Palmer-3yrs (big break) plus this season=4yrsI think you'll find Palmer was on Intense long before Kovarik, and still is. Sure he had a bit of a rest in the middle, but c'mon....!
First WC and had to have 2 moves reviewed? He's going to make a lot of friends, legal or not.
I remember that, and all the fallout drama, but it was still awesome.
thanks for clarifying.
It was his 2nd, and was kind of what I was getting around to, but who the hell needs friends in 4X. Friends will only get you at best a 2nd. As for the UCI review, you're right I didn't know that they reviewed it and deemed it legal, but I would never look to an UCI official to call any 4X protest the way it should be. What I saw in the footy was contact before Mitch's wheel was in front. Look to Jill Kintner and Scott Beaumont's races at MSA in 2007. THEY'RE (UCI) BONERS DUDE. If they are overlooking these types a move to push the sport into a more aggressive type of racing to where if you get hit and taken out and it's not blatant then get up and be a man, I am all for it. Just be consistent. Who cares though, because a French guy would have made it if he was DQ'ed. Next.
Ah, I didn't see it, but I remember the kerfuffle on here, didn't know it was the same guy!
i could almost guarantee that if Graves or any other seasoned 4x racer had pulled those moves there would have been no review.
Genorrhea Lee....always complaining about something. Hmmm, that sounds somewhat familiar.
Not a complaint, it's fact. 4x has been a problem for mtb racing since it was created and fewer and fewer venues/promoters want anything to do with it.
guy has the wrong finger up
that's what i find most interesting...the number of racers vs the cost of putting on the event. thousands of dollars in track construction for 40, maybe 50 racers seems crazy when XC and DH have hundreds of competitors each.
I had a very interesting & unexpected discussion w/ Gully at Bromont. Some initiatives are in the works from his/USAC's end that solely relate to Gravity athletes. It sounds like everything is awaiting some approvals but if his little plan goes thru it will be a huge symbolic step in the right direction. I was stoked to hear that maybe some of what we have been harping on is finally taking root.
What did they expect when they put 4X finals 3 hours after the DH finals ended... I wasn't going to stick around.
You are totally right, but until DH is in the Olympics it'll probably stay that way.
god forbid it ever getting in the olympics. I am confident it never will be, but stranger things have happened.
I fear he is just telling you what you want to hear, but I do know Gully aims to please. I hope he has seen some live coverage by now. At the sea otter I asked him if he saw any of the live world cups last year...he did not even know what a freecaster/mtbcut/etc...was.
And this is another big part about why the DH pro's don't want to race 4X, especially at a triple-header. Saturday becomes a 12+ hr day with DH practice, DH racing, 4X practice, 4X racing, wizz-quiz, & awards. For double rounds the top guys all want to be in bed nice and early for a 6:30 or 7am wake-up for DH race day. They don't want to be racing until 8pm and then eating dinner at 9pm. That's not conducive to athletic performance.
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a good slalom course is also a lot of work so thats probably not the reason ..
thats an US-only problem .... if theres a field of 100+ riders at a 4x world cup no one cares if some of the DH riders compete or not ....
you're right .... i would love to see the big guns of DH racing Slalom again but it should not replace 4X ..
It's no where close to the amount of work, the huge amounts of dirt needed, and the footprint left behind after its use.
Euro rounds:
A good DS course requires massively less amounts of work and budget.
The figure given to me was $10k just to resurface the 4x track to get it ready for the season. That $$ would build one hell of a slalom, or give the dh winners more than the measly couple hundred dollars they get now.
...but I thought 4x was a stupid idea from Day one when it premiered at Mt.Snow (2001?)......
$10k can build a sick DS course
i was just going to mention the 2001 Mt Snow 4X. there were a ton of people there, myself included, but it was still a new sport and the course was awesomeNothing constructive here..
Too much work.
im not defending 4X at all, just saying attendance was high. mainly because it was new to the NORBA circuit
