Red Bull Rampage is considered the ultimate mountain bike show on Earth for a reason. The mind-blowing action in the desert only lasts for a week each year, but it takes a lifetime to prepare yourself to drop in.—Red Bull Bike
Watching the Big drops without being tricked really gives a good sense of the size of them, and the amount of air/fall time. Scary stuff, can't wait for the final show (a mate managed to convince our local bar to show it on their big screen - happy days).
Hopefully he is an wild card invite next year.
It would be awesome to see him come back another time, even if not during the competition, and stomp that line. I feel like we only got a little taste.
@maxwellington: Came up short on his 47 ft vertical drop and ragdolled to the flat bottom. Looks like a collarbone or dislocated shoulder. You should see the ground though... Didn't fair as well.
Right, @brianpark, I've had enough of PB staff calling us commenters out for our wildly ill-informed "it's just slopestyle" comments. I propose a definitive test, in the style of witch-tests of olde.
You say Rampage lines aren't groomed slopestyle runs, I say prove it: You ride the winning line from this year's Rampage, if you ragdoll down the hill you will have definitely proven your point, and we will all stop calling it slopestyle. However, if you make it, you have apologies to all us sensitive pinkers and give us free outside plus subscriptions.
Seriously though, if we aren't getting how tough these lines are (which of course we are really), then how about doing some "real person at Rampage site" video content to help us understand how gnarly it really is? Get creative with the graphics and CGI like on Cathro's skills sessions. Put it in context for us. Get @mikelevy up there trying to ride some tiny segment of something. Show us the terror!
Chase still milking it for all it's worth. He really should do a class on how to make a living riding mtbikes. I'll shut up now... He really is a legend in the sport.
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6 p.m. for the British.
You say Rampage lines aren't groomed slopestyle runs, I say prove it: You ride the winning line from this year's Rampage, if you ragdoll down the hill you will have definitely proven your point, and we will all stop calling it slopestyle. However, if you make it, you have apologies to all us sensitive pinkers and give us free outside plus subscriptions.
Seriously though, if we aren't getting how tough these lines are (which of course we are really), then how about doing some "real person at Rampage site" video content to help us understand how gnarly it really is? Get creative with the graphics and CGI like on Cathro's skills sessions. Put it in context for us. Get @mikelevy up there trying to ride some tiny segment of something. Show us the terror!
www.pinkbike.com/news/video-capturing-the-huge-scale-of-rampage-with-an-fpv-drone.html
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