really sad they are not giving out the vacines for the young people /s
Maribor WC 2021
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in the US there are vaccines that have received EUA for ages 12 and up. not all of them mind you, but they are available. for these ages.
*note - i follow this particular topic closely as my kids are 4 and 6.
The only reason he would not be vaccinated at this point would be personal or medical.
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Every thread is a covid thread if you try hard enough. I don't understand why as an athlete you would not get vaccinated. You live your life on the ragged edge to maintain a high level of fitness for your job, why fuck it up with highly contagious virus that can give you a permanent orange afro and scar your innards like bong hits from burning asbestos
1) Bummer for Dak. I'm no Dr. Foucci, but peeps can still test positive for covid after getting the vaccine. Conspiracies abound. One of them being there are some placebo vaccines out there and is known. But you have to recite the Stonecutters song from The Simpsons to be in the know. (that last bit I made up, cuz its teh monkey)
2) This World Champs w/ Gwin reminds me of the Canberry (sp?) World Champs where Peat won. Remember Brian Lopes pretty much forcing his way on the team only to have a very disappointing finish? If that's the case, let the young guys give it a go and have a very disappointing finish. At least they can learn from the experience.
3) I am looking forward to drinking '"Breakfast Beers" (grapefruit sculpin FTW) while watching DH racing.
2) This World Champs w/ Gwin reminds me of the Canberry (sp?) World Champs where Peat won. Remember Brian Lopes pretty much forcing his way on the team only to have a very disappointing finish? If that's the case, let the young guys give it a go and have a very disappointing finish. At least they can learn from the experience.
3) I am looking forward to drinking '"Breakfast Beers" (grapefruit sculpin FTW) while watching DH racing.
Remember when Aaron Gwin's Main Sponsor worked a promo, covering an entire residential street in topsoil? And Gwinny the Pooh rode a Mountain Bike down it?? Came off with an Audi sedan in the end IIRC.
Gwin will get a flat or some horseshit. But have his name broadcast across the airwaves and get some good edits/
Nice Pajamas though.
Can he petition the virus to leave his system? Can USAC step in?
I'll be tuning in to the Vital thread to read about how the pandemic is a conspiracy.
Seriously, crap news for Norton. Hope he's fine, and healthy, for Worlds.
My favorite part of that vital thread is some saying how Greg and sven blame him for ending the WC party scene. I wonder how gwin feels about being called a party pooper by the GOAT
Holy crap, the bad luck just won't stop for Holl...(from the Maribor IXS Cup race)
"On the women's side, Vali Höll qualified fastest by more than 15 seconds over Mille Johnset, with the rest of the top five qualifying women within three seconds of Mille Johnset. In finals, a poorly-timed flat tire meant that Vali missed her start and it was Mille who opened a gap over the rest of the field.."
Is she cursed? Did she sell her soul to the Gwin?
"On the women's side, Vali Höll qualified fastest by more than 15 seconds over Mille Johnset, with the rest of the top five qualifying women within three seconds of Mille Johnset. In finals, a poorly-timed flat tire meant that Vali missed her start and it was Mille who opened a gap over the rest of the field.."
Is she cursed? Did she sell her soul to the Gwin?
that was sarcasm. a elite racer who wants to race overseas should be vaccinated. if not, he‘s most likely american*
*in this case, that’s the diagnosis
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Pretty sure that's spelled "Kaaron" Gwin.
As for Vali, how does a flat cause someone to miss their start? Pinch rolling up to the start gate?
Hope she gets this bad luck behind her and starts fulfilling her promise.
A flat can be bad luck, but crashing at the end of race runs tends to be more of a fitness/maturity issue.
How about a crash in both WC races and then a flat that makes you miss your start? All of which came after qualify first by a large margin...sounds like a voodoo curse to me.
Was it shoulder you effed up with that pedal strike?
That might be the last time I ever rode there, I think it was day 1 on a triple pass that year.
Yes, that was the third broken shoulder…
I’d like to ride Creek again sometime. I imagine 29 would be better for maintaining speed through those -3% grade rock gardens.
I’d like to ride Creek again sometime. I imagine 29 would be better for maintaining speed through those -3% grade rock gardens.
I forget who it was (maybe Kilmurray) but a recent podcast I was listening to one of the guests was saying they reckon DH is now a combination of speed and tech that it has never been before and the crashes are getting waaaay more dangerous.
They need to make the tracks smoother. Like that part of Leogang. That will solve things.
Bernard Kerr's track walk and the course looks great in places and not so much in others. Crappy drop near the end and an awkward turn on a tarmac finish..
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I read this before I saw it and hoped you were just joking