[jimw]

How is it that there are a bunch of threads on this forum about Enduro (tm) bikes etc, and nobody has mentioned the most awesome Downhill & Freeride event evar which just went down? Should we just change the name of the forum already? Monkeys I am disappoint!

Anyway, damn that was sick. And Bernard Kerr is the real deal. Some links:

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/red-bull-hardline-practice-2016.html
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/gees-pov-red-bull-hardline-2016.html
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/red-bull-hardline-2016-finals.html
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/bernard-kerrs-winning-run-red-bull-hardline-video-2016.html

 

[kidwoo]

Pssh


Doesn't look so hard.

 

[jstuhlman]

check the one month til rampage thread, yo. KEEP UP!!!

 

[jimw]

Oh look there's like 3 posts about it in a thread about a totally different topic! Still very disappoint.

Slightly less disappoint now that I see there's a link directly from the lizards in the ad box right next to the box I'm typing this in that has Kerr's winning run POV:

POV: Bernard Kerr?s Winning Hardline Run - Kerr lays down a blazing run on a track like no other

 

[toodles]

That course is proper terrifying. I didn't see it, but apparently the live feed showed someone snapping their frame.

Bernard Kerr is killing it lately.

 

[mykel]

Just watched it.
The course is big and brutal.


I have only one request.
Please, Please, Please - use this type of camera setup for the WC / WC.
It is awesome to see coverage of so much of the track; as well, some areas from multiple angles.

Not sure if even my best riding in my dreams would be enough...

 

[Bikael Molton]

Watched the replay this weekend, and I think the event is getting better. They need more international invitees, still.

 

[jackalope]

Just watched it.
The course is big and brutal.


I have only one request.
Please, Please, Please - use this type of camera setup for the WC / WC.
It is awesome to see coverage of so much of the track; as well, some areas from multiple angles.

Not sure if even my best riding in my dreams would be enough...

Agree on all counts, although regarding the cameras, I had read somewhere they were able to have a lot more because it was essentially their event (i.e. they could put them anywhere they damned well pleased) and they had a pretty long time to set up in advance. Sounds like UCI events make all that pretty difficult, which if true, would surprise absolutely no one.

I will also add they highlighted one of the few things a Jeep is useful for - providing a sense of scale!

 

[trib]

If the Athertons were more liked by the rest of the field maybe they'd get a bigger list of riders...

On a more logistical side of things, none of the FMB riders they want to attend are going to if Hardline is so close to Rampage. Just my 2cents

 

[4130biker]

I doubt "the field" is massively butthurt about Gee frowning on a podium like the Internet seems to be...

 

[mykel]

So, does Dan's personality more resemble the bubbly Rachel, or the dour George?

 

[Bikael Molton]

???

Dan's personality

 

[mykel]

Was trying for the witty comment.
If Dan is more like Rach, does that balance out Gee's grumpyness - thereby presenting the Atherton presence as neutral overall.....ah fuck it ...

Nevermind ( spoken in your best Gilda Radner )

 

[trib]

I doubt "the field" is massively butthurt about Gee frowning on a podium like the Internet seems to be...

Just the impression that I get - part of the ethos of Hardline seems to be, more relaxed than a WC, but with a course that includes bigger features than the typical race.

Since there's seems to be a big split between the Athertons and a lot of other racers (Bryceland pissing on Gees bike, wasn't that a story?) I can't imagine it's a big draw for many of 'the field' (my apologies for use of such a cringe inducing term)

 

[Peregrinebikes]

That is a hell of a course. Great coverage too. Would love to ride most of that course. Super insane.