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Personally, I think it’s great. I wish the U.S. would lay down some authority too. There might be a few riders who opt not to get vaccinated, but I don’t think it will be any of the top contenders. Bring on the racing!

Chucks his mechanic under the bus as well when a crappy product fails....

Shit yeah bro. Should be a good team. Hope the kiwis don't completely overwhelm Trummer, but Tuhoto seems like the real deal and his interviews are the best around.

Closest I can think of is when Danny, Laurie, and Flo Payet went 1,2,3 at World Champs. Same bike but not the same team.

I'm also on board with Sam's Val Di Sol run. Not only was he on fire the whole way down, but in my mind that run also opened the door for what modern DH races became. It had been an exciting season to have freecaster steaming races and that run, being special, heart breaking and showing the give take and emotional toll on racers to the public, how it could be going so right and then go so wrong, also have Rob Warner his moment. If Rob hadn't been screaming times, obscenity's and feeding on the high stakes the whole...

Ratboys run in Haffjell world champs. I remember i was more devastated than him at that moment.

A lot like the work world for us normies. Sometimes you are content in a role but building up the courage to move somewhere else could open you up to things you never thought possible. I don't read anything into it. I DO read a lot into Neko's plans though, I think he was butting heads with Jeff Steber on bike design.

Makes sense but it’s not like Loris didn’t do well on the syndicate… he was a top 5 guy

Don't forget about Volvo Kona! :D

Volvo is an iconic sponsor in the MTB world. Just a few names that rode for (Cannondale) Volvo: Anne-Caroline Chausson Cédric Gracia Tinker Juarez Alison Sydor Cadel Evans Missy Giove Myles Rockwell Brian Lopes Not too shabby

There are also more than a few examples on the road side of the sport. Gary Fisher has kids all over the west coast, maybe some of them are good riders. They may not know who their father is, though.

Not that this is constructive in anyway but John and Eli Tomac might beg to differ.

Hasn't Dave Trummer been linked to MS Mondraker? He's a top dog these days and should be getting paid similarly to what Laurie was.

Mondraker is down a rider and Tuhoto being on the team with the bulldog would be sick

And actual World Champion! I still have tears in my eyes when I think about the Worlds race

Pre season training at Sheep Hills like the old days?

Just realised, unless they all signed 1 year contracts (and Greg calls it a day after this year), we won't have any puzzles games with Santa Cruz Syndicate in the 2023 Rumors thread. That makes me feel a bit sad.

Joe was on a Intense backed team as a junior