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In the last 10 years, a lot of speculation has been tossed around about the so-called ‘death of downhill’. With the emergence of ‘enduro’ and the surge of popularity in slopestyle and freeride events such as RedBull Rampage, its impending death seems even more frequently mentioned, alongside words like ‘outdated’, ‘expensive’ and ‘extreme’.
Every day, industry sponsors drop downhill-specific athletes over budgetary concerns, companies cut funding for races and downhill events, the entire mountain biking industry seems to … More
Ran a helmet cam for the final, pretty cool to watch it back you can see how mental the crowd were in the rock section! one thing that stuck with me through the run was the dude in the last right hand switchback telling me “THATS THE SPEED RATBOY” cheers bro!
Cairns last hosted a World Cup event back in 1996.
For 2014, all predictions for the race were thrown out the window as the heavens opened turned the venue into a quagmire of mud and clay.
This is a quick edit showing how brutal the mud was on riders and bikes.