A little thing called physics.
Find me a Red Bull Rampage rider who actual calculates how fast to go using “a little thing called physics” and I’ll show you a major MTB brand investing in 26ers.
Heh. Actually I love the idea of Kelly McGarry and co. sitting down with protractors and calculators and working out the correct velocity for the parabola needed to ensure landing in the right spot.
“Dude! Totally gnarly calculus there man!”
“And next up, Bandon Semenuk will be sure to throw down some sick differential equations.”
You could avoid all this messy digging and whatnot, not to mention the risk of death and injury, and just get each rider to hand in a detailed breakdown of their proposed runs in equation form, it’d be awesome! 😉