Yeah sorry Seb - I wasn't getting at anyone especially not our girls. Just pointing out that it's the one area that we don't have anyone really doing anything just yet. The full set would have been quite an achievement - as it it though it's pretty awesome.
World Championships - Val di Sole
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Another question for the freecaster guys - what size audience did this broadcast reach? I often moan that our sport doesn't get the mainstream coverage it deserves, but I really have no idea how popular it is. Would be great to know how many people tuned in world-wide to watch the biggest event of the year. 
Quite a lot. How many that aren't keen MTBers though? Feck all I'm sure.Another question for the freecaster guys - what size audience did this broadcast reach? I often moan that our sport doesn't get the mainstream coverage it deserves, but I really have no idea how popular it is. Would be great to know how many people tuned in world-wide to watch the biggest event of the year.
I can not speak for freecaster.com, but if they do chime in with some data, for a tiny bit of comparison sake...Another question for the freecaster guys - what size audience did this broadcast reach? I often moan that our sport doesn't get the mainstream coverage it deserves, but I really have no idea how popular it is. Would be great to know how many people tuned in world-wide to watch the biggest event of the year.
When I was working with the ESPN guys in 2006 at Xgames, they told me they had just over 32million worldwide viewers for the entire duration of the games (3-4 days of coverage). That did not include any online content, only TV.
What is brilliant about Freecaster.com vs. ESPN is that its the whole world watching but like with all products no matter how good they are if people don't know the product exist they can not try the product.
Oh man...
I'm watching Sam's and Gee's run over and over again and I just can't believe how fast they are.
And of course. Rob Warner for president.
SAM IS ON FIRE!!! LOOK AT THE TIME!!! Priceless.
Thanks Freecaster!
I'm watching Sam's and Gee's run over and over again and I just can't believe how fast they are.
And of course. Rob Warner for president.
SAM IS ON FIRE!!! LOOK AT THE TIME!!! Priceless.
Thanks Freecaster!
I wonder will freecaster have the full coverage of the worlds? There were a few riders I wanted to see on saturday that I couldn't coz it kept freezing on those riders, so would be awesome if there could be a full replay of it...like mtbcut did with the worlds at fort william last year...
BoXXer Worlds....
Fantastic It has to be my favorite part of the worlds...
exellent.
Fantastic It has to be my favorite part of the worlds...
exellent.
I got my girlfriend to record the 4x saturday while I was out riding. Rob warner entertained her enough that she was stoked to watch it again with me when I got home with some popcorn and beer.
THAT is broadcasting.
THAT is broadcasting.
Now you have got her trained well.I got my girlfriend to record the 4x saturday while I was out riding. Rob warner entertained her enough that she was stoked to watch it again with me when I got home with some popcorn and beer.
THAT is broadcasting.
Plus a Girlfriend that like bikes.....
Where did you get her???
www.adultsheepfinder.comNow you have got her trained well.
Plus a Girlfriend that like bikes.....
Where did you get her???
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
Trust me: living with me has made her sick of bikes.Now you have got her trained well.
Plus a Girlfriend that like bikes.....
Where did you get her???
The fact that she wanted to watch this (and future freecaster broadcasts) is a further testament to warner's greatness.
Warner=chick magnet, despite his filthy body grime.Trust me: living with me has made her sick of bikes.
The fact that she wanted to watch this (and future freecaster broadcasts) is a further testament to warner's greatness.
Ya, he beat the greatest of all time (Absalon) at his own game...a staggering achievement.FWIW, did anyone notice that Sauser won the XC? He was the XC equivalent to Peaty; couple time overall World Cup champ, dozen plus World Cup wins, and finished 2nd at Worlds a bunch of times. There's still hope for Peaty to win one
-ska todd
The what?
Oh that sport where roadies ride road bikes with wider tires and pedal on dirt roads for a couple of hours? I've definitely heard of it.
Again, thank you so much for introducing me to that site. It's brought great joy into our lives. I owe our happiness to you.
I just found a twin-soul.
Don't you feel threatened by their horns?
AT&T came out to my house this AM and fixed my internet service. For whatever reason, my 3MB connection was down to less than 1MB. Technician said they actually bump up your speed for 30 days free sometimes to get you to call in & ask for the higher speed after they drop it back down to your current speed.
He said it looked like AT&T had me rocking at something like 10MB+ for free for a few weeks, tried to choke it back down & nearly nuked my net. Sneaky bastards...
Oh..and apparently in 6 months I'll be able to watch HDTv through CAT 5 cable. Phone companies suck at phone service...I can't imagine how bad TV will be with them!!!
So yeah...I missed the live feed b/c AT&T was trying to hook me & sneak me heavy doses of E-meth...
He said it looked like AT&T had me rocking at something like 10MB+ for free for a few weeks, tried to choke it back down & nearly nuked my net. Sneaky bastards...
Oh..and apparently in 6 months I'll be able to watch HDTv through CAT 5 cable. Phone companies suck at phone service...I can't imagine how bad TV will be with them!!!
So yeah...I missed the live feed b/c AT&T was trying to hook me & sneak me heavy doses of E-meth...
Yeah that's kinda what it's turned into gone are the days of Water Jumps and hang on for dear life descents.
At least they let Phil Tech up the Olympic course some.
Is it really that bad now? There used to be some nice technical descents on the XC tracks back when Eurosport used to broadcast the WC.
I would believe this if he never did a run in the skinsuit before hie race run. Sam wore the skinsuit in his seeding run so he was well aware of the changes in his race run.
Now don't be modest Kidwoo.....
You are now my Hero
You are now my Hero
I didn´t know they honked to pass eachother?
Sounds ridiculous.You need to change your personal info. Switch that favked knee for a shoulder. Heal up and get well!
Ohh, you watch out or Dolly, Polly, and them other cloned ones, they honk and light up like 5,0's. New Zeelands finest...I didn´t know they honked to pass eachother?
:biggrin: :biggrin:
That would be rad comparison!
I've watched Peat, Hill and Gee's runs a few times now. Better than any race video around. Interesting to see how they each have such different styles. Peat is always glued to the ground and looks in control all the time. The end of Hill's run is just nuts. In the last rocky section, he seems to be in the air more than on the trail.
i thought the end of peatys run was nuts, he was flying!!! especially that pre jump off the final step down!
True, he was flying, but I think (to me anyway) the others look quite a bit faster in some spots because Peat always looks more in control. Like the open section Hill crashed on...he looks like he flies about twice as far as Peat. Gee looked like he could have lost it there too with his crazy line.
Peat has an extra 6 inches of suspension in those goofy long arms & legs of his. I watched those runs over and over and Hill was insane. He was attacking the whole way down the course, including flying way outside on that straight down section that Gee straightlined. Hill nearly blew off course there.
But in all fairness to Hill, he said in the interview that the qualifying run was his first top to bottom run at full speed and in his qualifying run he didn't get to hit that last turn full speed in qualifying b/c of the rear flatting out. I know that at races in the past, I've absolutely blown past a turn in my race run b/c in practice I'd never hit it full speed if there were a sprint needed before the turn.
At Massanutten is the worst place that it happens for me. It's sweeping turn after sweeper with fast rolling sections in between. But then in a race run, you crank out all the little straights...next thing you know, you're blitzing a berm you didn't know you needed to brake for.
Oh...and I like Sam's leg warmers under his TLD's....
But in all fairness to Hill, he said in the interview that the qualifying run was his first top to bottom run at full speed and in his qualifying run he didn't get to hit that last turn full speed in qualifying b/c of the rear flatting out. I know that at races in the past, I've absolutely blown past a turn in my race run b/c in practice I'd never hit it full speed if there were a sprint needed before the turn.
At Massanutten is the worst place that it happens for me. It's sweeping turn after sweeper with fast rolling sections in between. But then in a race run, you crank out all the little straights...next thing you know, you're blitzing a berm you didn't know you needed to brake for.
Oh...and I like Sam's leg warmers under his TLD's....
true, its ironic, 4 of the tallest riders on the circuit have the most travel in their bikes.
How to measure audience is a big debate. What numbers count, the views, the streams, the clicks? At Freecaster, we have decided to count only the unique viewers. Thus if you connect three times during the live we only register you once. On that basis we can't reach 32 million, a number I question anyhow as I'm pretty sure it refers to potential home reach and not to actual viewers.
Your were just under 53000 to tune in for the live webcast and 2995 to be on the live chat. This is a very good score when you think that most of you we watching for over 2 hours!
Freecaster has been around since 2004. We cover the world champs in Les Gets that year and have covered MTB DH ever since. Last year we webcast live the Worlds in Fort William, it never ceases to surprise me how many people still don't know Freecaster.tv.
The results achieved to date are great. From my point of view, a person waking up at 4am to watch the stream on a computer is comparable to an on-site spectators. It requires the same commitment. Now, have you ever seen a DH MTB event with 53000 viewers on site? That is what happened last Saturday and it is a very very good result! Thanks to all who tuned in, for the others we will post more replays this week.
Looking 4ward to more good moments for the upcoming world cups, the season is far from over.
If any ones not overdosed on coverage so far and wants a wee bit more, I've just wapped the DirtTV one together...http://video.mpora.com/watch/B5F9Dik9K/
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you could tell sam wasnt pumped to be 3rd on the podium on the video 
where did the vallnord WC footage go? for DIRT
where did the vallnord WC footage go? for DIRT
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