Must Watch: Kyle Strait Smashes the Old Rampage Site in ‘I Think I’ll Have Another’

 Lyle!

 Going big never goes out of Kyle!

 Crushing big lines and quarterbacks since 2000!

 No doubt. I watched it several times yesterday. And today, I had to crack open another cold one and watch it again. Probably do the same again tomorrow.

 Because it takes so much commitment to pull it off, I reckon. He does them perfectly, that's a proper nose dive and look at that drop... I did appreciate the sui to crankflip too, though!

 @noisette: agree. so rad

 because 'cost of failure' is high AF

 @noisette: He pulled out of the no hander early and I was just think "oh, that's kinda..." and he rolled it right into a cheeky crankflip. Quality.

 That dipped front end is nasty!

 I bet he had to get that run in before the baby arrives! Mrs, Straight would be pissed if he was hurt

 Vail resorts isn't interested in anything that doesn't involve uber expensive slope-side condos and $20 mid-mountain burgers. They don't make money off lift tickets alone - it's just not profitable. If there were enough mountain bikers in the world that Vail thought it would be a profitable venture, trust me, they would be looking to buy property in Virgin, UT and start building condos.

 @srjacobs: Vail Resorts owns Whistler Blackcomb...

 @tobitobi: Yeah, and they make their money there off of skiing, snowboarding, general sightseeing tourism, and then some cash at the end from the short MTB season.

 @srjacobs: yeah they def don't make any money charging $210 for day tickets last year.

 @slayerdegnar: ya man...screw that noise. Travesty.

 @slayerdegnar: If you've been to a Vail resort recently, you'll know that nobody actually pays that $210 price tag. Everyone buys package deals, epic passes, etc. When I skied at Whistler last year (Vail owned), I paid less than half that per day by just buying a four-day epic pass well in advance. Vail's entire business model is built around people spending money on the amenities, that's why you can get a half-price lift pass if you stay at one of their hotels or just commit to being there for more than an afternoon (buy a 3 or 4-day pass).

 @Dethphist: I would actually say that Whistler is the exception to the rule. I heard from someone who works there that they actually make as much from the bike park as they do from the skiing (partly due to snow making costs rising, etc.)... But that's only because it's by far the biggest and best bike park in the world and people flock there from all over in huge numbers. Most other ski resorts that also have bike parks make next to nothing on bikers.

 @srjacobs: According to a report from a couple years ago, winter represented almost 75% of their income for the year.

 @Dethphist: Is that revenue or profit? What I heard was that their net profits were similar because the total costs are much higher in the winter.

 @srjacobs: Dammed if I know. But you gotta think, in summer, you only get half as many people through the lifts because the bikes need to go up on their own chairs. There are a TON more people and families that ski/snowboard than mtb and winter day passes were like $180 a year or two ago. Whistler might be a bit different due to how close it is to the ocean, but most hills can get 5 months out of a winter season, while only managing 3 in summer.

 With a table the bike is more or less parallel to the ground. With a turndown the bike is more or less perpendicular to the ground. Kyles was somewhere in between so call it what you want.

 @GunRack: Thanks for the clarification, I see the difference now.

 @dualcrownscottspark: I think of unturndown as more body moving around the bike, and table/inverts as bike moving around the body.

 @iridedj: Actually I believe it is vice versa. It looks like with an unturndown your knees stay straight and the body is relatively straight. meaning the bike is folding into the body, whereas with a table top you bring your knees up and scrunch up both the bike and body into you. Could be wrong but that is how I see it.

 @kylebikesalot: I agree more with this, I've always thought that you stay relatively still in an unturndown, while with a tabletop you bring the bike into you.

 @dualcrownscottspark: Easiest way to figure out the difference is to look at a proper turndown on a bmx. Now imagine that same trick without turning the bars. Unturndown, the bike should be vertical with legs straight.

 Similar but not the same for me, I see this and think "Commencal makes some seriously sturdy bikes".
Being a heavy rider myself I think about how sturdy the bike under me is every time my tires leave the ground. Between Lyle's insane Rampage runs and all the gnarly gaps and drops their bikes are seen sending up in BC.... it definitely gives the impression that those bikes are bomb proof.

 My subconscious association was quite awe struck and didn't get much further than "riding bikes in dirt sure is fun". So that's what I'll be doing a few hours from now. Sorry Commencal, your videos are still much appreciated!

 Yes! Dual slalom course down the Rampage hillslope. Speed and send. Make it happen.

 I'm not sure how a slogan saying "Solid as a rock" will help people forget that we're in trouble for building houses in Iraq...

(Couldn't help the Arrested Development quote)

 @preach: Its from a old chevy truck commercial with country music, but yes AD def make it famous. Classic!

 @preach: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBVEuWE2lGc

 @slayerdegnar: yessir