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Mille's and Troy's runs. course and conditions look great, crowd was legit!

I think Dakotah was really overcome when he realized he'd just won. It's been a tough year for him, to put it mildly. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPHumgfD89F/?hl=en

A few quick notes on US Open and Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series: - Dakotah now has three wins and one 2nd place finish in the last 4 US Opens. - Kailey Skelton won the Series overall by just 4 points, with Mayleigh Leaneagh taking second. Kailey won 3 of the 5 Series races this year. - Aaron Gwin won the men's Series overall by 12 points (215 to 203) over Dante Silva. Five different men won races this season. (I don't know if they give a cash prize for winning the overall.)

Well, they just updated it. Dakotah Norton wins the US Open by 0.67 seconds over Richie Rude. I think he also wins the $500 Hole Shot prize for fastest 1st split time. 3rd - 5th were: Brosnan, Vermette, Gwin. Time gap from 1st to 5th was 3.63 seconds. Prize money: 1st - $15,000 2nd - $7500 3rd - $3750 4th - $1875 5th - $950

Aletha Ostgaard wins US Open by 2.79 seconds over Camille Balanche to take the $15,000 first place cash. Aletha also wins the Hole Shot Award of $500 by having the fastest first sector time. What a weekend for her! (She might also have won the season overall for the Monster Energy Pro Series. Not sure about that. She came into the race in 2nd in the standings and series leader Kailey Skelton had difficulties in the 3rd sector, ultimately finishing 22nd. That might have been enough to give Aletha the series points lead.) 3rd through 5th were: Maylei Leaneagh, Mille...

A few notes on the Men's US Open seeding runs: Troy Brosnan had the fastest time through the first 3 (of 5) sectors, up more than a second over Asa. He also had the fastest 1st split time. I mention that because in tomorrow's final the racer with the fastest 1st split gets a $500 Hole Shot prize (prizes for both women and men). Fourteen-year old Canadian prospect Mack Manietta finished a very respectable 25th in the Men's Pro division, within 1 second of WC racers Tyler Waite (22nd) and Tegan Cruz (23rd). Greg Minnaar was last to drop and...

Women's Results from US Open seeding: 1. Aletha Ostgaard 3:08.786 2. Maylei Leaneagh 3:18.212 3. Anna Newkirk 3:18.673 4. Kailey Skelton 3:20.085 5. Arleigh Kemp 3:21.177 6. Mille Johnset 3:23.994 7. Camille Balanche 3:25.964 8. Taylor Ostgaard 3:27.513 9. Ruby Wells 3:29.625 10. Zanna Logar 3:31.212 11. Raina Logar 3:33.329 12. Mazie Hayden 3:34.611 13. Jordan Scott 3:34.990 14. Cameron Bragg 3:38.759 15. Tayte Proulx Royds 3:39.602 16. Kallie Stewart 3:40.857 17. Leah Macartney 3:43.277 18. Indy Deavoll 3:43.305 19. Kale Cushman 3:44.220 20. Roisin McGuinness 3:45.916 21. Florencia Rodríguez Contardo 3:48.011 22. McKenna Merten 3:48.200 23. Isla O Connor...

Yo, also on the trail crew. Not really down to get into the mud with all of the environmental permitting stuff which is really above my dirt-shaping pay grade, but misinformation about the crew test riding our own course build is where I draw the line. We rode it last week on trail bikes and will be riding more this week. T>B

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YT and Flossman… get the gasface.

pit bits from lenzerheide https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/pit-bits-2025-world-cup-downhill-lenz…

lenzerheide thread here (troy's course walk is up) - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2025-world-cup-lenzerheide-switzerl… lawlor will be dropping a raw tomorrow.

Would love to see Rach roll up , kick the doors down and walk away with 100k. That would be the MTB story of the year.

How sad. Since when did this forum become some kind of gossip column, bitching about pro riders who you don’t know personally and have probably never met? Stop this nonsense and just enjoy the spectacle. This season is becoming another classic. Hope it goes to the final round.

We knocked out another B practice podcast this week, and had a few rumor topics come to light: 1. Dak signed a two year deal with Mondraker that ends this year. He was SUPER tight lipped about what the future holds. 2. Cami is retiring, Richie is EDR World Champ, Tyler Waite will be in Elites next year. I'm curious what Richie decides to race, and who they add to the team alongside Tyler (assuming he stays with them) 3. Max and Till Alran will be in Elites next year. Can anyone confirm how many Elite riders you can have...

Vital RAW in not rainy, perfect summer conditions for a weekend of #USDH from the Downhill Rockies series in Telluride.

Or the fact that he's less out of breath, despite riding one of the gnarliest dh tracks while talking the entire time, than most people are walking to the end of the driveway and back.

Great pod... I'd say this is the best USDH has been since the NORBA hay day. Just seeing an actual US series as opposed to a bunch of regional series is a good start.. The replay shows are exceptionally well done. It would be nice to see those hit sooner, but it takes time to edit all that. I think it would be cool to see some riders profiles or some tech segments. Those could be mixed into the show or used to keep the stoke high between rounds. I understand if they don't want have to show run too...