| Triangles are my favorite shape, 3 points where 2 lines meet... Let's tessellate - Alt J |
This afternoon, blocks of riders came flowing down the hill and slotted neatly into place as if in a giant game of mountain tetris, for the final seeding run of the season. Some blocks fitted into place much better than others, most notably, an awkward Atherton octagon came to rest uneasily in third, while a star-shaped Smith settled nicely into top spot. Just 3 points now separate the pair in favor of the Canadian. Mick Hannah goes to bed feeling warm and fuzzy tonight, snuggling in between the two rivals, forming the ultimate man-wich at the top of the pile. Elsewhere, lady Atherton did the business once again, but with Ragot hot on her heels for a second time, under 2 seconds back.
| For Leogang it's so important to be fast up top, to ride all those switchbacks smooth... You've gotta attack them pretty hard. In the semi-final Stevie Smith rode that top amazingly well. I was up there watching and he really was just hammering down. I think once you can get the momentum going up there you can carry it on down, there's not a lot of places to make up time. As a spectator now it's pretty cool watch with so much on the line with Stevie and Gee it's pretty exciting. There's not going to be much sleep for those guys unfortunately. I'm just waiting to see if I can hold onto a podium overall finish without racing... it's a bit intense we'll see what happens! - Greg Minnaar - Santa Cruz Syndicate |
| For me training was so much fun, that helped me win I think! It's a really complete track... it has all the elements, you have to be good at everything. I have some ideas to make up some time tomorrow... If we are talking about Steve and Gee that's a bit of a high level haha! - Morgane Charre - MS Mondraker |
| I did alright at the top, but I took some small mistakes at the bottom. The full run was alright...good for a qualifying, we'll see tomorrow... - Noel Niederberger - Gstaad Scott |
| It just happened that I slotted in between Stevie and Gee... I don't think it made much difference if I was in there or not because whoever finishes infront of the other will win the overall. Just 3 points between; them I'm happy for my own sake to be in the mix... I'm 10th in the standings at the moment. Blenky and Bruni are the guys I need to gain a lot of points on to get near the top 5 so I should be able to sneak up a little bit - Mick Hannah, Hutchinson UR |
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"Stevie Smith making Ronnie Coleman look frail through the roots. 'Yeah buddyyy'."
Go Gee, kill it man, you know
best wishes to him next year. i foresee some wins
helmets reduce forces on your head by crushing, and if your helmet isnt designed to crush at a speed you are going, you may as well have a metal beenie with a jaw protector on because its not going to do much other than stop road rash
now if you are riding the hane train harder than kenny smith, and are hitting speeds of 60km+ on dh track(go hit up the wc circuit, for one), yea for sure, mx lids are the way to go, but i doubt it... (and these values for crush speeds vary by product, and are arbitrary... but this is the general idea on what the difference is.)
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May the best man win. I'm super excited, can't imagine what Stevie and Gee are feeling?