It's Redbull. Those tabletops will be hollowed out and filled with crocodiles for race day. And there are 7 cameras on track, one for each jump plus start hut for Troy's jazz finger warm-up and one for the finish line so we can watch every rider turn to check their time and then swear or fist-pump.
Future World Cup Venues
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Fucking lizards showing up everywhere.
Pretty soon they will have the crocs armed with lasers.
Lizards with lasers, I'm telling ya, they're coming...
someone needs to let course builders, venue hosts etc know that jumps in race courses just get in the way and in no way shape or form challenge, nor separate the riders.
That's a lot of good wasted racin space.
That's a lot of good wasted racin space.
But how will they get rad race shots like this if they don't have jumps?
https://goo.gl/images/aoEvGx
You know......
there's this thing they do at whistler
It's during crankworx...........
In all seriousness though, I'm not opposed to building jumps on principle. But four in straight line is kind of goofy.
there's this thing they do at whistler
It's during crankworx...........
In all seriousness though, I'm not opposed to building jumps on principle. But four in straight line is kind of goofy.
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Yes please: Maribor makes bid for 2019 World Cup round
They have been building to no end this summer. A lot of new trails on the whole mountain.
Hope they make it.
Jesus. Not much in the way of rest breaks on that trail.
I don't know...
There does NOT seem to be a motorway section under the lift with multiple no real reason except 'cause - large man-made tables.
Does that not contradict some UCI rule?
i know nothing about it, but i’ve always liked watching vids of people riding the rough-looking tracks at bad-wildbad in germany. i think they’ve done some ixs races there. plus think of the fun @jackalope could have with the name in his race previews!
forget it, town would never bid for it, they even reduced access to the cable car
That shitty experiment comes to and end.
https://dirtmountainbike.com/news/uci-to-reverse-running-order-regulations-for-2019/
https://dirtmountainbike.com/news/uci-to-reverse-running-order-regulations-for-2019/
also worth noting from that link:
8 world cups for 2019, including 3 that weren't on the 2018 calendar.
8 world cups for 2019, including 3 that weren't on the 2018 calendar.
Gimme Whistler, Maribor and Schladming please.also worth noting from that link:
8 world cups for 2019, including 3 that weren't on the 2018 calendar.
Dirt said they were venues were "different" than what was on the 2018 calendar, i take this to mean venues who have previously hosted WC's, not new venues. if that's the case that rules out whistler. schladming would be amazing but i'm not holding my breath. Agree on Maribor for sure. I think there's a chance Windham might come back, I'd heard rumors they wanted to submit a bid to host again.
Les Gets? they've been hosting Crankworx events. that would be rad to see back on the calendar.
We all know it’s going to be the return of Willingen.
so 2020 then, right?
any liklihood champery will return?
For effin sure!so 2020 then, right?
wait, didn't they just get a TON of new infrastructure a few years back for FIS world championships?
Indeed, but not the gondola starting at the town, where the WC track is situated right beneath.
I have Whistler is on its way having announced they are developing the Stevie Smith memorial track in Creekside a few weeks back. From what I remember reading, it’s still a few years out though.
Can’t wait for when it does finally happen.
I personally hope with the reopening of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington, we’ll see a WC there as well as with Whistler. Both are close enough and Snoqualmie hosted a WC in the past (Stevie Peat won his first cup there in fact). That’s all a pipe dream though, but would make for an excellent back-to-back weekend ala Windham/Mt. St.Anne.
I thought they said opening Crankworx 2019? I might be wrong though. Pretty rad development at any rate.
Fucking love that hill, both sides.
Been a few years, and I really really need to go back.
ARE. YOU. F’ING. SERIOUS? sweet!
damn if true. not sure what they can do to wring the length/steepness/tech outta the terrain to make it world cup caliber...
will there be a decent crowd size FOR ONCE?
Do you seriously get your fap on over crowd size? You mention it more than Trump. Bigly times.
Ha, I don't care if 8 people show up to watch if I can watch the best riders in the world race on a real track.
At least they won't be run down a city street, or even though they are surrounding by the alps, race on a crap two minute track
with giant speed bump rollers.
But to actually answer your question, Snowshoe is in the middle of frickin nowhere so I would not expect too large of a crowd.