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What a great Video. And race is a great tribute to the legend Stevie Smith. Gone but not Forgotten!! #LongLiveChainsaw

@fabdemaere: @RoninXXX yes, you are correct, Don't know what the hell I was thinking, I had a rough day yesterday and was wanting to get out on the course all day so I had golf om my mind. HAHAHA that funny I said Bubba Watson. Yes I meant James "Bubba" Stewart.

so pretty much there are 2 ways to hit a jump, 1. preload your suspension into the face of the jump and go nice and high with lots of air time over the jump. This the the slow way 2 the other way is to SCRUB the jump. in this fashion, you absorb the jump into the jump so you can stay low as possible and maintaining speed over the jump. 2a. another way to scrub a jump is what @chrisk71 said above. this is called a "bubba scrub" names after Bubba Watson MX racer. This is THE FASTEST way to go over a jump as it keeps you low and fast over the jump. The reason they are scrubbing these jumps are because they want to maintain as much speed as possible without over shooting the transition landing and also because the first jump spits them out with way too much speed for these jumps and they would end up landing flat. When done properly it looks super cool, when done not so good, it looks just like a simple whip.

I bet he got really familiar with the stranger!! HAHA

Way to go Oden , that's awesome buddy!!

Great story, thanks for sharing!

Great write up guys, only wish I could have make it out this weekend. Really bummed I missed out on a great race. Hopefully I'll see y'all at Mountain Creek in Aug!

@jorg-tron: That run had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I for sure thought you were going to hit that stump at the end, sounds like you thought you were as well. Awesome trail dude and I know it took a ton of work. You got my vote for sure.

No, they are designed to help protect against snakebite punctures. When the tire get gets banged against the rim. some (Cushcore and Vittoria and Swable) also help from a normal puncture so that you can make it down the hill or to your car without riding the tire directly on the rim, They provide a bit of cushion. Nothing out there (that I know of) other than a DH casing tire that will protect against sidewall cuts.

HA, You are so right, I remember having to wait until I got the results in MB Action mag or BIKE mag. Thank goodness for the internet, now I can watch the race LIVE in my underwear.