Colorado Freeride Festival Preview

Jul 29, 2012 at 6:00
Jul 29, 2012
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Kyle Ebbett talks about the building process for Colorado Freeride Festival:

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The Colorado Freeride Festival is coming up on July 26-29. This year, the Shimano Slopestyle Finals will be broadcast on the internet live in HD.

Here is the tentative broadcast schedule. Of course, weather in the mountains is always unpredictable, so it is subject to change. Please note that there will only be a webcast on Sunday, July 29 if the webcast on Saturday, July 28 is cancelled.

FMB season highlights up to CFF:

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Colorado Freeride Fest Air DH:

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The Big highlight from Day 1 was the Air DH here at the Colorado Freeride Festival. The win went to Brian Buell in Pro mens and Melissa Buhl for the Women. Stay tuned for more and don't miss the LIVE webcast of the Slopestyle Saturday at 5pm (MST)
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77 Comments

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flag yeahbro (Jul 23, 2012 at 14:56)
 Didn't agree with him when he said " its all about being able to throw the best tricks". I think that technical lines are a big part of slope style, with out that it turns into just another dirt jump contest.
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flag denverdh666 (Jul 23, 2012 at 15:15)
 they make it easy every year so they can ride it and look cool. then tame it down EVEN MORE afterwards for us mere mortals...
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flag tyler-durden (Jul 23, 2012 at 16:47)
 If you think about ti, judges usually score higher when you throw gnarly stuff, and mix it up. So building to have the riders throw the best tricks is smart.
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flag scott-townes (Jul 23, 2012 at 17:28)
 yeahbro- since when did people start throwing their best tricks on technical lines? You can have perfect jumps for them to throw crazy tricks on and be safe and also have crazy and tech lines that you have to ride in between those hits. That's a very specific track that I feel not many places are up to building just yet, however. Give it time, its still a relatively new discipline.
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flag Icculus19425 (Jul 24, 2012 at 7:10)
 Remember its only a Gold Level event so its not gonna be as Burly as Joy Ride. IMO Bearclaw has the right idea in his course, but this course looks like it will be solid.
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flag cjwanner Plus (Jul 27, 2012 at 16:30)
 @yeahbro, I think you took what Kyle was saying out of context. He was mentioning how when riders feel comfortable they can throw their best tricks, not building a simple course because thats what its all about, but building a course that is technical, but flows together in a way that the athletes are having a great time sessioning the jumps and throwing it down. Doesn't have to be platinum for massive tricks to be thrown down, as long as the boys are having fun, stuff will happen.
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flag zoomzoomchicken (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:45)
 Game over semenuk won
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flag kona09plymouth (Jul 29, 2012 at 9:14)
 why is the resolution so bad, i can barely make out the '#CFFest' in the top right corner?
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flag Gweggy (Jul 29, 2012 at 9:23)
 same here, I can nearly count the pixles....
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flag kambc (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:07)
 maybe they should have stayed with crankworx....atleast we could view it. I have a 1080p monitor and hardware to use it...but i see crazy pixels
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flag nielsdewit (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:19)
 People with a win 98 OS 're so happy right now Dead Horse

Please let someone fix the broadcast !
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flag zoomzoomchicken (Jul 23, 2012 at 14:57)
 hopefully its not all on/offs like last year it was pretty unoriginal.
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flag TerminusAvid Plus (Jul 23, 2012 at 18:51)
 The builder really seems to understand what makes a good show, the funnest contest to watch are the ones where the riders are having a blast and their able to push themselves (I'm a bit biased but the Claymore Challenge was very much like that and it made for great spectating)! Good work Kyle, can't wait to see the finished product!
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flag vt6spd (Jul 27, 2012 at 23:59)
 Kyle is from vermont- and yet, we build nothing like this here. so sad.
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flag COFreeride (Jul 23, 2012 at 15:57)
 Stoked for our Fest! Looking forward to the World seeing how Colorado puts on an event. Serious props for all those putting the event together.
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flag pudding (Jul 23, 2012 at 19:30)
 So why did this event change from crankworx colorado to colorado freeride festival?
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flag waterfall99 (Jul 23, 2012 at 20:07)
 Winterpark didn't want to live in the shadows of Whistler Crankworx so they dropped out of the Crankworx scene and decided to have their own event. And then Les 2 Alpes was born.
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flag FrontRangeKONA (Jul 24, 2012 at 10:56)
 Crankworx wanted appx. $300,000 to put their name on the event. They decided to put that money back into the prize purse instead of naming the event Crankworx.
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flag chuk2rs (Jul 27, 2012 at 11:03)
 I was wondering why they dropped the Crankworx name. I figured Trestle didn't want to pay for the franchise fee.
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flag zoomzoomchicken (Jul 27, 2012 at 11:33)
 They wernt really up to par of being crankworx anyway
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flag bikeaddict123 (Jul 29, 2012 at 12:23)
 good decision i think, makes absolutely no difference to me whether it's called crankworx or not
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flag chuk2rs (Jul 29, 2012 at 16:31)
 I agree
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flag PHeller (Jul 27, 2012 at 13:17)
 How did Kyle get his job?
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flag live2bikebike2live (Jul 29, 2012 at 12:26)
 this is so retarded it freezes and when it un freezes the riders whole line is already done i didnt get to watch one whole run thats 2 and a half hours of my life ill never get back
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flag jp2xtreme (Jul 27, 2012 at 18:19)
 Thinkin about a morning shred at Keystone then jamming over to the finals @ Winter Park! Hopefully the weather can hold it until dark. It always seems to rain mid afternoon up there.
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flag ManuelMTB (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:16)
 Everybody is falling on that last landing ramp. Too soft may be?
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flag dirtyslim69 (Jul 23, 2012 at 15:43)
 yea, building trails! but no reason to put on work boots. We got our Teva's and 510's!
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flag mumbuff (Jul 29, 2012 at 11:00)
 How on earth did Semenuk's run score more than Soderstrom's? Also, why wasn't Genon ranked higher?
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flag Rolas (Jul 29, 2012 at 11:06)
 looks like Martin should double tailwhip everything to win this, that's just ridiculous, no way Semenuk's run was better.
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flag fox7 (Jul 29, 2012 at 12:10)
 Obviously the judges are seeing stuff you're not...
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flag michealcain (Jul 29, 2012 at 12:52)
 That's why martin didnt score higher if he keeps being a one trick pony and double tail whip everything he's not going to win much for innovation. Great rider however and good luck to all the riders
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flag mumbuff (Jul 29, 2012 at 13:44)
 In pretty much the last 3 events Semenuk's ridden in he's done a corked 7. Surely he's a one trick pony then
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flag Paking (Jul 27, 2012 at 11:10)
 Hell yeah!!! Can't wait to see them shred and throw Flip Whips and Corked 7s in real life!!!
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flag JulianMehlem (Jul 29, 2012 at 9:45)
 when is the slopestyle starting ?
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flag easternbeastern (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:41)
 This video qualityy is suuuuuper dumb. -.-
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flag epavichthesavage Plus (Jul 27, 2012 at 19:20)
 This article already had me at "ditch the Olympics"
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flag holyrider3 (Jul 29, 2012 at 11:55)
 not boasting or anything, but our women just beat your women at beach volleyball Wink
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flag epavichthesavage Plus (Jul 29, 2012 at 14:18)
 Too bad I don't care about those goofy "Olympics"
never have. never will.
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flag poras (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:22)
 worst live stream ever! 1 hour delay and again and again breaks and commercials...
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flag shredds (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:12)
 This would be so much better if Cam McCaul was an announcer.
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flag norcal77 (Jul 23, 2012 at 23:41)
 Sierra Nevada Beer in a can now! Chico California representing hard!
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flag crawford720 (Jul 27, 2012 at 11:28)
 I can't wait to go watch these guys in person and possibly ride the courseSmile Going to be an epic weekend!
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flag tdryan242 (Jul 23, 2012 at 18:04)
 i wonder how much of the course will remain throughout august and what will be open to public ill be there mid-late august
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flag coloradoboy (Jul 23, 2012 at 14:54)
 This is gonna be sweet, I'm so damn excited!
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flag mtnbkrforlife (Jul 24, 2012 at 19:59)
 that disappointing moment when the video ends...
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flag bikeaddict123 (Jul 29, 2012 at 12:27)
 commentators sound so bored, get warner involved!!
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flag Gweggy (Jul 29, 2012 at 12:43)
 Brandon Semenuk is a sick man! Big Grin
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flag TomSmoke (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:28)
 Judges are so bad
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flag hardtail29er (Jul 29, 2012 at 9:38)
 why couldnt i be there this weekend
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flag TomSmoke (Jul 29, 2012 at 11:01)
 Europeans are underrated, that's seriously sad.
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flag NoahWagner (Jul 29, 2012 at 11:02)
 whats that??? whats with the judges? genon was much better and anton thelander too..
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flag vt6spd (Jul 27, 2012 at 23:59)
 Great Job Kyle! come home and build something like that here!!!
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flag trails-err-day (Jul 27, 2012 at 23:22)
 whats the link to watch it?
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flag Lehel-NS (Jul 29, 2012 at 9:15)
 So they somehow entered and now are riding in the Minecraft world? lol
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flag vitulinu (Jul 23, 2012 at 19:30)
 critical video against last competition.. where a lot of riders almost died..
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flag jp2xtreme (Jul 28, 2012 at 18:07)
 Too bad about the rain. The course looked great!
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flag shredds (Jul 27, 2012 at 15:37)
 Trestle is my favorite place of all time.
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flag Gweggy (Jul 29, 2012 at 9:10)
 why is quali so bad???
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flag UMFSteve (Jul 29, 2012 at 9:38)
 Yeah i know, quality is terrible
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flag happydaysfilmz (Jul 29, 2012 at 12:22)
 yeaaa semenuk
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flag BTG1 (Jul 23, 2012 at 18:28)
 Which resort?
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flag AdrenalineGarage (Jul 23, 2012 at 19:00)
 Winter Park
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flag CeliaCF (Jul 23, 2012 at 21:03)
 Trestlebikepark.com
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flag Hammerschmidt (Jul 23, 2012 at 16:52)
 Song?
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flag ColoradoFreerideFestival (Jul 23, 2012 at 17:19)
 Memories by Waldeck
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flag erikbrickell (Jul 29, 2012 at 12:30)
 I want Brandon to win but man anthony just throws down.
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flag cameronumf (Jul 23, 2012 at 21:25)
 Riders list anyone???
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flag ColoradoFreerideFestival (Jul 24, 2012 at 14:14)
 Sam Pilgrim Martin Soderstrom Brandon Semenuk Yannick Granieri Cam Zink Greg Watts Andrew Taylor Just to name a few
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flag justinhartney (Jul 27, 2012 at 11:35)
 So stoked to go watch it tomorrow
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flag live2bikebike2live (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:02)
 it keeps freezing Frown
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flag santacruzLOCal (Jul 23, 2012 at 14:50)
 aw yeah, can't wait
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flag Bicchierairricky (Jul 28, 2012 at 15:52)
 How do you whatch the live feed?? Kinda a noob;p
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flag GarytheDestroyer (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:35)
 I bet some of these guys could ride even better if they would pull their damn pants up.
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flag JulianMehlem (Jul 29, 2012 at 9:52)
 has someone a startlist?
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flag Scott28 (Jul 29, 2012 at 10:46)
 Holly shit Brandon!!!!!
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