That first video was really fast riding to me.http://www.pinkbike.com/video/168351/
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/167985/
if you guys want, i can keep them coming, i have a bundle
im sorry, youre wrongThe east coast, rocks, etc... stopped being funny a long time ago.
at the 1:03 mark is where I had my first Decline picture taken, with George Ryan and Brian Smith behind me!
i thought we were talking about roxs, not rocks. lame, show me some steep gnarly **** with cliffs on the side.
Im from California and now live in the south. I love the west coast for weather but honestly Windrock puts Mammoth and SB to shame and was similar rock gnar-nis to N* except Windrock is much steeper and has more elevation.No doubt, like pebbles on a mole hill. You East Coast guys have runs that actually break triple digits in elevation? Haha.
Crappy pic, but Mammoth (and SB, Tahoe, etc) has some mean, steep, real rock gardens, not these smooth slabs you folks ride on.
West Coast! TuPac for life!
the joke, you missed it
I wanna play!
First run ever down the trail, so I had to hike back up a section I hosed. Don't laugh at the leaky single crown or retarded long brake line, I had just had my actual DH bike stolen and built this one from things I found in my garage
Try to guess the coast
at the 1:03 mark is where I had my first Decline picture taken, with George Ryan and Brian Smith behind me!
Hmmm. Interesting perspective. Having been lucky enough in my relatvely short riding career to have ridden every SB, N*, Mammoth, and windrock trail (and the diablo trails in the vids!) I'd respectfully disagree. As hacktastic said no one is calling SB steep, well except for one trail, which very few people in SB ride. In fact, I'd say SB trails are probably the flatest DH trails I've ever ridden. They are however much rockier and more physically demanding than most other trails. Hell I still can't do completely non-stop runs on most of them. Northstar ain't much steeper either, except for a few isolated sections on dogbone/karpiel. However, windrock isn't that steep either. Definitely steeper than the previously mentioned areas, but certainly not the ZOMFG STEEP TECH its made out to be so often. It's pretty "standard" DH trail steepness IMO. Mammoth however, has some trails that are quite steep and technical. But the big joke is that all of the previously mentioned trails and riding areas are flat highways with velcro dirt compared to some of the shuttle trails in southern and central california.Im from California and now live in the south. I love the west coast for weather but honestly Windrock puts Mammoth and SB to shame and was similar rock gnar-nis to N* except Windrock is much steeper and has more elevation.
Tough to beat runs down SB and finish on the coast though
Actually I think we mostly agree.However, windrock isn't that steep either. Definitely steeper than the previously mentioned areas
If only you could actually link up slayer to ripper. That would be a killer run. I've done the deceit to ripper run a few times and I usually hit deceit pretty clean and then make some stupid mistake on an easy part of ripper. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson by now, haha.Smooth riding! The videos just do not do Deceit justice. Where is the BMW video or Slayer for a single diamond is pretty tech. Slayer or Deciet to Ripper!
Having been lucky enough in my relatvely short riding career to have ridden every windrock trail
pvssy.And hell, I think Southern Rocks is a "once per year" trail for me, even if I lived there.
No you have not.
pvssy.
SB and Northstar are basically flat with isolated steep sections. Mammoth has more steep stuff than either of them.
None of them are the "steep" stuff that the west coast is known for.
I've seen some elevation profiles of Windrock and it looked pretty flat though? Looks fun in the helmet cams, but hard to believe it has 2k+ of elevation.