First of all we need to give thumbs up to Red Bull for the amazing coverage and the amount of camera's put in place so we hardly missed anything... Fingers crossed they do the same for Val Di Sole!!
YES! Agreed! I've been waiting and hoping for this kind of coverage before every race. Big thumbs up! Super happy! Please let it continue like this. And also the best highlight yet, no shitty music just the sweet sound of the bikes and the atmosphere. Great stuff!
Yes these highlights better showed the extreme roughness of the track and some of the ridiculous lines the racers took. That big drop off to the left-hand wood step down looked so challenging...didn't have that effect on the official video.
So happy to have a footage with the pure sound of a bike smashing the ground with crazy supporters on the back instead of a shity music (and congratulations to Loris for this podium !)
i do miss the freecaster warner era and we can all agree that a well placed fbomb is as good as a proper cold beer but he's toned down for a reason and that has enabled dh media coverage to be big again. i watched a replay on USN with my kiddo on tv without havin to mute for fbombs! haha. ...atleast we had missy back for the wknd!
Well a bit of self control on Warner's part and he could stop dropping eff bombs. It was much more than profanity that made the Old Warner great - it was his previous ability to bring the emotion, volume and intensity of DH racing to the world viewers - listening to him at the time while watching the video was like being there, on the bike. The New Warner sounds like he is watching golf, and he definitely doesn't sound like he is having much fun. Poor guy. The pay is hopefully good though. I suppose we all have to grow up someday and join the mainstream....
haha yeah same thought... I was like yeah if i had this sort of "no fitness", i think i could ride my bike on 30 km downhill... Funny guy this gwin for sure!
Was good to see different camera angles that show more what the track was really like, rather that live coverage that flattened everything making track look lame
Brannigan clearly had an issue going on with his pedals/shoes. Just as he left the gate his right foot came out and he had to clip back in. Then his right foot unclipped when he got a little off balance in the rocks causing his first crash (watch the slo-mo carefully at 1:05 and you'll see it). And then at 2:00 you can plainly see his right foot come unclipped, just before he rode off track and through the tape. That last crash though looks like he just lost the front wheel, probably still a little out of it after bonking his head in crash #1. youtu.be/-6_tb-3dBu8
I think he said he had a crash even before that one...between the start gate and where the next camera picked up, I believe. That was one doomed run if I ever saw one. Good to see he survived!
Ah missing the good music we got vital raw for the good bike sound but i liked those with music too ! hope to get i back but nice work Red Bull keep it going !!!
(and congratulations to Loris for this podium !)
www.pinkbike.com/video/261255
And listen to Warner. The Man was alive back then. The new Warner doesn't sound like he is enjoying himself as much.
Pd; Gwin is a machine !!!
It's a legal option in most countries.
Full-kill-mode. - Gwin