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World Cup #1 - South Africa

John P.

John P.

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stiksandstones said:
I remember all your disdain for my commentating when I co-hosted with Rob, so I wasn't expecting any love from you, but I will say if you are wishing for your 'favorite' guy to come back, you might as well start wishing for people to look back on George Bush as being a great president during his 8 yrs.......if you are too stupid to read between the lines=it ain't gonna happen.

Happy dreaming!
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Apparently the mods didn't approve of my awesome 7th-grade-level photoshop creation of a specifically formulated vaginal sand removal ointment I'd recommend you try. Anyway, if you are too stupid to read between the lines, maybe the powers that be at Freecaster can train Warner's current sidekick in the fine art of fire-engine screaming until they can 'afford' to bring you back out on the circuit.

Sweet dreams to you too!
 
Cant Climb

Cant Climb

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May 9, 2004
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Cant Climb said:
Looked around a little bit for information but found nothing....what happend to Kovarik.....?......he get hurt in practice or something....
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From Dirtmag.co.uk

A few facts and figures:

Fastest time through the speed trap:
63.847 km/h Greg Minnaar

Crashed out:
Kovarik
Polc

Punctures:
Lehikoinen

Nationalities in top ten.
3 Brits
Peat, Gee, Beaumont

2 Kiwis
Cole, Leov

2 Aussies
Hannah, Hill

1 South African
Minnaar

1 Frenchman
Camellini

Those that didn’t seem to suit the track
Sam Blenkinsop 28th 3:59.60
Brendan Fairclough 32nd 4:01.20
Josh Bryceland 39th 4:02.48

Points Standings so far:
Men
1 Minnaar 240
2 Hannah 210
3 Peat 165
4 Hill 142
5 Atherton 132
6 Leov 110
7 Graves 97
8 Cole 95
9 Beaumont 94
10 Camellini 91

Women
1 Tracy Moseley 250
2 Emmeline Ragot 200
3 Sabrina Jonnier 152
4 Fionn Griffiths 150
5 Claire Buchar 140
6 Florianne Pugin 115
7 Melissa Buhl 94
8 Nicole Myriam 86

Top five teams so far:
1 Trek World Racing
2 Santa Cruz Syndicate
3 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles
4 GT Bicycles
5 Chain Reaction cycles/Intense
 
dhr-racer

dhr-racer

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im pretty sure 3 of those companys havent been seen in the dh racing top 5 for a few years at the least, im guessiing rockys first. trek hasnt even been there and i dont think gt has been top 5 since peaty. good to see
 
stiksandstones

stiksandstones

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May 21, 2002
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Does the term
"the track did not suit him/her"
in regards to 'pedalling' annoy anyone else?
There are a few guys that get paid a decent amount of money, knew africa would be a pedaler track and came somewhat unprepared.
 
Cant Climb

Cant Climb

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May 9, 2004
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stiksandstones said:
Does the term
"the track did not suit him/her"
in regards to 'pedalling' annoy anyone else?
There are a few guys that get paid a decent amount of money, knew africa would be a pedaler track and came somewhat unprepared.
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All those listed are kids basically....takes sometime to build up the HorsePower Stik.

Peat, Minnaar, Hannah, Graves.....these guys got tons of mileage in their legs. If they work at it the young'ns will get there...:thumb:
 
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tuumbaq

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Squamish BC
where can I watch a re-run!!Its been a day already and the freecaster server is down...

Anyhow, can someone PLEASE send me a link where I can watch the race!?!

Thanks
 
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BC VAN

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May 4, 2005
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i would agree with you if Mick Hannah hadn't hauled butt at Sea Otter then kicked all of our tails at Big Bear in 01 in both DH and Dual Slalom...at the ripe age of 17.

he had a lot of skill but his power was what i thought was impressive, his last straight at the Sea Otter Dual was awesome.

Cant Climb said:
All those listed are kids basically....takes sometime to build up the HorsePower Stik.

Peat, Minnaar, Hannah, Graves.....these guys got tons of mileage in their legs. If they work at it the young'ns will get there...:thumb:
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IH8Rice

IH8Rice

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William42 said:
Thats a bold statement from somebody who has probably never ridden either shock.
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i have riden the Evolver and i obviously havent ridden the new RS...nor did anywhere in my statement i mention anything about how it rides.

i said it kinda LOOKS like the Manitou.....or did you not see what i wrote and opened your mouth first?
 
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DIRT-HQ

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Oct 18, 2007
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stiksandstones said:
Does the term
"the track did not suit him/her"
in regards to 'pedalling' annoy anyone else?
There are a few guys that get paid a decent amount of money, knew africa would be a pedaler track and came somewhat unprepared.
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don't get annoyed Stik, it's just a subtle British euphemism.
 
Cant Climb

Cant Climb

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May 9, 2004
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BC VAN said:
i would agree with you if Mick Hannah hadn't hauled butt at Sea Otter then kicked all of our tails at Big Bear in 01 in both DH and Dual Slalom...at the ripe age of 17.

he had a lot of skill but his power was what i thought was impressive, his last straight at the Sea Otter Dual was awesome.
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Oh yeah that was an all-time performance.

I'm not sure of the entire history of every racer. Hadn't Hannah been racing BMX since forever (i'm not 100% sure)...?.....he might have been fairly seasoned for his age or even near peak for 17 year old.

Some of the young'ns might been new to full-on training regimines. That's all i was saying.....give them some time to develop to reach their potential. This track seemed to favor the hardened-seasoned-fit racer.....but what do i know i'm just going off of information from the "MTB media". :pirate2::huh:
 
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BC VAN

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yeah some of them haven't been doing full on training schedules and i think that was stik's point....that they should be,

all though it is often the case... i don't think age should be used as an excuse, if your spending the time, effort, money and in some cases someone else's money and getting a salary to do world cups you should be training.

i think the reality of it is that some of the young ones might not be as strong mentally when it comes to training or a course like this, it is easy to get lazy on a pedal/power course.

who knows?

i know one thing they still gave world cup points out... pedal course or not.


Cant Climb said:
Oh yeah that was an all-time performance.

I'm not sure of the entire history of every racer. Hadn't Hannah been racing BMX since forever (i'm not 100% sure)...?.....he might have been fairly seasoned for his age or even near peak for 17 year old.

Some of the young'ns might been new to full-on training regimines. That's all i was saying.....give them some time to develop to reach their potential. This track seemed to favor the hardened-seasoned-fit racer.....but what do i know i'm just going off of information from the "MTB media". :pirate2::huh:
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Cant Climb

Cant Climb

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May 9, 2004
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BC VAN said:
yeah some of them haven't been doing full on training schedules and i think that was stik's point....that they should be,

all though it is often the case... i don't think age should be used as an excuse, if your spending the time, effort, money and in some cases someone else's money and getting a salary to do world cups you should be training.

i think the reality of it is that some of the young ones might not be as strong mentally when it comes to training or a course like this, it is easy to get lazy on a pedal/power course.

who knows?

i know one thing they still gave world cup points out... pedal course or not.
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All your points and perspective is well-taken......thanks for sharing.
 
the desmondo

the desmondo

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Mar 7, 2007
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davetrump said:
robs screaming of "he's christ on a bike" during sam's run today, on easter sunday, was hilarious :clapping:
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Hahaha, oh yeah! Warner is ****ing hilarious, I can't get enough of him. However I can understand how some could grow tired of him.
I love the part in Minnaar's run when he yells "if he was anymore fluid, he'd have to be liquidized!"
 
AlmostHeaven

AlmostHeaven

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Jun 8, 2005
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the desmondo said:
Hahaha, oh yeah! Warner is ****ing hilarious, I can't get enough of him. However I can understand how some could grow tired of him.
I love the part in Minnaar's run when he yells "if he was anymore fluid, he'd have to be liquidized!"
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brightly emerging president of Rob Warner Fanboys Worldwide, Inc.? :busted:
 
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MDJ

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Dec 15, 2005
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Excuse the pinkbike-esque question, but what's going on with the giant dildos that the podium spots got? It looks like there is something at the top of it but most of the pics and video seem to cut off the top and it looks like they are all holding giant c*cks.

Really, I'm just curious what the trophys were supposed to be.
 
IH8Rice

IH8Rice

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MDJ said:
It looks like there is something at the top of it but most of the pics and video seem to cut off the top and it looks like they are all holding giant c*cks.

Really, I'm just curious what the trophys were supposed to be.
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life sized versions of Sam Hill's c*ck
 
Pip3r

Pip3r

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Nov 20, 2001
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John P. said:
Nice pic. I'm surprised no one's commented on him running an SRS with a bashguard plus a taco. I remember when Dave first redesigned the boomerang to be universal between the SRS and LG1, I thought some crazy pinkbike kid would mount up both, but I'd never actually seen it done until now.
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I think those boys must have been a bit spoiled on the gearbox bikes... Check out Minnaars setup at I believe Mt St Anne last year, pic is from dirt mag:

 
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