Course Preview Rd 6 - EWS Aspen 2017

Jul 28, 2017
by UCI Mountain Bike World Series  

The EWS has landed in the big mountains of Colorado for round six, and Ric McLaughlin takes on the altitude and the crazy fast and super loose trails of Aspen Snowmass to see what the riders are up against this weekend.

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58 Comments
  • 51 0
 Chris Ball, what a ripper!
  • 13 0
 Uhh yep! No wonder the riders love it when the organisers are such shredders!
  • 34 0
 More EWS previews with Chris Ball please. He shreds, he does a good job with the narration, and is literally positioned to provide the most insight as he is the organizer. Its a no brainer.
  • 11 0
 @freestyIAM: and Tracey Mosley she's awesome too, both on the bike and commentary..
  • 32 0
 Haha that was great. I've been loving Tracey's previews but that one was awesome. As an aside, PB needs to run more competitions to send regular muppets like me to compete in these events. Those trails looked brilliant.
  • 3 0
 Great preview! Epic to see my home town get some run!
  • 26 1
 Thank you Chris Ball for making MTB racing great again. F the UCI. Enduro is what we've been doing with our bros for years...pedal up, race down, on your one do it all bike.
  • 1 1
 Well said!
  • 26 0
 "Two weeks off that rear tire, there" - Love it!
  • 2 0
 He didn't need to say we should go there and ride it...looks awesome!
  • 17 1
 Sam Hill's got this one baby
  • 6 0
 1. My hands hurt just watching that. 3,000 ft descents of rugged trail.

2. That looks to be the best enduro courses that Snowmass/Aspen has had yet. Props to BME

3. Chris Ball can absolutely shred

Gonna be a party in Aspen!
  • 9 0
 Courses look proper and this is the best course preview this year. Commentary was hilarious.
  • 9 0
 Those guys were ripping for riding blind
  • 3 1
 Well one of them was anyways...
  • 10 1
 One for the 29ers.
  • 6 0
 Unfortunate cuz most of these trails aren't open t the public and are only open for this race. Wish they would open them up for everyone to ride.
  • 1 1
 Why arent they open to the public? Take my money...I want to ride this shit
  • 1 0
 Ha, most of them are fresh cut and if you wanna rip em after the race then go do it. Who's gonna stop you?
  • 1 0
 @andnyleswillriot: I'm pretty sure snowmass shuts that stuff down after races, no? If they keep them as tracks, then I would love to go ride them.
  • 1 0
 @ianswilson815: I mean 3 or 4 of the stages are fresh cut this year, who knows what they'll do. But still, if you wanna ride em just ride em! Haha
  • 8 0
 "Start at number 1". :-)
  • 6 0
 Lets see Chris Ball give his own race a go I say! Pinning it!
  • 5 0
 Thought Ric is far more alive in this video and more Chris ball. And EIGHT POINT TWO KM stage !
  • 2 0
 As an Aspen/Snowmass local I am psyched to have everyone in town. Trails are being cut up and down the valley as we speak! Its a great time to be a cyclist in the Roaring Fork Valley.
  • 3 0
 There is some fast terrain there. Doesn't look tech but is at 40+ mph. i hope we get some good footage and maybe a speed trap or two.
  • 5 1
 Our Northern Irish Claudio!
  • 3 0
 Chris used to race WC Dh, hasn't lost any of that speed by the looks of things. Great commentary from those 2 as well.
  • 3 0
 good to see im not the only one who occasionally has difficulties loading my bike onto chairlifts
  • 3 0
 "That's me just getting Tired... and Floppy" hahaha! 4:38
  • 2 0
 Ride it, live it, love it - fun and bloody fantastic
  • 2 0
 What a fun preview to watch. Guy's commentary is on point!
  • 1 0
 Looks like a great course for this round, gonna be a tough one, dry? No rain dances eh?
  • 1 1
 This looks awesome. They need to figure out how to broadcast these events somehow. I know the format doesn't lend itself to that at all but it sure would be incredible.
  • 2 0
 Looks like the pinnacle of Mountain Biking in 2017!
  • 2 0
 Amazing riding skills, beautiful trails.
Flat white in America?...
  • 1 0
 Oh man, that was good stuff. Love the trails..
  • 1 0
 What was going on on the gondola there?
  • 2 0
 Just a couple of guys trying to toss each other off (the gondola) i think
  • 1 2
 Great footage ... quality of movie could be better... 1080p / 60fps would be nice... for the rest.. awesome riding, nice humor... great trails...
  • 2 0
 So great! Lovely trails!
  • 1 0
 In Canada do any of the TV sports channel carried the races? Cheers
  • 1 0
 8:25 Your welcome.
  • 1 0
 My absolute, number one, worst terrain to ride. Ug.
  • 1 0
 Epic
  • 1 0
 looks like crazy fun!
  • 1 1
 Nice job mates. Enjoy Coloradical. Native here! w00t
  • 1 1
 Looks amazing, but please, it's 2017, change the GoPro setting.
  • 1 0
 Wrecker for the win!
  • 1 0
 Best one yet.
  • 3 5
 beautiful place and smooth trails looks like it can be raced on a hard tail
  • 2 1
 Far too chattery for an HT at those speeds lol....
  • 1 10
flag mudmandhbrazil (Jul 29, 2017 at 9:48) (Below Threshold)
 @nvranka: Just put a Plus tire on the hardtail and the chattery is gonne. all the EWS has gnarly track all ober the year but in USA the trails are for shure less tecnical and rocky. Rider leasing Enduro bikes at home racing with trail bikes.
In my opinion EWS should be raced only on trails that are gnarly for an Enduro bike. not with trail bikes like the event in Tasmania where the trails was very nice but the organizers told the racers to come with trail bikes.
  • 2 4
 We want TMO back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 4 0
 Chris Ball and TMo is EWS presenter dream team IMO
  • 2 3
 McLaughlin is a FAR better commentator than TMO, he has no sense of humor, is boring and speaks with a perpetual monotone.
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