[William42]

That goddamn spider seems to pop up every time I look at this page.

Which leads me to my prediction: Loic will be up by 5 seconds, and then run into one of those demonspawns webs, and subsequently be eaten.

Kidwoo will not notice the part where he gets eaten.

 

[4130biker]

Fuck this race to hell! Just kidding

 

[toodles]

It looks like it was built in the 90s. Rough stuff but only right after a 90 degree come to a stop turn. Then just some switchbacks and bike park one line, one speed shit.

ick

Yep, but at least we didn't make them go to Canberra this time.

they didn't want a second north america event (windham) because it was "too expensive". so they send the circus to australia instead.

To be fair, Aussies and Kiwis do make the top 10 fairly consistently. Might be worth giving us some local-ish rounds now and then, even if the only courses that meet UCI WC requirements aren't our best ones.

I've suddenly discovered that I strongly dislike Australian WC's. 11:30pm start is going to be rough.

As someone who has to be up at midnight on a Sunday night/Monday morning to watch most WCs - suck it up princess.

 

[tabletop84]

this looks akward af:

just hope that the conditions get getter

 

[Flo33]

this looks akward af:

just hope that the conditions get getter

You realized this vid is from 2014 did you?

 

[Gary]

11:30pm start is going to be rough.

Every cloud Son... Every cloud...

 

[Mo(n)arch]

Trackwalk:
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/jungle-boogie-trackwalk-cairns-dh-world-cup-2.html

 

[TrumbullHucker]

Claudio:


http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Helmet-Cam-from-Cairns-World-Cup-with-Claudio-Caluori,31340/sspomer,2?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=spotlight

 

[Sandwich]

Brosnan
Gwin
smith
Bruni
Bryceland

 

[tabletop84]

You realized this vid is from 2014 did you?

yeah sure I just posted it becaus it would suck if it rains... also the track doesn't look very exciting...

 

[Flo33]

yeah sure I just posted it becaus it would suck if it rains... also the track doesn't look very exciting...

Oh, sorry, misunderstood you.

 

[Bikael Molton]

that course preview was hella pixelated. And that first rock garden looks like some mountain creak bullshit.

 

[William42]

My brain says Gwin is going to win 5/6 races this year (or at least, he's going to win every one of them save one), and my heart says this is the one Brosnan wins!

 

[kidwoo]

I bet Mike Day or Jared Graves could win on that track.

 

[dump]

Cairns WC will henceforth be known as Sea Cassowary!

 

[Mo(n)arch]

 

[Dogboy]

I bet Mike Day or Jared Graves could win on that track.

Hmmm, don't think so.

 

[slimshady]

Dear Jeebus, that rockgarden has moar pockets to catch your front wheel than a photographer's vest!

 

[William42]

Man, the professional WC racers sure go a lot faster through the whoops than I do.

http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/features/Vital-RAW-Hauling-Ass-at-the-Cairns-World-Cup,31348/sspomer,2

 

[norbar]

Man, the professional WC racers sure go a lot faster through the whoops than I do.

Maybe the solution to become faster through the whoops is to become a professional WC racer.

 

[Mo(n)arch]

Damn, Gwin is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast.

 

[slimshady]

Damn, Gwin is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast.

Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee!

 

[4130biker]

Damn, Gwin is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast.

Fast and low!

 

[gemini2k]

Damn, Gwin is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast.

Yeah, he has a completely different style than anyone else through those sections. Crazy.

 

[profro]

One rock garden does not make a WC track....

Ugh.

I know racing is racing, but geeze what turd course to spectate the worlds best racers compete on.

 

[Kurt_80]

One rock garden does not make a WC track....

Ugh.

I know racing is racing, but geeze what turd course to spectate the worlds best racers compete on.

Ouch. I've ridden in that area myself, some epic trails... I can say it doesn't translate that well to video.

Ratboy seems to like it?

 

[William42]

One rock garden does not make a WC track....

Ugh.

I know racing is racing, but geeze what turd course to spectate the worlds best racers compete on.

Eh, the worlds best spectators will make up for it.

 

[profro]

Yeah, perhaps it doesn't translate well on film. That happens a lot, but those berms up top look like they were made for early 2000's wheelbase numbers. Maybe it will rain again and make it exciting to watch.

 

[Dogboy]

Ratboy seems to like it?

Stevie Smith too. But what do they know?

 

[profro]

Stevie Smith too. But what do they know?

Are they spectating?

 

[kidwoo]

Hmmm, don't think so.

Watch claudio's helmet cam. That shit is more tiled up now than the taj mahal.

That wasn't (completely) an insult on the track. Mike Day and Jared Graves are pretty good bike riders. I think you'll hear about these young up and comers a lot in the future.

 

[Bikael Molton]

Welcome to the second stop of the 2016 Crankworx Air DH World Cup.

 

[norbar]

Yeah, perhaps it doesn't translate well on film. That happens a lot, but those berms up top look like they were made for early 2000's wheelbase numbers. Maybe it will rain again and make it exciting to watch.

I like those turns. Yes they are not high speed but they do seem deep/high enough to be fun.

 

[Gary]

berms up top look like they were made for early 2000's wheelbase numbers.

honestly can't tell if serious

 

[profro]

honestly can't tell if serious

 

[epic]

Only nine women listed in time training. Is that the entire women's field?

 

[norbar]

Only nine women listed in time training. Is that the entire women's field?

Maybe they are afraid of spiders.

 

[kidwoo]

I am

 

[toodles]

I know racing is racing, but geeze what turd course to spectate the worlds best racers compete on.

Anything in a rainforest will be hard to get good vantage points unfortunately. Brazil had the same issue from memory, with only a couple of open sections. Unfortunately, the open sections for good camera coverage are also the most pedestrian, so it ends up looking like a highway for the Redbull coverage depending on the number of cameras they use.

At least the spectators that made it to the event can get themselves decent vantage points.

Nothing is going to beat the coverage we got from that WC (I think Val d'Isère? Where Bulldog won?) where the had the cameras mounted on the mountain opposite and could follow the riders the whole way down in perfect clear weather. That was brilliant.

 

[kidwoo]

Big Mac won in Viking land. And yeah that vantage was awesome.


Don't forget how completely good the camera footage at Lourdes just was. I don't know if it's time away from races but I don't remember ever having that many cameras on a course. That was really incredible coverage......all just people standing along the track too.