Video: Full Highlights - EWS Tasmania 2019

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vandenr2 FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 4:37)

Sam: "ill get home and try get rid of whatever's slowing me down"
Can't wait for the next round!

Tombola27 FL (Apr 8, 2019 at 0:09)

Getting rid of small wheels then! Currently riding a 29er according to his insta feed....

vandenr2 FL (Apr 8, 2019 at 1:12)

@Tombola27: nah he's not dude. rode with him the other day and he reckons he still prefers 27.5. Rode with him while he was trying a 29er but nah doesn't like it

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acepran (Apr 1, 2019 at 7:21)

Don't get me wrong, but:

It would be unfair to say that Isabeau Courdurier is winning just because Cecile Ravanel is not racing. Isabeau Courdurier was the best of the field in Tasmania.

Some facts:

- Jill Kintner had 'fresh legs' since she ditched Crankworx NZ to focus on the Tasmania EWS.
- Rowena Fry knew the trails, as she stated on the video.

On a side note: Morgane Charre was on the fight until the crash on stage 5.

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salespunk (Apr 1, 2019 at 8:45)

Don't think many of the other girls did Crankworx either. Jill deserves a serious amount of credit for pulling a podium in her first real EWS race. She is going to be a threat for the rest of the season.

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Leethal-1 (Apr 1, 2019 at 9:14)

Fresh legs? It was her first ever EWS... Was an amazing result.

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acepran (Apr 1, 2019 at 9:40)

What I meant with 'fresh legs': all the other nine female Top 10 finishers at Tasmania did the EWS in Rotorua the week before, so they had two races in two weeks. One week is not enough to recover at the highest level, and Tasmania looks physically demanding.

and as I said from the beginning: "don’t get me wrong".

Dropthedebt (Apr 3, 2019 at 13:32)

@chribi: should have started "with all due respect". anything goes then.

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Beicpinc (Apr 1, 2019 at 5:26)

Awesome coverage,thank you. EWS Rocks!! Added to Bucket list.

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gunners1 (Apr 1, 2019 at 7:20)

Great coverage again tks PinkBike

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tom666 FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 6:45)

"Martin, do you know what a shoey is?"

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gnarterrorist (Apr 1, 2019 at 5:49)

Well done Derby for having such a great venue and trails.

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tgent FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 10:02)

A few random thoughts:

- Maes is absolutely crushing this season!
- What's up with Sam Hill? They mentioned very briefly he was still sick, but is that all?
- The real story here is we have a real battle between Master's bros! Wyn currently in the lead, with Eddie following closely behind. We need both to keep racing EWS and probably an entire mini series dedicated to Masters Vs Masters. Masters-Bowl for ultimate family superiority! (PB I volunteer to go to the remaining events to cover this very important story for you)
- Great video and production quality! However I still can't stand Ric

nozes (Apr 1, 2019 at 16:32)

Speaking of Masters (the class) , the M40 race was won by less than 1 second!

gnarterrorist (Apr 2, 2019 at 8:03)

Sam is racing with the Flu. Most people curl up in bed and whinge like little children but he is still out there competing. Hopefully he will get some down time now before the next race to shake it off but even then, it will take him some while to regain his form.

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Sycip69er (Apr 1, 2019 at 11:40)

WOW THOSE CROWDS!!! Did every mtn biker on the island come to spectate? That is so cool!

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westmatteeussen (Apr 1, 2019 at 19:29)

I flew from the other side of the country for it.

freeriderayward (Apr 1, 2019 at 21:50)

We were literally tripping over each other!

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betobi (Apr 1, 2019 at 5:02)

Martin is a-maes-ing . . .really hope for Sam to give him a run for the money next round

nickmalysh (Apr 1, 2019 at 5:51)

Nice coverage, where is privateer series?

jwdenver (Apr 1, 2019 at 8:39)

I was wondering the same thing. Unfortunately he isn't racing an EWS until Whistler in August.

jase (Apr 1, 2019 at 23:22)

Does anybody know the name of the artist that sings “Never gonna let you down” ? In the Early part of the video?

Dropthedebt (Apr 3, 2019 at 13:33)

Rick Astley

Awsomemonkey123 (Apr 1, 2019 at 22:52)

Stoked to see Jill be successful in her first ews, making the pnw proud!

oneheckler (Apr 2, 2019 at 15:20)

That Melamed crash yeah ,been there done that,fatigue?or the to little low speed and not enough rebound with a high speed dialed a little bit to much,and not enough low speed rebound :-))),congrats Martin and isabeau and of course all the rest

rocketsky (Apr 1, 2019 at 8:18)

Great recap, thank you!

PauRexs FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 14:14)

Wishing Richie afair to get clear soon and to see probably the best 2 riders in the world right now batle again on the best trails of the world

davec113 (Apr 1, 2019 at 15:21)

6:26 Maes taking the Sam Hill line!

markhalpin (Apr 1, 2019 at 18:37)

What is the title of the song and artist that is playing during Stage 1 footy?

devydonn (May 14, 2019 at 21:00)

i cant find the song either, up for you mate!

VT2wheeledlife FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 8:42)

Great coverage, but I agree with @CarrotCorn that the music really took away from the highlights.

Also, when is Wyn TV gonna start covering the EWS?

Boise1 (Apr 1, 2019 at 9:35)

Maes looks like he having a blast. That's dangerous for the field

blueninja (Apr 1, 2019 at 11:36)

Thanks so much for this great coverage!

Lokirides FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 17:15)

Incredible riders, incredible trails, incredible video... did I mention how incredible bikes are!!?!?!

glenbob57 (Apr 3, 2019 at 0:53)

5 kiwis in the top 13 men- NZ wins the nations competition

jozefk (Apr 1, 2019 at 5:10)

Maes is de Baas

kusanagi72 (Apr 1, 2019 at 19:00)

That only rhymes when you speak Dutch

(or Afrikaans)

JLastra (Apr 1, 2019 at 8:47)

I may be behind on the news but I thought Richie Rude was clear to race?

sap (Apr 1, 2019 at 9:11)

He's allowed to race because a judgement hasn't come in yet, but it sounded like he's sitting out until everything is finalized. Seems like a class move ...

hirschmj (Apr 2, 2019 at 11:51)

@sap: Also I heard he's hoping that if there's a suspension of some sort that he'll get "time served" back to the last time he raced, shortening his overall time off the bike.

frankwizza FL (Apr 2, 2019 at 4:41)

I'd give my right arm to ride there... after I'd ridden there preferably!

estecallo (Apr 2, 2019 at 21:54)

"We thought it will be Rude to not make an entrance"

pjo39 (Apr 1, 2019 at 8:42)

deadhorse whip

staylo85 FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 11:10)

#wherersrichie

IllestT (Apr 1, 2019 at 5:51)

That video made my TV brain hurt.
#allthepixels

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CarrotCorn (Apr 1, 2019 at 8:12)

absolute worst music in the vid. id rather just hear the bikes than this f*cking than this electro-imagine-dragon-nickleback trash. like f*ck you guys never heard of king gizzard? would've been much more fitting since theyre one of Australia's best bands to date.

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azogas413 (Apr 1, 2019 at 8:19)

Easy bud. Just click the mute button

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dannyboybiker (Apr 1, 2019 at 8:31)

It does sound like an uplifting Christian rock festival.

Jimmy0 FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 9:03)

@dannyboybiker: what a great trail name

cool3 FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 11:50)

LOL! I was going to post a message about the great music selection... To each his own, I guess!

Bomadics FL (Apr 1, 2019 at 11:52)

Yes let's cater to every random dude that thinks his music is the best ever heard! Short turn around video's use easily available stock music, then they try to appeal to the most possible people, this is not a conspiracy to hurt your ears. Put your King Gizzard on, mute the EWS video and viola, your dreams come true!

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thenotoriousmic (Apr 1, 2019 at 5:04)

The tracks look amazing as does the crowds and there’s some serious talent turning up to these races now would be pretty cool if whoever organises these events actually finally pull their fingers out and sort some actual coverage of the races to do these events justice. My days of refreshing a webpage to see who’s winning a bike race is over.

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thenotoriousmic (Apr 1, 2019 at 6:31) (Below Threshold)

I guess everyone’s happy with a total lack of content from a series with some of the best riders and race tracks in the world. I mean how hard is it to set up a few camera’s around the course for us to watch the riders come through? I could live stream my ride through Instagram if I wanted to yet the EWS can’t?

You can downvote me all you want but if you don’t ask you won’t receive and absolutely nobody can argue the case that they’re doing enough because they do absolutely nothing except a few pictures from practice and a ten min highlight video from a 50km race. Pull it out guys or the next hype train will be along and that will be it.

nozes (Apr 1, 2019 at 16:39)

@thenotoriousmic: Wanna hear a story?
During most of the 90's,I had to wait about 2 months or more for Mountain Bike Action (magazine) to arrive in the shops here in Portugal, so I would discover who won a world cup race.
Enjoy your free content on the internet, and please get your head out of your ass.

gramboh FL (Apr 2, 2019 at 1:12)

@thenotoriousmic: Would you seriously watch cameras setup on random stages live streaming for 8 hours all day with no production/commentators? Just static frames of riders rolling through? No one wants to see that. To actually put a compelling live coverage together would be stupid expensive to get a passable product.

thenotoriousmic (Apr 2, 2019 at 2:52)

@nozes: yeah so did I. Guess what it’s not 1998 anymore. My head isn’t up my arse there’s absolutely no way of following the event other than refreshing the race feed on the EWS webpage. I’d like to heard your argument on how they’re actually doing enough to cover the event seeing there’s absolutely no coverage at all.

@gramboh yeah definitely. Use gps so you know where your favourite riders are on the course and pick the appropriate camera to watch them come through. Exactly how other events do it like marathon coverage or motorcycle enduro’s. I know they can’t cover it like a World Cup but they can give us something. Right now we’ve got nothing and it’s super boring.