[manhattanprjkt83]

Figured I'd start a thread for the race in a couple weeks. I was down at Snowshoe over the weekend and most of the track is looking good until you get to the final feature.



I suspect this will drum up some 'conversation'...

 

[jstuhlman]

i know something they can do with that little bulldozer in the background...

 

[jonKranked]

here we go again

 

[jonKranked]

someone order @jackalope some pit vipers

 

[jstuhlman]

still need the macho man savage costume for wyn and a slim jim mic

 

[jonKranked]

still need the macho man savage costume for wyn and a slim jim mic

is wyn even going to be there? he got injured at maribor

 

[Westy]

Figured I'd start a thread for the race in a couple weeks. I was down at Snowshoe over the weekend and most of the track is looking good until you get to the final feature.



I suspect this will drum up some
'conversation'...

I hope the track had some teeter totters on it too.

 

[jonKranked]

who here is old enough to remember when snowshoe hosted Monster Park?

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

who here is old enough to remember when snowshoe hosted Monster Park?

I was on the course shooting photos for 'Transcend'...That was a great weekend.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

here we go again

Did someone already post this? My apologies if so...

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

who here is old enough to remember when snowshoe hosted Monster Park?

it is actually strangely reminiscent of the first feature coming out of the trees...

 

[jonKranked]

Did someone already post this? My apologies if so...

it was posted elsewhere, i think the rumors thread. but we needed a proper snowshoe thread.

i'm not crazy about, but some folks (esp on vital) are outright hostile over it. you'd think they'd paved the entire track top to bottom.

 

[jstuhlman]

yo @manhattanprjkt83 are they doing a little gap over the road (north westridge) at the bottom of the first grassy hill? there was a huge pile of dirt there a few weeks back. if i remember right, it was kind of an awkward g-out spot last time.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

yo @manhattanprjkt83 are they doing a little gap over the road (north westridge) at the bottom of the first grassy hill? there was a huge pile of dirt there a few weeks back. if i remember right, it was kind of an awkward g-out spot last time.

The big booter mid ski hill prior is back, then right after you cross the road there is some s berm stuff going on. If I am understanding your question I believe the G out will probably still be a thing.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

it was posted elsewhere, i think the rumors thread. but we needed a proper snowshoe thread.

i'm not crazy about, but some folks (esp on vital) are outright hostile over it. you'd think they'd paved the entire track top to bottom.

ya folks are losing it but I kinda get it tbh, it's super weird.

 

[Redwood Mulch Chucker]

Some of you locals need to go out there and have a bonfire/sacrifice.

I really hope there's not a full on COVID shit show and everyone can actually make it over.
Sven/Boris and all the other "legit" media included.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

Amen. I want to have a beer w/ Sven lol.

 

[Westy]

They should change the rules so instead of full blown factory rides racers need to ride whatever they can get in trade for an XBox.

 

[aaronjb]

I have an irrational bias against any wooden feature of any kind. This reinforces my bias.

This is an example of how downhill courses started becoming called "tracks".

 

[Fool]

What the run-up like? Will riders have to brake check to hit it circus-clown style, and/or whale at it and jump the whole thing?

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

What the run-up like? Will riders have to brake check to hit it circus-clown style, and/or whale at it and jump the whole thing?

I didn't notice any tape sticks down there yet but if it's anything like previous they will be flying at that thing.

 

[OGRipper]

So is Bernard Kerr gonna be first to boost the whole thing or what?

 

[Fool]

Hard to get a sense of scale, but it looks like a Blue flow trail feature. Like you're gonna get some "YEW"s from the boyz if you gap into the arc'd part and throw a shitty, ass-forward tweak off of it and land all nose heavy.

Does it belong on a world cup downhill track? Who am I to say.

 

[boogenman]

I was invited to spend the week there setting up and then tearing down all the redbull shit but need to work and can't take more time off. Pretty bummed.

 

[jonKranked]

i find all the hate on wooden features funny, because there have been wooden features on most, if not every, track this season. but snowshoe puts one in and suddenly everyone loses their mind.

 

[OGRipper]

No problem with the occasional wood ramp to road gap or similar, but from my comfy armchair that looks like a really bad idea for elite riders going mach chicken to the finish line in a World Cup.

 

[jonKranked]

No problem with the occasional wood ramp to road gap or similar, but from my comfy armchair that looks like a really bad idea for elite riders going mach chicken to the finish line in a World Cup.

i certainly get the difference, just felt that needed to be pointed out. i do have concerns about the safety of it, if there's going to be enough speed to gap the whole thing, or if it basically winds up becoming a speed check. if there's a go around and the whole race field takes it, that won't look good for snowshoe.

 

[sundaydoug]

I didn't notice any tape sticks down there yet but if it's anything like previous they will be flying at that thing.

Is it possible to gap the whole feature?

I mean, is it possible for those guys to gap the whole feature?

 

[sethimus]

Figured I'd start a thread for the race in a couple weeks. I was down at Snowshoe over the weekend and most of the track is looking good until you get to the final feature.



I suspect this will drum up some 'conversation'...

 

[jackalope]

Fun fact - @SuboptimusPrime has a nice electric chainsaw. Man, that thing is so quiet.

 

[Westy]

Fun fact - @SuboptimusPrime has a nice electric chainsaw. Man, that thing is so quiet.

Fire is also silent

 

[jonKranked]

Is it possible to gap the whole feature?

I mean, is it possible for those guys to gap the whole feature?

probably a few guys if they can get enough speed on the run in. definitely not the whole field.

i foresee the riders rep having to get involved.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

I am not a hucker but the angle of the 'take off' seem to make clearing that thing a weird maneuver. Not sure how much that would be happening. I am super perplexed by this thing.

 

[jonKranked]

I am not a hucker but the angle of the 'take off' seem to make clearing that thing a weird maneuver. Not sure how much that would be happening. I am super perplexed by this thing.

the more i look at it the more it looks like a squirrel catcher that should be at the top of the course.

 

[jonKranked]

So is Bernard Kerr gonna be first to boost the whole thing or what?

wasn't he among the injured from Maribor too?

 

[jstuhlman]

also
DAMMIT SNOWSHOE

 

[OGRipper]

JK, you're right about Kerr.

I just hope we don't see another Bryceland in 2014 moment.

 

[sethimus]

Fire is also silent

why not both?

 

[sethimus]

wasn't he among the injured from Maribor too?

uhm, he raced switzerland…

seriously questioning you downhill fan status right now

 

[jonKranked]

uhm, he raced switzerland…

seriously questioning you downhill fan status right now

I only caught the top 20 or so riders.


And to be fair, Kerr did get injured at Maribor.

https://m.pinkbike.com/news/wyn-masters-bernard-kerr-raphael-gutierrez-and-goncalo-bandiera-all-injured-maribor-world-cup-dh-2021.html