This was literally the first time I've landed my whole run in practice - I've never done that before - and then messed up in finals. It's a bummer, but the consolation of it, the little silver lining, is that my run would have been on the podium, and I did it, so it's good to know that for the rest of the year. I've been doing this for twelve years, since the first Crankworx, and I feel like I can be on the podium the rest of the year. - Cam Zink |
I had one in the tank if I needed it, but I didn't. I can't describe my happiness right now - I'm really stoked. I feel really relieved that I made my run and I'm down at the bottom, and I'm even more happy that I got through a victory lap with my Ontario homeboy. I was sick in bed at the hotel all day, and I missed practice, so to be on top right now is a relief. - Brett Rheeder |
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We never fault our guys for wanting to win, wanting to be the best, wanting to provide victory to the fans that support them and the brands that partner with them. We support our guys, we feel the pain when they fall, feel the pain when they travel half way around the world to compete at a bike race and we are ok if they get upset at themselves for failing...they are all caught in a moment, suffering through trauma to their mind and body, it is not easy out there. We salute all the competitors, and thank our boys for doing Troy Lee right.
He has one of the best style i ever saw on a bike,he lands one of the hardest tricks and stunts in the bike's history,he look wise and nice.
Ok he doesn't smile a lot,and doesn't talk a lot too,but who give a f*ck?Keep silent is better than speak for nothing...
@biker3335, no being the best doesn't make it OK for anyone to do anything that wouldn't otherwise be OK. What makes it OK for Sem to "act the way he does" is the fact that he can do what he likes the same as anyone else can as long as he's not hurting anyone else.
His spons may have reason to complain, but stupidiotards like you don't. How do we all know Sem' didn't congratulate everyone? I'm a hardcore Sem' fan (no more than I am a Rheeder the Leader fan though) & did even joke to myself that Sem' was gonna go sulk after his 2nd run, but I'd really hate to think he'd never congratulate the bruhs that deserve it. After he's finished re-running the contest through his head & what went wrong he probably issues props where they're deserved, we just don't see it.
It's gotta be hard knowing that the only reason you didn't stand on the top of the podium is because of a bad decision on the last jump of the course. If he had eased back on the throttle just a cvnt hair or two, left out the bar on that 7, it'd be an all north American podium again. When it's the difference between a podium or not & between decisions rather than ability, it'd be a tough one to swallow.
@freeride-forever I see what you mean and Martin Söderström is a good example as he won the speedNstyle but i still can't totally agree with you. I think racers will always be best at racing but some freerides are pretty good at racing as well
What about tom van steezebergen?
Furthermore I dont like the fact that he gets sponsored by "Dubai"... it is no better country than Qatar for a lot of people.
And thats why I dont like his sponsorship with dubai... there are a lot of construction zones like this:
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/17/qatar-migrant-workers-amnesty-international-report
I'm wondering where Godziek was?