This is stupid. If you think professional downhill racing isn't about: "training, calories, heart-rate, vo2, rest, taper, train, train, train" and all that other "necessary horseshit" than you have been living under a rock. Sure, bike skills are a way bigger factor in downhilling, so DH isn't as singlemindedly focused on conditioning. But what the hell do you call developing...
The correct answer is neither. In the debate of style vs. tech tricks, the real winner will always be going bigger than the other guy. Watch Sean Burns in Dead Bang. Case in point.
Word up on points. Points should be assigned to all Pro riders, or at least top 50. I showed up to three rounds, got top twenty, and had like 5 points. Keene wins one and had 75. Bummer. Keene rode his ass off, yeah, but WidenJ5 is right on. Also, any UCI inscription possible is awesome. If I want to...