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Fine if you feel that way, but I try to ask for riders opinions on the current state of the sport and also anything happening inside so people from the outside can learn more, Finns response was great and a lot people enjoyed his opinions. I interview riders who are doing well in the race, on race day my video is to tell the story of the race. I can't make a judgement on a case where no one actually knows the full story, and we never will it seems, so until then I will interview the riders who performed...

Masterclass in how to provide knowledgeable exciting and funny commentary by elliot and Rob. Commenting on all the different lines riders were taking while making the whole thing exciting from start to finish.

Full qualifying/seeding results from Hardline - big congrats to Lou Ferguson who becomes the first woman ever to complete a full top-to-bottom run at Hardline Wales (following up her success at Hardline Tasmania where she and Gracey Hemstreet were the first women to complete that course in 2024). As per usual, any rider who completes the course whether in practice or training should be able to ride in the finals, regardless of seeding results. Note that finals are now at 3am PST (12:00 CET) on July 27, the event has been moved forward in the day to account for inclement...

Brendog showing back up and doing a top to bottom is impressive

You're dead wrong. No other live competition stops for cameras. Complete disservice to the 20 other riders who laid their lives on the line for a time. No one's making Jett Lawrence pull off track if we can't see LaRacco's Leap!!! This is yet again WBD being the worst of the worst. Final result has 6 riders from pre-rain, Vergier's course designer outlier miracle run & the rest post rain after they "postponed" the race. WBD fokked our sport again yesterday for their own greed.

Hope the weather holds off. Getting 2023 vibes when the storm came in for the last 10 riders.

Did you watch it? Here it is at the exact time stamp. https://youtu.be/guJnr4OzvKU?si=DS6_ynJJyelDJglY&t=2630 Not saying he actually did. But if I wanted people to think I was whizzing on the start hut, I'd have my left hand on something, look down where I was aiming, turn my hip where that dude behind me can't see my groin & disappear from frame for the next rider. He's awfully convincing. I would.

Bonus for La Thuile forum thread peeps - Lawlor's The Weekend following Maples, Pinky and Luke Meier-Smith is up but won't hit homepage until tomorrow.

I'm sure I'll get hate for this, but I'm not sure a dh race is the place to bring your dog. I've had enough issues with trail dogs (I feel pretty strongly that most dogs shouldn't come along for the ride and aren't as great on the trail as their owners say they are) and not sure massive crowds full of yelling, screaming people is the place to bring your dog.

We are all witnesses

And yeah, they 100% hit pause to give Top 5 a clear run. I’m not buying that. Even the NFL doesn’t STOP THE GAME if TV signal goes down.

Simple instructions for the commenters, STFU when Niko (or whichever pro is in the booth) is talking.

Oh…did anyone else see the guy pissing on the Start Hut at the gate during Q2? Dead center of frame. 43:55 is the time stamp as Baptiste Pierron is in the gate. https://youtu.be/guJnr4OzvKU?si=7g7LU9q5PpTWV1q7

Good luck to Ronan, he was really going for it

I’m very happy to see Asa completing another impressive run. He’s the top male American prospect at the moment, no doubt! If it wasn’t obvious, it’s becoming clear that competing against TWINS is a new kind of challenge, Basically if one falters, a genetic copy is right there with the next run available. This is not to diminish either one of the Alrans individually—they both have a unique style and approach, and want to win. Also, briefly meeting them at Windrock—they are very nice kids. But still: having two brothers, both quite capable of puzzling-out wins, on a team with...