Video: Eliot Jackson Breaks Down the New Les Gets World Cup Track

 It was interesting to see how they stopped to talk about making the creek gap safer. A bit of insight you never get to see.

 @adrennan: just a pity it took them some hard crashes to do so.

 @dtheio: can't believe the road gap wasn't adjusted after some of the slams there. who knows what happens there if it is a mudder.

 Tracks should be this hard.there is a B line riders at this level should be tested to the limit and so should the equipment not the same safe old one line tracks with maybe one hard section a whole track should be gnarly the riders complaining are the ones that are used to the sanitised tracks dont see brendog struggling old school with mixed abilities

 @Jrtf: making features more dangerous to "test the riders" is not the way to go. The competition is about being faster, not "who is not going to die".
otherwise, you are turning the people that are racing in modern day gladiators, where the crowds revel in the blood spilled which ... is not the way imho.

 @danbgbg: I nearly replied basically the same thing then I remembered I watch the Freeride World Tour which is way more dangerous than UCI DH will ever be.

 I'd say the redbull hardline or rampage kinda breaks the safety rule book aswell its mtb its an extreme sport if your paid to be a world class rider then a hard world class track is needed

 @danbgbg: With the exception of Vali Holl every rider, commentator and analyst I've seen is saying how good the track is. It's a shame what happened to Cabirou and I hope she's okay, but if the riders aren't calling for features to be removed and if anything implying they'd like to see more tracks like this then what's the problem? Dh racing at this level is the epitome of risk vs reward.
If it's just about being faster then you might as well do it on a paved surface.
As spectators we aren't turning the riders into anything. It's in their hands how much they want to push, that road gap isn't mandatory.

 @dtheio:

There’s just no winning is there?

Make downhill real! f*ck these park tracks!

Real downhill rears it’s ugly head.

IT’S TOO UNSAFE!

 @Jrtf: Easy to say from behind the keybord, ay?

 I love how this was edited.