Chatel Mountain Style 2011 - Videos and Qualifying results by IanHylands

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tom-cuthbert (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:12)

What do they judge by?

From what I saw there were no tricks at all

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scott-townes (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:35)

Good thing it's only qualifying and did you honestly want to see people throw down on such a gnarly course risking injury before the finals? I honestly could care less about qualifying and only took it as an ill preview of what the course is. The judges probably scored based on whoever was riding the course the most fluid and what lines they were taking. Finals will go down and no one ever remembers qualifications.

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soupman (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:38)

i think they judge by speed and style......#1 most important being speed...but also who can go down the fastest with the most style...so like having smooth scrubs, whips, transition over certain things etc...

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SpartanSoulja (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:45)

SOOOOOO Mitchell Scott what were you saying about Freeride being dead again? Hm?

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IanHylands (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:49)

umm, a contest is the complete antithesis of freeride...

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ethanlphoto (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:52)

Shut Down

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Matt-W (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:04)

please try to remember that this is not a slopestyle contest...

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kyle-white FL (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:16)

because a group of people think the "original" freeride is dieing, does that make watching or just riding your kind of freeride worse for you? it was well written but just let it go

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SpartanSoulja (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:42) (Below Threshold)

So what you are saying Ian is that these riders are completely chained and brainwashed by comps? Im sure they do this stuff because it gives them FREEdom of expression uniquely shaped by two wheels.

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scott-townes (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:50)

^ Why are you trying to turn his comment into something that it's not? I believe this comp. isn't freeride because there are designated trails in an organized setting. Freeride means you're freely riding off any set trails which is what it originally started as. His views and yours may be different from mine but it's not a big deal.

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IanHylands (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:56)

If you read Mitchell's article it was primarily about how the original meaning of freeriding is now gone, and the term has really come to mean something entirely different. Freeriding as we knew it 10 or 12 years ago really doesn't exist anymore. But no matter how you look at it, competition is outside the definition of freeriding. "Freeride Competition" is an oxymoron. I have no idea how you came to the conclusion that I said riders are completely "chained and brainwashed" but you're free to think what you want.

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nickdzw (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:05)

The more this term is argued about the more it gets ruined for me. Its just a word. Everybody get over it.

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devonbalet (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:25)

The big reason no tricks were thrown down is there was no need. All in finals, so why would riders risk getting injured? You will certainly see more tricks go down today in the finals.

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Lehel-NS (Jul 3, 2011 at 0:06)

Here in Serbia we have no bike parks or such places to ride, so we go too the woods to find places where we can make trails ourselves or just search for natural drops, gaps or such, and we don't have any comps, not even DH (which is really sad). So here, freeriding has only taken it's first steps.

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mrnkid (Jul 3, 2011 at 9:23)

Ian, I totally disagree... Extreme sports competitions are different from other competitions, the riders share the same freeride spirit, there are friends before competitors, especially in that kind of events.... Those guys build their lines together and ride together, it's more about havin' fun even if some guys are ready to do anything to win, but it's a small minority of riders

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mysticar (Jul 3, 2011 at 10:59)

Tricks are for kids

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connor-rix (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:05)

Wow darrens riding allready. What a champ

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SpartanSoulja (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:20)

Wow there's two Geoff Gulleviches? I didn't know that! And with both the exact same run wow!

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Chris-the-Ripper (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:37)

Yea canada FTW!

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mcmbike (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:09)

hopefully claw can get the win here. this is his kind of course and it would be great for him to finally win after all these years, not to mention coming off of a broken back...

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tysonb (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:54)

semenuk step yo game up

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adamlaycock (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:36)

@SpartanSoulja Well Im friends with an andrew taylor. Its not a the pro, but his name is andrew taylor

he also bikes and has the 2011 marin alcatraz. They met at jumpship. It was hillarious

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foxinsocks123 (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:24)

where's sam pilgrim?, i thought he was taking part in this contest.

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lukethorpe (Jul 3, 2011 at 12:56)

Yeah where's pilgrim? My guess is that he backed out? Was riding the NS Soda for it ... compared to everyone elses big bikes haha..

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lukethorpe (Jul 3, 2011 at 14:07)

Just found out .... Sam Pilgrim came 9th.... so don't know how, because he's not on the qualy list haha!

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tdoyle1995 (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:25)

so basically its a who can do the best whip contest....?

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devonbalet (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:30)

Not what so ever.

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rwstyle (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:42)

no its all about speed and style. kurt sorge did better whips than andreu in my oppinion but andreu was flowy and smoother.

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OlSkoolJake (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:52)

Not taking anything away from the skill level of riders there. But what are they getting judged on? I know it's "big Mountain' style contest. I feel they need to be doing more then straight airs off drops & step downs. Again not to take away from the riders, they are all a billion times better then I would ever be. Step it up boys!

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IanHylands (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:58)

As you will notice in the title and in the comments above this was qualifying for a big mountain event, there weren't a lot of tricks being thrown today, and as I mentioned in the post up near the top we'll probably see a lot more going on tomorrow in the finals...

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devonbalet (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:28)

Simply riding down this course is extremely difficult. It is to bad that the viewers can not understand why riders rode conservatively. There is a time and place to do tricks, and seating day was simply not it. Straight airs or not, it was an awesome show of riding skills. To ride down this course, smooth and clean requires skills that 90% of us do not have. Be sure to check bad later today for the finals coverage and you will be happy to see more tricks.

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primodevil01 (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:27)

Its quals, it's not about let's throw the biggest banger you got. Even in the high prestige of world cup, a lot of the top 10 guys don't push the hardest. It helps in the strategy of keeping everyone in the dark of your full potential on the course, but in this case tricks. Plus a lot of those hits are pretty dang big, why risk it in quals. Just make sure you see the the runs from finals.

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goonrider (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:49)

zink should 3 the first drop... just a suggestion

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miki-ck (Jul 2, 2011 at 23:22)

We should just wait for the finals I think

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loriszekely (Jul 3, 2011 at 12:41)

and he just won the competition!

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drewboxold (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:30)

what are they judged on?

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z-man FL (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:22)

style and amplitude. big bike tricks will be getting thrown in finals. maybe a flip or two. i think this is one of the sickest competitions ever.

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caradock FL (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:32)

I would be interested to see a World Cup DH racer there... the freeriders have great tricks, but look slow on a track that is essentially a DH trail. Strange freeride course?

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z-man FL (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:20)

you know andreu used to compete world cup DH right?

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csermonet (Jul 2, 2011 at 23:16)

i didn't know that, please share

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miki-ck (Jul 2, 2011 at 23:43)

You can see Lacondeguys riding DH in Earthed 3 for example

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dom69foco (Jul 3, 2011 at 1:57)

Gee's got 2nd in red bull rampage twice. he'd be alright here!

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Dave48 (Sep 19, 2011 at 19:35)

They look but they are not, i can tell you : Lacondeguy and Buehler were really fast, and the mid part is just very very steep ! Fabien Pedemanaud (a WC racer) done 3rd at this event in 2009 (Sorge 1st, the Claw 2nd, Barrett 4th and Romo 5th) with the fastest run ever seen on the face, but with no tricks.

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Jo2910 (Jul 3, 2011 at 2:56)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ewqiJrFwSw For those asking for tricks you can see in there McGarry flipping one of the big jumps. At the end Ben Walker says he's been talking to the riders and some have plans for some big tricks. This is really big moutain so no guys like Greg Watts, Yannick Granieri, Pilgrim

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HTNDave (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:22)

I LOVE THIS!!!

The "off piste" free line biking is really good to watch, throw in some super steep chutes and house size gaps and its perfect!

The final will be awesome to watch when they throw down the tricks, nutters!

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ethanlphoto (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:38)

Rough course but what exactly is the competition? Whips or who can make it down in one piece?

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devonbalet (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:31)

Riders are being judged on their speed, style and control. Not every comp is to be judged upon flip whips and back flips. I wish we could show the viewers better how incredibly steep this course really is. Just to ride down it is a feat.

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tnickols (Jul 3, 2011 at 0:08)

Wow only one other person noticed that sam pilgrim didnt make it to the finals. Did he get hurt or is he just not as good as the other riders at this style of event?

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OctaneOneBikes (Jul 3, 2011 at 4:39)

Sam Pilgrim skipped qualyfications and is currently 4th in Chatel... more details at facebook.com/NSBikes

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kanioni (Jul 3, 2011 at 4:45)

Anyone know if Söderström skipped too?

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ns-bikes (Jul 3, 2011 at 4:51)

Martin suffered an injury in US and Woodward and is out for several events... hopefully coming back for Crankworx Whistler

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kanioni (Jul 3, 2011 at 5:41)

Oh, too bad. Let's hope he get's better soon.

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coolj43 (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:36)

nice! such a gnarly competition!! im guessing they're just judge on steeziness?...

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IanHylands (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:44)

"Riders will be judged on technique, difficulty, fluidity and tricks" The judges are Ben Walker, Nicolas Bertier, Alex Dropsy, and Sebastian Grobholz.

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foamfreak (Jul 3, 2011 at 9:49)

thank you for listing the judges. if this could become a standard for all fmb event write-ups on PB, and if i didn't have to search the comments section to find the names, that would be awsome! thanks.

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sxjimmy (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:59)

raleighboy94 your the lil bitch. Gully has hit plenty of things much bigger than that opening drop. He just took a different line for that run.

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andytheaussie (Jul 3, 2011 at 2:09)

Makes me want to see Simmons and Schley competing. Looks like their kind of event from back in the day.

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JimBowen (Jul 3, 2011 at 8:58)

I think this event will suit the big freeriders like Sorge and Buehler. Either way really looking forward to watching the finals!

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stinky2-4 (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:17)

second and third are both gulevich

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IanHylands (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:20)

thanks, embed copy error, it's fixed now!

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JMoney53 (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:26)

Agreed, I saw little difference between Sorge's and Gullevich's run but the scoring shows a solid 3 point difference.

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devonbalet (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:30)

Riders were judged on their speed and cleanliness of their run. A simple brake check before a steep section is judged down when another riders charges forward. Today's comp will certain bring out more tricks and an even more difficult job for the judges.

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MedellinColombiaDH (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:49)

What happened to Pilgrim?

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phil-mclean (Jul 3, 2011 at 1:42)

Pilgrim = Park and dirtjumps. Not surprising to see those results.

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MedellinColombiaDH (Jul 3, 2011 at 2:15)

yeh, i wonder why did he sign up for this contest...fish out of water

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chalcid (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:32)

Pilgrim smashed out a huge run last year at the same contest, on a 100mm travel cove hooker, including the drop at the start. He can ride the big stuff.

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MedellinColombiaDH (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:40)

Didnt know that, thanks for the info mate!
So what happened to Sam this year?
PS: this contest is crap!

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MedellinColombiaDH (Jul 3, 2011 at 4:52)

NS Bikes:

For all of you worried about Sam Pilgrim (Official Sam Pilgrim Page) not listed in the qualifying results at FMB World Tour Chatel Mountain Style, our rider decided to skip it and go straight into the finals - at the moment Sam is 4th! Good luck mate!

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nouser (Jul 2, 2011 at 21:30)

Wow Semenuk what happend?

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captain-sandbag (Jul 2, 2011 at 22:17)

Geoff can hit that drop with his eyes closed. On the other hand I'd be amazed if you ever hit something that big.

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caiocrz (Jul 3, 2011 at 4:25)

Whoever chose the music needs to visit hell. Nice riding...

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kacperr (Jul 3, 2011 at 2:11)

Why pilgrim didn't start in the competition ?

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OctaneOneBikes (Jul 3, 2011 at 4:49)

Sam Pilgrim skipped qualifications and went staight into the finals starting first. He is doing pretty good.

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JJTwilight (Jul 3, 2011 at 5:08)

OK, but where are TRICKS ? ?

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HundredPerCent FL (Jul 3, 2011 at 1:14)

Untitled from Châtel Mountain Style 2010 on Vimeo.

2010 ?????

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darren853 (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:22)

This is real freeride for me !

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maou (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:28)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ewqiJrFwSw

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dudeimcool (Jul 3, 2011 at 5:14)

i don't understand this at all. there are no tricks, this is much more dh/freeride to dj/slopestyle

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redrook (Jul 3, 2011 at 5:40)

And nowhere does it claim to be dj/slopestyle.

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konafox14 (Jul 3, 2011 at 6:07)

This is the raddest park ever! Sweet vid of Zink!

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tmuny (Jul 2, 2011 at 20:40)

what happened to romo?

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fantaman (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:37)

He crashed in practice and seperared his shoulder

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TKy5e (Jul 3, 2011 at 1:06)

did i miss the spins???

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love2freeride (Jul 3, 2011 at 8:54)

thatta boy gully!

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benhope (Jul 3, 2011 at 13:57)

cool

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radekliska (Jul 3, 2011 at 3:27)

Where"s Sam Pilgrim ?

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octalex1 (Jul 2, 2011 at 23:21)

looks fun as hell