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It was an absolutely brilliant weekend for sure. Helped by great weather, beers and cracking enduro trails... they were more spicy than the burrito !

Well im kinda surprised its not on TNT in uk

On that carbon CADEX wheel, 1 broken spoke = wheel in the bin ?

F**k me, once a year and they still make a pigs ear of it !

Vergier Session or Fearon Kona... I like simple things...

@marxrydz: Well the non-pros were/are allowed to race the same tracks, same days, same everything under the now gone EDR rules. Same 4 days of riding and racing, so that hasnt (until last week) gone away. Most riders/racers were either in vans in the car-park or some in local places for a bit more comfort. But very few had support other than an odd friend/family/mechanic. That's part of the appeal for me, the fact that everyone is on a relatively level playing field, the racers help eachother out, give eachother parts, repair eachothers bikes, share a baguette and pedal up the massive hill talking to eachother, it's where bonds are made and friendships are formed. The thing is, we have to keep in mind that even if the racers produce to content, we as a community need to get behind that, watch it, repost it, teach others that it's a viable sport to enjoy. Only by making the fanbase/viewerbase bigger will the people with money start paying attention.

Well world champs is in Finale Ligure way outside of any dh races etc this year. Keep an eye out for it

@gregnangatang: the majority of the communities and venues arguably need the money as much as the racers. Morillon shops and restaurants probably made more that 10 days than the rest of summer. You don't want track tips, plus the fact you're not allowed to pre ride the tracks for over a week in advance of the race. But thats part of the enduro appeal, lack of knowledge, riding blind, racing without knowing what's next. My lad had a monster crash on stage 5 as he forgot about a large step down and went off it flat out, landing a 15' vertical drop to flat and exploded. Lost 2 mins getting his bars straight etc which cost him a top 15 in juniors. But thats the fun bit of it, the not knowing. I completely understand the sentiment you're going with but I don't thibk its quite that viable. 99% of potential hosts are completely uninterested in mtb. Its a niche discipline within a minority sport sadly.

Start by going faster than 99.9% of other riders

There really can't be a WORLD series currently. Riders getting paid sod all and bike companies going belly up, means the riders can't afford to fly to Chile from Europe or even NZ from the US. Sure, they can for a one off race, but for a series, its non viable. So thats why EWS and EDR are Euro centric, logistics and finances. Its not hard to work out. What can happen is a Euro series juat like this year but run by a different body rather than UCI and WB It may not be what people want but ita what they can have. The coverage by Elliot Heap has been game changing this year and a massive part of me being in Morillon a few weeks ago. Bring that energy and keep it coming. But you only had to look in the race paddock to see how many big bike brands were there. Shimano, Yeti, Commencal. That was it. The area of Morillon put on a brilliant event, but that was them, not the industry who did it. The only way to get riders paid and supported is to make a series happen and make it exciting. Enduro2 is doing it, so are all the local organisers etc. So it can be done. It'll take time to get it to where it was.