Read it again. No it's not.The title should have the word "Collegiate" added. This is the champs for the schoolboys and girls.
no it isn't...that is going to be at Timberline. Read the linkThe title should have the word "Collegiate" added. This is the champs for the schoolboys and girls.
Edit: I need to be much faster at bikes than I am at the internet.The title should have the word "Collegiate" added. This is the champs for the schoolboys and girls.
but only has 830' of vertInteresting fact: Beech Mountain is the highest ski resort on the east coast
booyah!
No Loo, not Sugar. Its at Beech, right next door..Yeah this a surprise for sure.
Donavan's dungeon will be a great place to spectate eh?
I wonder if the gnarly upper rock garden will be used that you showed me from the old Norba event?
The courses should both be brand new (AM and PRO) and of a way higher quality that any of the ones that have been videoed in the pastHow to make USA DH racing look legitimate, National champs requirements:
4. Slow, twisty course, check (disclaimer: as far as the ones I could find video/pics of, might change)
Meh, I'm excited to race there, it sounds fun and the nice thing with a new course is that it's a level playing field. The fact that it's so late in the year is a little strange, but better to be late than have big conflicts (per the information I had)The courses should both be brand new (AM and PRO) and of a way higher quality that any of the ones that have been videoed in the past
Quit being a fag...it's going to be a different course. You have no idea the history/drama behind the course you posted the video of nor the skill of the trail builders for the new course.HOW in the world do you expect Americans to compete on the WC when that is their idea of technical?
Well its pretty funny that in the first 10min of the post on VitalMTB it had mentioned that the past 2 years the Collegiate Nat's were held at Northstar and they were moving it to Beech Mtn...Now its not saying anything about it.Read it again. No it's not.
And American DH racing is in an embarrassing state. Sorry to be so pessimistic. I used to love racing when I first started riding, until I had the privilege to ride some real trails and realized that spending $50 to get a few runs down short sanitized trails with no payout is a waste of money. Maybe the abysmal state of west coast racing and the f-ing unreal mind-blowing European courses just has me disillusioned. I feel like we (America) can do a lot better with the pretty amazing terrain and variety we have. What happened to courses like the 2001 (i think?) Vail WC course?It's our country, and it's our race.
Now, I don't know much about this, but it seems to me like they probably awarded the event to the only venue that was willing to waste tens of thousands of dollars on a 4x track...i hate to be so pessimistic, but what the **** is USAC thinking? this makes me mad on so many levels; none of which have to do with the terrain...
some may look at the separation from the endurance events as a potentially positive step, but the date and location (in respect to interbike) can't help but leave me thinking USAC is making a valiant effort to squash US gravity racing where it stands.
downhill is dead.
long live downhill.
Did you you suggest a drunk, naykid, chainless DH race at nationals?, but at least beer is cheap down there, the track builders will give a damn and the ladies will have sexy accents.
And it's my birthday.
www.NWcup.comAnd American DH racing is in an embarrassing state. Sorry to be so pessimistic. I used to love racing when I first started riding, until I had the privilege to ride some real trails and realized that spending $50 to get a few runs down short sanitized trails with no payout is a waste of money. Maybe the abysmal state of west coast racing and the f-ing unreal mind-blowing European courses just has me disillusioned. I feel like we (America) can do a lot better with the pretty amazing terrain and variety we have. What happened to courses like the 2001 (i think?) Vail WC course?
Welcome to the East Coast.Did you you suggest a drunk, naykid, chainless DH race at nationals?
Sounds like that might be more....conducive to my erotic lifestyleWelcome to the East Coast.
Pro's automatically qualify for national champs.Does the pro race have a qualifying race to attend?And are you going Butch,so we can settle this like men?.....(old men)