shalf

Never competed in an Enduro comp yourself, but you can "judge" from the pictures.... Get real, boy

Back in 2006, my wife and I did a 4 week mountain bike trip in South-Western China, that took us from Kunming accross many passes to the Tibetan Highland. We had a (hardtail ;) ) bike built to our specs in the only seasoned bike shop of the city (at virtually a fraction of the cost) and later sold it in Shangri-La at the end of our tour for the same price we had paid That part of China is breathtakingly beautiful, and people are veeeeeeeery nice . We were sleeping in an ultralight tent at night, which caused a lot of pity in bypassers, who thought we were really the poorest guys on the planet, not being able to afford neither a bus for transportation, nor a bed for sleeping ;) I still dream of that trip today

it's just you ;) Look at the Enduro stages in France (where all started). There are several Enduro series, and they have been descent-oriented for a long time (note that eg lifts are part of the transition stages in France)

Let's do some podium bets :D mine: 1. Barell 2. Vouilloz 3. Graves 4. Clementz 5. Schurter

Great idea to show all stages in video. Like it :)

3 years ago, I bunny-hopped a tree that had fallen onto a high-speed section of a trail I had ridden many times ago. Unfortunately just about didn't make the necessary high to clear, barely touched the tree with the rockring, but enough to send me into a quite horrendous fall that I took squarely on my head... I was wearing one of these Enduro-type helmets, and virtually destroyed it with the impact. Laying on the ground, I was super-scared that I would end up paralysed.... Fortunately though, I have rather strong muscles on my neck, and while my neck and head did hurt a couple of weeks afterwards, nothing was broken... From this moment on, I have never ridden again without full-face helmet and leatt brace. My learning from the incident is that you never really know what can happen, and how it will. Accidents happen, so better be prepared. I crashed many times since, and as I continue to progress got through many situations that were objectively ways more dangerous than the trail that I had ridden at the time, but also due to proper protection, didn't get hurt seriously anymore. My takeway: If you get a second chance to continue living the life you like the way you like, don't gamble it away.... Learn from your errors!

Without a Fullface, you're likely to get seriously hurt in Finale when you crash... All stages they run are more demanding than a typical DH track in the US...

As much I like Cleanlander in general, Antoine got robbed!!!! Objectively!!!

@ cuban-b: not sure if you know what you're talking about ;) Have a look at http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Thomas-Genon-Anton-Thelander-Red-Bull-Berg-Line-2013.html I'd say 2/3 of the participants on the list above don't have the level of Anton Thelander for sure He needs to be there!

Participants, wtf???? Anton Thelander not invited, but some guys with not even half his level???? Comon, Darren, get Thelander on board asap!