WC dh #2 Champéry
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LOL...
Also - he eats lightning and craps thunder.
Also - he eats lightning and craps thunder.
wow, that's one hell of a blown out results sheet, big names all over the place......always interesting waking up late weswt coast time and reading everyones comments during the race.....I was really pulling for Nico, mostly to shut up the Sam Hill fan club, but I'll admit, I can't wait to see footy from this race, he must've tore that track a new one.......very reminicent of Pascal at Grouse, I remember standing beside the track that day and he slayed in the nastiest conditions...sounds like this one is right up there too!
Just put up Chris' report and a quick video of the jumbo tron showing just how friggin' slick the corners were. Nico was sliding all over.
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/champery_world_9.html
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/champery_world_9.html
pascal did a great run, i think many ppl would have been mentioning how he did if it wasnt eclipsed by the man that started right after him
is there any word on the tire situation for the final? i mean, was everybody on spikes to begin with or did some people change tires up top when the rain started?
From what i understand, everyone was on spikes all damn weekend. Deep loamy dirt, + it rained every night. The track was still wet this morning from last nights rain.
Where in the HELL is some lengthy interviews with Matti, Peat and especially Sam Hill? what seems to be one of the best rides in recent memory we are all left to sit and wonder? is the MTB media that pathetic these days.
Is it that hard to ask for some text interviews or audio in this modern era????? I mean, I know 'Sven rules' and all, but someone over there reporting has to have some meat for us to chew on? not just a "my run was great, it was tough" I want details dammit, DETAILS !
Is it that hard to ask for some text interviews or audio in this modern era????? I mean, I know 'Sven rules' and all, but someone over there reporting has to have some meat for us to chew on? not just a "my run was great, it was tough" I want details dammit, DETAILS !
Waiting to get some words from Matti now, via his team manager. Same for Hill.Where in the HELL is some lengthy interviews with Matti, Peat and especially Sam Hill? what seems to be one of the best rides in recent memory we are all left to sit and wonder? is the MTB media that pathetic these days.
Is it that hard to ask for some text interviews or audio in this modern era????? I mean, I know 'Sven rules' and all, but someone over there reporting has to have some meat for us to chew on? not just a "my run was great, it was tough" I want details dammit, DETAILS !
Got some quick words in from both of them as they were starting to relax and wind down.
Hopefully I can catch up with them over the next couple of days and get something a little more in depth.
Apparently Sam CRASHED during his finals run, WTF? He is a maniac...
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/champery_world_9.html
Hopefully I can catch up with them over the next couple of days and get something a little more in depth.
Apparently Sam CRASHED during his finals run, WTF? He is a maniac...
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/champery_world_9.html
Sam had a little off the back of the bike thing in the lower woods just before you cross onto the 4x track. With out that he would of won. If he had a crash further up top well that is just insane.
Je would have made a joke of the whole field if the weather stayed dry, 15secs in the semis with plenty in the tank i'd say!
Pretty crazy race day, all told. How is your buddy doing?
My buddy is bang on, sore but he was taking some pics for yourself today, he was my gimp for the day!
I don't think people who weren't there can grasp what Hill did today, it just can't be compared to anything anyone has done before. Shock and awe! Some of the big guns are gonna have to drink plenty to sleep tonight, MONSTER nightmares!!!
Also forgot to mention that Sabrina Jonnier crashed in here run and if it was not for that probably would have taken the win. The local race organisers where super stoked the Saner won though!
Alot of people thought the same, on a whole the organisation was really bad. It's a pity it seems that this venue is a one time only affair, the track is so good.
"I felt pretty good until I crashed,..."
Oh. My. God.
Oh. My. God.
Good to hear he was in one piece, and that you had a bitch today. Always handy to have one of those around!
Ya, that was pretty much my take on it when I read the text from him as well....
F yeah he is......reminds me of that race at Grouse where houseman won because it was dry, but mick pascal still top 5'd on a diarrhea course.....so sick.....that kid has confidence oozing out of his sweat glands
congrats to duncan......so many fast guys out there.... 22nd place, fastest american......HUGE PROPS to all contributors for the insane photos and incredible coverage.....
I think that the collective community does a pretty damn good job "these days". It wasn't so long ago that you had to actually wait for results and photos - now it's hits you live. Props to all the media folks out there for all your hard work.
Check out www.tsr.ch . There is apparently a sunday sports show with highlights. I just got a text about it now. I can't for the life of me find the show on here though, called Sports Dimanche.
Maybe that's why the media is bad for you. You expect a guy/girl to buy some camera equipment, fly to a location, climb a mountain, capture video, edit the video, upload it to the web - all within 5 seconds of it happening - and you only want to pay $5.....
Good ole Kintner is at it again... www.jillkintner.com
You work for the govt. and can not read so good, scary
I said 'Media'-as in dirt, decline, mbuk, velonews and the like who are companies with staff and whose job it is to report bike racing. Not long ago there was live tv and in this day and age it is not rocket science for someone to have some quality reporting.
True there is great updating from sven and spomer, 2 guys doing it as a hobby. JDD who is a helmet painter, marketing guy, agent to the stars, and all the while sends in updates to decline, Fraser at transcend, a one man show doing it as a hobby, Kathy Sessler-a team manager sending out her pics and PR, Jill Kintner a RACER sending out updates and on and on.
My beef is with the media who have let me down. Nowhere did I ask some schlep to go buy a video camera, macbookpro, wifi card with GSM service and send out some videos on the fly-I am wondering why the media outlets have not.
Only bringing the little whine up cause we are missing what sounds like the greatest ride in DH history perhaps?
g'day mate
this should be the link to the swiss sport-show, havent been able to watch it myself
http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=500000&channel=sport#page=search;vid=5948964
http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=500000&channel=sport#page=search;vid=5948964
thanks.
video is a bit rubbish, but the audio is ok (if you parle francais!). seems to be only XC coverage though...
video is a bit rubbish, but the audio is ok (if you parle francais!). seems to be only XC coverage though...
Random Facts About Sam Hill:
- Sam Hill is the cause of gravity. He picked 9.8 m/s*s for the gravitational constant because he deemed it to be "a fu@king awesome number." And that was that.
- Sam Hill can watch a season of "24" in just 3 hours.
- All of Sam Hill's toes are big toes.
- Nine out of every ten married women admit to having had an affair with Sam Hill. The other 1 in 10 didn't survive the foreplay.
- Sam Hill originally wrote the "95 Theses" that led to a rift in the church. However, excommunicating Sam resulted in a rather embarrassing crucifixion incident requiring the promotion of several new cardinals and the election of a new Pope. The whole reformation was then blamed on Martin Luther while Sam Hill was cannonized as the patron saint of “Guys You Don't Fu@k With.”
- Sam Hill is the cause of gravity. He picked 9.8 m/s*s for the gravitational constant because he deemed it to be "a fu@king awesome number." And that was that.
- Sam Hill can watch a season of "24" in just 3 hours.
- All of Sam Hill's toes are big toes.
- Nine out of every ten married women admit to having had an affair with Sam Hill. The other 1 in 10 didn't survive the foreplay.
- Sam Hill originally wrote the "95 Theses" that led to a rift in the church. However, excommunicating Sam resulted in a rather embarrassing crucifixion incident requiring the promotion of several new cardinals and the election of a new Pope. The whole reformation was then blamed on Martin Luther while Sam Hill was cannonized as the patron saint of “Guys You Don't Fu@k With.”
What.. have you got CIA on me. I work on a farm in NZ. I wish I was working for the gov.You work for the govt. and can not read so good, scary
Damn, went to bed late (big surprise), then woke up late.... took me soo long to catch up on things! d'oh!
Utopia's aren't that wacky. I wouldn't let them run it if they were. He's riding Adidas
http://www.frontlinemag.net/news.php?news_id=411
german, but a few good pics, hope they give us some video in a few days
don't forget Utopia & Nema!
...i'm actually working on a way to get soundbites for future races. I'm not a compter geek, so i'm still trying to figure it out.
that photo of hill looks like its from the mid-late 90s.
Pretty impressive from Hill.
The WC result that sticks in my mind is the frist Fort William WC when CK absolutly destroyed the field in his race run by 14 seconds that was truly amazing.
Pretty impressive from Hill.
The WC result that sticks in my mind is the frist Fort William WC when CK absolutly destroyed the field in his race run by 14 seconds that was truly amazing.