Full Video Highlights: EWS Chile Was a War of Attrition

 At least! This venue was perfect for drone footage with the lack of trees, I saw one clip where it does the follow me thing and it was awesome, I hope this means EWS is testing this out for the future - a drone each for the top twenty riders or so would be amazing.

 Can you imagine having a screen split 4 way with the option of the 4 riders you want to watch simultaneously!

 @mollow: that would be ideal, doubt it’s in the budget though.

 They should do a partnership with Gopro and put a Gopro session on every helmet of the top 20 riders. This would be a great way to cover the whole race.

 I can't believe that Katy Winton said there are only 11 women rider's supported by a factory. that has to change right now, women's is just as exciting as the men's and they deserve just as much support. Bike companies need to step up their game

 @mollow: check the Rise of Enduro movie. There is a section in the movie that show Jerome and Jared runs overlapped

 I think they have a deal with a TV channel somewhere so these things need to be this long to allow for all the other TV bullshit around the actual show.

 Gutted to see Dailly drop out so early in the season, hope there is enough space to see him in de upper rankings challenging the top dogs again... And Maes... you Belgium Beast! Loads of respect to see you out there again!! Go Maes!

 great video! Awesome racing!

 @Funkhouser: Congratulations on your most unnecessary, irrelevant post of the year award. It's well deserved.

 @Funkhouser: Where would you have placed?

 @Funkhouser: she would school you!

 @Funkhouser: that’s actually pretty impressive seeing the quality of riders who didn’t make the top 75.

 You're forgetting that if she hadn't lost 5 minutes with the flat,she would be good for top 40. That's right.

 @Funkhouser: so while we are on this topic...

Pinkbike, before downvoting me please educate my obviously smaller female brain. This is a real question.

Why is it so hard to grasp the difference between equality (of rights, of opportunity) and parity (of body types, strength, hormones, not to mention social constructs)?
Why are you (statistically on this forum, 95% white male) so convinced of your intrinsic superiority because of the gender you were born with, that you cannot recognize the Herculean effort it takes for the top women in this sport to get to spitting distance of the best male riders despite having smaller bones, less muscle mass, higher fat ratio, and brains that have been conditioned by society from day one to play a supporting cast role?

Performance amongst each gender is distributed alongside a bell curve, and the top end of the spectrum for women is faster than pretty much anybody who is reading this. Despite being physically strong "for a woman", I will be the first one to recognize that on average, I would expect the female cohort to indeed have less raw power and strength in all the sports that require such attributes (Interestingly enough for extreme endurance sports it seems that the top women can get a bit closer to the top men, im thinking for instance Chrissie Wellington). That doesn't mean that we, men and women alike, shouldn't respect and admire what it takes to be the best and progressing within our respective fields, and cheer the top female riders for being exactly that rather than thinking that the ultimate compliment is to "ride like a guy".

I wouldn't want my guy to have tits - why do you want me to have balls to be considered equal?

 @asauvage: Preach, sister!! (rising hands in the air emoji)

 @asauvage: I'd have a more sympathetic opinion of your question (accusation? I'm not sure which it is really) had you not resorted to victimhood and needlessly invoking race and sex the way you did. You also completely failed to acknowledge that @Funkhouser 's comment was rightly shot down by the PB community (-122 at last count). I think your prejudice towards white males being "convinced of your intrinsic superiority because of the gender you were born with" is as abhorrent as his misogyny.
If you really do want an answer, and not simply appeasement, then consider all of the below:
1) No reasonable person in their right mind would oppose equality of rights or opportunity. But there is a sleight of hand being played to effectively mandate equality of outcome. Gender quotas, minority quotas etc. (to name just a few) are designed to circumvent merit and objective standards (best person for the job) and determine who a company/ university can employ/ enroll based on factors outside an individual's abilities and achievements (Best Minority X person for the job). This not only inevitably leads to poorer outcomes for society but it also has the net effect of legitimizing racism/ sexism.
2) Performance and abilities between the sexes is distributed along a bell curve, however, the shape of those curves is different for men and women, particularly at the tails (where elite athletes, and genius resides). Simply put, males and females can have similar average ability in one area, but at the extremes of that ability there will be more men than women; Women tend to cluster more at the average, while men tend to have a flatter curve. As Christine Hoff Somers says: "More dumbells, but more Nobels." Corrective actions have been formulated and implemented without the intended effect, most recently (that I know of):
www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/02/01/oxford-university-extends-exam-times-womens-benefit
You will see differences at the extremes between the sexes, because that is where they will be most pronounced- making the case it must apply to everyone else in the general population is an utterly idiotic fallacy. It's telling that when these things inevitably fail in their goal the de-facto response is the dreaded patriarchy, and the powers that be double-down on their efforts, instead of relying on factual, tangible data to address the (non-)issue.
Also, you should check around for better sources for information: Chrissie Wellington's World Record is within the expected range for her chosen sport when compared with the corresponding men's time:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3761733

So I would say this- Yes I agree that the differences you highlight are real, but I disagree (and there is evidence to support this opinion) that they need to be resolved and I reject (entirely) the methods being used to address them.

One last thing- before I discovered mountain biking I was an elite athlete in another sport, and the entire national team would train together- men and women. By far the most impressive member of that team IMO was a woman. Not simply because she performed at such a high level (World Champion, Olympian, multiple World Championship medals, multiple firsts for her country as many on the team had similar success but because she achieved those things while earning her M.D. She is simply the most organized, driven person I have ever known. And she never complained about how unfair life was or how others got more than she did. She understood that everyone has their advantages, and everyone has their hardships and it's up to the individual to make the most of themselves. And if they stumble (and even she stumbled- it took 4 Quadrenials -16 years- of training for her to make her Olympic debut, despite her results) then you pick yourself back up, re-assess your situation/ goals and go after them again.

 @Funkhouser: I'm sure that as a "proud" husband and father of girls you shared your joke with your wife and daughters? Or did the self-preservation centre of your tiny, cowardly brain actually do it's job and advise against it.

 @Deuce-DeuceAndAHalf: Good info.. This us and them thing is getting ridiculous..jokes asides..

On that subject..I'm halfway thru a Joe Rogan podcast with Bret Weinstein and wife (evolutionary biologists)..interesting...

 @ 1:24 in the video, incase you were wondering

 Adrian is probably the cleanest rider. He just seem to float over the terrain. Looking at the race reports last year, his line choices were clean AF.

 I think you're missing the point. We all love Sam's foot out, on the edge style. It just looks so rad!

 Hill and Rude seemed to be on another level that weekend though...look at their time gaps. Except Hill somehow doesn't flat.

 Last day many of us complained here we don t get enoght stuff about Adrien mad skills and speed... And this report was no exception.
Well, Special 3, that bit which shows at least 10 different riders, and no segment of the astonishing pass trought of Adrian clearly way faster than everyone else.... Told by one of the photographers: "faster than everything I ve seen before..."
Well gems like This is what exactly we are expecting to see, over who s changing the lead...
CAN SOMEONE RECOVER THE LINK of this vid? I couldn t.

 @PauRexs: I saw a video of him at one of the races last year, everyone was going around this massive rock on the inside of a corner in a technical section... one or 2 of the riders in the video went over it but slowly, then Adrien comes along, and rides over it so quickly! it looked like he was going to fold the front of his bike but he just ride off as if it was nothing.

I keep hearing of stories of people seeing him do things no other riders were doing, taking unique, seemingly impossible lines, hitting blind chutes quicker than anyone else etc.

 @PauRexs: Personally I can't understand the lack of coverage of one the top 3 contenders for the overall. Even if he had finished the race,he would get the same air time. And I'm not a fan.

 @GumptionZA: SP3 past year in Finale Ligure I was there and I know what are you talking about

 @elyari: care to elaborate? how much of what i was talking about is nonsense?

 @nozes: Keep in mind Adrien only raced 3 of the 6 stages so More than a few clips of him racing would be impossible to come by.

 Sam didn't hit that berm, drifted the whole turn, and went faster.

 @GumptionZA: Adrien rode around the outside of the corner and Sam through the isnide to middle, leaving Sam off the berm and a better line into the right, Sam then rode the middle of the right and had what appeared to be better exit speed. A little like Gwin did to everyone in the last round of last year. All impressive and amazing bike skills at that speed.

 @velio84: Allien Nicolas Vouilloz heritage!

 Guess Mr Hill's etiquette on a road bike?

m.pinkbike.com/photo/5639331

m.pinkbike.com/photo/5639334

@Chapon thanks for the pica!

 For sure, his "just ride your damn bike" attitude is classically refreshing. But like, this is literally from Sam's ig (in full roadie gear minus clips, to boot):

www.instagram.com/p/U2hWAFC0kV

Granted, it's from 2013 and he's got one wheel on the ground lol

 Road rides are incredibly good cross training for mountain bike fitness. It wouldn't shock me at all if Sam regularly throws one in a week to compliment his enduro training.

 @jayacheess: yes they are in fact! but I guess you guys got my point.... he is more worried of riding his bike than to post photos in the gym, training etc.. posting everything he does...(with the exeption of telling everybody in the world that his wife is on point!)

@RXN059 @LuisCR

 @LuisCR: thanks for the reminder why I am so glad Sam don't ride spesh no more. That was his bad period. Full stop.

 Mi hermano de un otra madre! Soy de Santiago! Hola! Vive en los estados unidos ahora, mi corazon por tu!

 I didn't see any perfectly manicured jumps though

 @Jvhowube: I bet the new-wave-DHers saw the these clips and said "how sketchy" " aghhhh" ..#wherearetheberms

 @Lagr1980: #Ionlyridepark

 come visit amigo!

 @panchocampbell: Some day, brother! I was born in Santiago and I hope to return someday!

 @EastCoastDHer: then you are Chileno weon!!!!!

hit me up when that happens, know a lot a friendly riders all over the place, saludos!!

 @panchocampbell: jaja soy de chile tb mi perro

 "But everyone's a good bike handler" so good

 And that's the nearest pronounciation he got! Free tip for this next weekend: MUH-NEE-THUH-LAYS (TH as in Therapy). Nice video anyway.

 @Fulgacian: Get ready for Mañisales

 Confused it with Bardonecchia I reckon.

 @BenPea: He's doing Italian pronunciation. If that's the assumption, he's spot on.

 @murfio: The worst

 There’s less gravity on Mars which means you can’t ride downhill as fast as on Earth. But you can send it further

 @WAKIdesigns: Things that make you go hm

 @cdmbmw: Next Year -> Red Bull Moonline and Red Planet Rampage?

 He's kind of an Alain Prost in his early 80s Renault days... every race was brilliant for a couple of laps and then DNF

 @JaumeV18: Haha true that

 Maby he should soften up his suspension like hill did?

 no need to ask Pinkbike, think about spreading X number of cameras on a 34km course, in the middle of nowhere, certainly without network connectivity or electrical sources... got it? now imagine the infrastructure, planning and men/hours required behind all that and now think on $$$, tons of them. DH courses range in between 2-4km, with all requirements at hand, that's why

 @elyari: its even hard to do at a resort with power, network, and air conditioning.

 His it says something about broken wheel.

 Is there not enough fireworks and rock music in the intro for your liking?

 Sam Hill could ride your Mom down the hill and still win. Fucking legend

 @chunter:
My mum is clipless, Sam probably wouldn’t want to ride her.

 @Rabbuit: Phew... I had to read clipless twice to make sure you weren't a truly grotesque individual. f*ck, maybe it's me.
@marcsb95c: You know he only won because everyone else was fannying around trying to clip back in after sticking a foot out on every corner.

 @BenPea: the only reason.....riiiiiight