gotta love these videos .... i may be wrong but with gwin having around 400 point lead, unless he does absolutely terrible in the final two races hes already won (pretty much)
The freecaster commentator is obviously a mountain biker and cares about the sport, which is more than can be said for a lot of other sports commentators.
he sure is good and knows what he is talking about. he sometimes is just to euphoric and screaming a bit to much.
imo - thats annoying. he would be much better if wouldn't scream THAT much every time a race gets to the top 5...
his voice would be thankful too!
you gotta give the biggest props to Stevie Smith's mom. He mentioned her driving 65 hrs coast to coast to watch her son race!!! THAT f'n owns! I don't care what country you're from that is true support!
peaty showing everyone how its done in his old age, how many other people at age 37 can still get that close to a win at a wc. Not to mention being the biggest legend in the sport
I don't care that Gwin won the race (props to him!), for me Steve was the best that day! Racing on the top for so many years, and still not giving signs of giving up... it's just phenomenal!
I could care less that Gwin is from the USA. He's an amazing rider and is absolutely on fire this year. I would be just as stoked to see anyone from any country riding this well. All of this overly patriotic chest-thumping disgusts me. Being american had literally nothing to do with his victory. Do you see Aaron pulling this "USA USA USA" sh!t? I don't think so. I come to pinkbike to read about mountain biking and mountain bikers, not hear a bunch of boneheads talk about why their geographic location is better than your geographic location. Put a sock in it and go ride your bike.
Hey no need to overdo it Martis. Its ok to have pride in your fellow countrymen. I am really happy that Gwinn is raising the bar for American's in DH. Hopefully we can continue to be true contenders in the sport! He's inspired me to ride harder. But so has Peaty! I didn't start DH I was 28, Peaty has given me hope that my best years could still be ahead of me.
Why the USA is better has nothing to do with our geographical location. It has to do with our founding and as long as we apreciate that we will continue to be better than any other. Despite our current president.
Peat sending it again, ive really enjoyed watching the DH Cup this year.
Its now the only thing of "telly" i manage to watch!
Gwinn is outrageously fast i'm guessing hes staying off the brakes more than anyone else, coming from the speed and huge distances he jumps on MX he probably finds it easier to go fast on a DH bike.
I'd love to know what happened at the top when Gwin pulled ahead. That's definitely where Peaty lost the advantage. I think if they'd been close through there Steve would have taken it.
wow, Peatty must had a foible in the beginning. Gwin was up 2.552 at the first split and it looked more in the second camera spot. He won with 2.33 at the finish so Peat actually made up some time throughout the course. Huge props to Gwin for likely a perfect run, and that's racing but the old boy ain't done yet.
Yeah that entrance to the first rock garden and that second berm killed peaty. raced better than gwin after that though. im a big gwin fan though so props to both riders.
is it me or did Gwin look crazy fast. he cained that rock garden looked like he floated over it all lol. Peat did a great run good to see old school rider up there.
SouthwestDH has it figured out.. that's how it should be done. support your guys.. not attack other peoples countries.. But with youth comes passion.... right manchicken???
Are you kidding me? Jesus people we are on "Pinkbike" right now. save your historical shit talking for somewhere else on the internet . Grats on the win Gwin. Peaty as well
Because of British patriotism. Gwin could be ahead by minutes and the announcers wouldn't be half as excited if a Brit was ahead by a tenth of a second.
lol what joebmx? Rob goes insane for anyone that's up. I would love to hear Rob Warner and Phil Liggett do commentary together for a WC race. Phil's calm demeanor, always with a story about the rider or team in question, amusing anecdotes, and Rob next to him screaming "LOOK AT THE TIME PHIL *starts shaking phil by the shoulders* LOOK AT IT!!!!"
@joebmx88.. wow, man thats the dumbest thing ive heard in a while, rob could litteraly not have been screaming any louder, its just his personality...honestly your just dumb
Got nothing against Gwin,hes a machine, but these arrogant USA USA USA comments n all the general BS that comes with it is the only reason why I don't want him to win.
There is nothing arrogant about those comments at all. The two or three idiots posting and saying the US is better than everyone are arrogant. There's nothing wrong however with expressing pride in the fact a rider from your country did well. I see people do it ALL the time here regardless of where they're from. Just mellow out man.
Hate the guys making the comments then, but don't be a tard and hate Gwin for it. Besides bringing out the American patriotism(which seams to piss everyone off), Gwin winning is doing a lot for our sport. He's progressing the sport and pushing everyone to step it up, making it even more exciting to watch. Also, he's generating more interest which should increase sales in the industry and lead to lower prices. Seeing a few over-the-top comments on PB is a small price to pay.
i dont see whats wrong with a lil patriotism... im sure the brits were goig crazy when peaty was on top and the auzies for hill whogives a crap if we scream USA were proud not arrogant thats all
Of course it was a patriotic crowd. It was the weekend after Independence Day, people were waving flags. We are hella excited to finally have an American rider than is doing so well in the sport!
more like the fact he put the work in over winter, not just the backing by trek (which helps too) He uses every possible way to gain speedd and it works
hahahaha...Are you trying to set a record for the most negative props ever for being proud of your country? You are on your own this time champ. I defended the shit out of you yesterday, but I just don't have the time to do it today.. I'll give you a plus prop to send you on your way into the dark sea of angry European negative props that are sure to follow.
Yeah USA! Leading again... just like in obseity, national debt, polution, incarceration rates, homicide, social inequality...
Sorry, but you leave yourself wide open for it when you live up to the American 'rampantly nationalistic' stereotype on the internet
Gwinn is on fire right now. Awesome to see a changing of the guard, but also the talent that still exists in the old guard. The WC is getting better every race!
yeah, and then we became your best ally and helped you smash the shit out of the Nazis. That's not as much fun to remember though huh? Just like shonkemon wanted to forget who Canada's top trade partner is.. The simple fact of the matter is all the people talking shit about the US would live in a very different world if it wasn't for us arrogant Americans buying all your shit and dying to help defend your countries. Don't worry... We would do it all again in a heartbeat for our brothers and sisters to the north and across the Atlantic. We know it is a small, generally immature, and usually misinformed percentage of the overall population who likes to jump on the "hate America" bandwagon..
Aside from national debt and incarceration rate shonkemon, every thing you listed is flat out wrong. Not that I'm defending the way motoracer is acting, but maybe you should do some research before saying such things.
South Africa has the highest regional homicide rate while Honduras last year had the highest for an individual country. Samoa has the highest obesity rate followed by Kiribati. And social inequality? That's not physically measurable. I get what you're saying towards motoracer, but how about you attack him for being a jackass and leave the nation bashing out of it.
I hate this worldcup season right now because all it's done is cause a ton of people here to get into internet pissing wars. You guys (that includes many americans acting like idiots) suck for turning what was a crazy memorable season into the cesspool of hate that it's become.
I dont hate on americans but that the attitude i dont like. who gives a f*ck who canadas biggest trade partner is. You dont hear the chinese blowing theyre horns about making pretty much everything that gets made these days. A funny fact about the americans at war, i saw some stats on the news a few years ago saying the americans had killed more british than the taliban had and more british than taliban, i dont know who the f*ck trains them to shoot but i doubt theyre telling them to go for the guys in uniform. Also if it wasnt for americans we wouldnt have nearly as many soldiers dying atall in Afghanistan because there wouldnt be a f*cking war there. Oh yeah id like to congratulate you on killing an unarmed man after searching 10 years aswell, what an acheivement. If you wanna take war back a few stages, what exactly was it the natives done so wrong that meant you yanks had to kill most of them, steal their land and destroy their way of life? The 'hate america' bandwagon is fueled by people like you and a fair few others just coming out and presenting to us what many stereotype you as so great work backing up your reputation
im not trying to bash on anyone, im being patriotic, how come when an american post "USA USA USA" everyone hates, but if other countries post stuff everyone is like hell yea, americans are happy an american is winning, were excited about it! what Gwin is doing is great for our country! and im going to be extra patriotic because gwin lives in the same small town as me. If people from other countries dont like it, dont post hate comments
why do u got to bring war into it, this is mountain biking and thats what all of us on this website care about, yea the war is tragic but its uncalled for to bring it in here
As a 16 year old I wouldn't expect you to care about trade. BUT here in the real world that matters. You'll figure that out soon when you grow up to be a big boy. Also facts matter, and your "americans at war" rant is filled with hilarious non-sense. And yes we did kill the biggest terrorist in the world. Cheers!
your the one who brought war into it if you look at your first line. Tbh im sick of these constant arguements on here because as people say, is biking but im also tired of the odd cocky american who decided the world would be nothing without them.
Also i see why youd be so stoked on Gwin taking the overall because hes from your hometowm and tbh id be beyond stoked on it so i take back the agression haha. Im a huge peaty fan so was hoping hed take the win but nobody can stop gwin (apart from minaar when hes on it) because hes so dang rapid and i respect that because he put the work in.
@manchicken, you seem to forget that the "unarmed man" we've been searching for 10 years was Osama bin Landin. You know, the terrorist who been killing thousands of people and F*cked up the world trade centers on 9-11? So yeah, it is an achievement. F*ck off!
Guys this isn't the place to get into crap like this. Start a thread and discuss it amongst yourselves. Every story doesn't need a patriotic side thread with pseudo history buffs shitting on other peoples countries. Like "fullbug" said, "look @ riders as individuals not flags. wtf? it was a good day for dh and the sport."
Karl you are absolutely right.. I just can't help myself when people start attacking my country instead of the one dildo from my country who said something stupid..
peaty,gwin, and the rest of 'em were reading this thread they probably think we're all dbags for getting way bent over where this is going. Tilt 'em all (beers) I say & let's end this weak-ass conversation!
ha ino full bug we are a bit bent for doin this but im not being compleatly serios im startin to think this looks like the gay boys on c.o.d who dont get out and we can safley say there are plenty of them in the uk and the us one of the only similarities
Its great how all this came from one stupid comment tbh. Was funny till it got out of hand. Lets hope it doesnt keep on like this for the next 2 races. I swear graves was sposed to be racing here aswell?
to be perfectly honest i was lookin for a bryce brosnan hart podium just because they're amazing young shredneck riders to watch. all props to Gw1111n, though! did i get all those 1st places, right? haha
we are,we dominate the olympics,motocross,bmx,skating,surfing,bodyboarding,xc(john tomac,dominated but still counts),swimming,womens soccer and so on...
