Video: Is Ben Cathro Faster Than a World Cup DH Racer? - The Privateer: Walk the Talk Episode 4

 @Bikerdude137: that’s the joke.

 @Bikerdude137: If you have to explain the joke, you kill it...you joke murderer.

 @Bikerdude137: yes we understand what you meant. you dont understand what everyone else meant though.

 @Bikerdude137: you're a clever one

 @Bikerdude137: mate save the digging for when you're in the woods. ????

 @Bikerdude137: the thing about jokes is... they have to be "funny"

 hahahaha what is happening here?

 @Bikerdude137: bro. Just stop.

 @wpplayer18: just wait a bit. @Bikerdude137 will be here with a “joke” to clear things up for everyone.

 @pcledrew: i kind of want him to keep going. see where this takes us. "I just flew in - my arms are tired. i'll be here all week, try the veal"

 @pcledrew: what joke?

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 Well wireless cameras aren't live sadly, also some riders don't like helmet cams in races (thank amaury pierron for some sick race footage though)
It would be sick if they had legitimate cameras to cover the entire race though
At least it's better then the crankworx summer series at silverstar, they literally filmed the first 2 rock gardens then completely skipped: the long straight after, 4 more rock gardens and another drop, not to mention little missing bits from in the trees, at second 12 they where still at the top, in the next scene they were at 1 and a half minutes already...

 @Hachymojo @Bikerdude137: broadcast quality cameras are _very_ expensive and require a whole infrastructure to manage them for live broadcast. Think about the zoom range and steady tracking these cameras need to track a racer flying down the course. It would take _hundreds_ of GoPros to get all the equivalent shots, and then they all need to be powered, connected, and managed. Can you imagine the broadcast director cutting to a new camera literally every few seconds? Not to mention all the other work the camera operators do: tracking the subjects, pulling focus, adjusting for changing light, etc etc. Even if you could link up a bunch of action cams reliably, what happens when a big cloud casts a shadow the little gopro doesn't adjust for the lighting in time and we all miss some action? Yes, it can work for Ben for getting footage of a handful of racers, that he can then edit and adjust later, but live broadcast is a completely different beast. Think about all the work Ben did to make a great video, and then imagine it all happening live... it can't be done with a bunch of action cams, not at the level that Redbull wants for its live stuff.

Check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTaMyatsTo

 @Bikerdude137: "It would be sick if they had legitimate cameras to cover the entire race though"

Get more people to watch (so advertisers give them more money, or I guess you could just buy more Red Bull), because more cameras requires more money. Even just getting cameras and cables and other equipment up on the hill, which may even require building various semi-permanent platforms and fixtures, and paying good operators to run the cameras, that all costs A LOT.

 @Bikerdude137: Logistics of this type of coverage are incredibly complex, getting free coverage is fantastic all things considered, remind me not to get you a gift this Christmas.

 DH doesn't work as well because generally it's watched live.

But EWS... TAKE NOTES!! I've been asking for this kind of thing out of EWS for years. WRC used to put together 3-day edited amazing coverage. They would release a days worth of coverage in a 20 min show the next morning I think it was?? Used a few positioned cams in key spots and then in-car cams from the likely top 10 or so(?)... then after the weekend, think it was like an hour or so full super-cut of the whole weekend... and that was like 10-15 years ago when I used to follow it regularly... not sure what they're up to now. But... the money that was put into WRC vs what goes into EWS is vastly different... maybe EWS doesn't have the cash to put together the 24 hour a day for 3
days editing/production team and mobile equipment/studio that would be needed. But these days... 20 go-pros, a few high powered editing set-ups and "bob's your uncle"... I would think.

 @islandforlife: WRC is also free on Red Bull TV these days and the coverage is insane; ghost cars, helicopters, live telemetry from the cars, definitely worth checking it out.

 Never mind Red Bull, someone should fire the Crankworx media crew and recruit the Scottish lads to do the coverage!

 @farkinoath: I wonder what the ratings difference is? Rally and auto sports is general has a ton revenue in advertising and tv deals because the viewership is so high.

 @Mattysville: You know I don't think there's any reliable numbers out there for the kind of viewership numbers Red Bull TV does but you could safely assume that WRC pulls more viewers internationally than MTB. The whole situation is kind of weird and multilayered in WRC too as Red Bull are also the major sponsor of a team and a number of the drivers and as a company they don't necessarily care about pulling in advertising and terrestrial TV deals from a broadcast, they care about creating the sweetest Red Bull flavoured content possible so we keep buying their sugar-water. Motorsport in general obviously operates in a different financial stratosphere to MTB so there is a lot more money to bank-roll better coverage.

 Imagine, a land where puddinghead entered races......

 @TomsiR: he wouldn't be as patch on you!

 Also the top section was super slippy in the wet.