Video: Final Practice Hits at Red Bull Rampage 2019
It's Rampage Eve and in between gusts of wind riders were busy checking off their biggest hits before the big show.
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And am struggling to see where there's anything to judge.
1. Style? Dunno. Seems like a lot of dead sailor landings. A few random 3s were solid, but the rest seems like a lot like Huck it and hope. Like a "pro" Friday fails kind of thing.
2. Tricks. Is the goal to finish the whole line?, Like no foot down, or whatever? Or are you supposed to do a backflip too. I'm asking this in all seriousness. I was hoping all cycling has outgrown backflips as the "wow" contest trick?
Too, these days (maybe always has been...) when I glance at pinkbike it's obviously all under the guise of 'buy this shit, cause it's got oil-slick ano...'. With that said, if you are a brand manager, and your bikes are in this, what's the take here. Who is the customer? The ex-golfer turned Yeti bro, or the Sprint tri-athlete turned shock geo expert?
I like the concept of using mom-nature to destroy yourself. Just seems like the normal MTB over-hype "OMG I just Rode down a hill... Look at my bike" is that much greater with this.