Video: Red Bull Rampage 2015 Highlights

 Oh hey, so that's what they did with everybody's helmet cam footage that they stole....

 Red Bull requires the riders to wear a POV camera for this reason. They didn't steal anything.

 Doesn't Red Bull know how dangerous it is to wear a camera? The UCI should intervene! ;p

 Semenuk's got mad style and flow, and makes a 70 footer look like a homemade kicker... Just because he makes it look easy, doesn't mean it really is.

 completely agree with @kdstones i think semenuks run was just as big if not bigger than most of the others he just rides it so smooth and well that it looks easier than it really is but he should scored better for that cause it shows real skill....

 Redbull made riders sign a waiver this year saying that Redbull owned the rights to all the riders' helmet cam footage, and that the riders were not allowed to use said footage until the rights were signed back over to them after Signature series aired on MSNBC... So yea instead of paying them for footage obtained on a riders personal camera, they made them hand it over for free or face a potential lawsuit for not signing a waiver. That was another huge complaint that riders had this year. Some simply chose not to wear one. Those cameras are the riders personal units, not issued to them by event coordinators.

 Torero makes it in every single comment thread about Semenuk just to put the dude down. Chill dude.

 "OANSD;AGKLJSDNGALKDJNG!!!! SEMENUK ;AJNSKJDFEW!! ROBBED ;ALKSJNDFAU!!" - Every Pinkbike member.


That was a sick highlight reel. This year was insane although that's not too surprising. Get better Paul!!!

 yaaaaaaaa sorge!!!!!

 Semenuk should have won purely for those sexy little sideways nose bonks

 It's like one of the riders said himself: when you look at it on TV you often just can't see how sick a line is in reality, and that he wondered why some people got such high scores. Until he got to the sight himself and saw the lines in reality, and he immediatly understood why those people had such high scores.

I trust the judges for knowing the area well and having seen the lines in person: from their view it is much more clear than from the flat 2D footage we see.

I think this year went well, both with the judging (nothing really weird) and commentators were good aswell this time (unlike "they call him Norby" and all the other similar quotes last year)

 i still believe that the judging issue will be only be fixed when guys like Zink, Semenuk. etc. don't compete in Rampage anymore and when they take over the judging.

 Very impressed with Cam McCaul commentating though...

 I don't necessarily agree with Mattin because if we are noticing that a line looks extremely huge on a 2d screen it is that much bigger in real life. I mean i believe they all went big but no one was doing nearly as a gnarly line in as zink and straight. If we can notice that on a tv its hard to trust the judges when they don't seem to notice it.

 Maybe he didn't land things clean as often as riders today but you gotta give him respect for being the first one to go out there and freeride!

 I'm giving those creds to the likes of dangerous dan, wade simmons and Super T

 Dan, Simmons, Digger, Schley, Tippy, etc. all deserve a lot of cred. but dude, Super T? Come on now, he was a talented dude but putting him over Bender and in the same league as the others you mentioned is pretty absurd.

Bender landed plenty of absolutely monsterous drops. He's basically the reason freeride exists in the So. Utah desert. He also pushed bikes and their tech to the absolute limit and beyond and helped a ton in most Rampage events as well as local trail builds. Give credit where its due. Bender is the man.

 More like why our insurances prems are so high

 No doubt, haha.

 Bender in every clip I have ever seen hucks it, humps his stem and goes right over the bars every time. Sure he sent big stuff but dude literally had no form.

 ^ Watch any of the older NWD movies or the Down/Double Down movies. Also back then, it was rare for anyone to have "form" off drops... forget about 20-30ft. hucks. I hear his stem had to get 3 abortions though... nasty business.

 That's my point.

 Your comparing athletes to non athletes, what is the point? That's my point. You have people that go against the grain in sports, music and all sorts of other activities. I hate this word but does everybody have to conform and be nice all the time and act the same way? Some people would say yes but personally I relate more to the fest guys and how they approach mountain biking, obviously I can't do anything they do but I will never be a competitor or racer, I enjoy the more alternative side of biking.

 Mountain biking doesn't have to be about competing but if you choose to it's simply common courtesy to act professional.

 They compete in one "contest" a year and they celebrate when they win, what does that have to do with cam being on the podium (which i can agree with) and other guys who compete in contests who are supposidly "more professional". Then you mention that some are more " calculated", so your saying Sorge wasn't calculated when he went off of a 70ft jump and land it? You can complain about the judging, thats fine but i just dont get the whole jackass comment.

 Sorge is an amazing rider, I am not doubting his capability to ride. What I am trying to mention is that some riders involved in the Fest don't support the fact that they are not only having fun but working their job. I see some of their riders coming in with attitude towards people who are indifferent. The fact is that even though this may be the only event they compete in during a season, it happens to be arguably the most exposed in media and know through the non-mountain biker community. Do you really want people to get the impression mountain bikers are all partiers, tatoo models and stoners?

 I look at Brett Rheeder, humble, polite and one hell of a rider. Sure he celebrates but does he feel the need to take his victory lap down the Rampage course pounding his chest, like 2014 Andreu? No, he's content with his performance. He doesn't need a crowd to perform a huge act to celebrate his win.

 next year vink completes his line and wins

 ^ this. is. truth.

 hence impersonators

 I know right? He just launched off stuff without any real chance of riding it out. Waaaaaaaaaay different.

 Dude bender was a badass. He was launching things much bigger than anyone else at the time on suspension that granted was over a foot long, but probably would be complete crap in comparison to a modern enduro bike. Im not saying he would of landed everything on a new bike but dudes just a G

 The public does not know the reality. You not can judge, has not been there.

 Rider Judged seems to work out.

 Rider Judged, I like it, what in like a Atherton/Brycland/Dale kind of fashion?

 and BIZET!!!

 ha, and risk all that drama. hahaha--funny how the DAY before Rampage finals, redbull was posting up 'WORST CRASHES OF RAMPAGE' Really classy

 He attempted it... landed really hard, got bucked and broke his ankle. There's footage somewhere. He said he knew it wasn't really ready, but that he wanted to do it anyway for his build crew. Fearless!

 He crashed during qualifiers and unjured himself. The footage is somewhere online, can't seem to find it.

 Dude, irideforpaul.com.