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Silver Star Bike Park - Downhill VS Slopestyle
It's Downhill VS Slopestyle! Vote for your favorite team! http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Silver-Star-Bike-Park-Video-Downhill-VS-Slopestyle-VOTE-2012.html
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144 Comments
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JS15
(Jul 16, 2012 at 21:19)
I was gonna vote for the DH guys until I saw that front flip off the drop! That's just ridiculous...
- + 23
I would say they were both great but i thought the slopestyle guys looked like they were having more fun ( probably due to the upbeatsong and sunnyier open air camera shots). And then he flipped that drop and that was it, that was incredible
- + 37
Yeah but... tricks dont impress me, i know they should but they just dont intrest me at all. Its like yeah that was sick he did a frontfilp of a drop but id rather watch people send massive moto whips and shred berms, i dunno maybe there something wrong with me :/ But im all sports (BMX, MX, Snowboard) tricks just seem like "meh" to me.
- + 31
If I was ripping down a trail, feeling super steezy, and some one did a backflip then a frontflip infront of me I would be pissed.
- + 7
i think to many people are basing there opinion off of one trick (the fronty off of that drop) think what you want to but if that 1 guy didnt pull that 1 trick would you have chosen differently?
- + 6
if I had to pick from the actual meaning of, 'shred,' it's a pretty obvious meaning that the DHers would win. They litterally shredded that berm to bits!
- + 11
To me nothing is cooler than blowing through the roughest terrain. There's no foam pit for learning to do that. Anyway, the DHer's did what they were supposed to, go fast and shred through gnar stuff. And the Slopestyle riders did what they were supposed to, do tricks and flow. I liked the DH team more just because thats the style of riding I do and it makes me want to go out and ride. They both get my vote.
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the debate was if either downhill or slopestyle could shred the park the hardest, that means downhill wins. Shredding is getting down the hill quickly, sickly, awesome, getting your air, and getting everything done smoother.. Again, that makes downhill win that debate. But i would still say that slopestyle wins, because there is he slightest bit of extra skill in making your way down faster, more tricked out, and plus your doing it on a hardtail (for most, like me) or a bit of backsuspension, so i would say even though downhill is shredding harder, slopestyle is winning, because they are putting in more skill!
I can now say that overall, slopestyle would win!
I hope you agree!
P.S. No offence to the downhill guys, you guys have some AWESOME skill too! it was a close win!
I can now say that overall, slopestyle would win!
I hope you agree!
P.S. No offence to the downhill guys, you guys have some AWESOME skill too! it was a close win!
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well thats were you are wrong, i didnt see 1 of the slope guys blasting down a rock garden so yea they probs are gonna go faster on large jumps (witch a guy on a full DH could go just as fast). and it takes equal amounts of skill to blast thru a tech section or pull flips and whips. PS. i bet any DH rider could out time any slope rider on the canadian open if your gonna bring speed into this.
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That's because downhill is racing lol.... it's all about the time whereas slope style involves skills other than skids and fast cornering... I'd be able to hit a rock garden way before I could backflip, frontflip, tailwhip or suicide no hander... typical pinkbike that dh wins when the slope style was WAY better, oh, and the main reason the dh's were literally 'shredding' the course was because it was sloppy mud whereas the ss were riding on half dry solid mud.....
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i would try and explain how much skill it does take to race, but you ride BMX so you wouldnt get it.
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naahhh I have a DJ but still like street and park, with rides in the woods if I'm bored, I would try and explain the skill in flips, tailwhips and 360s but you ride DH, so wouldn't get it, although I can skid pretty good
- + 7
you dont have to explain it cuz i do dj and i bet you can skip pretty good but us DH and FR riders like to drift.
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either way DH is winning so im happy regardless of what this guy says and how he thinks the slope style was "WAY better"
- + 12
both of you shut up. They were equally as good segments, and equally as talented. Just in different aspects. And johnnyschmidt, skidding is locking up a break and letting it slide, they were not skidding. They were drifting, learn the difference.
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i wasn't saying that they weren't equally good, i said that both riding styles took equal amounts of skill, i was just defending DH.
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I don't get why there needs to be a discussion, everyone has their own opinion and likes a different style of riding
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I don't see why you needed to add literally to that, I know lots of people who downhill on hardtails.
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id ya a*shole, i do, haha, and every comment from you on this vid is negative to whoever says slopestyle, and you really should stop arguing evcerything, im not gonna call you a troll, but honestly... STFU!!!!!!
^^ya sorry about that...
^^ya sorry about that...
- + 3
I don't like tricks either (mainly because I can't do them) but I still voted for slopestyle because it just looked like they were enjoying themselves more and generally having a good time with some mates
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i gotta say ive been riding bikes since i was four.i did bmx since i was ten and now ive grown to big boy bikes. at 23 years old, dh and mtb has been something ive benn doing for years and now its all i do. im in love with tricks and jumps but man it feels good to go fast. i cant say id would pick one style over the other. at the end of the day its all about having fun. thats what i do every time im on my bike. it should'nt come down to which is better. riding is my escape from the real world. i love doing big fast whips. and dream trick to learn once my cast comes off will be a no foot can can. mtn creek bike park just got a bag jump, wooooo! cant wait to hit it. all that matters is that your out there doing what you love.
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