Come on Steve!!!!!
2010 World Chamionships Mont Sainte-Anne - Live Thread
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The top few guys are definitely getting the short end of the stick.
SamHill is an alien. The next E.T.
Peat's on track and it's raining HARD!
Big congrats to Sam!
Is that Steve Smiths first podium at worlds/world cup level?
So was the rain that bad, say like 5-7 seconds bad or did Sam have a real killer run?
Either way he held his cards pretty close to his chest the last week or so!
So was the rain that bad, say like 5-7 seconds bad or did Sam have a real killer run?
Either way he held his cards pretty close to his chest the last week or so!
Good for Sam but much more psyched for Stevie Smith.
Sh***********t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing Steve Smith held it with the mistake at the end. Great for him. Both watching him at Windham live and on the computer he looks relaxed on the bike like he is not going fast at all - I only mean this as a something positive.
Hill back after an injury - nice I can go back to being a fan boy again
Hill back after an injury - nice I can go back to being a fan boy again
Yes...remember Hill in Champery some years ago...he was unlucky
Now the luck was on your side.
Going back to the juniors, I think Lew Buchanan had a crash in the top section. He lost by 9 seconds, and 8 seconds of that was in the top split, and I think I just saw it on the crash-compilation that freecaster are showing at the moment. They don't broadcast juniors, but I think the cameras are on and filming.
Bucking hell!! Stevie Smith was bucking lucky to keep that together!
Steve and Greg still had the fastest speeds at at 64.4 and 64.1K respectively, Sam was back in in 24th w/ a 61.5.
And let's give the boy some credit, how many times has he come down last in the worst conditions and smokes the field? Tore his ACL right before the season started, blew his shoulder up at Ft. William, blah, blah blah. . . . pretty f'ing impressive.
Great to see Stevie Smith ride up to his potential and his 'quali' splits for a change!
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feed was perfect for me and worth $6.
nice to see gwin up there - it's funny reading a few comments here about how he wouldn't be a contender, then watching the pro interviews and every one of them puts gwin as a real possibility with his only real weakness being his lack of experience.
props to steve smith - great run and nice recovery to go 2nd.
can't wait for the freecaster 2010 dvd to be available.
godammit greg herbold bugs the sh!t out of me.
feed was perfect for me and worth $6.
nice to see gwin up there - it's funny reading a few comments here about how he wouldn't be a contender, then watching the pro interviews and every one of them puts gwin as a real possibility with his only real weakness being his lack of experience.
props to steve smith - great run and nice recovery to go 2nd.
can't wait for the freecaster 2010 dvd to be available.
godammit greg herbold bugs the sh!t out of me.
Damn, Hill is a beast. Conditions are what makes this racing so great. To be faster than the dudes in the dry, it all comes down to best man on that day and NO ONE had more to prove than Sam.
god damn.
god damn.
Was happy to pay to watch, but must admit I was a bit disappointed after all the talk of so many cameras on course. 3/4 of the track was never shown, which wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't all the high speed nastiness that makes Ste Anne what it is. . . missed opportunity really
Then everything you say is tainted with stupid. If you knew about the innovations Herbold brought (and still brings!) to downhill technology, you'd shut your tween mouth.
His racing years aside, he pushed technology back when there was little to be pushed.
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This. Missed viewing indeed - why we were stuck with a taped delay feed as riders made it to the first split is strange.
What does that have to do with being bugged by the guy? Just because he does a lot doesn't mean he can't annoy somebody.Then everything you say is tainted with stupid. If you knew about the innovations Herbold brought (and still brings!) to downhill technology, you'd shut your tween mouth.
His racing years aside, he pushed technology back when there was little to be pushed.
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I don't care about Sam winning, although good job. Steve Smith is the story here. What a goddam beast! Could this be the return (w/ Gwin) of NA racers to the podium?
and you know how long i've been following dh racing and how old i am how, exactly? that's what i thought.
just because the guy bugs me doesn't mean i don't respect what he's brought to this sport and even though i respect what he's done doesn't mean i have to like listening to him talk.
great race to watch...sOOOoo how much time do you guys think Stevie Smith lost at the bottom ? 1-2 sec ? Enough to loose it or perhaps he would have taken it ? Either I say this is going to give him a big confidence boost for next year...GAME ON !!!
That was a checkers-or-wreckers move w/o a doubt. Had he stuck that, he would have gained time. I'd say he let 2-3 seconds go with the bull-ride (way to ride that sh*t out - what a beast!!!), so probably a 4-5 second swing.
That's racing!
As far as the rain effecting the top guys, I don't think it was that much different - at worse, it made some riders stick to the conventional lines would be my guess. Of course, as it potentially could be pointed out, I wasn't there.
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Rain must've looked worse on camera. I was trackside and it was never more than a gentle shower. Sam would've won anyway IMO. 2.6s is a big gap.
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. I often forget that downhill discussion on the internet is Serious Business.)Fair enough, though it may help to qualify your comments when you say someone "bugs the sh!t" out of you. Like, in a general sense, or you just don't like the way he talks? Because there are a few top stars today who talk like they have permanent speech impairment due to head injury.
But who wouldn't think Herbold is annoying next to a measured and engaging color man like Warner. What a treat he is! We get recycled one-liners, homophobic jokes, and general microphone drool from a guy who has trouble remembering who just left the start gate.
In a general sense, I assume posters here have a very limited exposure to downhill history. Maybe I'm wrong.
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generalizations aplenty here.
To be fair that Wayne Croasdale story was pretty funny.
I'm shooting blind here. Haven't seen a thing of the vid, just you guys comments. Maybe the rain was on a different section of the course than where you were. I can only imagine how friggin' big that mountain must be to be that open and still such a long track time wise.
Kinda stinks that I didn't get to see it and that there is a "cloud" over the victor since in Worlds there is no "rain tactic" like in the Cup races. That's IF that were the case. If the top guys say the rain was the same for them all, then good on gimpy the Aus.
I was there and talked to quite a few people who were spread up and down the course, and from about the womens final on-wards, it was just on and off steady rain. No downpours. Anyone who thinks it down-poured after Sams' run and before the final 3 is talking out of their ass.
Sam without a doubt deserved this win, But Stevie Smiths 2nd place was THE best.
Sam without a doubt deserved this win, But Stevie Smiths 2nd place was THE best.
I did like the old guy stories. Great racing all around though. Just wish they'd show the "test" feeds from the junior races.
It really wasn't my intent to offend anyone here. I get worked up when my early idols get brushed aside for the new hotness. Apologies, beers, cheers, etc.
Great to see Sam Hill smile. I can't imagine the pressure he feels each race; I take him for someone who's devoted his life to the sport to such an extent that success in it solely defines him.
its really too bad steve smith didnt get it, it would have been cool to have a canadian win it at home, and the fact that he has never placed that high before
Yeah its such a shame he got bucked by that Revolt. That DW Delta bronko link quite probably cost him the gold... 
Nice one Sam Hill, Troy Brosnan and well done to Specialized for 2 World Champs today.
4 Brits in the Top 8 in the mens too, sweet.
Especially well done to our girl Tracy for her first gold!
Nice one Sam Hill, Troy Brosnan and well done to Specialized for 2 World Champs today.
4 Brits in the Top 8 in the mens too, sweet.
Especially well done to our girl Tracy for her first gold!