Video: Putting Red Bull Rampage in Perspective
 | Red Bull Rampage is the pinnacle of freestyle mountain biking, the event where the best MTB riders push the limit of what is possible on two wheels and redefine the sport. But how big are the jumps and drops they jump off? It's easy to lose perspective of the size and scale of the craziness in the Utah cliffs, so we've brought them into a city to show you just how insane they really are. And don't worry, Jaxson Riddle is ok |
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It would have been better if they overlaid some big buildings onto the images of the rampage site. Then you'd really get a better sense of scale. Otherwise, it was good fun!
Well done.
Hopefully we get some behind the scenes on that one, but I imagine red Bull maybe a little embarrassed about that incident.
www.pinkbike.com/news/video-jaxson-riddles-50-foot-huck-to-flat-crash.html
Basically the ultimate huck to flat. You can actually see Nicholi Rogatkin in the crash clip in the bottom left in the white filming the end segment for the above clip.
@Vraiphil Just to be clear dude, we're on the same side here
In saying all that, the event is still awesome and i'll definitely be watching. Oh and one other point is that I prefer timed events rather than judged events so maybe that's why I don't care for the tricks as much.
If you think it comes down to the best trick, read the judging criteria on redbull's website. If you think the riders are always in control or the lines are easy/not sketchy, watch some highlights from previous years.
Honestly, the top of the top bike handlers are visibly frightened standing in that gate before their runs year after year and we still get the "slopestyle" comments.
I can't think of a better way to remember him than that!
That's as bold as any line at Rampage.
Rampage 2021: 50% marketing, 50% power
Rampage 2041: now loading...enter rider name:_______
B) Hucks are way bigger in Rampage now than when it started. Like, not even close in size.
"iTs SlOpEsTyLe"... get out.
We could set you up with high speed internet access, your comfiest chair, and your favorite mouse pad out there...100 bucks says you couldn't type even ONE of your sour little opinions from a Rampage site. I spent a couple weeks crawling around one and it was beyond intimidating just to exist on, let alone ride a bike.
There's no slopestyle course on earth that has 18" wide goat trails with massive exposure as run-ins for superbooster dirt hips. No slope park ever has rotten spines like any of the Rampage sites.
If it were a slope course, Mr Statue Stance here in the Tom Wolfe white garb head-to-toe would never be off the podium...the year I was there, one of N.Rogatkin's first, had him asking around if he could run just a back brake, slopestylestyle...answer: no. It's DH madness on a psycho cliffside that's just falling apart.
I'm not a huge fan of the event (it's not fairly judged in the least, and the wrong people are making the money), but a slopestyle contest it is not.
It's a berzerker gladiator arena of doom, full of poison and danger.