Video: Kyle Strait's 4th Place Finish

 "Get back on there brother....."

 Haha, Im not sure what was funnier, Brendogs "Speed wheely" or when he said "Backfliping the canyon gap is actually easier than straight airing it". Rampage needs a new voice for sure, someone with experience and that know what he is talking about.

 Nope this one took the cake for me:

"Lots of travel on the front and rear forks....."

 I've been face-palming myself at the commentary on almost every run. WTF is up with the announcers?

 Did anyone catch this comment?...."Every time they have to pedal they are losing speed". Not kidding!

 Godziek actually said that flipping it was easier than straight airing it

 What about when they were taking about if they ride clips or not. Hahahahaha I was just like..... Wow these guys were born yesterday

 and when mitch had to get his machine back

 They actually edited the commentary, too. On the live cast he said Kyle was "Trying to do one of the hardest things in this sport, win rampage more than once" and obviously somebody caught that and edited it out for this video. I think they could have clipped this guy out completely.

 Haha I was wondering if anyone else caught that

 I was glad to actually watch it in class, didn't have to listen to the terrible commentary.

 But McGarry totally made his bike look like an bmx -.- Norby said the same oh wait sometimes i confuse names it maybe was mitch chubey. Sadly i could write down so much more...

 Retardest Comment was:",you have to Know that he can do Tricks As well" this was during cams run

 Guys its true that they don't commentate very well but theres no need to exaggerate ... - godziek said it was easier to backflip , not the commentators - machine is used really often to describe a big bike - 'he made it seem like a bmx' is what u say if they seem big compared to the bike im not trying to defend them-I dident really enjoy the commentary- but it wasent a bad attempt at describing riders ride down a mountain doing tricks that are not very clear because of the terrain and camera placement. I think a lot of people here underestimate how quickly you have to say things while commentating. its stressfull and a slip of the tongue is easily done...

 @turtey was just about to comment on that, def edited it

 strait got robbed that run was sick but a red bull athlete took it lacondeguy has been shredding all year and his run was sick but strait should have been second

 I have commentated skate events and it can be a challenge. I will give them that. That's why they typically choose commentators with experience in what they're talking about. It was clear that this dude had no idea and was just reading his cliff notes sheet. We were told about Kyle and Zink being bffs like six times. Kelly is a pretty interesting guy, it's a shame that the only thing they wanted to talk about was the he is tall and from NZ. It's a tough job for sure. TMac would have handled it beautifully, at least it wasn't sal masakala.

 This run was great!!! so sick, its always good to see Kyle on fire

 Not sure if that was intentional or not but when I watched it, I exploded. It was sooo sick. And that massive no-hander was savage. Definitely my favorite run.

 I just noticed it now, didn t see during the live feed! Absolutely $ick !

 Hell yeah Kyle!! That was sick with intention. Keep shredding Big Boy.

 Well, the real 3rd place run at least. .25 pts worse than semenuk? I just don't see how a few "small" tricks trumps going big. No, huge. Either way, I'm in awe of all their skill. The worst guy down would school me. And a few others I'd bet.

 I love Strait's style and power, his run akin to Lacondeguy's in every way; steep technical drop in, huge airs, and tricks.

 it should have been
1 Lacondeguy
2 Brandon
3 strait
4 zink) and best trick but the bottom section wasn't very flowy

 Extremely techy top-section without losing the flow.. that tire scrub and style coming into the biggest feature on course and beeing the only one to trick it.. tough call but since Zink dint even hit the line he had built after that 360-drop i think Kyle shud at least have gotten 3rd- for steez, style, fluidity and the massive no-hander! But i defnitly see how Andreu got first.. that was the most direct high consequence line and he rode it like a boss!

 Then Give the live stream to T-Mac and save that other shit for the NBC replay. Does anyone who is not a MTBer watch this? They don't let football announcers announce surfing, snowboarding or bmx. Why should Rampage be any different? For those who say one of the announcers used to ride bmx they don't have skateboarders announce kiteboarding or parasailers announce the Red Bull Air Race.

 I'm with you but somebody in the production chain made a bad choice and I'm trying to understand their logic.

 Don't do that. Call them out on it. Let them know they made a mistake. When you get an answer wrong on a test you don't see the teacher saying well I see your point....

 Bro. not justifying. Just trying to see another POV without saying "ah that's shit"

 What curse?

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 No reigning champion has been able to defend the Rampage title (until now), they have been out due to injury or something else, but mostly injuries. In lasts year "road to rampage" there was a full episode about the curse, needless to say Sorge didn't make it.

 For once I agree with you. I attended and the crowd wasn't happy with the judging. Strait didn't deserve it last year at all and Lacondeguy did. Opposite this year however I think Rheeder could have been anywhere in that mix his run was banger.

 Yeah. Might be why he didn't score a tad better was because the drop wasnt his

 Different drop, comparable size.

 Definitely the same drop

 yeah it's exactly the same drop

 I stand corrected.

 and he no handed it ... not sure why this run wasn't better than andreu's - andreu's 1st drop was no more gnar than kyle's vertical entry to hard corner - andreu's hip was bigger, but kyle's tap was steezier - andreu straight air massive drop, but kyle did it no-handed - andreu's backflip on the rzr booter, kyle superman all other bits and pieces, speed and style were pretty similar, as were the lines in the end but the no-hander big drop ... come on. i just couldn't believe how kyle's run didn't get into the mid 90's if not the top of the order. ... and i was ballin for andreu all the way but it also seemed that the judging and runs were coming down really quick, much quicker than years past, perhaps too quick to get it all right. great show in the end regardless.

 I thought Kyle's run was really sick as well,one of the best to watch. I guess you don't get full points for dropping a feature if you didn't help build it.