Red Bull Rampage 2012 - Saturday: Utah Yard Sale
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 Kinrade blasting the Oakley drop which unfortunately ended in a over the bars digger. Scary for a few minutes there but he was able to get up and walk away. |
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| Different angle of Kinrade on the Oakley Sender. |
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| Kinrade battling the winds mid-flight. |
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| Kinrade losing the battle to the wind. |
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| One last look for Kinrade. "This will be my final Rampage as a competitor, I kinda hoped for something better." Kinrade wanted to do a second farewell run but was simply too battered to make the hike back up. |
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| Meagher: "Hopkins had a pretty sick line. He was rolling the ridge top old school style and was throwing in some nice style on the small stuff, then on to a huge step down leading into the lower section of venue. The plan from there was to hit one of the biggest senders on the track and that's where the wheels came off. hHe went much too fast and rag dolled the landing hard enough that every medic in sight was sprinting to his aid. Amazingly Hopkins was able to walk off under his own power but doing a second run was simply not happening." |
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| Mike on his last drop before sending a huge gap about 20 feet too big, resulting in his own personal yard sale. |
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| Hopkins post crash getting checked out. A crash so vicious he bent both of his pedals down. |
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| Pilgrim blazing down the ridge and leaving a trail of dust in his wake...or is it a wake of dust from the trail? |
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| Sam Pilgrim assaulted by heavy winds. |
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| The Ken scoping his line. |
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| Sterl: "Kenny Smith washed a front wheel near the top of his line and then tomahawked harder than damn near anyone else I've seen in the six Rampage events I've been lucky enough to shoot. Somewhere in that dirt washing machine Smith sprained both ankles badly enough that his bid for the Rampage crown was over. A disappointed Smith was stoic about not being able to throw down the run he wanted but make no mistake he'll be back next time." |
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| Kenny Smith proving that Rampage is like no other. |
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Pilgrim said on his facebook page he should have just brought his hardtail...yeah, like that would have prevented his cartwheel to faceplant. If he really means it he should sack up and come back next year with it! I'm calling you out, Pilgrim, you hear me you Rampage hater! I'll even take him on head to head, since I'll be on a DH rig by then I'll have an added safety advantage.
This makes crankworx look small. Anyone who rides this event even in first round quali deserves huge props, only the best riders on the planet are there.
@Protour, I actually agree with the fact that people here are a bit too sensitive. I mean, Piglet Orange got 100+ neg props for that joke? Seriously!?
When you do a drop on a mountain bike, 7-15 ft, you can do it at speed and do a rear wheel landing, no problem. You could do that same drop slow ,bunny hopping off the lip, and do some tricks as you drop .
Now sending it 15 to 25 ft , is a different ball game , now if you bunnyhop of that drop... a little nudge, like you might do off a curb ,everything changes you may go another 5 ft farther out because of that little extra effort. Any thing you do the slightest twist, could cock your landing a hair side ways ,and cause you to land diagonal to the landing transition.. Not perfectly straight .
now 25 to 40 Ft drops i don't know about personally.I imagine everything is that much more intense , that's why they are pros at redbull . they're going big .
It may be a DNF or DNS to their record as a competitor if they fall. To my status it's a DNE ,"Did Not Enter"!
Also the canyon gaps they are doing are sicker than the drops . In a lot of ways jumping is harder than dropping because there are more movements . You setting up the jump how much you lean into the forks to slam the rear suspension into the face of the jump to pop off it. Possibly the jump is a kicker that just throws you and you don't need to compress, but figuring the speed ...considering the gap is 60 ft?? A speed o meter would be nice !?
Riding Redbull Rampage > posting on Pinkbike..... give the guy some respect.
get off this site.
www.pinkbike.com/photo/8748048
from stutgart. rock climber way cool. cant remember her name though
Heal fast buddy.
Vibes to all the wounded and thank you for throwing down like that. Legendary stuff to be sure.
.... I also vote for them to all be payed the hockey players wages this season ( since they're not working this year, lol ) .... biking is so much more..
And what a nice bush kenny got on his belly