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Or maybe there could be a South American continental series and a North American continental series. South American can be November to march and North American can be march to September. Better yet make it so the 5 qualifier spots can only go to you for racing your home continent.

I could care less. But dating a girl who was 17 when she joined your team shortly after she becomes legal, while she still is a part of the team, is pretty questionable and wouldn’t fly in a lot of businesses. Hell plenty of companies would not let you date an employee as a manager if they were 10 years older than you. The age gap just increases the power imbalance. Ultimately if they are happy and stay happy good for them. But there are a lot of young women who get used by irresponsible men making false promises who...

brendan's skill is so out-of-this-world. to sit there in the trackstand, so focused and then nail that line? he's already won regardless of result. the vibe with olly and deakin is so rad too. and clay on the dadcam HAHAHA, so rad! what an event!

someone sent over this rad 4-up overlay of runs from dak, loris, loic and coulanges. for forum fans only.

so i guess the only point in qualifying was narrowing the field from 65 to 60?

#USDH going strong in junior men. Asa, Bode, Gavin, Ryder and Lucas all qualify top 20. Three of them top ten. Two of them podium quali times. Legit!

Sugarloaf is close to Mt St Anne though. So maybe the stars will align with schedules to make that work well.

Sugarloaf is a couple hr drive from Portland Maine which is already a long drive from anywhere not in the northeast and not exactly a large airport. Snowshoe is a pretty doable drive from se and mid Atlantic, is a couple hrs from Pittsburgh and three from dc (a large and a major airport). Again nothing against the area. I visited and it’s pretty incredible. Type of place I’d love to see a World Cup (where budget/time for travel is much less an issue). And I plan to go up there for an esc sometime. But I’d be worried that...

Define elite. If a privateer qualifies to race in the elite category doesn't that make them an elite rider? If they get down the track faster than someone with a factory ride haven't they earned the right to race? There are numerous team riders that rarely qualify for finals.

Why? Asa is the national champ. Why should someone else wear what is his

Every loss should be tragic to anyody but it feels harder when that's someone I've been shuttling and practicing with for the last few days. Just doing our things together brings a sense of brotherhood, Unlike some other sports, I really feel a strong bond and sense of community in DH racing, especially in this field of the cat1 19 to 70+. All these guys are true heroes, dedicated racers only doing it for true passion. The pros are cool but the cat1 is truly the core of the sport, we are the guys buying gears, supporting local events and...

Neko (junior) and Logan Bingelli (elite) at Beech Mountain in 2012. Lots of drama. Lots of intrigue. Lots of USAC bungling. Seems USAC did a much better job of knowing the rules this time around, which is nice. Shoutout to Matilda Melton, Aletha Ostgaard, and Lucas Dedora who also had incredible runs in juniors, with times that would put them on an elite podium. The future is looking bright! Wearing my Vital "USDH" shirt with pride today. And sadness, too

I wonder if it has to being outside of UCI legal racing age? Meaning I dont think you can race a World Cup in Juniors until 17. Please correct me if I am wrong. While it is a national championship and put on by USAC, it is regulated by UCI rules.

My $0.02... Yesterday was a tough day for a lot of people. The absolute most unfortunate event that we could imagine, happened. Rumors spread like wildfire once the course hold went into effect. At one point I think most people thought that the event was going to be canceled. I am thankful that it wasn't. I met Scott at the US Open two years ago and I absolutely know that he would want racing to go on despite what happened. He was a great soul and a true racer. Ironically, my son got to know Scott pretty well the past...

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