I feel like the Rampage is more of an event for EMT enthusiasts than it is for mountain bikers.
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Rampage 2021
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Paul Ruff might have something to say about that.
Thanks captain cynical
Tricks or not or whatever, I think we just have to accept that Semenuk is one of the GOATS of biking, alongside Minnaar and others.
The view from above of his flat spin is pretty cool; the speed coming into it, the huge gap and landing heavy on the brakes, right into another huge feature. Pretty awesome.
/cool story bro, just making an excuse to post this video
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Tom van Steenbergen on Instagram: "Quick update. I’ve received hundreds of amazing messages from you guys, and I wanna thank you all from the bottom of my heart ❤️. I’ve broken my left and right hip sockets into multiple pieces, a piece off the top of my femur, and a piece of my lower vertebrae. Unfortunately I separated the same shoulder I just healed as well. Feeling extremely lucky to be able to make a full recovery after that horrible slam. Going in for a long surgery tomorrow. I’ll keep you guys posted. - Much love ❤️"
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Tom van Steenbergen on Instagram: "Quick update. I’ve received hundreds of amazing messages from you guys, and I wanna thank you all from the bottom of my heart ❤️. I’ve broken my left and right hip sockets into multiple pieces, a piece off the top of my femur, and a piece of my lower vertebrae. Unfortunately I separated the same shoulder I just healed as well. Feeling extremely lucky to be able to make a full recovery after that horrible slam. Going in for a long surgery tomorrow. I’ll keep you guys posted. - Much love ❤️"
56K likes, 2,528 comments - tvansteenbergen on October 15, 2021: "Quick update. I’ve received hundreds of amazing messages from you guys, and I wanna thank you a..."
Damn... that's a lot of bone to heal. Wishing him the best for the surgery tomorrow!Fuck
Tom van Steenbergen on Instagram: "Quick update. I’ve received hundreds of amazing messages from you guys, and I wanna thank you all from the bottom of my heart ❤️. I’ve broken my left and right hip sockets into multiple pieces, a piece off the top of my femur, and a piece of my lower vertebrae. Unfortunately I separated the same shoulder I just healed as well. Feeling extremely lucky to be able to make a full recovery after that horrible slam. Going in for a long surgery tomorrow. I’ll keep you guys posted. - Much love ❤️"
56K likes, 2,528 comments - tvansteenbergen on October 15, 2021: "Quick update. I’ve received hundreds of amazing messages from you guys, and I wanna thank you a..."
Hey my Viking didn't go. I was robbed...man I wanted to see him do decent...but he's a film type rider..retakes and huge crazy stuff so lots of liability...
Some great riding...agreed that winning run was good but not end all type for that hype
That's a shitty set of injuries, but at least he's not paralyzed. I stopped watching after that.
Dude is gonna have a lot of hardware in his legs
Though I might say the Shark was jumped when Basagoitia broke his back and will never walk (the same as before) again.
At this point, I can only watch the footage of completed runs. I can't deal with watching these guys huck their meat off of cliffs.
But imagine the exposure they are getting.
Though I might say the Shark was jumped when Basagoitia broke his back and will never walk (the same as before) again.
At this point, I can only watch the footage of completed runs. I can't deal with watching these guys huck their meat off of cliffs.
I'm conflicted on this whole thing; both the danger and the direction.
I'm finding it hard to watch it live anymore. Things are just so big that when it goes wrong bad things are almost guaranteed. Watching Tom auger in was about it. I'm thinking this was the last year of watching live and from here forward it will be complete full run clips.
The second thing is the direction. Watching Seminuk was pretty cool, but it is getting away from big mountain riding and making it a slope course on steroids. Maybe, I'm just a dinosaur, but I want some chunder and chunk that really needs a dual crowned big bike. Some of the sections are just so buffed out, it it like it has switched places. Now we have smaller chunk sections in the steeps with smooth transfers into huge jumplines. It just seems a bit too sculpted. I want to see the pendulum swing back a bit more to the natural, even if it means the loss of some of the huge built booters. But where do you draw the line between enough work to make it good, and some of the huge sculpted dirt-jump looking bits? I do however appreciate the loss of the huge wooden features. I can see wood being used in some situations in minor rolls for small bridges or re-enforcement.
meh, what do i know.
I'm finding it hard to watch it live anymore. Things are just so big that when it goes wrong bad things are almost guaranteed. Watching Tom auger in was about it. I'm thinking this was the last year of watching live and from here forward it will be complete full run clips.
The second thing is the direction. Watching Seminuk was pretty cool, but it is getting away from big mountain riding and making it a slope course on steroids. Maybe, I'm just a dinosaur, but I want some chunder and chunk that really needs a dual crowned big bike. Some of the sections are just so buffed out, it it like it has switched places. Now we have smaller chunk sections in the steeps with smooth transfers into huge jumplines. It just seems a bit too sculpted. I want to see the pendulum swing back a bit more to the natural, even if it means the loss of some of the huge built booters. But where do you draw the line between enough work to make it good, and some of the huge sculpted dirt-jump looking bits? I do however appreciate the loss of the huge wooden features. I can see wood being used in some situations in minor rolls for small bridges or re-enforcement.
meh, what do i know.
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I wasn’t arguing, but I don’t find the snowshoe course inherently dangerous like jumping off a 50 ft cliff in the wind. If you crash in those snowshoe rocks however, it’s not going to be good for you. It was also quite physically demanding. One of the major injuries came from the finishline jump that is like any other out there… perhaps tamer.Funny, when I argued Snowshoe produced too many injuries basically everybody shut me down. Why is this different here?
i'm still gonna say that whether it's snowshoe or rampage or barelli riding down a rock face for a youtube segment, these guys know damn well what they're getting into and what the risks are. if you don't like it, don't watch. obviously lots of others are.
I think the bigger thing is the support from Red Bull if/when the athletes get injured. They're the company increasing their mega profits and marketing of their $0.25 juice cans from events like this.
I know in Paul B's case it was nothing, which he was pretty vocal about.
Maybe they should change the title to Go Fund Me Rampage?
I know in Paul B's case it was nothing, which he was pretty vocal about.
Maybe they should change the title to Go Fund Me Rampage?
Just for a laugh I'd like to see the face of their health insurers when they google what these guys get up to. "oh a professional cyclist hey? Should be low risk for heart problems - healthy enough for our 'low-risk' category. Let me just pop his name into Google and see if I can get a picture for the file... oh dear god"
yeah I mean I remember when we all quit watching dh racing when cam cole got a helicopter ride out on a backboard
and when we really quit watching racing when brook mcdonald was paralyzed
and when we really quit watching racing when brook mcdonald was paralyzed
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There was a lot of sameness in the runs in that it seems like year to year and even competitor to competitor we've reached the asymptote of all the same "tricks people do at rampage"
So props to tom van steez for that bonkers front flip, the brandon for doing the few things no one else does because big fork
I'll have to defer to people there in person but sorge did the same trick on three different features and walked away with second. And tyler mccaul has the most consistent placing streak in history
So props to tom van steez for that bonkers front flip, the brandon for doing the few things no one else does because big fork
I'll have to defer to people there in person but sorge did the same trick on three different features and walked away with second. And tyler mccaul has the most consistent placing streak in history
I lively recall the moment when my health insurer's clerk told me "you won't say you were doing a DH run off a mountain would you? Because we don't cover anything outside basic gym injuries" when I went in asking for authorization for a CT scan after breaking my helmet against a rock
.I ended up putting "I fell off a ladder when trying to change a lightbulb in the kitchen and hit my head against the fridge" in the authorization form...
Cheape Travel Insurance covers "cycling" but not competitions. So pretty much every Aussie that goes to Whistler and enters a Phat Wednesday race tells their mates to take the number plate off their bike and to roll them off the race track.I lively recall the moment when my health insurer's clerk told me "you won't say you were doing a DH run off a mountain would you? Because we don't cover anything outside basic gym injuries" when I went in asking for authorization for a CT scan after breaking my helmet against a rock
I ended up putting "I fell off a ladder when trying to change a lightbulb in the kitchen and hit my head against the fridge" in the authorization form...
I'm need to start getting hurt again. I'm just remembering all the questionaires I'd get from my insurance company after a booboo where they were looking for liability for all the hospital charges.
"I was riding a specialized demo 8 bicycle, made by specialized bicycles, upon which the bicycle began to behave erratically and became difficult to control"
Only now do I realize the years of wasted opportunity.
"I was riding a specialized demo 8 bicycle, made by specialized bicycles, upon which the bicycle began to behave erratically and became difficult to control"
Only now do I realize the years of wasted opportunity.
isn't that EXACTLY what rampage is and has been for years now?
The big landings, run ins and take offs look as smooth if not smoother than some actual slopestyle courses.
$100 sponsor donation, per competitor, to local animal shelter.
Timed runs down King Kong.
Winner takes bragging rights.
Timed runs down King Kong.
Winner takes bragging rights.
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