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If two people can comfortable hit it and it comes with a huge time advantage it gets to the point that the entire field has to take massive risks to be competitive. The Jr's are just that, Jr's. They are not professionals and outside of a very select few I bet most are not getting a paycheck. Closing one feature will have zero effect on the racing for the weekend...... Having to chopper a rider or two off the course during practice will have a big effect on everyones race weekend.

Downhill Southeast season ender race replay video and Vital RAW from Snowshoe. A great race series from the hardest working crew in #USDH

The Weekend from Val di Sole following Vali, Tahnee and Anna. Lawlor crushes again!

Got to see trackside clip of Thirion in the steep chute where his fast sector was. Good grief folks. The man is made of gravitational pull!

pit bits from poland is up https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/pit-bits-2025-world-cup-downhill-biel…

rad look into luke meier-smith's prep for the season. beast is an understatement!

Hurricane Helene has me grateful to be alive & thankful to ride my bike. But then my local trail club posted narcissistic pics of themselves mopeding in Pisgah to "do trail work" So yeah....I'm back to Wound Up status.

8k/hour / 60mins = 133 per minute. 133/minute / 60 seconds = $2.22 per second

If you don't think Luke Meier Smith is a consistent podium contender then you haven't been watching much racing recently

ALL WBD/WC DISCUSSIONS please post to the 2025 RACE TALK thread here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2025-race-talk?page=9 this is team rumors.

I know negativity is cool and all in 2024/5, but this rule change or whatever you call it, is because previously, under UCI organisation teams were not allowed to sell merch from their pits. I think it was so the local organisers could make more money selling expo space to vendors etc... So it's basically a positive change... but ya.

Sure, we're open for business. But WATER is a precious resource and Green River (5 minutes from the park) has been wiped off the map. Hotels, motels, churches, youth centers, parking lots, fields, backyards...loaded down with every manner of out of town utility worker imaginable. Our hotels are hosting displaced families, day laborers, you name it. But we ARE NOT a travel destination in the slightest. Sinkhole opened up last night down the road from me that will swallow an RV. We have IDIOTS by the thousands wandering around using their GPS or just generally shoving their STUPID faces where...