Red Bull Rampage First Impressions - Video

 that is the nail in the coffin, I am a pos rider

 from the one of the most all around skilled riders out there

 By this scale I don't even know how to ride a bike

 @Intoxication: thanks man, but I am not that versatile

 That would mean I am total shit at riding (ok I'll admit I am pretty bad)

 You really cant get more humble than that comment from that dude

 99% of us still trying to learn the wheelie.

 @hollowing2000: One must poses the wheelie Gene to do it.

 After that sentence what would be left for me to say is: what is a mountain bike? Is it spicy or hoppy? Cos if Ropelato is a half decent rider, I don't even know what is real riding!

 @Helm72: thanks, I needed an excuse

 if mitch is half decent, what the hell does that make me?

 @mollow: I agree. It isn't being humble. Half decent riders don't ride their bike for a living eh.

 I wish they did though.

 @Jack-McLovin: haha so do I mate

 @Jack-McLovin: I think he said that while comparing himself the the rest of the rampage field of comp.....a lot of competitors probably feel those nerves, especially at Rampage.

 yeah!!! f*ck you Mitch Ropelato! Thanks for letting me know i suck

 saw a couple on Instagram so far, pretty wild rigs some people got. Matt Mcduff had a couple photos.

 Thought the same: really cool cars out there. In Europe a bike related car is like a VW bully and in North America it's the trucks, so North America: 1europe: 0
Just kidding, but I love those trucks

 @Flo-W: no, it's cool, you can say it. We own you. Lol

 @therealtylerdurden: nah we just got a lot of little dudes with small man syndrome who choose tire size by the ones that come up to their nipples

 @therealtylerdurden: Too right. Not sure what I miss more about that side of the water - the riding or the fact everyone has an F150 or a RAM!

 @pargolf8: some people do use those bigger tires properly, yknow?

 @pargolf8: I think its little weenie syndrome not little dude syndrome

 Pick a truck tire size and be a dick about it.

 @Kirky86: Silverado

 @pargolf8: "i bet you are 5’8” arent you?"

Hey, suck a bag of dicks.

 @BenPea: no offense. I was provoked

 FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

 @therealtylerdurden: ok: if i had unlimited cash and an urge for a pickup, I wouldn't be purchasing an American brand, my friend.

 @therealtylerdurden: i thought you wanted a fight "amigo". You two can share the bag of dicks if you want.

 @BenPea: hahaha I get it now. Alright, save some for me!

 @BenPea: wouldn’t be a French one, either

 @MelvieD: oh, it so would: passion-automobile.fr/img/peugeot_504_pickup_1.JPG

 @BenPea: no, I was talking about the bag of dicks, that would be such a small prize,????

 @BenPea: Pretty sweet, is that a Peugeot? Looks like my 82 low boy Toyota. My first mountain bike was a fully rigid Peugeot.

 @pargolf8: so your bigger wheels on your bike must be little man syndrome right?

 @MelvieD: look, a dick's a dick, ok? If you've got one near your mouth you're in considerable trouble, regardless of size. Unless you're into it, in which case happy days!

Peugeot 504. Still see them around in the country. They still made them in Kenya not so long ago.

 still a good chance of fox shocks there as well

 Yeah ... lets not forget what happened to Paul or rogatking .. this competition is deadly. Still so fun to watch, I just hope there is no serious shit injury speaking

 @lifeofloon: paul bas almost lost the ability to walk, stop being a twat.

 @lifeofloon: no one died, seems like it's just a matter of time before someone does.

 @lifeofloon: Not deadly yet? Why don't you try taking one line down!

 @thejake: Rogatkin should have died. Fortunately, he was built properly.

 So you all call football, futball, hockey, skiing, and snowboarding deadly events too I suppose. Most of these sports have actually someone had die while participating in an event. Is the UCI downhill series also considered deadly? They've seen some pretty serious accidents/crashes over the last couple years. There's a huge difference between classifying an event, dangerous as compared to deadly. There are certainly risks that have severe and serious consequences but the fact of the matter is no one has actually died competing at or training at Rampage. So yes I have no problem calling the "deadly" description a bit dramatic. Sometimes I think you guys actually do hope for that outcome just so you can all say, I told you so.

 @lifeofloon: Football, Soccer, Baseball? Of course you can cut your jug on a cleat. Of course you can have a heart attack The issue is that it is not INHERENTLY dangerous, like hurling yourself off a f*cking cliff!

 No, that is just how your shoulders look when your clavicle has been broken so many times you are pretty much rippling with titanium implants

 Fact is he's not skinny. I remember being impressed by the size of his forearms the first time I saw him

 @mollow
Could just be he hasn't had a girlfriend in a while tho

 @joe1989: lol I doubt he's having a hard time getting laid

 @mollow: he's definitely tall and slender, hence the noting he'd be more ectomorph than mesomorph (powerlifter build). Obviously without a somatotype skin fold test there's no way of knowing for sure. But if you remember when he first started in slopestyle as a teenager, he was quite skinny. Building that insane compound at his house and riding for so many years has filled him out but that doesn't change his body type.

 Yeah he did like 2 days ago or 3.

 For sure Jordie Lunn could definitely put together a competitive run

 Actually he posted not giving up and he’s still on the start list, they would have replaced him if so, makes me so made of someone else misses out @chillrider199:

 Oh man, me and every rider on Vancouver Island would be stoked to see Jordie ride -- HE DESERVES IT #ROUGHAF

 THE WAITING IS OVER

 THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!

 LIVE TO WIN!!!

 @DHaddict82: this year could be CRAZY!!!!! With some big names out!!! Leaves room for some UNEXPECTED!!!!

#REDBULLRAMPAGE2017lCANTWAIT

 xgames real freeride it should already be a thing

 That's because there never seems to be one bit of breeze ever except on contest day.

 @north-shore-bike-shop: you should have a peek at Katie Holden's Insta account. Windy AF today.

 @north-shore-bike-shop: go to vitalmtb they have a "compilation" of all the instagram Rampage shots, it is nucking futs

 I think it makes for an interesting competition. One year in a new zone, all new stuff has to be built and ridden, super raw. The following year, build on what you did last year, go bigger, more hits, more features, more refined. Then move to a new area and repeat the cycle. I'm cool with it.

 @Dethphist: Talk like that kinda makes me wonder how many venues they will eventually visit. What does the original mountain look like? Do those trails disappear? I'm all for more trails but stuff like this is kinda tears up a mountain, and let's face it no one really rides it after the event. I'm conflicted.

 @swamper1: Since 2008, the venues have all been on privately-owned land. A lot of the features and lines from the OG site are still there, which is on public recreational land and used to be a literal dump until MTBers came in to clean it up. It doesn't "tear" up the mountain so there's zero reason to be conflicted about any of this.

 @scott-townes: I personally think that they dig too much. after 2 years now they have to move to a new zone ( maby 3 for this zone since they have fewer competitors). at this rate they are going to run out of private land at some point that is suitable for rampage. freeride to me is riding off the trail on lose dirt and building a few lips like the original rampage. the sites are usually deemed unrideable without digging so if someone rides down without digging it should be a lot more difficult. id really like someone to try an event likely in Utah where there wasn't a week to dig and there were no designated diggers. this in my mind should promote more pure freeride lines and that would be rewarded. it would also make sites last alot longer.

 @Ryansamhaber: I don't think you understand how gnarly these past few venues have been compared to the original site or that at the original site, the riders had MORE time to build lines. Last year they spent most of their time making the lines down rideable and somewhat "safe" so all that work is fine by me. Rampage ended in 2004 because the old site was used up and due to a lack of venues. This event was never supposed to last forever, hell it was never supposed to happen again. It will end so trying to prolong it through silly ideas that makes it more dangerous like the lines should be more raw and less digging, is stupid.

Its odd to see all these new fans of Rampage with zero context or understanding of the event...

 @scott-townes: yes i do understand how gnarly the past couple sites are. I never said no digging i just said a lot less. Also i would agree that this ammount of digging is absolutely necessary at the top of the past few sites but during the mid sections they could certainly get away with a lot less. Take nick pescetto and james dorefling for example their lines have been verry raw, it just proves that it can be done with out making the event too dangerous. The digging doesn't make it safer most of the time anyways, it usually just allows the riders to go bigger and risk more. For example graham agassiz broke his pelvis if i remember correctly and logan binggeli broke his femur both very serious injuries and both from missing the landing. You could maby even say that paul basagotia's crash was due to the size the riders are expected to go to because of all the digging.
I think that rampage has become way too big for us to just give up on it.

 @Ryansamhaber: "You could maby even say that paul basagotia's crash was due to the size the riders are expected to go to because of all the digging."

Bas misjudged the speed and overshot the drop, Aggy himself stated he spun too far to the side along with a wind gust and Logan slightly over-rotated on his backie. All these crashes were due to very small misjudgments, not because they were all somehow forced to go bigger than what they were comfortable with because they were digging more (I mean, really??). Bad crashes have always happened since the first Rampage and the riders are the only ones responsible for their choices and the lines they dig.

In other words, just stop because you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

 @scott-townes: I know Bas's example was a stretch that's why i said maby.
Those very small misjudgments wouldn't have had as large consequences if they didn't rely on the packed and shaped landing.
my point was that the building that they do often isn't to make it safer and they don't have to dig so much.

 @Ryansamhaber: "Those very small misjudgments wouldn't have had as large consequences if they didn't rely on the packed and shaped landing"


Dude, you make zero sense. You're just talking out of your ass.

 @scott-townes: During the original rampage they relied on the terrain as the landing which is much wider and doesn't have a sharp boundary where you have to land.
If someone says something and it makes zero sense to you, you probably just don't understand what they mean.

 @Ryansamhaber: I can guarantee you're new to the sport. If someone tells you that you're not making sense, especially about an event you know little to nothing about, then listen and educate yourself. You're just a bullshitter who is either too stubborn or ignorant to know it.

 Digging just started a few days ago - you'll see all sorts of content start to roll out as the contest date gets closer.

 @mikekazimer: Like those sexy Rampage rigs??? I love seeing the custom bikes at this event

 @Racer951: yeah cause forbid that the company that produces the product for FREE makes you watch it through their own channel! Seriously, you people piss me off. Want everything for nothing and then when it costs nothing moan about it non stop.

 @clarky78: thank you!!!! It's free an people bitch.

 @DHaddict82: you think Red Bull provide events and coverage for the warm fluffy feeling? Really?

 @Lookinforit: vitalmtb

 @Racer951: what did you add, but buy a can of Red Bull?? Your not paying shit to watch it. If you have ill feeling about the coverage then don't watch it. it's all advertising for a product and sick riding. Don't bitch about something that is free to watch.

 @Racer951: there's this new thing called social media. You should totally check it out.

 @nickel: Oh, I've totally heard of Myspace!! It's so great

 @nickel: eh, its not all it's cracked up to be...

 @Racer951: Red Bull can get away with it in my book. They may be a massive corp but they've put a lot into the best non-MOR sports (and many popular ones too). Evil and f*cking great at the same time. My only beef with them is that their clone of Rob Warner acts way too professional and nobody wants that.