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Spotted in MSA

@matvaillancourt1 posted this photo in 2025 team rumors thread. "spotted in MSA" - is it real? with teams having to be selected in the next month, stands to reason they'd get photoshoots done in MSA before everyone goes home.

There were a couple of clues in the live feed. As Kolb was climbing onto the stage whilst passing the race winning V10, Neko says " Is that his bike or Jacksons?", to which Rik replies "Careful!". In the interview Andi was asked why he was so happy to see Jackson beat Bruni. He gave a very diplomatic answer, which prompted Rik to say something like "He handled that question just as well as he handled his bike today". So I think Kolb to Syndicate is the done deal.

They are just trolling both Yeti jr riders are future teammates for next year. Nothing said they couldn't have been current teammates sharing the podium too🤣🤣

No - biggest story is someone wearing shorts in Quebec on October 11.

Vali went through with it and raced in shorts.

That’s why I was curious how many riders have gone to a “significant” numbers (5+ or however you want to define that) without qualifying this year. It makes to go try and qualify for a WC or 2 if it happens to be in your country or nearby and you can get a federation jersey, enjoy the experience and see how it goes. Traveling to every WC without qualifying is where doing well at Conti races or CW is probably better.

here is the latest b practice pods in youtube or audio form (or it's on the homepage too)

It would be interesting to go back and look at how many elite men and women have actually qualified for a final this year. Maybe 50 men, 20-25 women? Would also be interesting to see how many elite riders have been to at least 5 world cups without qualifying. The riders who are spending the money to go a significant number of world cups without ever even qualifying are the group that could benefit from a program like Dante’s doing USDH or IXS

WRONG. Whistler and Blackcomb are not private property. It's built on Crown Land, in 2017 they signed a new 60 year agreement. They also can't fully restrict you from Crown Land or crossing their tenure to access the greater park land around their tenure. Canada is probably much closer to Europe in how many of our resorts are set up (at least in BC) compared to the US. But even in the US there are plenty of resorts on public parks lands with similar long term tenure agreements.

Ooooo, finally something in the thread a professional association says I'm qualified to comment on! This is a misconception. Whistler Blackcomb, like most ski resorts in British Columbia, are for the most part, on unsurveyed Crown land. Bits and pieces are surveyed, typically where buildings exist, and there's a bunch of statutory right of ways registered on it (with confusing descriptions because, well, unsurveyed), but like 99% of the resort is provincial land. Whistler Blackcomb has stronger property rights and than other resorts because their tenure is a lease which gives them similar (but not quite as strong) rights to...