I asked that last year and I think (was drinking) at NZ's round. He posted about everyone being a hater. Just little things he could do to change stuff up. It is hard to be an expert on everything "extreme" but when you are getting paid to talk, you should be prepared, like knowing who the big riders are and who they ride for.
This is the exact reason why I always look forward to World Cups, but never get excited about Crankworx. It's the complete opposite setup, WC has good cinematography for most rounds and always a pleasure to listen to Rob Warner (and now Claudio too!). And, this being coverage which is paid for by advertising, it's in everyone's best interests to get as many people watching as possible, otherwise your viewing figures drop, your sponsorship/advertising funding drops and the event slowly becomes shite. Just replace Brad Jay with someone who isn't Brad Jay and everyone will be happier
Crankworx has massive potential to be the best of everything mtb and to hugely boost the profile of the sport but it's over commercialised with poor commentary and usually fairly poor coverage of events that aren't in a small area (like the dh and enduro). It's just a shame that crankworx isn't what it could be
crankworx is insanely fun! If you have never been there to see it live, you are missing out. Crankworx progression over the years is crazy. There were no webcasts when it started and now it's blowing up in a good way. Thank you Crankworx and Pinkbike for giving us a rad event to watch for free any where in the world!!
As always thanks for your input timsim07, I will continue to strive and work harder at delivering a better show and scale back the bro-talk. Thanx again
face it dude you are no Caminator or Tippie but you are still excited and seem to want to improve. Big ups dude it takes guts to enter the Pinkbike forums.
How does Brad J get so much work for a guy who's effort into the sports he commentating comes up shorter then his own attention span for watching them.
Crankworx needs to seriously look into who they hire for commenting, they need former riders who's feedback can be deemed vital for those who are trying to watch and understand the sport thats being showed to them and not by turning down the volume of the computer to block out the loud mouth middle aged BRO who's doing a poor job at trying to stay current and come off as young and knowledgable to those at home.
STOP BRAD JAY HES EMBARRASSING OUR SPORT !!!
Oh man first time watcher of the coverage of the downhill, it seriously sucks ass big time. International readers might not get this but how many Inbetweeners moments of say "Fox Air DH" more!!!!!!! The World Cup Downhill by Red Bull blows this out the water.
Why? i might watched it without him.