2014 RACING SCHEDULE:
8.-9.FEBRUARY - DESCIDAS DES ESCADAS DE SANTOS / BRASIL
23.FEBRUARY - RED BULL VALPARAISO CERRO ABAJO / CHILE
21.JUNE - BRATISLAVA CITY DOWNHILL / SLOVAKIA
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER - TO BE CONFIRMED SOON
RULES:
- MTB bike with minimum 150mm of travel front and also rear suspension.
- Only men's category
- Ranking system: collecting points 1. - 15. Rank ( from 25 points)
- Top 3 riders in the current ranking - their travel and lodging costs will be covered.
- Price money for top 5 riders in elite men's category - 10,000 EUR/race
- Every round will be registered in the national bike federation race calendar
Lisbon for the obvious reason (Downtown Lisboa), and in Budapest they could do an awesome race down the hill, starting at the Buda Castle
On the other side santos are just stairs, stairs and more stairs, so boring to watch, and is only 1 minute long.
We even have a state urban DH series!
Here is a small edit I did last year. Enjoy.
www.pinkbike.com/video/348566
Redbull races are a closely contained and regulated event with a great deal of background contractual liability releases being negotiated with local city governments to mitigate liability off the community elected officials and onto the sponsors. Lawyers run America
www.lytteltonurbandownhill.co.nz
Let's say hypotheticaly a DH race does happen in San Francisco. Let's also say someone wrecks so bad it damages public or even private property. Who's gonna pay for that? The guy who dumps? No. The city? No. Someones gonna be shit outta luck and very pissed off.
vimeo.com/64610148