Replay: Slopestyle - Crankworx Rotorua 2021

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domabike (Nov 6, 2021 at 11:49)

Can't wait to see the boys throw down. I hope we still can see some great runs despite limited practice due to wind a rain. I hope emil can handle the pressure and take the win.

BizetAntoine (Nov 6, 2021 at 18:10)

I go to sleep! Best of luck to my slopestyle crew I hope you'll get to throw sick lines

BikesNRussets (Nov 6, 2021 at 15:33)

Definitely just watching the replays with these delays, I don’t want to be up till 2 am because ima ride tomorrow.

Aled-DHI (Nov 6, 2021 at 16:41)

Welcome to what is usually our life haha usually 5AM finishes for world cups for us and work the next day

Mike-Jay (Nov 6, 2021 at 18:57)

@Aled-DHI: the old stay up late or get up early dilemma…

BikesNRussets (Nov 6, 2021 at 21:58)

Never mind I stayed up to watch it.

streetkvnt-kvlt (Nov 6, 2021 at 22:25)

@Aled-DHI: typical that I had to work this weekend.

toast2266 (Nov 7, 2021 at 8:01)

Every slopestyle events feels kind of indistinguishable these days. They're all essentially the same course with the same riders throwing the same tricks. Doesn't make the riding less impressive. Just makes it less exciting to watch.

bonfire (Nov 7, 2021 at 9:28)

Couldn’t agree more. So repetitive. But pinkbike just deletes comments saying otherwise.

This event is pretty controversial here in NZ due to our border closure. They took 70 isolation spots, from actual citizens to create some content that is forgotten about immediately and the big dogs didn’t even come. So who cares?

Neechy (Nov 7, 2021 at 13:14)

Rampage is a bit different of a slopestyle course.

coadymacmillan (Nov 7, 2021 at 23:49)

@bonfire: What big dogs didn't come?

coadymacmillan (Nov 7, 2021 at 23:49)

I could say the same thing about watching a World Cup race.... The more you know about it the more interesting it is

PilchardTV (Nov 8, 2021 at 2:17)

@coadymacmillan: every slopestyle event there's moaning here that the riders all do the 'same' tricks or it's spin to win etc. Which I think is a load of rubbish.

I agree in that perhaps it's their lack of knowledge of what is actually happening, that is making it boring for them.

gnarnaimo (Nov 8, 2021 at 20:29)

@PilchardTV: That's was the first oppo, double tailwhip done ever in competition was it not?

Ignorance is not always bliss it seems.

coadymacmillan (Nov 8, 2021 at 20:31)

@gnarnaimo: you mean triple? He did it first last year

gnarnaimo (Nov 8, 2021 at 20:59)

@coadymacmillan: Sorry, meant the oppo, switch 360 w/ oppo double whip

toast2266 (Nov 9, 2021 at 6:34)

@gnarnaimo: that pretty much drives the point home. If a viewer has to know the natural spin direction of every rider to appreciate what they're watching, it means the tricks have become so obscure that only a tiny fraction of the population cares anymore.

Slopestyle had it's moment, but that moment has passed. If you don't believe me, look at the number of comments in here, and then look at the number of comments on a slopestyle replay from a decade ago.

gnarnaimo (Nov 9, 2021 at 6:44)

@toast2266: There's plainly more people into this sport and on this website than there was a decade ago. Alot more people new to the sport who don't really know what's going on in it.

toast2266 (Nov 9, 2021 at 7:17)

@gnarnaimo: I'm saying that more people cared about slopestyle a decade ago. Back then, there'd be hundreds of comments on a thread like this. Now there's barely any comments - no one cares anymore. Because every slopestyle comp is essentially the same now.

coadymacmillan (Nov 13, 2021 at 12:46)

@toast2266: so is Olympic snowboard halfpipe done too?

It’s just all oppo, reg spins that look the same too.

gnarnaimo (Nov 13, 2021 at 19:03)

@coadymacmillan: How many people are commenting on the videos? That's clearly the deciding factor.

DylanH93 (Nov 6, 2021 at 14:04)

So excited to see how this goes. Emil has been on fire this year.

ChanceFuller (Nov 6, 2021 at 18:35)

Man these delays are killing me, I'm so hyped for the riders today, hope they stay safe from the wind, and the course isn't too wet. Hoping for the best!

Zaeius (Nov 6, 2021 at 21:06)

Best thing I saw was the tuck no hander gap over the on-off by Lemoine.

McArdle (Nov 7, 2021 at 3:47)

Do the girls not get a slope event?

Tanner751 (Nov 8, 2021 at 16:56)

That tuck gap was insane, should of scored higher

dj100procentenduro (Nov 6, 2021 at 16:57)

delayed my ass

lone-ranger (Nov 6, 2021 at 17:31)

Yo ass is always behind!

corbinwong (Nov 6, 2021 at 18:57)

@lone-ranger: every year, March or November...

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bonfire (Nov 6, 2021 at 21:28)

Does anyone care about this anymore? Just like seemed too have jumped the shark.

coadymacmillan (Nov 7, 2021 at 0:46)

what?

bonfire (Nov 7, 2021 at 1:58)

@coadymacmillan: jumping the shark means to go on for long enough to become a joke.

Event has a pretty soft line up, big boys aren’t in it. They took 70 spots from MIQ, leaving 70 citizens unable to get in the country.

You’ve got a DH track that is being ridden on plenty of trail bikes. You’ve got people riding dual slalom on their enduro bikes. Like it’s just trying so hard to fulfill some content obligation. Like this just seems a shambles.

adamlaycock (Nov 7, 2021 at 10:03)

@bonfire: you should've been in every event to bring up the "low" skill level then

coadymacmillan (Nov 8, 2021 at 0:02)

@bonfire: Who isn't in it? and how is that a soft line up?

It's all the top slope riders from across the world and they did amazing runs for podium.

What world are you in?

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lukeburrage (Nov 6, 2021 at 15:08)

I’ll catch the replay in the morning.

Meanwhile, just remember that everyone who crashes in their first run will play it safe and not be able to be competitive in their second run… and everyone who didn’t crash in their first run will try to do something too big in their second run, and crash out. It’s how the format works these days!

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Auggy (Nov 6, 2021 at 15:17)

Lol i just lost brain cells reading this. Jesus

ctd07 (Nov 6, 2021 at 16:12)

The 3 run format for that event in Poland was far better, really bought out the best runs, I hope they change Crankworx events to that