Video: Windrock Tennessee National Course Preview with the Costa Rican National Champ

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disruptiveone FL (Mar 12, 2021 at 8:35)

Now THAT is a downhill course. Have fun and stay safe guys. We need video footage please.

lovetoridebikes (Mar 12, 2021 at 10:04)

Exactly what I thought. So many line choices, it would be a good one to spectate!

HurricaneCycles (Mar 13, 2021 at 6:36)

@lovetoridebikes: We didn’t even take some of the fast race lines! We weren’t planning on anyone other than our friends seeing this or we would have planned for it better. This track is a huge puzzle for sure

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conoat (Mar 12, 2021 at 9:27)

one thing is for sure.....Claudio's job is safe.

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HurricaneCycles (Mar 12, 2021 at 13:20)

To be fair, when you can ride at pro pace while talking normally AND thinking about your words more than riding one of the hardest race courses in the US, you might have a video on the front page of Pinkbike too.

Claudio is a legend. His skill with this stuff is way under rated.

chickenlassi (Mar 13, 2021 at 9:43)

@HurricaneCycles: m.pinkbike.com/video/490408

I can do it.

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norcal101 (Mar 12, 2021 at 9:01)

....yeeeaaaahhh......yeeeeaaahhh...that’s right....

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pgomez (Mar 12, 2021 at 10:31)

lol. let's see where Conrad goes

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pedaldragger (Mar 12, 2021 at 19:30)

Did I just listen to a porn soundtrack?........ YEAHHHHHH............

Danmcdan FL (Mar 13, 2021 at 9:35)

@pedaldragger: thought I was on pinktube then

alex-morales FL (Mar 13, 2021 at 19:20)

@rodponton: Conrad on the inside...

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wolftwenty1 FL (Mar 12, 2021 at 8:59)

Looks rowdy...whole place is rowdy Im told. My buddy lives in the area...I asked him about it once...

Me: hey you ever ride Windrock
him: Windrock!?!? What do I look like I want to die?!

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foesknowsnothing (Mar 12, 2021 at 9:55) (Below Threshold)

nobody has died there

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Gibbsatron (Mar 12, 2021 at 11:06)

@ridealltheb1kes: clearly youve not heard about the atv crowd at windrock...

Don23 (Mar 12, 2021 at 17:47)

@ridealltheb1kes: have u ridden Windrock personally???

Kieranf (Mar 12, 2021 at 18:38)

He sure has he beat me in a wicked greasy progrt a few years back.
Not deadly, just a little gnarly @Don23 @ridealltheb1kes

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shauger1 (Mar 12, 2021 at 19:58)

Place is rowdy for sure, only trails I’ve ever felt completely under biked on. I stopped in on a Tuesday afternoon a few years back on a roadtrip, not knowing too much about the place other than snippets you pick up as an avid rider. I planned to pedal it solo (pretty brutal road grind) and hit a trail or two. It’s athletic as it gets. Come to find out the van that passed my ass as I earned my turns was Neko getting some training laps in. I think I was the only other patron there that day. He graciously offered me a shuttle once I rolled into the bottom completely taxed. A personal highlight of my riding “career” would be making it down to the bottom quick enough to be offered a second ride to the top. But man, relentless, large featured, steep, rocky riding...and I wasn’t even on the gnar tracks...Thanks Neko for a memorable pit stop and a legendary bike park!

bman33 (Mar 12, 2021 at 18:24)

It's steeper, slipperier, more off camber and gnarlier than the POV...as all POV,s are. Bounced, slid and jumped my way successfully thru Masters class practice today. Raining now. Shred it tomorrow folks.

Bkdjr2000 (Mar 12, 2021 at 10:42)

I live just a couple of hours from that place, I know there are easier trails, but videos like this keep me away! I have a couple of buddies that rode there right after the nationals last year, said they were going to go see the pro course and ride what they could. They walked it the entire way!

snappedspoke247 (Mar 12, 2021 at 15:34)

Was that MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE!?!? OH YEAH!

gwest (Mar 12, 2021 at 11:57)

This dude is love child of Duff man and Ron Jeremy...just me?

chickenlassi (Mar 12, 2021 at 9:41)

Where is the Tico champ from? I used to live in Barvra, Heredia and did a lot of riding with the boys above there

matosmalo (Mar 12, 2021 at 13:07)

From Escazu

suspended-flesh FL (Mar 12, 2021 at 9:46)

Proper course!

Tacodip420 (Mar 12, 2021 at 9:47)

So where can we watch live race footage on this one??!!

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DHhack (Mar 12, 2021 at 10:07)

Probably some kid on TikTok

nukedchipp (Mar 12, 2021 at 10:21)

Looked pretty hard to me!

Hogfly (Mar 12, 2021 at 13:35)

Evidently, Luca qualified first, a full second ahead of everyone.

buckwheat23 (Mar 12, 2021 at 15:09)

How does it look everyone?

ticoslayer (Mar 12, 2021 at 17:38)

PURA VIDA, MAE!

kanoakea-mtb (Mar 12, 2021 at 20:44)

Yoooo soooo sick!!!

NoriDori (Mar 13, 2021 at 9:23)

VERY cool track but could do without the voice soundtrack.........

MountainJnky (Mar 14, 2021 at 5:01)

Where's Claudio when you need him?

kobold (Mar 12, 2021 at 9:56)

siiick

jheene (Mar 12, 2021 at 14:19)

I want to go to there!!

jack-bernard (Mar 12, 2021 at 15:10)

nice course

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Tormy FL (Mar 12, 2021 at 8:31)

Big names at this race this weekend and this is the first thing on Pinkbike.

come on Pinkbike, you have to have someone there reporting on this race???

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uh-no (Mar 12, 2021 at 8:35)

bro it's still covid season relax

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G3V162F FL (Mar 12, 2021 at 8:58)

@ream720: bro it will be Covid19 season for the rest of time, will it just go away on a certain date lol!!

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Hogfly (Mar 12, 2021 at 9:00)

I think Vital is a bit more up on and affiliated with the USDH scene than PB, especially the Windrock scene.

uh-no (Mar 12, 2021 at 10:13)

@G3V162F: you should still temper your expectations about events in my opinion. And yeah, vaccines are helping to "return to normal" so... Yeah.

Jojogrom (Mar 12, 2021 at 20:28)

You guys should do a how to not look like a complete jerry podcast/video
For example not wearing that detachable bell helmet

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Explodo (Mar 12, 2021 at 10:04)

That looks fun, but I was expecting it to be a lot harder.

cassonwd (Mar 12, 2021 at 10:23)

LOL it is so steep, so tight, so technical. Not to mention dusty. It is quite difficult even for a pro on a DH bike.

Bkdjr2000 (Mar 12, 2021 at 10:45)

Go ride it and then get back to us! When I went out to UT and CO (I'm just 50 miles north of Windrock) I thought it would take my skill level up a few notches, but then realized riding back East you deal with a lot less traction than you do out West. I rode TWE one week and then Black Mtn in NC the next, Black Mtn was a lot harder and not nearly as tough as this.

suspended-flesh FL (Mar 12, 2021 at 12:03)

I was going to give you a hard time too, but is that your 66/67 Satellite or Belvedere '427' or whatever? Siiick bruh.

Explodo (Mar 12, 2021 at 12:31)

@suspended-flesh: Yeah, that's my car. '67 Satellite with a 7 liter Gen 3 hemi and a 5-speed.

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coolj43 (Mar 12, 2021 at 11:53)

wow what a cool track! stupid plastic tape all over the trees though they should ditch that. If you need big bright white plastic tape to show you where that trail is and can't figure it out yourself you don't deserve to ride it as far as im concerned lol :p