It sucks i was looking forward to watch him throw down at Rye monday!Sherpa said:Piper broke his leg! Damn
Now I have to carry that bastards **** to class every day! damn it! kiddingggggg, heal up piper babySherpa said:Piper broke his leg! Damn
I'm confused, now I have never seen this "yard sale" section before but I thought you were a proponent of more difficult courses, because the pros are not being challenged enough? Or maybe you were just talking about 4x courses? What is wrong with this "yard sale" section?stiksandstones said:Yard sale needs to be banned from a race track, stupidest f-ing thing I ever saw on a race track.
Nice pic Banshee of graves!!
Results??
Someone give it to us...final race of the series and NOTHING???
Wow, your pictures are amazing!Banshee Rider said:Pro DH goes off sunday. Here are some pics i took from pro DS practice to hold you over.
BBRRAAAPPPPP
It is at the end of a long hard run and it is all steep rocks with big gaps between them it is there pretty much for the spectators to watch people crash.WheelieMan said:I'm confused, now I have never seen this "yard sale" section before but I thought you were a proponent of more difficult courses, because the pros are not being challenged enough? Or maybe you were just talking about 4x courses? What is wrong with this "yard sale" section?
too many people get hurt in yardsale. most people would rather not ride it. someone already broke their neck there. thats pretty serious. Even pros struggle on that section. its a huge fast bouldery rockgarden. i have never ridden yardsale (simply because i am not confident enough to ride it) but i have walked it and it is nothing short of rediculous.WheelieMan said:I'm confused, now I have never seen this "yard sale" section before but I thought you were a proponent of more difficult courses, because the pros are not being challenged enough? Or maybe you were just talking about 4x courses? What is wrong with this "yard sale" section?
WheelieMan said:I'm confused, now I have never seen this "yard sale" section before but I thought you were a proponent of more difficult courses, because the pros are not being challenged enough? Or maybe you were just talking about 4x courses? What is wrong with this "yard sale" section?
Proponent of more difficult courses??? wtf???WheelieMan said:I'm confused, now I have never seen this "yard sale" section before but I thought you were a proponent of more difficult courses, because the pros are not being challenged enough? Or maybe you were just talking about 4x courses? What is wrong with this "yard sale" section?
thing is, it's not *that* hard. Its actually rather easy (all but one of the expert women rode it). HOWEVER, the consequences for failure are HORRIBLE, and combined with the fact that its at the very bottom of the (5min, relatively rough) course, you have exhausted people trying to pin it through the section, and a high percentage of people crash on it, and many of those get hurt quite badly. Combine that with people catching up to others, some going fast, some going slow through the section, and you've got carnage. I've ridden harder sections at Plattekill, but there wasn't such a penalty for error. With this its you either pin it easily or you crash and get REALLY hurt...dogwonder said:Yardsale really wasn't that bad before today. I watched some experts struggle with it but there were certainly some lines to be found. Junior Xers completely ripped it up, they made it look easy. With all the rain today though, I'm sure all that loose dirt became slick, slick, SLICK mud. I actually heard rumors they were going to force the pro's the long way to avoid wrecks (apparently just that, a rumor). That does suck that so many pro's were hurt, but in dry weather it didn't look like anything that they couldn't handle.
Excellent point on being at the end of the race and fatigue is surely a factor. When someone is in rhythm, it looks like anyone could do it. But when people go down, it is ugly. For practice on Friday, I did think a guy broke his neck. And wrecking at the bottom certainly involved pointy rocks. It was scary to see someone come down the right line (generally not too fast) and the next rider come down the preferred line (going a little faster) and someone in his back pocket (pinning it). There was a 3 way convergence or two I distinctly recall.dante said:thing is, it's not *that* hard. Its actually rather easy (all but one of the expert women rode it). HOWEVER, the consequences for failure are HORRIBLE, and combined with the fact that its at the very bottom of the (5min, relatively rough) course, you have exhausted people trying to pin it through the section, and a high percentage of people crash on it, and many of those get hurt quite badly. Combine that with people catching up to others, some going fast, some going slow through the section, and you've got carnage. I've ridden harder sections at Plattekill, but there wasn't such a penalty for error. With this its you either pin it easily or you crash and get REALLY hurt...
American's 1 & 2...glad to see a little bit of a comeback for the hometeam.dondon said:1st duncan
2nd cody
3rd graves
Damn I guess the lightning bolt tatoos finally paid off? Maybe it was the fruity mohawk with the girl sunglasses?konabiker said:Sweet for Duncan.