Flat Out Fresh Cut: EWS Round 5 Track Preview Aspen/Snowmass - Video

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franchise286 (Jul 30, 2016 at 10:34)

I live here and get to ride all these trails on a regular basis. While there may be more technical trails on other mountains, few compare to the sustained steeps and never ending vertical you can ride uninterrupted top to bottom on loose, tight, flowy singletrack. Once you let go of the brakes things get serious quickly as speed increases. Add in narrow passages, abrupt tight corners/ switchbacks with loose on hardpack, rocks, roots, and drops, you better be on your shit cause there is no margin for error. And try keeping it pinned between 8,000 and 11,500 feet above sea level. Not as easy as it seems, or as the pros make it look I assure you, and the go pro footage does not do these trails justice.

jayacheess FL (Jul 30, 2016 at 14:37)

I think it's good to have a variety of trail types showcased on the EWS. If this is what Aspen riding is like, awesome. The EWS boys will show us just how fast you can go on these kinds of trails.

WAKIdesigns (Jul 30, 2016 at 15:34)

@bjfanshel - no worries. When the first PoV footage of Hafjell DH track was released there was quite a bunch of idiots saying it's flat and straight. But thank you for your testimony

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sevensixtwo (Jul 30, 2016 at 9:13)

Blasting through those white trees is such a unique colorado experience.

snatchclown (Jul 30, 2016 at 17:31)

aspen groves

jkldouglas (Jul 30, 2016 at 20:15)

Hate to burst your bubble, but riding through aspens can be done a lot of other places besides Colorado.

sevensixtwo (Jul 31, 2016 at 20:05)

@jkldouglas: Yeah ya do. That's why you wrote it

There's a few few larger groves outside of CO, but nothing that compares.

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Steve-skidvd (Jul 30, 2016 at 12:24)

Cunny still has it, cruising... and understood every word ;-)

jclnv (Jul 30, 2016 at 9:00)

Can't wait to watch the live coverage.

BUCK3TM4N (Jul 30, 2016 at 11:06)

Where will it be broadcasted? Youtube?

ucimtb-worldseries (Jul 31, 2016 at 18:57)

@BUCK3TM4N: There will be a full 20 minute highlights show right here on Pinkbike by Monday evening.

knobblytyres (Aug 1, 2016 at 1:20)

Hey @EnduroWorldSeries your highlights packages are awesome and the fact they are out so quickly after the event has really got me hooked on the EWS series this year. Excellent stuff, keep up the hard work!

wblh (Jul 30, 2016 at 21:01)

Excellent coverage Richard, most apreciated

funkzander (Jul 31, 2016 at 4:25)

great to see richard is still around. its a long time since i saw him first in the sprung video series eating tea bags and stuff. rock on cunny

mazze (Jul 31, 2016 at 15:14)

Absolutely, I also kinda miss the times when he and Warner commented the DH races together.

Paco77 FL (Aug 1, 2016 at 2:50)

Definitely - why does Cunny not longer do those? He is missed.

mazze (Aug 2, 2016 at 17:31)

@Paco77: To be honest, I think it's because the community asked for Claudio more or less directly... it would not be the first time, Red Bull respected our wishes. The course previews were embraced very well by the people and so they took it further step by step. I liked it better when Claudio was just doing simple course previews and Warner and Cunny were commenting the races in their usual and sometimes obscene fashion. Problem with Claudio´s commenting in particular is that he does not get his sentences together quickly enough at times. I can totally relate to that problem as that is not a simple task in a second or third language, but in racing the situations often require a loose tounge, and this is where Warner excells.

rockin-itis (Jul 30, 2016 at 21:44)

Thanks Cunny. Nice to see more of you the last few days. Keep this up.

mizzter-b (Jul 31, 2016 at 2:42)

Great preview of day 1....now get on your bike, show us day 2 and show Claudio how's it done!

dthomp325 (Jul 31, 2016 at 14:53)

The Aspen stage last year was phenomenal. Perfect enduro terrain.

SteveDekker (Jul 30, 2016 at 18:25)

I liked it!

Ryanrobinson1984 (Jul 31, 2016 at 8:49)

Cannot believe C Keene is not racing! what a shitter!

kiksy FL (Jul 31, 2016 at 11:35)

Currently in 4th after Stage 4 so think he is.

GOGRANDE (Jul 31, 2016 at 16:22)

Man... we need rain.

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jo1212man (Jul 30, 2016 at 9:13)

if i didnt know better i would have thought that video was showcasing the areas most accessible green trails. Its cool having variety but damn for a EWS those trails looked incredibly redundant. Their pretty much long smooth dirt paths, with a bunch of trees dangerously close to the side of the trail, then with a bunch of overgrowth on the side just for good sketchy measure. Mad credit to everyone racing those trails cause that some sketchy stuff. Its pretty much down to whos willing to really risk clipping/hitting a tree, or clipping some unseen object, witch is what happened to richy.

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AznKiDrew (Jul 30, 2016 at 11:25)

You don't know any better

mxmtb (Jul 31, 2016 at 8:23)

Claudio is way better

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DaFam4mDena (Jul 30, 2016 at 12:56)

i forgot why I never click on these enduro post...who the hell sits here and watches this?

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Allier (Jul 30, 2016 at 9:46)

Perhaps the most BORING, DULL and EASY Trails i have ever seen on a EWS event. Local Races are more challenging.

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WAKIdesigns (Jul 30, 2016 at 9:53)

Yes, you can tell it from the footage. Your trails are so gnar gnar and when you race, you race blind. Like a real mountain biker. Like it used to be before industry and marketing ruined everything. White flat pedal power!!!

Allier (Jul 30, 2016 at 16:13)

@WAKIdesigns: You can use all the irony you want WAKI. But you said it first..."yes you can tell it from the footage" and that´s exactly what im talking about. Footage shows boring trails, period. Im not saying Aspen or the US is boring, altough you´re from Sweden.
Well whatever, i forgot i was on Pink Bike, MTB´s Disneyland where everything negative will be banned below thresold, you know a lot about that do you?

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CJ8TH (Jul 30, 2016 at 9:51)

So much hype, so little actual awesomeness.

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dimitree (Jul 30, 2016 at 12:06)

Richard's voice makes me PUKE! Can't even understand his marble mouth during the course preview.

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rayy (Jul 30, 2016 at 12:35)

Then learn proper English, American.

tiagomano FL (Jul 30, 2016 at 13:03)

@rayy:

you made me laugh
but you are right ,a english speacking person doesn't understand it, but the rest of people understand it, so it must be something wrong with you mate.