Rampage 2019
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i got the sense (from the johanssen interview) that many first timers are really there to scope it all out and see what it's like to dig and ride there rather than trying all out to win in their first year.
i know it's still janky as shit but i do feel like most have gotten away from the rawness and are basically turning a lot of the mountain into a wide open buffed out slopestyle course
kudos to pb and redbull for their coverage so far-it's been pretty good.
i know it's still janky as shit but i do feel like most have gotten away from the rawness and are basically turning a lot of the mountain into a wide open buffed out slopestyle course
kudos to pb and redbull for their coverage so far-it's been pretty good.
then you go ride it
lol like i could ride any slopestyle course i fucking hate jumping. but look at some of the pics and tell me i'm wrong
i'm glad they stopped the use of wooden features though. i do like the current format, in general.
The Rampage is the mother, grand mother and grand-grand mother of every single slopestyle course -with the due respect paid to some of the FEST locations-. Just the amount of serious injuries and riders opting out of a second run -or plainly opting out ot the event- should put it in context.
To me, the current format amounts to "we'll give you this massive layout, with enough vert to make you shit your pants if you dare to look at it from the top, now you go carve your gnarliest slopestyle line off it and send it like there's no tomorrow".
Is it better than just dropping off the various virgin cliffs on that gorge? I'm more inclined to think it's got a lot more in common with our current tastes. And it's a helluva neophit magnet for the TV part.
To me, the current format amounts to "we'll give you this massive layout, with enough vert to make you shit your pants if you dare to look at it from the top, now you go carve your gnarliest slopestyle line off it and send it like there's no tomorrow".
Is it better than just dropping off the various virgin cliffs on that gorge? I'm more inclined to think it's got a lot more in common with our current tastes. And it's a helluva neophit magnet for the TV part.
the first few years they were just bushwhacking down the hillside. sketchy as hell.
Yup, I remember that. But let's be serious here, the current format suits the viewing habits of the common man a lot more than the one of the early days.
i don't think viewing habits really came into play until recently. the first few years of rampage were just outright dangerous. if they hadn't changed it, we wouldn't still be watching it.
On the other hand, the soft dirt "landings" of the first years looked a lot softer. Well, except when they also tomahawked off cliffs.
current format is sick. the amplitude (bogg's 70'er?!?) absolutely requires takeoffs & landings to be paved to be doable with any sort of safety. that they're hitting huge features back to back - with huge exposure - is insane. i've no interest in revisiting the old days of people exploding all over the place because the lines were so sketchy. that said, it's rad to see a bit of diversity mixed in - ie, brendan's chute is just mental. alas, pretty sure him riding a tech line that very few on the planet would attempt will score fewer points than a big amplitude garden variety trick.
the old stuff was surprisingly forgiving when you ate shit on it...
I will. Try to land stuff this size without a well-built landing. This has nothing to do with slopestyle. You don't land huge, super difficult drops without good landings and lips. And yeah some people have more natural lines but they still do hard landings and lips for their air features. Please stop behind a bushman hipster who can only accept mountain biking if it's his idealized view of the past with unshaven dudes in too large flannel shirts subsiding on a diet of hucks to flat, career-ending injuries and saving on alcohol by ingesting it analy.
dude. settle down. read my original post again. i was making an observation, not judging. i love the event. i was just noting something that seemed a bit more pronounced to me this year compared to others.
you're right though. personally, i much prefer watching something like a rave on a world cup downhill course than something like a fest event. that doesn't mean i don't have mad respect for the fest riders though. (heck, those fest guys still rock the flannel. don't wanna know about the butt chugging).
People complain about Slope in Rampage ever since Slopestyle started. Also I'm calm. Just making fun of you joining an online trend.
I'll just leave this here:
Do you think it’s easier or harder now?
Randy Spangler: It’s a combination. Easier that they have the tools to make it better but harder since it’s bigger. Back when we were doing it it as harder because we didn’t have the watering capability and it was really like riding in sand and soft, loose dirt. A lot of times we’d land stuff or go to turn and flip over the bars where now having the watering capability lets them progress and move on past what we were able to accomplish.
Josh Bender: Easier.
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I'd add that in addition to these dudes going bigger in general, the tech chutes they're hitting these days seem way gnarlier too.
Randy Spangler: It’s a combination. Easier that they have the tools to make it better but harder since it’s bigger. Back when we were doing it it as harder because we didn’t have the watering capability and it was really like riding in sand and soft, loose dirt. A lot of times we’d land stuff or go to turn and flip over the bars where now having the watering capability lets them progress and move on past what we were able to accomplish.
Josh Bender: Easier.
Interview: What It Will Take To Win Rampage This Year According to Judges Randy Spangler & Josh Bender - Pinkbike
We caught up with Randy Spangler and Josh Bender to find out more about their process on event day and what they're doing in the days leading up to the event.
I'd add that in addition to these dudes going bigger in general, the tech chutes they're hitting these days seem way gnarlier too.
dang. didn't realize i was trendy. prolly the first time ever! maybe i should start reading the pinkbike comments. 
This mirrors my feelings pretty well that year all the tight pant wearing sissy boys demanded the wet, muddy woods in Ft Bill's WC track got crazy paving cemented in to make their jobs easier
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tippie ftmfw. take notes, bogan!
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Inside (Outside) The Tape: Red Bull Rampage 2019 - Pinkbike
Follow Brett Tippie as he hikes all over the Red Bull Rampage 2019 venue and talks to the riders about their lines.
Take it from this guy^.
Red Bull Rampage Massive Practice Sends
The atmosphere on site is getting tense as riders start to test the bigger features on their lines at Red Bull Rampage 2019... Feast your eyes on some big hits, bigger drops, and the first glimpse of some of the tricks these guys might throw tomorrow. Featuring: Andreu Lacondeguy, Brett Rheeder...
Brendogs line sounds nuts.
There is a trend against trends. I call it Garyismdang. didn't realize i was trendy. prolly the first time ever! maybe i should start reading the pinkbike comments.
The laydees I meet just call it 'GasmI call it Garyism
here's the thing, regardless of what we armchair huckers think, the event has changed and for the better. the biggest thing is that it's now safer for the riders. at the end of the day, without them, this event doesn't happen.
zink is riding a 26/275 mullet setup, but he's been spotted drinking that spiked seltzer nonsense, so he may have been taken over by aliens.
Hardtails dude... Hardtails! aint no mu fuk'n hipster
Shoulda brought 26" Gary you like old stuff, hate fashionable things and you are very vocal about your different from mainstream ideas. So not a hipster? You might as well not claim that Scotts don't like fried food.Hardtails dude... Hardtails! aint no mu fuk'n hipster