2011 Pietermaritzburg World Cup Downhill Course Building Pictures

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frdh (Dec 23, 2010 at 0:06)

ohh damn, dh season is gettin close

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mrwhipp-e (Dec 23, 2010 at 1:41)

ours has started,jelous haha

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loku1 (Dec 23, 2010 at 2:31)

I hate you

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dave6797 (Dec 23, 2010 at 3:37)

We still have 3 months :/

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nouser (Dec 23, 2010 at 4:40)

yea man we just got loads of shit hot winter races going on were i live but i cant wait for the sumemr to come back in

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borocks (Dec 23, 2010 at 10:24)

mine is all year round hahaha

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idrinkpabst (Dec 23, 2010 at 10:55)

Gotta love Fontana in the winter. 2 1/2 weeks until round 1.

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leboeuf (Dec 23, 2010 at 15:32)

why the hell am i born in a place where summer is so short!!! ggrrrrr

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dustingilding (Dec 23, 2010 at 15:49)

Gonna be a bit less pedally? I know that was one of the biggest complaints last time around.

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rippin-norco (Dec 23, 2010 at 15:56)

damn, i want to come ride your coarse! looks sick as hell!

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makonastinky (Dec 23, 2010 at 17:31)

here in florida its year round riding... still doesnt make up for the fact that theres no mountains though..... =(

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Tejj (Dec 23, 2010 at 18:12)

or the fact that you have no snowboarding either. biking is sick but 2 seasons is the best.

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makonastinky (Dec 23, 2010 at 20:13)

yeh i know it

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germinois FL (Dec 23, 2010 at 21:41)

steve smith ftw!!

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TremblayBKer (Dec 24, 2010 at 19:24)

here in canada biking is pree much impossible so much snow

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buhgina (Dec 25, 2010 at 16:08)

Not in all of Canada, dude. Stop making people think we drive ski-doos and live in igloos. You hip, your hip, your lovely sender hip.

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Filipei7 (Dec 26, 2010 at 21:54)

in a dh race, why would anyone take the outside boost line on the hip. isnt that way slower

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nouser (Dec 27, 2010 at 1:46)

depends it might be but you cant tell till we see people riding it cause its a smaller gap if im right so might be but who know but if it is i know the cedric garcia will be hitting it

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dhmad (Dec 23, 2010 at 16:36)

I prefer more natural "trails". Those new school "tracks", yes, they're fast, scary fast but I kind of dislike all the machines work around them and the lost of need technical skill needed to ride them. Today, most of the time, there's "the line" and to me those tracks bring far less creativity from the riders to express their own talents. I remember watching the WC guys ride the same trail as I rode 5 days a week and being stoked with their riding and the lines the rode!

I know, I'm 42 now. Things change!
Thanks for reading me though !

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waxyfeet (Dec 23, 2010 at 1:28)

The approach onto those jumps looks like a long flat fireroad, really hope the course is made more tech and narrow this year .

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waxyfeet (Dec 23, 2010 at 1:32)

.. actually, ignore that - just saw the approach to the gap jump in another photo
www.pinkbike.com/photo/5977854

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snook (Dec 23, 2010 at 1:41)

Yeah, one long slightly uphill fireroad

Those jumps look sick, I wonder which lip Brendan will go for....

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MXkid77 (Dec 23, 2010 at 2:01)

Looking awesome Nigel... i will have some time next week to come and "crash" test some of those jumps for you.

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nigelhicks101 (Dec 23, 2010 at 22:22)

@sup3rc0w - this approach is actually the landing from a 13m right hand hip as well so it will be VERY interesting - we have just built in a very tech rock section and off camber just above these jumps so the course will be fast and interesting all the way down.

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waxyfeet (Dec 28, 2010 at 3:35)

Very excited about the race, just saw the other part of the article posted, looks mint!

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nigelhicks101 (Dec 23, 2010 at 22:12)

Guys and Girls - please note - this is just the last 30 sec of the +/- 3.30 course. We have designed it to incorporate a bit of EVERYTHING .... rocks, roots, steep stuff, off cambers, jumps, and some pedalling (which wont be as much as last year)

Stay tuned for my next up load which i am busy with no for the top section.

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waxyfeet (Dec 24, 2010 at 1:21)

Can't wait to see the whole trackwalk!

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oceen246 (Dec 23, 2010 at 2:27)

Those gaps on race course are awesome for all racers. This is the place for those money shots! If you crashed before the gaps and you know damn well that you will not get a podium, get some styling points!!!

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panzer103 (Dec 23, 2010 at 7:23)

I love watching that races a this track. Its, how should I say, worldly. Its very tropical looking. Like its something different because many of the tracks look exactly the same.

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Louloulefou (Dec 23, 2010 at 4:37)

I'm waiting to see what Cedric gracia will trick on it !!

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slopes0and0style (Dec 23, 2010 at 17:18)

that looks realllly stupid how the hell is this mountain biking could ride a bmx down that.... lameee !

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Spezi (Dec 24, 2010 at 1:13)

On this jumps we will see some nice Whips from Fairclough. This is safe

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brandonf (Dec 23, 2010 at 0:29)

Shit thats a big hip. 53 feet!

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Philler (Dec 23, 2010 at 10:10)

Actually iam not a racer but the final step down looks like you can do 20m with the right speed.

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iggzdaloc (Dec 23, 2010 at 0:21)

That looks soooooooooooooooooo funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.......... mah gawdddd

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ktmmxrider (Dec 23, 2010 at 7:01)

True dat

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zion-i (Dec 23, 2010 at 6:15)

Gwin had better have nothing but good things to say about this track after reading his latest interview on pinkbike.

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klink (Dec 23, 2010 at 15:44)

looks like a motocross course

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fooboy86 (Dec 23, 2010 at 2:33)

I wish i still lived there....

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nouser (Dec 23, 2010 at 5:24)

THATS LOOKIN GREAT! props to the builders like!

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BigWills (Dec 23, 2010 at 7:03)

Would love to see that race, looks SWEET!

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Ima-beast (Dec 23, 2010 at 13:12)

wow looks like a pretty sick line!!

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vsong FL (Dec 23, 2010 at 0:14)

Glad to see they are working and taking there time.

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brazilian-monkey (Dec 23, 2010 at 5:14)

we have good weather all year but the tracks is a shit

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dzdh (Dec 23, 2010 at 6:38)

Well then, use your muscles and build some nice dh courses man…
In fact, I believe you never been in Bento Gonçalves, RS, Brazil, have you? Come on over next march/2011, for the 2011 Gaucho State Series, then I’ll show one of the best dh trail on earth!

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downhilldro (Dec 23, 2010 at 16:17)

now thats what i call building

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skippy888 (Dec 27, 2010 at 19:04)

More WC courses should build more senders like this for the spectators.

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nigelhicks101 (Dec 30, 2010 at 1:19)

Hey Skippy - thats EXACTLY why we built these - this area is the main spectator area (2min walk from the finish) and is the prime area for spectators as well as the camera positions - The UCI wants riding to look spectacular on Camera so we have put these in so the top guys will be doing in the region of 50km/h when they hit these and it will look insane on TV and still shots.

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belgian-downhiller-97 (Dec 23, 2010 at 4:10)

nice

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kaelmarkle (Dec 23, 2010 at 12:04)

Awesome!

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SickyNarNar (Dec 27, 2010 at 20:27)

that dusnt look narly but fun