USA 2013 Gravity Nationals at Angel Fire Bike Park

 Will be a confidence boost for sure, but he has no competition at National level.. No real indication of how well he is going to start riding on a WC level.

 Maaaaann, I really like gwin, but how can you compare a national Field with world cup reapers??? I mean this title proove he is gaining pace and confidence, which is a good thing, but wait for the next round of WC to see if he is at 100%

 I tried following him in practice and he is scary fast!!

 it was nice to see a national race go on at my home bike park!

 It won't shut up the haters!!! Aaron Gwin might have won this race, but this isn't a world cup track. It's nice to see he's coming back, but I think everyone else caught up to Gwin during the off season... He's still got a battle on his hands. I'm thinking that Gee Atherton and Stevie Smith might have the win this year.

 personally i think this edit sucks just because they only film the pros and interview gwin half the time. they only fimed the people who are already known. now why the hell dont they film the smaller teams and the people who need that exposure? i just dont give a shit about watching people like gwin since he already has a new f*cking edit every day. i much prefer to watch jrs and people that are fast and not known enough.

 Hope they keep the long back only as a Gwin option and don't make it as standard. They would ruin the Demo if they do that!

 Yeh, the lines between dh and bike park are tight. A longer back end for stability seems to be for dh, shorter is more fun for razzin. I also wonder if Gwins bars being crazy wide and much stiffer than the likes of funns makes a difference.

 I would think the Renthals being stiffer would cut down on arm pump and let the fork do more work. I see a lot more WC guys running Fatbars now.

 Bars and tyre pressure! When I tried Renthals they were brutal stiff, made the track seem so much rougher. You see people riding higher rise versions of the super stiff bars they are sponsored by, therefore have to ride, as the higher rise dampens some of the shock caused by the stiffness.

 Sure smells of broscience in here...

 Sam Hill won worlds on a demo, and in his case its more of overcoming the psychological impact of an injury than changing bikes.

 Sam hills eorlds win is the only world cup level win for the Demo and he won it early on hid tenure on that bike. Think what you want but the Demo is a terrible WC level race bike and it shows with gwins recent fall

 Not true, Hill won at Schladming and Monte Sainte Anne in 2009 during his first year after switching from ironhorse. He also won the overall title that season as well, yes it was his first year on the demo but he had no issues winning right away with specialized. Hills' injury at Ft. William in 2010 was a freak crash and it took him most of that season to come back mentally and physically, but he came back and won the WC championship. If anything Sam's feedback improved the demo for him just like Gwin is gradually making the demo his own.

 @ powdereast .. i dont know what you do for a living mate but your clearly wasted there , you should be designing bikes for a living !! ...

 Thanks!

 It's Patrick.

 Yo!