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On one hand, everyone has already said a lot, but on the other hand this is VitalMTB forums where we go forever so here are my takeaways 🤣: 1. It feels that judges really like "fluidity" which is actually just a mix of speed and lack of hesitation. The riders who had really high scores had fast runs with no moments where you could see them prepare for the next feature. I guess bring back a "free-racer" and let's see if the fastest run of the day can place on the box 2. I gotta say the margin for...

Full rider line up decision would be nice, but there's too much money for that obviously. (And to be honest there's too much at stake to have whatever panel of judges they probably have now tbh) Can't do a fan vote because then Brendog would take 1st which, while a great run, probably doesn't make sense at least for the entire format. Similarly, I don't think Semenuk should win on tricks with the current scoring format. TVS godziek and Silva had the most Rampage esque runs imo So, somewhere in the middle, a large panel of basically CURRENT riders (not...

Here's an idea: have Brendog's team create one single line, have everyone ride that and only then you let the judges "judge"

The fact that bender is a judge still is crazy. What does that mean know about technical lines or flat flipping a drop.

I'm assuming/hoping its not the same guys from ~10 years ago, but yeah it's going to be harder and harder to be an accurate judge the more and more the contest outgrows your initial experience. If anything it just gets faster and faster every year, to the extent only current riders doing similar riding even have a hope or a prayer of really understanding the difficult levels of seemingly very different runs. Because even within the rampage criteria as I understand it... I'll admit I dunno how to correctly separate TVS, Godziek, and Silva. All I know is Semenuk shouldn't...

I just watched the highlights reel and I would hands down rather TMac go balls out on that canyon gap then watch double back flips all day. To each their own.

Interesting that there is no Live Valve Neo fork. I would be curious to hear from someone at Fox why they decided not to produce a version of this new system for a fork. I would also love to see a Flight Attendant vs. Live Valve Neo back-to-back comparison test in the future.

Another great race well deserved wins all round. WBD decision to show Tahnee's reactions during Finn's run showed a real lack of class. Whether they are dating or not has no relevance, it's not a soap opera. They weren't interested in Gaetan's reaction when Myriam was on a winning run. Scraping the barrel, gossip magazine shit.