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Red Bull Rampage 2012 - Thursday: B+W

Oct 5, 2012
by Julian Coffey  
The backside of the venue as you drive towards the main entrance.
  Each morning involves a long trek to the venue, this is the backside of the mountain heading towards Rampage

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  Morning meetings to kick off your Rampage day - Todd Barber presiding

Security at this year s event is tight and armed.
  Security at this year's event is tight, and armed.

Photogs galore.
  Photogs galore - De Lullo and Meagher

Early morning clouds and light as Hopkins gets to know his line a little better.
  Early morning clouds and light as Hopkins gets to know his line a little better

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  Sun peeking through, let's do this

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  Red Bull Rampage is a renowned testing ground for shovels and rakes

Thomas Vanderham putting the finishing touches on his line.
  Thomas Vanderham, putting the finishing touches on his line

Guinea Pigging one of the canyon gaps
  Guinea pigging with style

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All eyes cameras and riders were on the wooden step up for the last evening practice session before the qualifiers.
  All eyes, cameras, and riders were on the wooden step up for the last evening practice session before the qualifiers

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  This ain't no picnic

Mess with the bull and you get the horns. The Oakley Sender. Scary shit.
  Mess with the bull and you get the horns. The Oakley Sender. Scary shit

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  No matter how hard you try, you can't make this stuff look small

One of two massive drops in Mike Hopkins run. Nobody s f n around this year. Go big or go home as cliche as this sounds it s the motto for this year s Rampage.
  One of two massive drops in Mike Hopkins run. Nobody's f'n around this year. "Go big or go home", as cliche as this sounds it's the motto for this year's Rampage

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  Andreu still digging

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  ...and soaring

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  The anticipation for Fairclough's line could be greater than any other rider

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Garett Buehler vision.
  Garett Buehler vision

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  Slashing and dashing

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Getting one last hit in before the dying of the light.
  Fairclough getting one last hit in before the dying of the light

Nursing a beer and a bruised heel after a long hot day on the slopes.
  Gulevich. Nursing a beer and a bruised heel after a long, hot day on the slopes

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  More to come on Pinkbike all weekend!



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35 Comments
  • 220
 damn the anticipation for this is driving me mental. no event comes close to this world cup races or otherwise, and the way everybody is chirping about fairclough's line makes it seem like if he can nail it with a trick or two he's going to take it. i want to see him whip it off the canyon gap on his line then nac the oakley sender. caint wait to watch this and thank baby hezikiah for letting everybody watch the stream and not have to wait til later to have that knock sal masekala annouce and comment on a sport he know nothing about.
  • 61
 So much POD worthy material in here! That shot of Lacondeguy is nuts!
  • 30
 Agreed, don't they know about Tippie and Rob Warner as announcers...or anybody who actually rides or gives two sh*ts about the sport. Sal Masekala is awful for action sports. I can't stand him for X-Games and especially not for my beloved mountain biking. He would probably be a fine drive-thru attendant at Taco Bell, don't get me wrong.
  • 170
 the standard of photos we get to see, for free, is insane. the anticipation for rampage is killing me.. cannot wait!
  • 183
 Armed security. Seriously?
  • 62
 Yes. Just like any popular, televised event in the US. Whither you see them or not, they're usually there, but Riga just got a pic this time. There are crazies everywhere, and plenty in Utah... 1911 FTW!
  • 73
 seriously, you only need guns in life if you think you need them. They are not required anywhere. In canada(quebec), most popular event have security gards, yes. unarmed ones and there are police wondering around if shit start, wich normally doesn,t. No conterstrike dude with handgun...
  • 713
flag togood2die (Oct 5, 2012 at 8:27) (Below Threshold)
 Wow. Perceived safety guarantees actual safety, huh?
Must be wonderful to live in THAT perfect world.
And for the record, I THINK I need them. My right.

GREAT PICS RIGA!
  • 100
 If I lived in the USA where every crazy kid can buy a gun, I would think so too...
  • 21
 Crazy shit goes down in the desert
  • 413
flag togood2die (Oct 5, 2012 at 11:43) (Below Threshold)
 I won't have that convo. with someone from Europe. Sorry.
  • 30
 so europe is "THAT perfect world" right?
  • 61
 dont count out canada!, togood2die stop your euro hate bullshit nobody wants to hear it
  • 14
 Aww. Butthurt. And no, I'm not hating at ALL, it is simply a reflection of policy and mindset that I speak to, NOT the people. I love all men, I just don't love all ideas.

What DID happen to Smith today?
  • 20
 LMFAO yeah that's nuts. I'm sure an FMB comp in nowhere's middle is gonna be high on the priority list of targets for whacky Shi'ite heads to open up a can of Jihad all over some infidels.
  • 61
 The photos are amazing ...
  • 41
 Whats the word on Atherton? He riding this year?
  • 31
 He posted some pics to his FB wall of him digging in a desert, so I assume so
  • 40
 Hes injured his ankle , strapped it up and on crutches , not sure if hes riding sunday yet.
  • 12
 Gee? He's on yesterday's building pics doing just fine.
  • 21
 on the other gallery hes on crutches so I'm afraid he wont be killing it this year Frown
  • 31
 sam hill should take his spot
  • 10
 I'm just hoping that not riding friday and saturday lets him get it ok to at least attempt a run. If he can and rides it smooth like last Rampage he won't need a second, and if well rested maybe his ankle can take a 30 sec run. After all his line should be pretty smooth regardless of the big hucks he has, it's his personal style. Anyhow, fingers crossed, it'd be a bummer not to see him ride, plus I don't know what would Clay Porter base his Four By Three 3rd episode on then.
  • 30
 are we going to have a live broadcast for qualifications ?
  • 50
 Sadly looks like no. We're going to miss a great show. Hopefully at least somebody will come with some kind of highlights video on saturday that do quali justice.
  • 41
 BOO. NO STREAM OR TELECAST IN THE US. BOO.
  • 20
 The event will be streamed in the US, just redirected from the Red Bull website to a NBC site. Qualies though are not streamed for anyone.
  • 31
 Is this being livestream on PB?
  • 10
 What the hell are those line clouds in the second picture??????
  • 10
 com trail / chem trail, who knows.
  • 10
 Con[densation] trails left by airliners
  • 21
 Those are chemtrails, contrails disappear very quickly after the plane whereas chemtrails hang in the air for hours afterwards. They have been found to contain strontium, barium and aluminium oxide. It's part of a worldwide geo engineering program. The world needs to wake up, they need to stop messing with the planet and our lives.
  • 22
 lol, keep smoking the crack son.
  • 10
 I am about your age and as a kid used to watch the trails disappear after the plane not so much anymore, watch just a couple of many vids of or just keep wearing the woolly glasses mate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sdP4li7KRY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL_nkKFXCGE&feature=related
  • 21
 So sick!







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