idk looks pretty raw like no built landings so maybe people are going a lot bigger but they are also building giant smooth landings. Just an observation
I would like to have a rb rampage RAW/old school edition.. No shape needed or almost nothing. An event where the real freeriders would win... thinking about guys like Berrecloth.
Its heading slopestyle these last years... tuck no ganders and backflips one footed can are not freeride tricks. Whip, table top, suicide and superman are.
I think it was 2004 (won by Kyle Strait) which is when they went wild with digging stuff. Then it rained, dried and packed so hard that loads of riders got injured.
@RedBurn: Berrecloth's run last year was no doubt filthy. But that spine of death drop would have had no landing if it weren't for a massive # of sandbags. It is a balance game, guys need to build landings for stuff to be safe/rideable but where to draw line for what is too much digging gets muddy. Also Semenuk's run last year, sure had lots of tricks, but the whole top half was pure freeride glory. Either way I can't wait for the madness!
@RedBurn: I don't think you understood the definition of FREEride correctly. How can you order people to only do certain tricks? Everybody can make their version of freeride. That's the beauty of it.
@plyawn: Nah, either a fanny pack or stuffed into SWAT storages, crank axles or steerer tubes.
The run with the backpack was after the finals. I think it contained the battery for the helmet camera. Have you seen the kind of beasts (helmet cams) they were using when filming The Collective? "It is like a hardcore song."
Progress @ Rampage ------------------------------ 2001: Maybe just maybe I could do that one day, but probably not 2002: Harder than I'll ever ride 2003: Harder than I'll ever ride 2016: Harder than I'll ever ride 2017: Pretty safe bet it'll be harder than I'll ever ride
Nice! Wade Simmons infamous double drop at the very first contest to score him the overall win. To say the event has progressed far beyond what we all thought it would back then would be the understatement of the year.
Anyone knows what happened to Steve Romaniuk and Garett Buehler? I haven't heard about these guys a while especially Romaniuk. He used to have videos and stuff here on PB as well.
Romaniuk is now a local DJ in BC. He plays all the clubs, I don’t think he competes anymore which is a shame. Garret I have no idea, a lot of guys just aren’t interested in competing/laying it all on the line and risking death for peanuts and 14th place.
Its heading slopestyle these last years... tuck no ganders and backflips one footed can are not freeride tricks. Whip, table top, suicide and superman are.
How can you order people to only do certain tricks?
Everybody can make their version of freeride. That's the beauty of it.
-My 3-year-old daughter's commentary on the video.
The run with the backpack was after the finals. I think it contained the battery for the helmet camera. Have you seen the kind of beasts (helmet cams) they were using when filming The Collective? "It is like a hardcore song."
my rig from back in the huckster days...it only weighed like 172lbs....
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2001: Maybe just maybe I could do that one day, but probably not
2002: Harder than I'll ever ride
2003: Harder than I'll ever ride
2016: Harder than I'll ever ride
2017: Pretty safe bet it'll be harder than I'll ever ride
Really enjoyed watching it though!
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