I gotta admit at first I thought I was going to be seeing "Rheeder got robbed" everywhere. But upon seeing the replays, I can see how Semenuk edged him out. Just choked for Brett after throwing down what at any other event could have won hands down. Two riders at the pinnacle of the sport. Great competition!
The "second one" wasn't a seven. I Know I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but I'll say it again; the last jump off the whale tail was a 360 backflip!
No I mean a backflip and a 360 executed at the exact same time in one motion. It's more common in the BMX community than MTB so it's easy to see why it would be called a cork 720. In fact, often when trying to execute a 360 backflip, riders inadvertantly end up "only" doing a cork 720. That's how close the two tricks are to one another in form. It's almost as if a 360 backflip is a cork 720 "completely" corked resulting in the rider being inverted. This means one of the 360s results in a backflip and the other remains a 360; however both occuring at the same time.
Hit 1 - Flip / Flip one foot can Hit 2 - Truckdriver to late Barspin / 360 Tuck no hander Hit 3 - Frontflip / Flip double whip Hit 4 - Flip whip / Flip barspin Hit 5 - Cork 7 / Cork 7 Hit 6 - Flip / Opposite tail whip Hit 7 - 360 Transfer / Tail whip Hit 8 - Barspin stepup / Flip stepup Hit 9 - Truckdriver / Footplant 360 Hit 10 - Tail whip / Tuck no hander Hit 11 - Flip whip / Cork 7
Semenuk definitely had the better trick on hit 1, 3, 8, 9, and 11. The others were fairly close in terms of difficulty, though I have no say in wether (for example) a flip whip or flip barspin is harder than each other. I'd say the judges did a damn good job here.
rheeder in the hit 4 did a oppo flip whip, also in the hit 10, he did a oppo whip, no a whip, only a little correction
although my favorite rider is brett rheeder, one should be objective and recognize that semenuk's run was a little better, anyway, both runs were simply insane
Also, after further review I ascertained that hit 2 for Rheeder was actually an opposite truckdriver to barspin back. I've updated the list with the aformentioned corrections which is as follows:
Rheeder - Semenuk
Hit 1 - Backflip flat drop / Can-Can Backflip flat drop Hit 2 - Opposite Truckdriver to Barspin Back / 360 Tuck No-Hander Hit 3 - Frontflip / Double Tailwhip Backflip Hit 4 - Opposite Tailwhip Backflip / Barspin Backflip Hit 5 - Cork 720 / Cork 720 Hit 6 - Backflip / Opposite Tailwhip Hit 7 - 360 transfer / Tailwhip Hit 8 - Opposite Barspin step-up / Backflip step-up Hit 9 - Truckdriver / Fastplant 360 Hit 10 - Opposite Tailwhip / Tuck No-Hander Hit 11 - Tailwhip Backflip / 360 Backflip
can you tell they secretly train together lol insane runs wow!
that last cork 7 off the drop was just fucking immaculate. Straight up stellar runs by both of them AND the rest.... way too much awesomeness
semenuk defiantly won that. That sneaky little cancan in a flat drop flip and a 360 fastplant off the hut and 2 flat spin 720s. That being said rheeder has improved so so much and coming from such a serious injury last year who knows whats to come hopefully he can challenge and pressurise semenuk in the future. Bit annoying pilgs, reynolds and matt jones were not in it for us english colchester boys!!!
If Rheeder bested Semenuk on his second run, I bet Semenuk's second run would have been two back to back tailwhips on the middle of his run where he did a tailwhip on his first run.
yeah i dont know. rheeders first run had a truck to bar back, but second run only had a truck? losing points right there cause its less of a trick.. probably would have front bar'd the step up, barspun out of the sram wall, oppo 440barspin transfer over the hips then like 3whip into the whaletail and same flip oppo whip out.
just what i think could have happened if he had kept going. still confused as to why he didnt throw the bar back though
@dirtjumpdiamond could have been a lot of things, sometimes tricks don't click every time, but what surprised me was that no one seemed to notice it was oppo.
I'd like to of seen how close the guy who was riding without a peak on helmet would have got if he'd completed his first run with the cash roll and the crazy stretched out front flip.
Got to say that my first impression was it was in Rheeder's favour and much preferred the style he rode with but Brandon's banger to finish was more than enough to separate the two already insane runs. I wonder what Rheeder's dream second run would have looked like?
$25 G's to winner while risking their lives and mid pack golfer on the wkd made just under 1 mil....hum sounds about right! Otherwise unbelievable runs and that course was the best hands down!
Brendon was the fastest. You can see that he made the difference already at split 1. Then the gap remained the same. Sorry I am too much into the downhill worldcup... ;-)
where does a front flip rate on the scale compared to a flipwhip? It was freakin close but Semenuk def had a bigger last trick and that makes a big impression on memory of the judges.
rheeder did bigger stuff but it looked alittle forced semenuk flowed through his run its a hard to achieve what brandon has so i believe he does deserve to win
Hit 1 - Flip / Flip one foot can
Hit 2 - Truckdriver to late Barspin / 360 Tuck no hander
Hit 3 - Frontflip / Flip double whip
Hit 4 - Flip whip / Flip barspin
Hit 5 - Cork 7 / Cork 7
Hit 6 - Flip / Opposite tail whip
Hit 7 - 360 Transfer / Tail whip
Hit 8 - Barspin stepup / Flip stepup
Hit 9 - Truckdriver / Footplant 360
Hit 10 - Tail whip / Tuck no hander
Hit 11 - Flip whip / Cork 7
Semenuk definitely had the better trick on hit 1, 3, 8, 9, and 11. The others were fairly close in terms of difficulty, though I have no say in wether (for example) a flip whip or flip barspin is harder than each other. I'd say the judges did a damn good job here.
The best post here!!! Good work.
I still pick Mr. BRETT RHEEDER!!
Just a personal opinion.
The judges had their work cut out for them, for sure!!
Bravo Crankworkx!!
Rheeder - Semenuk
Hit 1 - Backflip flat drop / Can-Can Backflip flat drop
Hit 2 - Opposite Truckdriver to Barspin Back / 360 Tuck No-Hander
Hit 3 - Frontflip / Double Tailwhip Backflip
Hit 4 - Opposite Tailwhip Backflip / Barspin Backflip
Hit 5 - Cork 720 / Cork 720
Hit 6 - Backflip / Opposite Tailwhip
Hit 7 - 360 transfer / Tailwhip
Hit 8 - Opposite Barspin step-up / Backflip step-up
Hit 9 - Truckdriver / Fastplant 360
Hit 10 - Opposite Tailwhip / Tuck No-Hander
Hit 11 - Tailwhip Backflip / 360 Backflip
just what i think could have happened if he had kept going. still confused as to why he didnt throw the bar back though
could have been a lot of things, sometimes tricks don't click every time, but what surprised me was that no one seemed to notice it was oppo.
Sorry I am too much into the downhill worldcup... ;-)