the one time i was at bromont i rode part of one of their pro race courses, i don't think it was their WC one (i seem to recall that was on the backside of the mountain and we'd have had to find a way around the mountain back to the lift), but it was gnarly as shit. and also raining.
Yeah they had another course on the regular side, which has some super gnarly sections.
Yep, and it's right under the lift. I remember wanting to ride it but not wanting to fvck it up in front of an audience. Those 2 or 3 front side trails were pretty gnarly off of the top. A friend rode all of about 100yds on the first day before ending up in the hospital with stitches...probably shouldn't have chose that one for a warm up run..
Yeah they had another course on the regular side, which has some super gnarly sections.
The world cup side has its own chair lift and much more trails now, but I think that lift only runs on the weekend.
Sadly last year when we visited Bromont, the section of the World Cup trail that I referenced looks like it is being returned to nature...
1:33-1:43 is what sketched me out every time
I managed to get my only concussion (I think) on that track... in the janky rocky 180° berm after that poop in your pants section... I didn't get knocked out, but I was groggy for a bit, and as I sat up to gather my wits, the rider that came to help me pick up the pieces was a young woman with the most beautiful ice-blue, husky eyes I've ever seen. It was as though I were being visited by an angel...
I think the track on the main side was used for the WC in the late 90s... There's some pretty cool videos floating around from the NORBA days with riders hitting the bridge down at the bottom. The new track on the back side was built when the WC came back in the early teens...Yeah they had another course on the regular side, which has some super gnarly sections.
The world cup side has its own chair lift and much more trails now, but I think that lift only runs on the weekend.
Sadly last year when we visited Bromont, the section of the World Cup trail that I referenced looks like it is being returned to nature...
1:33-1:43 is what sketched me out every time
Thanks, wife wanted to watch the XC which just finished. So might try and set it up for the mens and have it ready in case required for DH tomorrow.
Markus Pekoll is commenting for the German audio and is gonna do it from Red Bull headquarters in Thalheim Salzburg he told me last week. I'm gonna meet him Tuesday or Wednesday and can ask where Warner is/was if you care.
Guess that's probably where Rob and Jose are too then.
Was that an opening weekend, when you picked up your DH bike?
No. That's the restaurant/racing museum/home of the RB aerobatics team.
