[Akula_7]

Top 20 got to pick their numbers. Camellinni chose 111 after some moto guy.

Not just "some Moto guy", he choose it after Jean Micheal Bayle, pretty much the only Euro to go to AMA and hand everyone their ass. A true legend, was the first dude to really start tripling stuff in SX, bone fide weapon.

Strangely SA old-man Greg Albertyn used 111 for a bit too, he's like one of Minnaar's personal heros I think!


But yeah, skids and siht...........first WC I've missed in a while so I'm itching at home, cheers for the pics and vids there Fraser, that shot of Sammy with his rudder out is about the first time his Monster jersey has looked half decent in a picture, that thing needs some serious light to "sparkle".

 

[dhkid]

track looks fun!

quite a contrast from the last world cup with everything going at warp speed.

 

[pelo]

Ya, I have seen it, it is worse. But Smiths TLD kit makes my stomach turn, He looks a Tommy Johansson or Johan Engstrom fanboy.

Haha... Where did these names pop up from? Engstrom was fast. Yes, Smith has to be a fanboy.

 

[stiksandstones]

Not just "some Moto guy", he choose it after Jean Micheal Bayle, pretty much the only Euro to go to AMA and hand everyone their ass. A true legend, was the first dude to really start tripling stuff in SX, bone fide weapon.

Strangely SA old-man Greg Albertyn used 111 for a bit too, he's like one of Minnaar's personal heros I think!


But yeah, skids and siht...........first WC I've missed in a while so I'm itching at home, cheers for the pics and vids there Fraser, that shot of Sammy with his rudder out is about the first time his Monster jersey has looked half decent in a picture, that thing needs some serious light to "sparkle".

JMB lived on my street in redondo beach during his AMA reign, I knew nothing about MX at the time, I was a full on bike geek...through him is how I got into being a MX fanboy. Cully, JMB and I rode bikes together and he was hella fit, hella nice guy too.

Camellini could dome this one.

 

[Christiaan]

Any word yet on 4X qualifying?>

 

[- seb]

Gracias.....gotta hand it to steve smith, as hideous as his bike and kit look, you know its him every time.

I was thinking exactly the same, definitely does the job doesn't it. When I was at Maribor I was trying to spot the top guys and a lot of them (esp. the SC lot) were in super-bland kit I thought, not doing themselves any favours.

 

[Cant Climb]

Morland's bike is worse....way worse...

Thoose dots look like they're off a sticker sheet from Walmart......

 

[BRIANBUELL]

Any word yet on 4X qualifying?>

1. Salidini
2. Dan Atherton
10. Lopes
13. Milan

The course is really burley full of sharp shale rock! Rudy Unrau had a big spill tasting the local soil sample, it is too bad because he was doing really well! After briefly talking to Phil the course designer, he told me that the top of the course was made before the ski season and had time to set up and harden, the bottom straight jumps were built after the snow melted and is still soft because there wasn't enough time for the features to set up yet creating a mushy mudpit. They are doing the best they can to solve this problem.

Lots of quisodillas today on the last large double, pretty fun to watch! Should be good racing, my money is on Salidini!

 

[BRIANBUELL]

1. Salidini
2. Dan Atherton
10. Lopes
13. Milan

The course is really burley full of sharp shale rock! Rudy Unrau had a big spill tasting the local soil sample, it is too bad because he was doing really well! After briefly talking to Phil the course designer, he told me that the top of the course was made before the ski season and had time to set up and harden, the bottom straight jumps were built after the snow melted and is still soft because there wasn't enough time for the features to set up yet creating a mushy mudpit. They are doing the best they can to solve this problem.

Lots of quisodillas today on the last large double, pretty fun to watch! Should be good racing, my money is on Salidini!

Oh yeah, mine and Michael's bike have not yet been delivered as promised by the airlines so we will be rocking some red Commencails(SP) and I will be wearing blue jeans and a rockgardn hoody. Most likely will be running flats which I was not intending to do. Hopefully our bikes show for SUN quali. At least I have the whole entire course memorized!!!

 

[Acadian]

There is a new video up on litter

 

[Whoops]

Rod Warner? Who's he? Related to Rob at all?

(nice vid, thanks. Love the intro)

 

[luiz carlos]

Very cool vids all....
Congratulation Freecaster and Mtbcut
The coverage this year is amazing

 

[Akula_7]

JMB lived on my street in redondo beach during his AMA reign, I knew nothing about MX at the time, I was a full on bike geek...through him is how I got into being a MX fanboy. Cully, JMB and I rode bikes together and he was hella fit, hella nice guy too.

Camellini could dome this one.

Did you have him saying "hella" by the time he finished spanking the AMA's? You should see him tapped out on a CR250 down an Olympic bobsleigh run, comedy!

As for bicycles, Cameltoe could for sure wrap up a big one this weekend, the depth of talent right through the top 30 is immense.

 

[bdamschen]

I'm pretty sure that back then people in so cal didn't say "hella", or at least no one did in San Diego...

I blame nor cal for the whole thing.

 

[Dogboy]

Rod Warmer...hahahaha. Loving the video coverage!

 

[Demomonkey]

oh right, for a sec I thought it was a troy lee.
thanks for clearing that up

Gee is sponsored by Bell Helmets.

 

[rayhaan]

Gee is sponsored by Bell Helmets.

not anymore, he was last year....

 

[- seb]

The dumb thing is I almost want to sit at home and watch the racing instead of actually getting out on my bike

 

[CBJ]

There is a new video up on litter

Its difficult to hear what they are saying due to the music.

 

[bizutch]

Can I just say that DH tracks with giant berms and moto stepdowns are "IN" and I am "JEALOUS". Gonna send Sean at Diablo a request to open up those lame berms in the last part of the course to look like Andorra berms!!!

 

[S.K.C.]

Can I just say that DH tracks with giant berms and moto stepdowns are "IN" and I am "JEALOUS". Gonna send Sean at Diablo a request to open up those lame berms in the last part of the course to look like Andorra berms!!!

Heh - still dreaming about the lower part of Utah that I took you on with the Step-up and berm section?

:biggrin:

You should see the new step-up they added next to the fire road section of the US Open course before the double step down. Pretty sweet - I'll be hitting it next weekend, so I'll let you know how it is. Looks like you can hit it wide open and clear the deck to the other side, landing just before the first step-down.

Andorra looks pretty rad - I like the tree section although I think it's gonna be a pin-ball game if it rains and gets sloppy.

Is Cedric wearing a Leatt Brace? If so - that's good to see!

Sam looked all business in that practice shot. I think he's seriously pissed after getting 2nd to Smitty at the Open - might be looking for a bit of revenge...

 

[stiksandstones]

There is a new video up on litter

How is that even possible??? I thought litter retired to go 'ride' more and polish the rims on the litter factory supermotorhome????
Total shocker

 

[Pip3r]

The dumb thing is I almost want to sit at home and watch the racing instead of actually getting out on my bike

hahah agreed

 

[stiksandstones]

Them 'mtbcut' guys are doing some cool vids as well....so cool to have this stuff in 08'.

 

[stiksandstones]

Did 4x qualis results ever get mentioned?

 

[MttyTee]

Track looks sweet, can't wait to see some race runs!

 

[stiksandstones]

From http://www.annekebeerten.com/news.asp

4x track, lips of jumps....so ghetto;

 

[big-ted]

The dumb thing is I almost want to sit at home and watch the racing instead of actually getting out on my bike

lol. I'm not quite that bad, but I am considering taking my laptop to a race, including camping in an undoubtedly muddy field, on the off-chance I can get a wireless connection!

 

[Damo]

WTF???

 

[RMboy]

Anyone read the dirt blog about the track. Like you guys have said they are not liking it, something like 2mins long..lol sound more like an British DH race than a WC one

 

[dhkid]

the newest vids are showing that the riders are starting to like the course.

i could be wrong but wasn't there a year where mt st anne was under two minutes? still makes for awesome racing!!

#looks for earth 1 now.#

yea it was, 1.14.17, peats winning time. MSA 02.

 

[rockwool]

Haha... Where did these names pop up from? Engstrom was fast. Yes, Smith has to be a fanboy.

Ohh, he's a friend of Swedes and Finns, took a piss in Åre once..

 

[General Lee]

I know Cedric owns a bar on the mountain (the Podium) but I didn't know he had a bike shop too. He totally must feel like king of the castle when he's back home.

 

[Transcend]

Yup Pit stop is just around the corner from podium (other side of the gondola building).

 

[c2001]

MTX quali results: you have to click the pdf link on uci site

1. 66 FRA19861010 SALADINI Romain FRA TEAM SUNN 49.30
Course length : 700 m / 0.43 Mile - Average Speed : 51.12 Kmh / 31.76 Mph
2. 77 GBR19820125 ATHERTON Dan GBR ANIMAL COMMENCAL 49.92 +0.62
3. 76 FRA19800826 DELDYCKE Mickael FRA 50.18 +0.88
4. 70 GER19760514 TSCHUGG Guido GER 50.19 +0.89
5. 79 FRA19780323 GRACIA Cédric FRA COMMENCAL - FURIOUS - OAK 50.30 +1.00
6. 68 CZE19850705 TATARKOVIC Kamil CZE SUZUKI-RB 50.61 +1.31
7. 80 GER19780620 MEYENBORG Sascha GER 51.42 +2.12
8. 69 NED19830330 MEIJER Jurg NED 51.49 +2.19
9. 67 NED19780519 WICHMAN Joost NED CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING 51.61 +2.31
10. 93 FRA19850624 DERBIER Quentin FRA 51.74 +2.44
11. 65 USA19710906 LOPES Brian USA 51.92 +2.62
12. 72 GER19880304 FISCHBACH Johannes GER TEAM GHOST INTERNATIONAL 52.05 +2.75
13. 75 SUI19870716 GSPAN Dominik SUI 52.08 +2.78
14. 100 CZE19870217 MECHURA Lukas CZE CHAIN REACTION CYCLE 52.11 +2.81
15. 83 USA19781205 MILAN Ross USA YETI FOX SHOX FACTORY RAC 52.29 +2.99
16. 140 SVK19861021 PIRMAN Rastislav SVK 4 ELEMENTS YET 53.05 +3.75
17. 111 USA19860628 HADERER Michael Robert USA 53.54 +4.24
18. 84 SVK19870522 VITKO Matej SVK 53.70 +4.40
19. 88 NED19860215 VAN VEGHEL Joey NED 53.80 +4.50
20. 74 ESP19810301 ALVAREZ DE LARA LUCA R ESP 53.82 +4.52
21. 118 ECU19840125 JARRIN MOLINA Mario Jo ECU 54.39 +5.09
22. 145 SUI19880303 SCHMID Reto SUI 54.63 +5.33
23. 87 SUI19831216 GERBER Sidney SUI 54.66 +5.36
24. 110 GBR19870520 SIMMONDS Matthew GBR CHAIN REACTION CYCLE 54.73 +5.43
25. 86 GBR19890907 LACEY Lewis GBR 54.74 +5.44
26. 92 AUT19820811 SIEDL Nicolas AUT 55.03 +5.73
27. 121 USA19770315 STERNBERG Lars USA 55.14 +5.84
28. 90 GBR19810310 WARDELL Dave GBR 55.19 +5.89
29. 130 GER19850429 SCHÄFER Thomas GER 55.36 +6.06
30. 144 GER19860316 GOTTSCHLICH Florian GER 55.76 +6.46
31. 132 FRA19800813 FAURY Matthieu FRA 55.87 +6.57
32. 124 FRA19890618 BOISSIN Bruno FRA 55.92 +6.62
33. 73 GBR19780602 BEAUMONT Scott GBR ROCKY MOUNTAIN UK 56.01 +6.71
34. 81 SLO19870518 FRANK Tilen SLO TEAM SCOTT LACTAT 56.20 +6.90
35. 82 GBR19741123 LONGDEN Will GBR TEAM BIKE RADAR 56.28 +6.98
36. 112 GBR19910216 KERR Bernard ° GBR 56.29 +6.99
37. 105 ITA19840908 GEMME Federico Mattia ITA 56.55 +7.25
38. 85 GBR19841006 EVANS William GBR 56.70 +7.40
39. 143 NZL19900324 WALKER Matthew ° NZL 56.97 +7.67
40. 113 SUI19820530 KIENER Adrian SUI 57.09 +7.79
41. 134 GBR19890403 CAMPBELL-JENNER Patric GBR 57.12 +7.82
42. 102 SUI19851220 WEISS Adrian SUI TOMAC FACTORY RACING 57.26 +7.96
43. 116 AUT19890419 WARMUTH Thomas AUT 4 ELEMENTS YET 57.76 +8.46
44. 141 FRA19850123 MORLAND Jeremy FRA 58.00 +8.70
45. 95 AUT19800707 BUBLA Thomas AUT 58.05 +8.75
46. 142 ARG19750618 ALVARO Diego ARG 58.73 +9.43
47. 135 ESP19841221 CARRASCO MORERA Borja ESP 58.82 +9.52
48. 103 SUI19900406 GSPAN Nicolas ° SUI 59.21 +9.91
49. 101 FRA19830911 GADOIS Ludovic FRA 59.34 + 10.04
50. 115 ESP19820305 VICENTE MERIDA Joan ESP 1:00.02 + 10.72
51. 128 FRA19871115 GATEAU Vincent FRA 1:01.66 + 12.36
52. 89 CZE19880308 TEJCHMAN Premek CZE 1:02.49 + 13.19
53. 117 AUT19790903 ROSCHNER Peter AUT 4 ELEMENTS YET 1:02.54 + 13.24
54. 106 ESP19891031 GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Juan ESP 1:02.93 + 13.63
55. 136 GER19861104 HANKO Adrian GER SOLID ACLASS FACTORY TEAM 1:04.13 + 14.83
56. 99 ITA19840220 RAVIZZINI Federico ITA 1:04.71 + 15.41
57. 98 AUS19860714 SCARR Mitchell AUS 1:06.91 + 17.61
58. 108 ESP19900103 FERREIRO PAJUELO Anton °ESP MASSI 1:07.76 + 18.46
59. 104 SUI19880730 FREI Martin SUI 1:10.01 + 20.71

 

[Pip3r]

MTX quali results: you have to click the pdf link on uci site

17. 111 USA19860628 HADERER Michael Robert USA 53.54 +4.24

Nice one Mikey!

 

[NY_Star]

IS the freecaster feed on yet?

 

[norbar]

He's got it all. Living in a nice warm resort with long summer, own bike shop, bar and a nice contract with one of the best bike companies.

Sb fix me sth like that

 

[Transcend]

How to ride a rut 101, with Brendan Fairclough.

 

[sayndesyn]

Warner cracks me up.