Looks like the Irish DH champion Ben Reid blow'd up also in Quali.....i was really curious to see how he would stack up.
Fairclough put in a good run it looks like......
Fairclough put in a good run it looks like......
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I'm guessing Justin H blew up his run as well? He seems to be on a crashing streak so far this year.
I saw someone in white and green buy it big time just after the small drop just past the lift station.
yeah, right at the bottom at of that steep/fast section as the road comes up. clay porter saw the whole thing and said it was really violent...said "if i had that on video i would have deleted it right away."bcd said:
one of the fox mechanics/managers said that boice has some bruised ribs, a broken scapula and a minor liver laceration (i'm pretty sure that's the extent, not 100% positive). he's ok, i guess, just banged up pretty good.
cole bangert also had a hand come off his bars in the exact same spot during his race run. i think some of the colorado kids saw it and said cole was super lucky as he just rolled a bit in the air and ended up sliding for 50 feet in the grass w/ just a few scrapes! cole said "man, angels were lookin' out for me. i thought 'this is it. it's over' and then i popped up and was fine." - crazy.
pros figure they were going 45mph or so at that spot.
©2001 said:
That's one of the fastest spots on the course. I can't imagine crashing there. Hope all is well with those guys.yeah, some people get off scot free then other times come out hurt.©2001 said:
i am glad he is not super hurt. its trees in riders right? then after you cross the road you do the rock step down?
i hit a muddy water bar one year @35 and got bucked to my back.
and slid in the grass for 50' one year too. i was fine but soaked and
embarassed. it was right under the lift.
In my race run I was coming down that fast section right after the pipe jump and found myself on the totally wrong line. I ended up piloting it thru the race tape, into knee high greass, around some orange bamboo, then back onto the course...all the while pissing my pants that I was gonna crash and get hurt. I shut it down after that as all I could think about was "wife, kid, mortgage payment".
-ska todd
-ska todd
Thoughts of those things are the reason I just don't have it in me to race anymore. I used to ride with a minor disregard for my personal safety, and now I'm conservative to say the least. Fast enough to have fun but nowhere near fast enough to race expert competitively.ska todd said:
I remember that section from the first year they used it. It was actually a good place to rest after all that bare off camber rock they weaved it across and that last exit on the off camber rock into the embankment.
But god forbid you've got a loose grip on that section...
But god forbid you've got a loose grip on that section...
i am pretty sure that that section was used for the first time this year. two years ago (the last time that part of the mountain was used in a course) the track came down the ski trail to the riders right on the other side of the woods, real off camber and then flat with a sort of drop/right hander onto the road by that lift house.bizutch said:
tis year it came directly under the lift, straight at the road and full speed into the next section of small drops before the two bigger rock drops.
this year route had riders going way faster into the section ofter the lift house than ever before... i am all for high speed courses, but does anyone else think that from a liability standpoint mount snow is playing with fire when making a course like this?
if you crash anywhere on that course your chance of leaving on a backboard is almost guarenteed. whereas other courses, even fast ones there is a little more concern for safty taken into consideration.
it is one thing to have the high spped sections in the middle of a ski trail, but three feet from the woods is asking for somone to get seriously hurt... if it was a ski race (or a world cup, where there are actual saftey standards) there would probably have been some sort of chicane to control speed or some saftey netting to keep you out of the woods if something were to get out of hand.
the course looked bad ass, and was definetly an improvement over the same clapped out versions they had been running in previous yeras.
Flipper makes all the rest of us taking pics look like complete hacks, goddamn.
Personally I think the expert/pro dh course sucked. I am not one who likes riding on grass slopes. Going fast is fun, but being able to go fast when it is also technical is how I like it. I was hoping to see the yard sale modified to be safer, but not gone completely. I think the Sport course was a whole lot more fun. Thats just how I see it. I am glad to see they took the up hill section out, but they really caused some mind play by changing the ending section where they shared the sport course like 3 times.
I shot 3 feet from him in some areas...his look awesome...mine look pretty boring. Unreal.
the course was actually relatively safe/sane. ripping down that hill past the lift house was a pretty straight shot, and continued before the turns to get into the small step-down. there was nothing incredibly stupid like the Yardsale, just stuff that got incrementally more dangerous the faster you go. overall one of the better/more fun courses I've ridden, but then again I wasn't going pro speeds either.davetrump said:
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nah, they used it the first time they moved away from the Waterfall drops. It was a bone dry week. I think it was 2002 as a matter of fact. Yep...I remember it was on my first DHR. That section was in it.davetrump said:
ska todd said:
yeah, that is what i was trying to say, haha
the previous versions (2002 and 2004 i believe) went riders right after the off camber rocks under the lift onto a seperate ski trail... it merged into the trail they used this year right at the road cossing next to the lift house. in fact they also used that ski trail to the right on the famous '98 track as well
this year it stayed under the lift all the way, not going of riders right and comming back
Akula_7 said:He is a special one.
That is one of his...once again...Braaaaaaaap!
that's an awsome shot... notice how he is in the middle of unclipping his left foot to save it, but not even thinking about touching the brakes(pretty much the definition of aggressive cornering when you are testing the limits of traction like that).
My gosh You whine a lot, first You boycott the race because of the yardsale, then it is taken out, so now the excuse is because of high speed ??davetrump said:
Oh yea that and the fact You bash others for commenting on sections that they haven't raced.
Whatever
wow, another post by know it all viciousdher that contibutes nothing to a thread, and trys to stir things up.... why am i not suprisedViciousDHer said:My gosh You whine a lot, first You boycott the race because of the yardsale, then it is taken out, so now the excuse is because of high speed ??
Oh yea that and the fact You bash others for commenting on sections that they haven't raced.
Whatever
since you are apparently clueless to the subject you just posted on and/or simply can not read (or chose not too read, but still jumped to hasty conclusions about)
i boycotted the race because of yardsale? what? are you high?
ok, now that i have recovered from rolling around on the floor laughing at that first comment, i will continue
when did i bash others for commenting on sections they didnt race?
where did i complain it is too high speed? i simply made an observation that the speed was very very high on the course and that has the potential to cause serious injuries... something wrong with stateing the obvious to you? how is poseing a question (about course saftey) negative?... i am not worried about muself in those section as i am more than capable of handleing it, but the skill level from the slowest expert to the fasterst pro is a big spread, and when speed like that are hit the consequences increase (and for some it is the first time ever going that fast or having the potential to go that fast)... i am just commenting on whether or not mount snow realizes how fast riders are really able to go when they mak the course, thats all. the course two years ago was super fast and dry and minnaar won with a 3:57. this year he won with a 3:19. to take an already extremely fast course and knock 30 seconds off of it means the average speed have to come way way up. i just wonder if mount snow had that in mind or if it caught them off guard that they made such a fast course (from their liability stand point).... you see that as whineing how?
read my posts ( i just re read them to be sure), each one of them states very clearly how much i like mount snows course, and have always found it to be awsome to race on... it is by far the only real dh track in the northeast besides mont sainte anne.
the ONLY reason i chose not to race is due to team big bear's running of the NCS series, lack of quality practice time for pro riders, etc...again go back and read, it is all more than clear. i did state that i though mount snow does a poor job of prepearing their race courses and it seems that they are done at the last minute.... but also clearly stated that by race day the courses are awsome.
no whineing here my friend (and you should be the one to talk considering your track record when it comes to whineing bitching complaining, etc about mount snow on this and every other forum out there)
are you just trying to call me out to make your self feel better because myself and a few others have chewed you out on other forums for your constant mount snow bashing anytime mention of the mountain is made?
take your pissing contest elsewhere... you just wrote one the biggest peices of uninformed BS i have seen on this site in a while. enlighten me where you got your fact from
lol, try editing the post yet another time, maybe You'll get it right.
Oh and for as many times as I was chewed out, by You.
I WAS RIGHT, and YOU apparently are clueless.
I also enjoy it when friends and riders call Me out and thank Me for getting out the truth and not just posting what I wish were true. Remember the obvious is not always so.
P.S. You make for great entertainment. We've got to continue this discussion over a couple of LaBatts, on Me of course.
Oh and for as many times as I was chewed out, by You.
I WAS RIGHT, and YOU apparently are clueless.
I also enjoy it when friends and riders call Me out and thank Me for getting out the truth and not just posting what I wish were true. Remember the obvious is not always so.
P.S. You make for great entertainment. We've got to continue this discussion over a couple of LaBatts, on Me of course.
Iiickkk the very drink of all Canuck scum.ViciousDHer said:
ok then You supply the beerbiker3 said:
ViciousDHer said:
ok, since still have no idea what you are talking about...
when did i say i boycotted the race because of yardsale?
when did i chew someone out for making comments on a the track?
when did i camplain that it was too high speed?
click on my screen name, under profile you will find all my recent posts regarding mount snow. since you say i am such good entertainment, surely you will enjoy it.
apology accepted in advance:love:
also, i do not get the labatt joke... not sure what that's about, do you think i am canadian?
PBR anyone?ViciousDHer said:ok then You supply the beer
How is Seth by the way? I was standing up above that section and it didn't look good. I couldn't believe they didn't have one of the medical staff in that section for the semi-pro race but there was one there during expert. The marshall didn't seem to give a damn either but the people standing near by were quick to help him out.ska todd said:
black boxbrakes on sam's bike ... ultimate's and code mix.
Did either one of those guys get injured bad?ska todd said:
Lolli thinks he may need surgery for a ruptured hamstring or something??
I just got back from his house. He is going to see another specialist next Monday to see if he needs surgery. Too much inflamation, etc right now to tell if he needs his Quad surgically repaired. He was limping around however without crutches.Transcend said: