Video: All the Action from the 2021 Canadian National DH Championships

 On the other side of the paywall is the good coverage.

 Dunbar Summer Series, some say it's the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

 @Mini-Pinner: Seriously, whats wrong with people today like @z-man that their initial reaction is hate and anger. What if the guy who was suppose to cover it and write something up ended up in the hospital the night before, or worse died. If you're hanging on to this write up to bring excitement into your life you need to reevaluate your life.

 @Mini-Pinner: BS. They should have sent someone like Christina to cover it.

 @fruitsd79: I'm not really happy about the changes that might come to PB but users been way too hard on PB staff. They all worked really hard for a long time for very little to build something special, and they did. Instead of snide remarks the best thing we can do is make thoughtful comments that will hopefully influence the way this change goes to the best it can be. Hats off to all PC staff for being professional and cool for so long. I'd like to see PB staff get paid more. They built this. Mike, Mike, Christina and everyone else at PB, you rock! your content is just getting better and better and I wish it was this good when I was getting into this years ago.

 @NealWood: 1000%. Send press. Pay for media. Relying on the organizer is lazy, cheap and a disgrace to the sport. Nationals deserves media presence. The athletes deserve coverage.

 @Goomba: looks like a session.
Dick pound.
Nords got robbed.
Downvote Waki

 Hey atleast you got coverage. The US nationals had a result sheet and like 3 photos.

 @Mini-Pinner: With all fairness this was 2 races in the National series and the Canadian National Championships. As a Canadian media business PB should respect the local companies that are paying customers of theirs.
The amount of World Cup regulars at National champs would justify doing some coverage alone.
Between Pro and junior men there were 13 W/C regulars and 4 women.
Promoting Canadian talent should be high on the list of a Canadian media company.
We can't leave it all up to Tippie

 @HGAB: Lol, classy response. I think both of you are wrong. XC riders and DH riders have different jobs. To say DH racers are "laughable" in comparison to XC riders is a laughable statement in itself. Give pretty much all of the top-level XC folks a DH bike and send them down a world cup DH course, and very few of them would likely manage. Obviously, there are some (Nino, Jolanda etc) that are very good descenders as well, but on the whole, they would probably have a bad time.

On the flip side, make the DH racers ride a proper XC race, and they would probably bonk hard! Top-level DH racers are fit as f*ck (definitely "stronger" than XC riders to be able to handle the compressions and speed), and you're just ignorant if you think otherwise. I do think that DH racers on the whole are likely better "bike riders" as it isn't necessarily about just having lungs for days. You don't see DH courses having small drops filled in during practice so the riders can get used to it... But that is just it, they have different requirements physically for very different styles of riding, and at the top level, they are ALL phenomenal athletes.

The issue here is that Pinkbike is Canadian, and they didn't cover anything to do with the Canadian Nationals that were literally hosted a day's drive away from their HQ during a time when people want to see more racing because, well, there just aren't many going on.

 @da1994canucks: I imagine there is at least 30 national DH series every year. PB is big for a bike website but they are not a media giant. They can't just send people to everything, they have to prioritise, both personnel and budget. Clearly they prioritised something else. I didn't say they shouldn't pay, but there is a big difference between buying an article and some photos from someone and sending a staff member.

 @Yaan: You just described so many events. If a dozen high level riders turning up means Pinkbike is required to show then they are gonna need a lot more staff. Considering PB is an international website with staff members and users from many countries, I'm not sure that they're feeling that patriotic these days.

 @Mini-Pinner: Apparently not, maybe that was my point.

 We love our Dunbar Summer Series. N W Cup puts on some bangers too.

 She's like the defacto DH mom... She's also at Stevie Smith bike park all the time, and runs his social media pages. You can see her pride and love for her sons legacy when she watching the rippers.

#longlivechainsaw