Video: Luca Shaw's Maribor POV Course Preview

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PhillipJ (Oct 14, 2020 at 14:26)

Can't wait to watch all the riders pedal down that road section on the live stream.

Joe89 FL (Oct 14, 2020 at 16:49)

Hahahaha nod oubt! I saw that and instantly thought the camera crew got wet over that bit!! hahaha

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krka73 (Oct 14, 2020 at 11:57)

That last jump to the finish is a bit of a strange layout....

fedfox (Oct 14, 2020 at 16:36)

yeah, i thought exactly the same, i was like wtf....

grabtindy FL (Oct 14, 2020 at 18:44)

Yeah, seems like they should retape it to force riders to actually hit the jump. Reminds me of the table on La Bresse that Gwin "scrubbed" by leaving the takeoff inside the lip back in 18.

glenno FL (Oct 14, 2020 at 19:18)

The jump where Remi destroyed himself previously ?

usfrenchie (Oct 14, 2020 at 21:55)

@glenno: that one was Leogang i believe

si-paton (Oct 14, 2020 at 15:37)

Awesome looking track. Though I would like to see that tree that's cut down to head height on the inside of the corner facing both in and towards the oncoming riders 'adjusted'. 2mins and 33secs in.

djlucas (Oct 15, 2020 at 0:04)

Thought the same thing, could be nasty!

Tasso75 (Oct 15, 2020 at 1:07)

"What do you do for a living?"
"I pass at Mach 15 under a wide Kenda banner, that immediately funnels me in a 1-meter wide gap between the trees. If I touch the brakes, I'm fired."

mtbynot (Oct 14, 2020 at 15:02)

I almost went OTB twice in the office chair watching....... Thank goodness Luca rode it out for me...

slish (Oct 14, 2020 at 12:04)

Damn...either super stabilization on the camera or he is a helluva smooth rider. Either way, i am jealous.

wilbersk (Oct 14, 2020 at 17:25)

The new GoPro’s are almost too stable. He’s crazy smooth too obviously which adds to it.

FloriLori (Oct 15, 2020 at 0:59)

@wilbersk: GoPro Effect hits hard. That track combined with the riding looked so smooth. But wathing the Raw Footage shows how gnarly it is really. Nevertheless great rinding, he makes it look so easy

marincelo FL (Oct 15, 2020 at 1:12)

@FloriLori: yep, I rode this track in the summer and the compression at 2:28 is huge. It's at least 2 meters deep and much shorter than it looks on camera. Really weird element to hit at that speed.
The POV would be much nicer if he used a chest mount. With ultra wide gopro lens and mounted that high, everything on the floor looks small and flat, but in reality, it is a gnarly track.

mtbmaniatv FL (Oct 14, 2020 at 11:09)

DO IT LUCA! And that was a strange intro.

shrockie (Oct 14, 2020 at 12:08)

That looked a lot better than worlds on race day.

Grononosse (Oct 14, 2020 at 12:43)

Missing mud

(compared to Leogang)

giantmtballtheway (Oct 14, 2020 at 11:31)

Lets get these races going, looks good.

brajal FL (Oct 14, 2020 at 16:00)

tomorrow rains quite a bit !

TylerG96 (Oct 14, 2020 at 16:08)

i see lots of OTB opportunities! cant wait

Explodo (Oct 14, 2020 at 11:10)

That looks fun.

jwdenver (Oct 14, 2020 at 12:20)

Looks like a tamed down version of snowshoe.

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likeittacky (Oct 14, 2020 at 21:10)

They should have just gathered all the racers together for a vote; Race now or later in the rain and mud, its your choice.?

Hike the track do a practice run then Rumble! Spending half a week riding the same track over and over figuring out every ripple is dumb anyway.

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betsie (Oct 14, 2020 at 11:13)

That was like at.... you just had a wee bit of 2010 old school Dh, now back to 2019/20 redbull TV racing in the bike park.

Just seemed too controlled, less risk, big berms, flow and carrying speed everywhere. Lets hope it rains to spice it up a little.

Timed training runs all back to very close again too. Kinda takes the shine off the race compared to a new, fresh section of gnarr for the best to race.

cmcc (Oct 14, 2020 at 11:30)

Needs more Sam Hill

dannyhuber (Oct 14, 2020 at 11:56)

Keep in mind Maribor has been around that long and the track hasn't changed much. I rode it 4 years ago on a road trip through Slovenia and the track looks almost exactly the same. Definitely not the rowdiest, but still tests riders enough. It definitely makes for a good race.

tonit91 (Oct 14, 2020 at 12:01)

It will rain tomorrow that's for sure.

mtb-scotland (Oct 14, 2020 at 12:39)

you'd think they would invest in a wind jammer