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Vital RAW from Lawlor. Jackson almost didn't come back to earth.

Looks like Luca went with #10 as his career number

I've even heard rumors that Red Bull doesn't actually make helmets either

Interesting in Lawlor's video Andi Kolb talking about the smoke putting him off. You see it in road races too. The "fans".

Specialized boys cooking. Surely having The Alien has helped a lot with that program. What a guy to have in your corner. Kinda funny that Vouilloz, Peaty, Minnaar and Barel are still battling at the World Cup in a different way.

I'm just stocking up on popcorn for the final race of the season if the points keep getting thrown around like this. 2 horse race? Sorry I've already ordered that meal and it didn't even show up to the table regardless. Give me a THREE rider race. Or more. Orrr at least give me a 2 rider race where other riders results change the position like 2019. That was peak. Thank the lord Warner was still on for that one as Danny came down and the camera was like flipping between Loic and Amaury at each split lol

rude and vergier finished on the same thousandth in q1!

Cool/weird to see him on the exact same time as Assa right down to the 0.001 of a second!

Stoked to see Tuhoto make it through where he should be!

From the highest or highs to the lowest of lows for Luca Shaw

In a post Leogang interview with Ethan Craik he can be heard saying "the team is in a good spot and it's good to see us both in the top ten" (referring only to himself and Ben)... In the June 8 B Practice Podcast Dak says "The only thing I care about is putting it in the finals the next time I'm on the clock. Shit's hitting the fan". He also talked about new mechanics. I believe he's got a three year contract with Scott... but outside looking in, it seems like the bike and team perhaps aren't a perfect...

MTB tourism for a hill that doesn’t allow MTB.

How organizers still approach elite sports events as standalone products instead of marketing assets still blows my mind. In most cases, a World Cup weekend will never generate positive revenue if you only look at the direct cashflow during the event itself. The picture changes once you factor in media coverage, long term tourism, bike sales, brand image, destination marketing and overall communication value. A World Cup should be part of a bigger strategy and not treated as a one weekend business case. If a region has no long term MTB vision, no plans to grow the scene, infrastructure or...

Fresh B Practice chit-chat for ya! We recorded this morning and chatted a bunch about Dak's ongoing search for comfort this season, his outlook heading into this weekend's race, plus a bunch of bench racing about tracks, poles vs. tape, head-to-head DH racing, and a few other topics that I can't remember 🤓 YouTube is still uploading, but I'll drop it here as it should populate once it's done -

fwiw, last year was the first year we ever had to pay to get lawlor his creds at a world cup. $3k for the races we attended. it's not a budget killer for us, but $3k goes along way on other projects for us.

Hi, long time WC media guy here (14 years long).. I'm also very curious to hear some names and facts about this from you But in the meantime let me share some of my own. Each team is allowed to register photographers and videographers (each team then receives a set number of photo and video bibs for the season). if someone doesnt work for a team they can register as independent media once they have letters of assignment from a verified media outlet. there are little to no restrictions as to what can be shot/posted. This hasnt changed since the...

Sounds like you'd enjoy a "Known facts with dates, names, and proof" thread

Why are you being such a narc? Quite a few people in here can't post the concrete information they know as they could be identified as the leaker. Leave the dude alone, it's called rumours for a reason.

I have heard of numerous team media needing to find new work because of wbd

Just cause their president is doing things I don’t understand or agree with doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate an American team doing great stuff within their respective sport and industry. Plus who doesn’t love a bit of Springsteen