazil will be the Pan-American Downhill Championship, track preview: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVEvDfziVB1/?igsh=MWwxbmR4ZzR5aDJi
Silver Mountain in Kellogg, Idaho hosts US Enduro National Champs June 6-7. Deets below
https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/silver-mountain-hosts-2026-…
The only race where I have given up TWICE in a single stage!
It’s so interesting to see EDR fail while events like this flourishing
It’s so excellent to see for a 2nd year in a row that USAC’s national events staff isn’t involved with Enduro National Championships.
Mr Harper has done a good job reducing USAC’s involvement with Gravity national championships… now we need to kick the USAC goons out of the event director and site selection roles for Endurance MTB nationals and return our highest level racing to event organizers and promoters that actually care about and understand bike racing.
not a race itself but prep for the race, specialized gravity team camp/wind tunnel testing
You can see the new E-bike front triangle at 6:48
@6:47 hello you
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