Stablebarns

Brendog... Godzy.... Vs Semanuk etc ? Why has it come to this? A structured conversation would be really useful. What is Rampage? Is it just Promo for MTB? In that case ok, who cares who wins, as everyone does. But there is more. There is a need to encourage and engage with a community of real world riders. The reason so many people relate to Brendan and his dig team, is that they are like normal MTBers.... just exceptionally talented. Slopestyle is not really MTB in that sense. It doesn't relate to what happens at Bike Parks and trails across the world. It's a tiny tiny proportion of the bike community. Whereas Brendan represents us all. With his pals, he visions, digs, and then rides. He does it the way we all wish we could. But he does it the style we do it. Lad Science. I could watch that process endlessly. But I have little interest in watching perfectly sculpted jumps having masculine bike ballet performed over them. And I think that's the point. We need Rampage. But we need it to be more real. IMO - Just force everyone to start their dig lines from scratch and absolutely no more than one shared feature... and if it ios shared... mark it down a touch.

Exactly.... In the current format, you could have people with completely opposing views, ticking the same box. I was fascinated to read the article at first, after once reading a similar poll on Singletrack, which was asking which bits of tech progress would you never surrender. What was interesting, is how people perceived things like suspension as having aided everyone in getting to a certain level of riding, but it's wide bars and a dropper post that now allow us to ride that way...