Someone likes getting up early. Did you drink your free coffee thing or can i come over and get it?
hahahahaha this man speaks the truth
In a lot of cases, the organizers are associated with the venue - ie the employees or owners/managers (as is the case with Platty and Diablo). I don't think that's a requirement tho, since there are some resorts that hold race events, and that's the only time they are open for lift access mtb. There are others here that can give better info.
Don't get me wrong, Diablo knows how to put on a good race. And their race courses are consistently great too! But when the winners of the amateur class are consistently putting up times that would put them in the top 10 of pro class, something is wrong.
hopefully if i can get there a severe course walk and a 1/4 practice will have to do
I thought you were coming up yesterday?
i thought the same thing.
And where would be a good venue for this? need to keep in mind that the US open i believe is at a ski resort so theres loads of rooms and food walking distance to the lifts
theres not too much to eat in walking distance to the lift besides for what the mountain has.
That's the key thing that this country is lacking in my opinion, venues near population centres. They're all in the middle of nowhere, so the only spectators you get are friends and family, no locals. I did a Maxxis Cup at Vigo a couple of months ago and the whole thing was AMAZING, mostly I think because the course is within spitting distance of a town of 300,000.
Definitely a cool vid. Question for ya: at what point in the video (time?) is the scary fade away that Steve Smith talks about in his course walk with boulders off to the side? Could it be at 2:00 minute mark?
theres really nothing different from last year right, besides from the very bottom?
Yup. "Crap chute" it's normally called. Lovely name.
So true, thats what i meant anyways. Nowhere that has population centres close by. but what can you do you know?
looks like a nice day in northern NJ.
Sweet! Assuming that camera is chest mounted? Way better footage than a standard helmet-cam, much more stable and watchable.
Yep, I got sucked right into that one yesterday, came out of that area with a nice dent in the downtube. Those boulders hurt!
New Brunswick NJ, or New Brunswick Nova Scotia?
That would be pretty hard as New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are both seperate provinces!from New Brunswick Nova Scotia you'd be better off with a helicopter, it's a long way.
