Also no trash talking, its a pretty friendly rivalry even when so much is at stake.
And no drug taking like in road racing and UFC... all these factors mean the sport is so much more enjoyable as a spectator, when you know that even behind the scenes things are fairly chilled
there is barely a way to cheat. they can take any steroids during wintertrainig for physical strengtness, but they still need a lot of skills and nerves to hold on like Loris or Rachel. maybe an advantage for Aron is his linechoices and how he sees the terrain, it takes some things to finaly win. what a great sport
@nathanjbro: I think the difference is mountain biking is more about challenging yourself, in a DH race you're just trying to put down the fastest time you can so you don't have to worry about the other guys. Combat sports are all about kicking the other guy's ass, that's why its not as laid back.
The shit talking is just an act most of the time, its all about publicity because the more people that watch the more the fighters get paid. There are very few cases where the guys legitimately don't like each other. But again fighters can get away with it because of the nature of their sport, if you do that in World Cups people will just think you're stupid.
If DH racing is better than Boxing then I think that crocodile is my favorite animal because it is greener than it is longer. Also I like Parrots with blue voice, 145kg long runs and girls with cocks... wait... what... ehhh... messed up my point... why compare uncomparable? Yea that was it... anyways, Here's to the DH circus, thank you for bringing us such a great year. I drink some Notorius Whiskey in your honor!
@WAKIdesigns: Mayweather vs. McGregor wasn't boxing. It was the emperor's new clothes on a planetary scale. A foregone conclusion since it was announced. Basically the polar opposite of the DH WC. So, easily comparable.
@BenPea: I understand the tension created by this fight. People are confused, was it real boxing? Should I know what real boxing is? Who is Ewan McGregor, who is O'Connor? Am I a bad person for not knowing all that? What would happen if I met an MMA fighter on the street? How hard would he kick my butt? Should I be terrified of this? Should I learn to fight myself? I feel walls closing up on me. All this hype, I hate it, I can't deal with this feeling of hate, I hate it, hate it! Haaate it! Why did they do this to me? All those confusing thoughts, why? Why me?
How about we talk about Solar eclipse? Because DH racing quite frankly... virtually nobody in the world knows this sport exists. I find this thought liberating...
I swear every race that Gwin wins the commentators are going nuts saying it's unbelievable and how has he done it and then post race he always says "oh well I mean it was okay.... I probably could have gone 5-6 seconds faster though...." These dudes are just on another level !!!
haha, yeah when he said he made a ton of mistakes and could have gone 2-3 seconds faster in another interview... damn dude, really? I can't imagine how fast a perfect run would be.
@scott-townes: I read an article by a skills coach Gene Hamilton who worked with Greg, and he said that there is no such thing as perfect run. But guys like Greg are just good with dealing with mistakes while many dwell on them and that gets in their way for the rest of the run. He even asked readers to write down answer to questions like: how many times you made a mistake on a competition and you thought to yourself: aaah it's fkd. Or crashed on morning practice and thought: it's not my day. Well for a fun twist those best guys get into that bad thoughts too. They just steer their thought away from this voice towards: what do I do next? how do I turn this around? It's a behavioral pattern leading either nowhere or lets you perform to your full potential. Once you are on your race run, there's no place for shitty thoughts. I personally had them on each fkng race I was into.
Talking about World champs, I can't find the event on redbull tv's schedule...
I would be surprised if they didn't broadcast the event, but any information is welcome.
@WAKIdesigns: I'm curious how he'd do in an enduro as well. One of his big strengths seems to be line pre-planned line choice so maybe he looses that advantage in an enduro where you don't have time to micro-analyze every line.
@westeast: you are probably right. At this moment many top racers come to venues weeks before the race, and home field advantage has been a factor in almost every race. However judging by Sam Hills results, being used to ridiculous gnar at high speed, reading terrain while barely seeing it while being tossed around, is more important than cranking out insane Watts. Minnaar did well in Enduro
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The shit talking is just an act most of the time, its all about publicity because the more people that watch the more the fighters get paid. There are very few cases where the guys legitimately don't like each other. But again fighters can get away with it because of the nature of their sport, if you do that in World Cups people will just think you're stupid.
How about we talk about Solar eclipse? Because DH racing quite frankly... virtually nobody in the world knows this sport exists. I find this thought liberating...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhEFuq62-I
Or
EVEN BETTER TAKE THE FINAL 10 RIDERS HAVE ONE LAST RACE------WHISTLER-----CMON THAT WOULD BE AWESOME
JELLY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuQGx1H1Qh8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhEFuq62-I
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