Damn that nose turn from Vige was wild!

I thought it was NBC that has the rights and dictates the broadcast

Correct. In certain countries broadcasters other than Red Bull own the rights to broadcast Worlds. In the US, NBC owns the rights. Therefore, Red Bull has to geoblock, or they'd probably get sued by nbc

7.5B in sales of Red Bull cans last year and customers are left to log onto internet-cloaking servers, buried inside a rusting ocean vessel somewhere off another country's coastline.
What Bullshit.

Agreed. Incredible that they didn't dig up the clips from the top of the course for Reece and edit something together after the broadcast. Given the conditions, doesn't it seem likely that you'd have a plan B in case someone...more

Shame they didn't have Reece on the full broadcast, would have been amazing to watch the full wood section!

Too bad, I was hoping it would have some remote lockouts on it

$8500 and 5 star value? I know, I know, top of the line components. Just shows how subjective everything really is. 5 star value, to me, has to be reserved for the bikes that offer race worthy performance around $3K (or less). Suggesting otherwise just shows how deep we...more

Spoiler alert- MTB "fashion" is and has always been 10-years old and borrowed from another sport. Skateboarding, moto, snowboarding, BMX, etc.

Oh god... when will it stop?

Nein.

4.2%... that makes me want to get a free bike for every female I know out there just to make this sport less of "rich white dude" sport.

Interesting that Sram and Avid are separate in brakes, I mean even if you combine both they still get to somewhere around 18% which doesn't...more