[slimshady]

Fuck me am I dense sometimes.

Dunno, maybe he was so high he forgot where did he stash it... That's also a valid option...

 

[schwaaa31]

Snowshoe is going to be a shit show. Or maybe no shit show at all.
Snowshoe World Cup + Covid Chaos - The Hub - Mountain Biking Forums / Message Boards - Vital MTB

 

[Inclag]

Gwin not named to Team USA World Champs List...

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/usa-names-47-rider-squad-for-val-di-sole-world-champs.html

 

[canadmos]

Gwin not named to Team USA World Champs List...

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/usa-names-47-rider-squad-for-val-di-sole-world-champs.html

 

[dump]

Been saying it for a few years now. Few seem to agree.

 

[jonKranked]

Been saying it for a few years now. Few seem to agree.

i looked it up on roots and rain a while back, last time he was on a WC podium was 2018.

 

[schwaaa31]

Looks like he missed the filing deadline. https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/Gwin-not-representing-US-at-World-Championships-WTF,11268

 

[canadmos]

Looks like he missed the filing deadline. https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/Gwin-not-representing-US-at-World-Championships-WTF,11268

He said he's never had do it, as only the champion doesn't have to submit a petition. So either the rules changed or..... ? As he's not won the national champs a few times.

 

[jonKranked]

He said he's never had do it, as only the champion doesn't have to submit a petition. So either the rules changed or..... ? As he's not won the national champs a few times.

maybe he forgot like vdp "forgot" that ramp was gonna be removed at the olympics

 

[ebarker9]

Sounds like he only signed a letter of intent.

 

[fwp]

That sucks, although I wouldn't have bet on him, That Val Di sole track would have been his best shot.

 

[Fool]

I thought he does all his own research on a topic

 

[trib]

As pointed out on the Vital thread on this; if his team mate Neko had to go through the petition process, how come Gwin had no idea he had to as well? Not to put the blame on Neko, but surely at some point he looked at the forms he’s filing and thought ‘hang on, my teammate doesn’t fit the criteria for an automatic place, maybe I should see what he’s up to with this’.
Weird stuff all round

 

[schwaaa31]

As pointed out on the Vital thread on this; if his team mate Neko had to go through the petition process, how come Gwin had no idea he had to as well? Not to put the blame on Neko, but surely at some point he looked at the forms he’s filing and thought ‘hang on, my teammate doesn’t fit the criteria for an automatic place, maybe I should see what he’s up to with this’.
Weird stuff all round

Or maybe his team manager/owner, AKA, Aaron Gwin should’ve been aware of the process to begin with?

 

[trib]

Or maybe his team manager/owner, AKA, Aaron Gwin should’ve been aware of the process to begin with?

Yeah poor wording, I just don’t understand the team dynamic there that allowed that to happen. It’s Gwin who should be taking responsibility though, not Neko.

 

[dump]

Yeah poor wording, I just don’t understand the team dynamic there that allowed that to happen. It’s Gwin who should be taking responsibility though, not Neko.

Sounds like a team in need of a manager.

 

[jstuhlman]

the lord is his manager and the lord shall provideth for him, no? i mean, he providethed a mclaren and a mcmansion, so...

 

[Kurt_80]

As pointed out on the Vital thread on this; if his team mate Neko had to go through the petition process, how come Gwin had no idea he had to as well? Not to put the blame on Neko, but surely at some point he looked at the forms he’s filing and thought ‘hang on, my teammate doesn’t fit the criteria for an automatic place, maybe I should see what he’s up to with this’.
Weird stuff all round

The mechanic probably submitted the wrong form

 

[slimshady]

The mechanic probably submitted the wrong form

Actually, it was a pre-production form.

 

[Westy]

He thought the top five racers were automatically included. Perhaps he doesn't realize he isn't in the top 5 anymore.

 

[6thElement]

Gwin now out from World Champs with his injured back.

Maybe it didn't sign a letter of intent.

 

[schwaaa31]

World Cup meets slope style? Not sure how this will work at the end of a track. Unless some people gap the whole thing. https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/Snowshoe-World-Cup-DH-Finish-Feature,11287#post_58643

 

[dump]

World Cup meets slope style? Not sure how this will work at the end of a track. Unless some people gap the whole thing. https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/Snowshoe-World-Cup-DH-Finish-Feature,11287#post_58643

Looks like a pretty massive pull up off the ramp to gap the whole thing.

 

[jonKranked]

gah the people crying about slopestyle are the ones that probably couldn't make it down that track in the first place.

 

[jstuhlman]

that thing has no place on a dh track. gtfo.
change my mind

 

[jonKranked]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

says the guy that's not even going

 

[toodles]

They'll probably tape it so wide no one will hit it aside from getting some banger pics in practice.

 

[schwaaa31]

gah the people crying about slopestyle are the ones that probably couldn't make it down that track in the first place.

Gee whiz. I feel attacked.

For real though. I think it looks terrible. Hopefully the pictures are deceiving and I’ll eat my words.

 

[jonKranked]

Gee whiz. I feel attacked.

For real though. I think it looks terrible. Hopefully the pictures are deceiving and I’ll eat my words.

based on some of the responses when vital posted it to FB, you'd think snowshoe removed every single rock from the rest of the track and killed greg minnaar with them.

yea, i'd rather it not be there, but i have better things to do with my time than lose my shit over it.

 

[fwp]

Seeing how close the race was in 2019, it would be a crime for a world cup race, or even a series overall, to be decided by that stupid wooden feature 20 feet from the finish.
Whoever came up with the idea for the "moonbooter" at Snowshoe, which nobody actually jumped in their race run, doubled down with this garbage.

 

[jonKranked]

Seeing how close the race was in 2019, it would be a crime for a world cup race, or even a series overall, to be decided by that stupid wooden feature 20 feet from the finish.
Whoever came up with the idea for the "moonbooter" at Snowshoe, which nobody actually jumped in their race run, doubled down with this garbage.

They could have buried a 50 yard long stretch of boulders. Instead we got this, which I guess is better than a container drop to spinning out.

 

[6thElement]

They could have buried a 50 yard long stretch of boulders

That's the landing off the booter.

 

[Rhubarb]

Had to check out said feature. That's the stupidest thing I've seen for a DH track. I would like to say it's a work in progress but it looks shit so far.

 

[anonDH]

I bet Gwin retires next year

 

[boogenman]

Is Sam Hill going to retire?

 

[jonKranked]

Is Sam Hill going to retire?

to ebike enduro racing this time, maybe.

 

[jackalope]

to ebike enduro racing this time, maybe.

At the risk of being accused of "not caring about enduro" like a certain grumpy Scottish monkey, I wonder if the EWS has added much more XC flat & uphill portions to the timed sections so that DH specialist (who aren't super fit) can't dominate anymore. Obviously Sam was plenty fit over the past few seasons, but now you have to be Nino Schurter fit and have preternatural DH skills, and this was just a bridge too far for him. Well that and he's pretty old now (and being a dad automatically makes you 20% slower). Maybe our resident EWS expert @toodles can chime in about the timed sections this season compared to previous seasons. I may be making it up, but every time I watch a new Jesse Marmalade POV race run it seems like he's raging up a hill for 5 minutes in-between DH sections.

 

[bdamschen]

At the risk of being accused of "not caring about enduro" like a certain grumpy Scottish monkey, I wonder if the EWS has added much more XC flat & uphill portions to the timed sections so that DH specialist (who aren't super fit) can't dominate anymore. Obviously Sam was plenty fit over the past few seasons, but now you have to be Nino Schurter fit and have preternatural DH skills, and this was just a bridge too far for him. Well that and he's pretty old now (and being a dad automatically makes you 20% slower). Maybe our resident EWS expert @toodles can chime in about the timed sections this season compared to previous seasons. I may be making it up, but every time I watch a new Jesse Marmalade POV race run it seems like he's raging up a hill for 5 minutes in-between DH sections.

If so, the two DH specialists sitting at the top of the standings seem to have adapted nicely.

 

[boogenman]

to ebike enduro racing this time, maybe.

I rode a real E MTB over the weekend, it was pretty cool. I don't see myself getting one anytime soon. It's a lot of money and I need all the exercise I can get.
I don't understand how it's considered a sport when you race one.

 

[jackalope]

If so, the two DH specialists sitting at the top of the standings seem to have adapted nicely.

Yeah, I figured someone would bring up Jack, but I think he's the rare Schurter/Minnaar combo I was alluding to. Is Rude considered a DH specialist? I may be splitting hairs at this point, but I wasn't aware he ever was that successful at WC DH (although to be fair Yeti hasn't has a proper DH bike in eons so there's that). Regardless, my belabored theory (which admittedly is based on the same research techniques anti-vaxxers use) is that the timed sections have moar ENDUROnce in them now and Sam's like "yeah, yeah no...bring me that there e-sled"