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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 16, 2018 - 01:37pm PT
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On Fox Sports now. Interesting stuff but seems to be pretty abusive of the desert environment.
F*#king amazing riding though.
Check it out! Those riders have big balls!
edit: It's like extreme skiing on mountain bikes.
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2018 - 04:01pm PT
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What? No one else watched it?
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SilverSnurfer
Mountain climber
SLC, UT.
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Dec 16, 2018 - 04:17pm PT
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I watched it on the Red Bull channel this fall. I've been to the venues, the environmental footprint is pretty moderate-natural erosion rates are high on the incredibly steep lines those guys are riding.
The events are actually a little bit tamer than they were a few years ago, with more emphasis put on flow and line creativity than height and distance after a series of serious accidents put the event in jeopardy.
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2018 - 05:01pm PT
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the environmental footprint is pretty moderate-natural erosion rates are high on the incredibly steep lines those guys are riding.
As I watched it and saw the runs that was kinda the conclusion I came to.
In a hundred years there will be little evidence of the sh#t the riders and helpers did. Just wonder if they do any post competition remediation?
It was a good watch and was impressed by the stuff the riders pulled off.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Dec 16, 2018 - 06:25pm PT
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Balls doesn't begin to describe it.... Those who ride know these guys are on a different plane.
Kinda like being pretty good at BMX type freestyle and then seeing Danny McAskill for the first time....
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Bale
Mountain climber
UT
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Dec 16, 2018 - 07:13pm PT
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These riders totally blow my mind! I used to be impressed by a BMXer pulling a nice flat “table top”, lol. Silver is right, for a few years there, the danger and commitment of the lines was progressing so fast that it looked like someone was going to take a dirt nap.
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2018 - 07:37pm PT
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it looked like someone was going to take a dirt nap.
First time I've seen this kind of riding. Looked like there was plenty of opportunity for a lot of pain.
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Dec 17, 2018 - 07:51am PT
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No matter how much travel those shocks have, I'd think they would need to be overhauled after each ride.
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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Dec 17, 2018 - 09:26am PT
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Check out the "Hard Line" a notorious course in Whales. Skip to 9:25 for a rider's perspective on this horrifying course. Then, you'll have a better appreciation for what these riders can do!
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Bale
Mountain climber
UT
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Dec 17, 2018 - 09:53am PT
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Wow, that POV footage is wild!
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Dec 17, 2018 - 09:55am PT
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If I clear a 20' double I'm stoked... That 60+ foot one at the end they make look like a hop....
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 17, 2018 - 11:40am PT
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On my cleanups these days I seem to find an inordinate numbers of Red Bull cans.
What is it about their culture that breeds so many litterbugs?
Even their 10,000 meter ad has a guy summiting to a snowman with a discarded Red Bull can on it.
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Bale
Mountain climber
UT
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Dec 17, 2018 - 12:00pm PT
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The ability to clear gaps really impresses me, whether on boards, bike, or motorcycle. There is an element of commitment that freaks me out. The rider can’t hesitate in the slightest, or very bad things will happen. (Flips and aerials of course only increase the all-or-nothing nature of clearing the gap.) I watched a motocross race in which there was a huge set of three jumps in succession. Everyone was jumping them as doubles and a single, except for one guy... he was clearing the triples every lap! I don’t know how that dude rode a motorcycle with those huge balls.
When skiing a steep line or soloing a climb, you are committed, but at least you can slow down and be deliberate if need be. This Evil Knievel stuff is different.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Dec 17, 2018 - 12:08pm PT
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Motocross bikes are totally different IMO... Riding MX I can adjust the nose attitude of my bike in the air with throttle/brake... If my rear end gets kicked high from a sharp lip on my MTB, I have no throttle to pin and bring the rear down...
Also the suspension on my MX bike is 4x better than my MTB bike...
But yeah, we all know there's that guy hitting the 105' triple over and over... I just stay clear in the slow old-man lane.
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skywalker1
Trad climber
co
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Dec 17, 2018 - 12:13pm PT
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That Latino urban race looked insane. I will say though that his breathing rate was steady. My guess is his pulse was steady. Maybe at 130bpm?
Yikes!
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Bale
Mountain climber
UT
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Dec 17, 2018 - 12:15pm PT
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Hey Toker, have you gone to one of the events? You must live pretty close.
I hear you about the culture that doesn’t seem to give a damn about the environment. I respect their skills immensely, but it turns me off when the first thing you see in a mountain bike movie is a bunch of trees getting chopped down so the Whistler “bros” can have a new DH run.
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Bale
Mountain climber
UT
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Dec 17, 2018 - 12:23pm PT
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Fear, sounds like you know more than most folks about air time. I used to catch some decent air on a dirt bike at the dunes when I was young and dumb. I pretty much just hit it and hoped for the best.
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