The 'Impassable' Route - Red Bull Rampage 2016

 im sorry, they are fucking crazy

 gotta love friends who have this much trust in each other. i guinea it for you! damn.

 @plplplplplplplplplplplp: Nah, they just love what they do.

 @fullbug: YES!! Love how they are working together. CRAZY amount of sand bags with a group effort. Bingelli making up for the past and Claw taking the 1st go. I met him a couple years ago chilling out at Highland. He wasn't the outgoing and excitable guy like the McCauls but appreciate his continuing stoke for the sport. This was a great vid and it seems like things are changing for a better event! Cheers guys!!

 Exposure city baby , you in for the win of just making appearances?

 Yeah this is messed up on so many levels and I'm stoked to see Red Bull listened to the athletes and made some awesome changes. It seems the community is so tight this year around. They did a good job of releasing a lot of the pressure on the riders this year. The best part is you will also see their best performances... well for most riders since maybe some perform better under other conditions.

 I pooed a little watching that

 @Giles1991

yeh its effing rad isn't it! Reminds me of "back in the day" with all the team building down at Woburn Sands and Luton in the quarries

So excited to see what happens at Rampage 2016

 @hampsteadbandit: Anything still at quarries? looking for some new stuff and its only an hours drive from me

 if this looks fking insane on the video... I don´t want to imagine in real life!!

 I got wet hands looking at them walking around...

 apparently Fairclogh crashed.. fuck no

 @Lagr1980: What? Evidence? Can he ride?

 dirtmountainbike.com/videos/healing-vibes-brendan-fairclough-crashes-canyon-gap.html

 @Lagr1980: Thanks. That's terrible! Rampage needs the freeracer's vibe. Heal fast, Brendog!

 I really miss Pinkbike photo epics from each day...

 Let's not forget how much we are missing Kelly

#McGazzaforever

 @chyu: WTF????

 Do crazy things enough, and they become not so crazy. Like driving a car at highway speed.

 @wiscobiker: You try going a buck sixty on the highway and let me know if its crazy or not. Maybe not Rampage level crazy, but it will still get the juices flowing.

 @Rdot84: james implied highway speed (65-80mph) was crazy not 160. besides I have plenty of fun on twisty canyon roads.

 @Rdot84: @wiscobiker: Depends on the car. Recently was in a big BMW going about that speed (thanks, German Autobahn), and it felt a lot closer to going 100mph in my own car. Not very exciting. Fast, yes, but no adrenaline rush or anything. I can't fathom what riding on Rampage terrain would do to my system (propably just die on the spot out of fear and things going crazy in my head)...

Now that I read my statement again, it illustrates what @JamesBarton was saying: First time I drove a car on the highway, doing 160 in ANY car would have felt stupefyingly fast. Now not so much, anymore.

 I think that the key difference here is that the features that these riders are sending off of or onto were envisioned and built by the riders. in previous competitions riders were under the "restriction" of going of key pre-built structures if they wanted to score big with the judges. The new (old) format of the rampage spurs vision, creativity, and the camaraderie that spurred the first Rampage. I can see where you may be coming from with regards to riding "natural" lines on an unscultped landscape like in other "freeride" events like snowboarding or skiing. however, the basic mechanics behind those sports is very different than mountain biking in that snow falling and dispersing over a slope gives you the "transitions" needed for landing large drops off of cliffs etc. However, that simply isn't possible with dirt and rock on a natural landscape unless you wanted to host the next Rampage in a gravel pit. This build here still has the rider coming off a natural take-off, but you cannot expect a bike to land from those heights on natural slope or even a slightly raked-out/buffed landing. Anyway, I get what you are saying there, but I would consider these features, built with finite resources, to be a good reflection of the "natural" landscape. Anyway, cheers bro. This Rampage is going to be awesome.

 @DeepInTheForest: I realize why the riders have to build what they build, I'm just saying its silly to then criticize the event for putting in a few pre-build features which the riders could hit without having to worry about a massive undertaking to build. If we understand that the landscape as it is presented naturally just isn't rideable then we shouldnt be all that mad about a few pre-built features. I'm sure some of those big features helped out some of the lesser known riders who didn't have the budgets to show up with large build teams.

 @DeepInTheForest: The funny thing is its easy to disassemble a wood ramp so there is no lasting environmental impact while the giant sand bag features are (presumably) there indefinitely.

 @grgsmith: apparently they are using natural fiber sandbags, so they will eventually return to the Earth.

 Word!! No more sandbags. Dont get me wrong I love Rampage, but I still miss the original spirit. Much respect for the riders btw!

 Yeah...me too..."panic" drinking....In fact i think i might be having a panic attack right now.

 I'm gonna be drinking on Friday too! It's always cool to have an excuse tho

 Why? Do you have some kind of inside access where you have seen every other line?

 @SithBike: www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/Out-of-Their-Minds-Red-Bull-Rampage-Line-Revelations,10551/Slideshow,0/sspomer,2

 @catalanfc: That format is sweet! talking over pictures gives you some time to appreciate each line

 @j12j: Yeah - it's a pretty sweet way of doing things

 @catalanfc: Hey Catala!! What do you think about Lacondeguy? Is he going to do good, bad...?
Hope you are well!!
Dani de l'Alt Penedes!!

 Because your battery catches on fire?

 @north-shore-bike-shop: haha love it!

 Sure the graphics look good, but the physics are completely unrealistic. None of that stuff is even remotely possible.

 It also outlines the consequences of falling before the drop, ive rode skinnies wider than that. So fricken rad!

 Yes!

 Were your knees weak?

 @joalst: Arms were probably heavy as well

 Yeah they always do a T.V. show later down the line and the live event is posted to the RedBull website right after Rampage is over

 One to each side of the frame. Then lean to compensate for any ball asymmetry. And raise seat according to age and scrotum stretch.

 @SithBike: but...wouldn't one ball end up getting caught in the chain, and the other burned by a rotor?

 How can one with balls of such size, manage to put on their riding shorts? mind: blown