Can someone drop a pin on a map for the location of the course please? I can usually work it out on OS or aerial photos and I know the general area but I can’t work out where the canyon/waterfall/cliff area actually is!
You know what's great?
Seeing every single part of the run from top to bottom. No smash cutting to someone a 3rd of the way down, or only showing the same final few corners for everyone
Heard Matt Jones cry of anguish when he was on the edge of that cliff! What happened to Jono? Missed his run
Jono punctured at the top
Velez is smoking this
Come on BK!
Brilliant from Kerr
What a last run
It’s a great course because as far as I can see no one has rode it all perfectly, so there’s always an opportunity to gain time.
The weather gods are smiling on north Wales thankfully this year
That aged well.
That was great, why can’t we have this every Sunday arvo? 😁
That is how you do race coverage.
Really enjoyable, plenty of camera shots, and great commentary.
Yeah, superb. Not sure about the shoe-champagne thing but excellent footage, commentary, weather and riding.
Was it bad weather then @alpin? That’s funny because I just watched a superb race in pretty much ideal conditions. not sure about you…
North Wales dust, not something you see that often……
Just watched the replay after driving home from wales (unrelated). Such a good watch, even my wife was engrossed in it, and she thinks I'm a bike weirdo!
“It’s a great course because as far as I can see no one has rode it all perfectly, so there’s always an opportunity to gain time”
Perhaps we’ll see Bruni next year, if Spesh will allow it, Goldstone and Pierron too.
Not sure about the shoe-champagne thing
It's the worst thing to hit MTB since fist bumping.
Great race! Glad the track still has plenty of tech, that’s what makes it a great race to watch even if the massive features are what most scares the riders and gets the clicks online.
Makes it painfully obvious how the WC DH broadcasting is now missing the mark though…
The tech was where it was won or lost, not the features. But completely agree about the coverage. Next up we have leogang which is frankly going to seem like a snooze fest compared to today.
Hardline breakaway series ftw. They’ve got the money to do it.
Its already a competing series, no doubt the UCI will try to ban it soon
Sensational race, some ridiculous lines from the top riders.
Commentary was great
Felt Tanhee could have had a little more enthusiasm in her voice....
Was it bad weather then @alpin? That’s funny because I just watched a superb race in pretty much ideal conditions
Was expecting to watch it at 4:20 GMT but it was delayed due to high winds.... I'm sure that was the same for you...
Felt Tanhee could have had a little more enthusiasm in her voice….
She does talk well on the subject, but my wife can't stand her voice - i think her accent is a bit unfortunate and it does make her sound a bit disinterested.
Not sure about the shoe-champagne thingIt’s the worst thing to hit MTB since fist bumping
It's been a thing in kayaking forever.
If you have a swim, you have to drink a beer from your neoprene shoe.
Interesting to see it used as a celebration rather than a forfeit 🙂
Fantastic event with great coverage too, the footage put you right in the action.
Wish the UCI would watch this and drop the excuses about how hard it is to film a whole run
Only gripe was timing on screen didn’t show for the early men and no rider names. This was the YT replay. For anyone watching sound off meant not a clue what was happening.
Where is crismac? I'd love to know if he watched it and what his opinion was.
I know one of his main arguments is that it's not a proper race because "the world's best don't show up".
I definitely saw the current DH world champ sitting in the hot seat and the most recent world cup winner take the win.
It was great to see the properly fast lads show up and treat it like a race track rather than a series of big hits. I don't think the 'freeracers' will get a look in now.
I thought Tahnee was great. I’d happily get rid of Warner tho.
BK threw it at the top. He just overdid it, once again. I'm gutted for him, but he's his own obstacle. I'm actually surprised that Rob* didn't mention spaniels on heat!
Velez hasn't scored a single WC point as yet, but finished 3rd.
There's still a distinct lack of the big dogs showing up. We don't need Chrismac to point that out to us that next week is Leogang and for many teams, the WC is too important to them to permit riders to compete in something as insane as Hardline.
*Rob Warner's mangling of foreign names and places still hasn't improved.
Loved it, great racing. The Street racing lads were blisteringly fast. Commentary was superb.
I don't won't to be 'that guy' but maybe a couple of catch nets on the edge of the cliffs wouldn't go amiss...
I did watch the top 10. Tannee was the better commentator. Dune deserved the win. I was more impressed by the tech sections than the jumps.
iI was surprised by the lack of safety. Tibault got very close to going off a cliff. I would be interested in the reaction ifWBD/UCI delayed the start for 2 hours
Velez hasn’t scored a single WC point as yet, but finished 3rd.
I don't think they compare really do they? The top ten in the WC are often on the same second, the top 20 are often split by 5 seconds or less. In this field? Not so much. Plus some of those riders aren't going for speed, but just to complete it. The Jones brothers for example.
but maybe a couple of catch nets on the edge of the cliffs wouldn’t go amiss…
I hadn't realised before the drone shot, just how close to a cliff parts of the course are!
Really enjoyed all of that, great racing.
I thought Tahnee was great. I’d happily get rid of Warner tho.
I thought the pair of them were great, over excited Rob with someone to bring him down slightly works well. No idea how much commentary Tahnee has done before but think she did a great job.
I don’t won’t to be ‘that guy’ but maybe a couple of catch nets on the edge of the cliffs wouldn’t go amiss…
Yeah that was pretty close for Laly, one of the replays showed a rock sliding over the edge 😮
Velez hasn’t scored a single WC point as yet, but finished 3rd.
He hasn’t made the semis yet. It just shows the level of talent at the WCDH races as Velez is clearly super talented
BK threw it at the top. He just overdid it, once again
Mr. Kerr appears to have a new coach! 😂
If there's anyone on the circuit that has needed a mental coach to help reign it in a little when the big occasion comes, it's him!
Top sections looked really rough, you could see the bikes bouncing all over the shop (possibly as their suspension was set so hard for the jumps).
Kudos to all the riders. It's interesting to see how the different types of pro (and non-pro) stack up, even if we know a current WC DH racer will be taking the win.
Yep commentary was great, but surely Rob & Tahnee must have expected Brayton's time to stick until another racer got a full run in?
Ronan was looking ominously good. Really hoping he can maintain form for a serious crack at the WC overall this year.
The Columbians were sensational, and struggle to see much overlap between street racing and Welsh gnar
There's an Instagram clip of the two Colombians hitting the on/off and then the 90s foot doubles side by side
It was great racing and wish I could watch WC as easily, on YouTube catch-up with multiple cameras etc
I'd like to see the north American rampage lot down there, we've only seen Kyle strait haven't we? And he was pretty understated last year. They're not gonna win though obvs
