That was 90 degrees right there and the come back was perfect. No forcing with hips, she pulls that front wheel to point behind her like a killer - amazing fluid movement. You can post that to Wikipedia as exemplary whip. I bet she can do some good flat pancakes on a nice hip too.
Seeing women’s mtbing grow and seeing women become better at the sport is one of the best things happening in Mtb. I would love to see it as big as the men’s sport one day
@freeridejerk888: She is a household name is every house hold I go to. Also she was helping dig out there. Looks like she just had to leave a little early.
Good on Red Bull for getting these all-star athletes out there and showing what they've got. Hopefully before long we'll have a women's group at Rampage.
Well I am all for the womens rampage but I would hope it's a different day to be fair to everyone. That contest is constantly under pressure of wind coming in before everyone can run. Adding more riders would be a disservice to everyone there to compete.
Damn I forgot about Diamondback's DH bike. Must be getting on at this point, I'd absolutely LOVE to see them come out with an updated one now that they are seriously getting their shit together.
NOT SURE WHAT NEWS TIM HORTONS IS PLAYING ON THEIR SCREENS BUT YOUR INFORMATION IS BIZARRO
MAYBE I NEED TO HEAD OVER TO CANADIAN TIRE AND CHECK THE DB PRODUCT LINE
@stumpymidget: WHY FOR? TELLING THIS CANUCK WHASSUP. STAY TYPING AFTERHOURS IF YOU WANT BUT THIS IS NORTH AMERICAN SO SLOWE THINE ROLLE AND / OR ASK MORE NICERLY AND / OR PLAESE 2 BREXIT TOOT SWEET
DIAMONDBACK IS ONCE AGAIN ROASTED, THIS TIME MOST LIKELY PERMANENTLY. ACCELL MADE A CASH GRAB BY SELLING CANADIAN TIRE THEIR NAMING RIGHTS BEFORE DUMPING THEM TO A MEGA CORP, SO LOOK FOR 250 DOLLAR SHITBIKES NAMED MISSION THERE SHORTLY.
IT IS A DAMN SHAME. ALL AROUND. AND IT IS WORTH BEING ALLCAPPS ABOUT.
@owl-X: your troll level is (Fat middle aged man who lives in his grandparents basement, who eats nothing but Cheeto’s and drinks Coke like it’s water). Quit giving the world reason to hate Americans and conduct yourself like a human.
They still had 2014 stock of DB8 on their website for sale in 2018.
There are enough affordable DH bikes in the direct to consumer market, and DH is niche as it is.
They probably decided to not lose money on it.
This is everything Ive ever wanted and more. As a female who loves freeriding and digging, and who has watched Rampage for years, I've always just wanted to see someone like me out there. The fact that they not only put on the Formation but Pinkbike is also doing a bike roll call post for them, is such an inspiration. Words cannot express how inspiring this is. Women who ride bikes need heros too!
Great to see Micayla enjoying her riding again. Kinda realise how artificial the whole MTB race scene is and for her and Manon to take time off and come back more in line with the spirit of the sport is interesting.
The more exposure that gets given to the women out there shredding in MTB, the better. That's what it needs to get more girls out on the trails and they couldn't ask for better riders to inspire them.
As someone who counts as many girls as guys amongst my biking mates, with many of those girls doing way bigger stuff than me, or racing nationals and world cups, or organising events aimed at getting girls into riding and racing, it's great to see more of this kind of stuff.
Something difficult or scary can seem impossible, until you see someone who you can identify with do it first. The backflip on a moto was considered impossible at one point. Then years later Travis Pastrana did a double. Young girls watching this are going, "Rad! I think can do this!" The lines between what men and women are capable of doing in a variety of sports are becoming blurred. Progression is a wonderful thing. Trailblazers, these women are.
Amazing to see all those ladies take a spin on Rampage. Please more if this! As we can see here they also have alot of style on board. The whip, tobogan and tuckie were awesome3
"She's tagging Marin on IG, but that's an older Nukeproof Pulse" Same reason Matt Jones turned up to hardline with a trail bike i suppose...Can't ride what they don't make!
Is it just me, or does it seem like Vital MTB and @Pinkbike have been slacking mega on the rampage coverage leading up to the event? From my observation, it has been getting worse and worse each year... Other than this "Foundation" event, the only coverage has been reposts of other riders Instagram accounts.. Get your shit going Pinkbike... Send a damn photographer/videographer out to Utah and get some DAMN content!!!
Literally today is Dig Day 1 of Rampage. What is there to report on if the event hasn't started yet? I find it the same every year, Vital has the immediate meh content, and then PB blows is out of the water in the last half a week to a week after the event.
Katie Holden mentioned in another article that there were no crashes - which is not usual for this type of event by the way. Probably everyone was super careful. "It was particularly impressive to me that not one girl crashed or even looked sketchy."
Was anyone else slightly disappointed with the end result?They were in and out of there like a flash, like less than a week. They built one line and it tbh it wasn't exactly mindblowing, I was under the impression the girls were going to be there for next week and sticking around for Rampage.
Getting the girls out there to the old rampage site was such a great idea and the opportunities are endless there. There's endless choices of old lines, drops and kickers that are left from previous builds. Why did they not stay longer??
Oh btw, I've rode at the old rampage site, last April to be precise. I know exactly what's on offer there and how gnarly everything is in person.
DIAMONDBACK IS ONCE AGAIN ROASTED, THIS TIME MOST LIKELY PERMANENTLY.
ACCELL MADE A CASH GRAB BY SELLING CANADIAN TIRE THEIR NAMING RIGHTS BEFORE DUMPING THEM TO A MEGA CORP, SO LOOK FOR 250 DOLLAR SHITBIKES NAMED MISSION THERE SHORTLY.
IT IS A DAMN SHAME. ALL AROUND. AND IT IS WORTH BEING ALLCAPPS ABOUT.
SOON...
Now, excuse me, I’m gonna go ride... hopefully like any of these girls. Lol
Same reason Matt Jones turned up to hardline with a trail bike i suppose...Can't ride what they don't make!
"It was particularly impressive to me that not one girl crashed or even looked sketchy."
Getting the girls out there to the old rampage site was such a great idea and the opportunities are endless there. There's endless choices of old lines, drops and kickers that are left from previous builds. Why did they not stay longer??
Oh btw, I've rode at the old rampage site, last April to be precise. I know exactly what's on offer there and how gnarly everything is in person.
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