2011 National Champs to be held in North Carolina
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booyah!
Are you sure on the dates? I heard it was July 23-24. but I'd be stoked if it wasn't! (July 23-24 is the same date as Canadian national champs and the weekend of crankworx and the Canadian Open.)
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The title should have the word "Collegiate" added. This is the champs for the schoolboys and girls.
Read it again. No it's not.
no it isn't...that is going to be at Timberline. Read the link
edit: sniped by the vital ninja
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never had a desire to ever go to North Carolina, but this will change that
so who knows anything about this place?
steep/flat
long/short
you get the point....
steep/flat
long/short
you get the point....
How to make USA DH racing look legitimate, National champs requirements:
1. Mountain no one outside the South East has heard of, check
2. Short course, check
3. Flat mountain with less than 900 vert, check
4. Slow, twisty course, check (disclaimer: as far as the ones I could find video/pics of, might change)
5. Located as far as possible from all of the top 20 riders in the country, check
GO AMERICA!
(This isn't supposed to be anti-East Coast, just anti USAC)
1. Mountain no one outside the South East has heard of, check
2. Short course, check
3. Flat mountain with less than 900 vert, check
4. Slow, twisty course, check (disclaimer: as far as the ones I could find video/pics of, might change)
5. Located as far as possible from all of the top 20 riders in the country, check
GO AMERICA!
(This isn't supposed to be anti-East Coast, just anti USAC)
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I hope this is an early April fools thing..
Interesting fact: Beech Mountain is the highest ski resort on the east coast
but only has 830' of vert
I'm staying optimistic. I think this will be good.
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?
No Loo, not Sugar. Its at Beech, right next door..
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
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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)
+ Rep for Nickelodeon GUTS reference in your signature.
-KT
Disclaimer: Not trolling, just trying to get Americans to realize how shafted they are getting
French National course:
Swiss National course:
U.S. National course?
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/85513/
HOW in the world do you expect Americans to compete on the WC when that is their idea of technical?
French National course:
Swiss National course:
U.S. National course?
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/85513/
HOW in the world do you expect Americans to compete on the WC when that is their idea of technical?
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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.
As much of a fag as he might be (read: is), it's basically what's on the mind of everyone not from the immediate area. But as someone said, at least it wont be critical for points for the WC's or Champs at that point in the season.
holy bleep, that last section of the french course was legit, the dude at 8:31 savage! then blinky dab-o-rama! sketchy!
Sol Vista, 1000 vertical feet of beach sand... Beech Mountain, 830 vertical feet (of beach sand, which is assumed based on the name). American gravity racing is really stepping it up.
Regardless, I will be there. 12 hours is easier than 30+. I'm a fan of keeping Nationals and Worlds on the east coast.
Edit: Date is dumb.
Regardless, I will be there. 12 hours is easier than 30+. I'm a fan of keeping Nationals and Worlds on the east coast.
Edit: Date is dumb.
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LAND OF OZ!
As long as the track starts at the abadoned Wizard of OZ theme park at the top of the mountain it's going to be a sick race.
I used to shred the roads around there on my rollerblades.
All of the above statements are true.
It's also true that Beech has awesome terrain. And the sickest access road this side of the Pyrenees. 2.5" hookworm territory, for sure.
Um, also, Nationals was in September for a solid 15 years until it was moved to align with the national championships in other countries, as mandated by the UCI. It's our country, and it's our race.
As long as the track starts at the abadoned Wizard of OZ theme park at the top of the mountain it's going to be a sick race.
I used to shred the roads around there on my rollerblades.
All of the above statements are true.
It's also true that Beech has awesome terrain. And the sickest access road this side of the Pyrenees. 2.5" hookworm territory, for sure.
Um, also, Nationals was in September for a solid 15 years until it was moved to align with the national championships in other countries, as mandated by the UCI. It's our country, and it's our race.
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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.
I didn't think I was that drunk yet..
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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.
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.
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?
P.S. I'm drunk and reading Journal of Applied physics papers for my qualifying exam while sitting in the tundra of Chicago weather at the moment, maybe its making me angry and depressed.
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...
There is blame to be laid, and it's squarely on the shoulders of those nefarious poptarts at the 4x Alliance.
USAC is just a patsy here. Even if they did care about the gravity racing they are powerless to do anything positive with it due to their governance structure and funding sources.
The race is an empty gesture, 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.
Did you you suggest a drunk, naykid, chainless DH race at nationals?
Im gonna be the first to put it out there that youre gonna want to bring mud tires.
Welcome to the East Coast.
Sounds like that might be more....conducive to my erotic lifestyle
Usa garvity racing needs to seperate from usac
Usagro
Does the pro race have a qualifying race to attend?And are you going Butch,so we can settle this like men?.....(old men)
I spose they need pack-filler.Somebodys' gotta do it.
At least we have 3-4 MTN Dew buttons on our drink machines