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according to google, quebec city (close enough to MSA) averages for October - 53 degrees high, 39 degrees low - 4" of rain, .5" snow - 11 hours of daylight don't envy junior and women practice.

LOL, MSA in October? At least all the clothing companies will be able to show off their fall/cold weather riding gear. Can you stud an Assiguy? I mean it COULD be a warn fall, but it could also be a rock filled bobsled track.

only two venues (one TBD) with xc, dh and enduro. coverage-wised it will be an interesting one to see leogang with everything going on all at once. for crowds and attendance, i'm sure it will be a success. pits will probably be pretty rad. crowds aside, the early DH races have always been the most viewed with what we've done b/c there's so much anticipation coming out of winter. mid-summer races usually slump a bit, world champs is good and finals are usally good. summer months people are riding more than internetting and it generally feels like there's "burnout" by...

Shame so many DH and Enduro events on at the same time for those that try to do both.

Holding snowshoe during the school year is going to impact attendance at such a remote event.

age no, heat yes. so if you leave your helmet in the car on a hot summer day on a regular basis that will result in degradation to it's mechanical properties over time.

Maybe I’m missing something, but this study compares injuries with and without a neckbrace and shows way more injuries without but also says no one is wearing a neck brace. So what is the sample size of riders who are actually wearing a brace? If a small number of riders in the study are wearing a brace it’s possible there’s too small of a sample to do this kind of comparison and not really apples to apples.

Helmets don't have a shelf life - that's a myth. They certainly get worn out with use, abuse, or improper storage, but time isn't what does them in. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26902784/

Yes. They basically have to use marshalls to make sure that the World Cup DH guys are actually wearing the padding that the rules mandate, from what I understand. I've heard talk of racers taking the padding out of their pads and such to reduce the distraction. Edit: It's also possible I"m conflating something that I KNOW happens in American Football, especially for high speed positions as well as an incident I remember reading about where a country's regulating body (maybe Italy) was requiring DH riders to wear spine protection, and a lot of them were complaining because they never...

I was rooting for Bernard or Finn, but in the end, it was perfect that Finn got his first WC win in front of a home crowd. I was definitely getting a little teary-eyed watching it. (my susceptibility to crying has increased 1000% since having kids) Did anyone notice the exchange between Rob and Eliot at the end of the broadcast? It was likely their last one together and they both seemed genuinely bummed. It really sucks that the team of Redbull, Rob, and Eliot will be ending, I feel like the broadcasts the last 2 seasons have been top-notch.