I can kinda see the point,
“XC” has morphed into “trail” which became “enduro” which became “All mountain”
Although in this country all mountain still seems to be very close to XC, just check out what passes for all mountain the other side of the pond! When was the last time you took your pitch or prophet over a 20ft road gap?
At the same time Freeride started off as downhills bigger heavier ugglierr brother. But DH lost weight, and FR overtook it (2010 gieant reign-x is sub 30lb!!!!!)
So I can see why you could need 2 4″ forks, one for XC the other for Dirt jumps,
2 5″ forks, one for trail riders and one for slopestylers
2 6″ forks, one for the fassion concious and the other for freeriders
Bear in mind the pike was originaly the Boxxers little brother!
Our island isnt getting any rockier, its just that now im scared because my 5″ “hardcore hardtail” from 4 years back has an XC fork bolted up front! whereas the old bombers regularly withstood frot heavy landings i just dont have the same confidence in these new ones, its probably just marketing though.