2013 USAC Gravity Nationals Course Preview

Jul 29, 2013 at 16:25
by Angel Fire Bike Park  


Take a ride with Graeme Pitts down the 2013 Gravity Nationals DH Course at Angel Fire Bike Park in Angel Fire, New Mexico. The course is a combination of Chillin, Fo Sho (new), Supreme DH and World Cup. Running 2.45 miles long and descending 1,937 feet, this race course is sure to challenge even the best of riders.

The course is a combination of Chiilin Fo Sho new Supreme DH and World Cup. Running 2.45 miles long and descending 1 937 feet this race course is sure to challenge even the best of riders.

For more information on the race, visit: www.usacycling.org/2013/mtb-gravity-nationals

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64 Comments
  • 19 0
 I thought he was saying braaappppp but he obviously was going so fast he had to have had a motor.
  • 1 0
 Mab a shuttle buddy haha. Yea he sounded like he was havin fun. dam i wanna have some fun too!!!!!!
  • 2 0
 Soooooo jealous
  • 18 3
 Quality Commentary.
  • 4 45
flag e-cekic (Jul 30, 2013 at 14:25) (Below Threshold)
 What commentary are you talking about? The "braaap", "woooo", or the "ride" on boys"? The riding was fast because most of the terrain was flat. Plus, I am sure this is not his first time he is riding this course.
  • 13 0
 actually... the terrain is much steeper then it looks, so he is fast. Plus that was his 5 run of the day. This coarse is good, and there is a reason Aaron Gwin and Mitch Ropelato is showing up.
  • 10 0
 Flat? Come to Indiana, I'll show you flat. You'd be begging for a trail anything remotely close to this one. I'd give my left nut to have one single trail like that within 2 hours of me. I'd ride it every chance I got.
  • 10 1
 E-ce kic have you seen anything of angel fire? you sir must be an idoit, Angelfire is probably the one of the gnarliest bike parks in america (admittedly they seem to throw you down one of the more mellow runs). But i can assure you that is not Flat. The top sections where the trail turns straight down are the black trails for the ski area :/ so yeah.
  • 1 17
flag e-cekic (Jul 30, 2013 at 18:59) (Below Threshold)
 At "angry-sasquatch": An "idoit"? It's truly a shame that you obviously have not even understood my comment to begin with. I am not even going to bother commenting on your "idiotic" grammar. Yes, what I've seen was shown in this video; and I am sure that's not there is to a mountain Smile However, I specifically said "most", NOT "all". If you graduated from public school, you should at least know the difference between the two.

At "hetfiel1": Why do I need to come to Indiana if I live in the east coast with over 5k ft above sea lvl of just pure rock!

Again, my comment specifically dealt with the "commentary of the track". Learn to understand what you read!
  • 9 3
 So you want to make fun of a guy who is clearly having fun by making noises while shredding? You sound like a stellar dude to hang out with. Oh and nice spot by the way im obviously spell checking everything because my comments on pinkbike are going to be read and graded by an English professor. :/


Hey bossman im not trying to be a dick here but i just wanted to show you some of the terrain and anglefire just to show some of the gnar Smile

www.pinkbike.com/u/angelfirebikepark

www.pinkbike.com/news/2013-Chile-Challenge-Pro-GRT-Recap.html
  • 8 9
 Saying "world cup" and "reworked" a million times is not quality commentary. It's just annoying.
  • 8 2
 It's not annoying when he's naming sections of existing trails and clarifying their change of appearance. I wish more course previews were like this. Also, that upper section is SUPER steep. Video doesn't do it justice.
  • 2 3
 It seemed like he said "world cup" on only the boring or at least more tame looking parts of the trail. I know the video doesn't do it justice but I expected more rock gardens and less pedaling from what I've heard about Angel Fire. I would mute it to watch it again but I won't be critical of him having fun, I'm trying not to be cynical.
  • 3 1
 @E-cekic: You should know that vids like this one never accurately portray how steep things are. Not a one.

@Protour: It's strange how some of these tracks look tame at first. The first vid I saw of Andora 2 to 3 weeks back made it seem kind of mellow as well. Even Hafjel last year seemed easy at first glance. But once we started seeing more official previews and vid of the track that wasn't first person, the truth was revealed.

I think this Angel Fire course is epic! And if I wasn't heading to Whistler for the Garbanzo, I'd hang out there.
  • 1 2
 Oh wait i got a video

www.pinkbike.com/video/319900
  • 2 1
 Turn on the "closed captions" within the youtube player if you want a laugh!!!
  • 2 1
 haha thats great, just imagine somebody trying to learn English and watching that with the closed captions
  • 1 0
 The upper half of World Cup is very rocky, but not as steep and Surpreme and Chillin', which are shown at the start. It looks like they might have tamed the lower parts just a bit for this race since the sections further up are so rough.
  • 9 1
 he was god damn flying through some of those lower wooded sections! that looks like an insanely fun track!
  • 17 0
 We may have a "speed trap" on the lower section to catch top speeds of the riders!
  • 2 0
 Was the drop-in for Supreme rebuilt for this season? It looks different than from what I remember from last year.
I'm hoping to revisit for some late season shredding before the park closes. I hope it works out. Angel Fire Bike Park is my heaven on Earth.
  • 3 1
 "sure to challenge even the best of riders." Um, Seriously!? I think there was 1, maybe 2 technical sections, and only 1 floater at best... Can't beleive this is the course for the '13 Nationals. Access roads, groomers, and a couple rock gardens, oh my!

I did love the commentary though...and I'm all about the moto sound effects!!!
  • 2 0
 It takes just as much balls and control to go that fast through any section on that trail as it does to go at normal speed over "technical sections"
  • 2 1
 I have elephantitis of the ball sack bro... I realize everyone has a biased opinion of their home mountain, but c'mon, this IS NOT a double black run
  • 4 0
 Angel Fire Bike Park lookin sliiiick. Amped for the Geocities Park stop, as well
  • 3 0
 Stoked for our boy Nik Clarke of Team Dirt Corps to be going and flying not only the Dirt Corps flag, but also the PNW Gravity scene's
  • 5 2
 Who gives a SHIT about grammar on this forum I'm never gonna put a period coma anything else cuz my sentences never end BITCHES
  • 1 0
 ROFL!!!
  • 2 0
 So dumb.....everything looks flat on photo and film....PSYCOSIS doesn't even look like it goes straight to HELL, but it DOES!!!!!
  • 1 0
 I thought I had seen you before Graeme! your rebound nob on your fork poped off in the middle of boondocks. so pinned keep up the great work with the sound effects
  • 3 0
 Angle Fire Bike Park. Welcome to Hell. Muauauauaua
  • 2 0
 Like this Video, cause he was commentating, but was having so much Damm Fun. No that is what I call Bike Riding.
  • 1 0
 The people who are saying its a flat track obviously have never ridden Angelfire before. Chillin is the gnarliest and steepest trail I've ridden!
  • 1 0
 Sooo bummed I am not racing that course. Looked even more fun than the GRT course from June.
  • 1 0
 Turn on the "closed captions" within the youtube player if you want a laugh!!!
  • 1 0
 Been practicing all day and this course is sooo sick! And I can no longer feel my hands but am so stoked to race
  • 1 0
 That was th PITTS! sickness, love to see California get some love. Thx Graeme!!!
  • 1 0
 love the sound effects maybe it makes you go faster i'll try it when i go riding haha
  • 1 0
 The course from earlier this year looks better, its just straight, fast, and smooth now
  • 2 0
 Chillin to WC...can't beat that!
  • 2 0
 HOW MANY REDBULLS HAS THIS GUY HAD IN THE PAST 24 HRS?
  • 2 0
 yeah Graeme!!!!!!
  • 1 0
 You're too fast for the video capture Graeme! FUN CITY! Pin It Graeme!
  • 1 0
 I cant wait got the gambler all dialed in to pinn!!
  • 1 0
 "Fancy McFancyPants", winning commentary for sure! Haha
  • 1 0
 Holy crap that looks like a long course!
  • 1 0
 This guy is FAST. Long Live Angel Fire!
  • 1 0
 I rode it, it was a hand burner for sure
  • 3 2
 SO PINNED!
  • 1 0
 I love that place.
  • 1 1
 No sharp turns. I wonder if Gwin is going to ride a 29er.
  • 7 0
 AF rock gardens (especially the one that you bomb into after the bridge on WC) are no joke. At race pace they would chew up and spit out a 29er Enduro.
  • 1 0
 That track looks sick!!
  • 2 5
 East coast is the WEAK coast....so many F-ING transplants I don't even know who's local no mas......
  • 1 0
 transplants?
  • 1 0
 Maybe he is off by 2,500 miles and thinks New Mexico is on the east coast. Or maybe he thinks the southern accent is an east coast thing even though it stretches across to Texas. Not sure how any of it ties in to Washington state and why he'd feel the need to put down about half of his own country.
  • 1 2
 Ahh... that'd make sense... cept east coast = beast coast.
  • 2 0
 From a greatest DH Courses article on Vital MTB: "Mount Snow, Vermont is the undisputed king of fast and rough in the downhill mountain bike world. Known for its big granite slabs, wide open grass corners and the infamous yardsale, the downhill courses of Mount Snow will remain forever-etched in the memories of those who raced them."

Also in your backyard were some of the earliest snowboard national events. Vermont also had the first chairlift in the county. So if this guy likes biking, snowsports, and chairlifts - he may need to learn his own roots.
  • 1 0
 Mount Snow is and will be one of those courses you ride and never forget. Not sure witch was worse, dry and high speed or rain and mud just trying to hold on for life going down the granite faces and into mud and roots and then to servive that and take on the yardsale. Man that was fun, I miss that place.
  • 1 0
 That's 25 minutes from my house!
  • 1 0
 The dude is obviously drunk
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