DIALED S5-EP35: The slowest day in downhill history. | FOX

[@MichaelTV44]

Bernard Kerr is not afraid of being honest about when the UCI drops the ball.

[@knott4me561]

Let's see how he gets on tomorrow

[@lamefart]

It's not Hardline. He would never win.

[@-TheRealChris]

@MichaelTV44 He's a legend for doing so, so far at least Chris Ball/discovery/ESO have been by far the worst organization to ever run the sport.

[@Ganiscol]

The problem is, there are a lot of nodding heads among the riders, but unless everybody stands up, it will have no effect. Imagine out of 30 riders 25 boycott a race and the remaining 5 go to race - thats the podium. And if the shitstorm afterwards doesnt amount to epic proportions and more boycotts, it will have achieved nothing but more and more riders breaking away and race, cementing the status of being pawns of the UCI and Discovery. Remember the riders union talk from last year? That eventually fizzled because certain riders, high profile riders, just ducked out of standing strong for whatever reasons... Its a bit baffling, I would have expected a united front in this sport, but it appears that some dont see the writing on the wall and just look at the short term business implications for themselves (perhaps also due to team pressure?).

[@dforgash]

Le Pete is legendary. Keep him in upcoming episodes!!

[@gabrielmazza7923]

It wasn't a Croissant, but a Pain Au Chocolate

[@lukasseitz8294]

I feel your pain (au chocolat)!

[@Q-Ball.]

Tu veux dire chocolatine

[@jonpoon3896]

I was about to say

[@RoryMacdonald-pfff]

That’s quite a picture of UCI mismanagement being reported.

[@WeirdGuitarDoc]

Thx for the background informations😮

[@FOXFACTORY]

Welcome 😊

[@Foolsthought]

great to see Mathew

[@CatManDoSocial]

Bernard is one of my favorite riders, and as a complete outsider, I really like his point of view on this. That said, he is a multi-time winner of Red Bull Hardline and he's cut from a different kind of cloth than most people. I think Jordi's thinking is probably the correct way to look at it.

[@knott4me561]

Absolutely. Imagine if there was a Brook macdonald style crash and medics couldn't get there .

[@MrSupermugen]

@@knott4me561 dont be dumb, as BK said, you are going so slow there is less danger. MUCH less chance of injury in these conditions.

[@lamefart]

​@@MrSupermugenwhere's the fun in that? Slomo race like in the past EWS in some Oceania stages where it was atrocious to watch with all the peanut butter mud.

[@MrSupermugen]

@@lamefart The watching is irrelevant, id rather not watch but be happy they got to do the race run.

[@-TheRealChris]

it's far more dangerous when the track is dry and fast, they canceled it because they knew it would overrun due to being so slow and would therefore overrun their TV slot.

[@TuckerPearce]

Great breakdown of the unknowns around the junior race Jodi!

[@joshfoster6669]

Pete and his croissant 🥰

[@leonpeckson]

Does Jordi get any sleep? He always looks sooooo tired. Hope you’re ok brother.

[@Ganiscol]

Matt Fairbrother is a legend! Shame nobody on the circus has taken him under their wings... 😢

[@DAllan-lz3lg]

😂so funny. I did like Bk’s comments though, and Matthew Fairbrother is a legend !

[@montefuller4260]

Let them race!

[@NathanEide]

Pete with the biggest win of the week~

[@calinfloyd]

Love the fact that bernard kerr talks the truth about the uci

[@lostwithasmile485]

"Just fixin a shock for a Canadian fella"

[@leaonwhite9086]

Matthew Fairbrother: Ratings!

[@joetomasik7381]

Anyone complaining about BK's comments, he still pit down a "race run" when Hardline was canceled. He finished second in snowshoes mudfest last year. Im willing to bet he would put his money where is mouth is on this course.

[@lamefart]

He didn't have a race run in Hardline. It was truncated multiple stops and during a lull. Stop patronizing some older rider who won nothing outside of Hardline.

[@-TheRealChris]

@@lamefart You might want to check the definition of patronizing before you lip off cob.

[@mattydarbs8720]

Isn’t it about event planning. Surely someone’s bright enough to look at the planned events calendar and ask a question about the ability to put races on at certain locations at a point in time under ever eventuality. It’s not like they’ve not held an enduro here before. Sounds to me like it would be helpful if the UCI put out a proper statement to explain exactly why they cancelled, at least this would answer any rumours. The whole thing appears to one big unplanned mess this year! So much for growing the sport!

[@ginger_monkeey]

Downhill is about adapting to the course and course conditions. There will always be riders who excel at the extreme end of the curve. Racing should have gone ahead IMO.

[@rsd_mtnbiker6422]

What is so hard about communicating to everyone concerned what is going on and what is going to happen🤷🏻‍♂️

[@1brenmaster]

I suspect if you where to ask Cami Blanche if she would have preferred to race yesterday or Andorra last week it be yesterday.

[@MrCyphermonkey]

So how many riders were injured in that first junior practice run when they weren’t prepared for the track and the track wasn’t run in? Was there any? Kind of deflates the safety argument if there weren’t any or just a couple as that’s normal.

[@driten123]

A chill first practice run will always be very different to the race runs where they are sending it for their future career.

[@MrCyphermonkey]

It is but by the time of the race the track would have run in and they would have adjusted their bike set-ups appropriately.

[@bmaclaps]

Bernard is 100% right. There's more danger and consequences riding as fast as you can on a dry track than doing slow and slipping in mud. Let them race!

[@calypso2niner]

Pete finally got his croissant, though.

[@miyui9269]

the danger of downhill is almost like constant. if the weather is good, riders ride as fast as they can (50-70 kph). but if the weather is bad, riders ride as fast as they can (20-30 kph)

[@mrallmine150]

It’s more of a travesty that Pete can’t get his almond croissant than the lame ass uci canceling the juniors race 🤣 jk smh uci wtf …. Great video as always Dialed crew….and I was waiting for the Fin to end the video based on the start…oh well…Fin lol

[@Dorkbike]

Man, I hope they don't cancel Snowshoe. 🤞

[@trailsanddales4356]

Why pick a track to race if you cannot get medics on it? Weird

[@selder03]

Top 10! Woohoo

[@BlunderfulGuy]

Epic intro. I love a nice chocolate croissant (and chocolate brioche), myself, especially with some hot tea on a foggy day in the mountains. Is some part of the issue that this kind of track is made to challenge elite racers but happened to go too far and seem too dangerous under imperfect conditions for less experienced/consistent juniors to race on? Or is it mostly that not enough work was done before deciding to race in this location to evaluate and ensure its accessibility for medical personnel? I agree with the sentiment that young competitors (even younger adult riders, and even some older adult riders) can't be relied on to give proper consent or to not unknowingly put themselves in dangerous situations, especially when the rewards seem so high and combined with simple peer pressures as well as the types of personalities that tend to be attracted to more extreme sports like downhill racing. So, just from a moral perspective, the right thing to do as a tournament organizer of any size is to cancel the event for safety. If more tracks like this are going to be made for elite world cup racing, I wonder if it would be better to have junior lines or alternate routes explicitly designated throughout the course, or a completely different track in the same area. Preferably the former, since it would undeniably suck for everyone to not have junior riders competing on the same track whatsoever, although other sports like climbing (sport climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing) have many more categories with multiple youth and junior classes that compete on different "couses" set specifically for their category and discipline. Obviously, two big problems that mountain biking has are the requirements for being outside and needing a long track. But I think it would be possible on some complex/compound bike park and backcountry tracks that have several b-lines and rest points that offer more options for "route-setters" and medics, as well as more alternatives for weather to potentially avoid cancelling the elite races, although it could raise another issue for in-person spectatorship (and virtual spectating has already been problematic this season). Or maybe nobody's ideas matter because of higher-level issues, miscommunication, or conflicts of interest within the new event organizers and broadcasters or investors. Not to mention all the different opinions and requirements of the parents (and sponsors) of junior riders.

[@alexgr87]

What Jordie was saying about no b lines and being difficult for emergency services is kinda bs. Dry or wet its the same. I also think that maybe the track and venue wasn’t fully ready to be able to host a world cup because if this excuse for the emergency services it’s true, well it’s just poor management from the start of the event. Also downhill is not an indoors sport, that’s why there are products designed specifically for muddy conditions.

[@toria-j]

There's a clip in one of the other videos of a marshal trying to help a rider up and falling over himself. That's the access problem. Whole sections of track where helping an injured rider would be difficult nigh-on dangerous for emergency personnel.

[@-TheRealChris]

@@toria-j it's far more dangerous when the track is dry and fast, they canceled it because they knew it would overrun due to being so slow and would therefore overrun their TV slot.

[@wonderwatch2239]

@@-TheRealChrisa lot of speculation going on, absolutely no evidence that’s what happened 🤷‍♂️

[@jonpoon3896]

Any word about the kid who was told he wasn’t allowed to film

[@boggy8557]

How can we help Matthew Fairbrother? I would love to let him stay at our place (close to Toulouse) next season and help with transport. Or get him a night at a hotel or something?

[@jimraelee]

Hmmm Kerr is not a fan of the new system, Organization.

[@benjaminhparkerphotography8791]

If there is a lack of B zones and places for medics to get to wouldn’t that be the same in the dry?? I understand in the dry it’s quicker to move around but doesn’t that come down to the overall track design?? Downhills an outside sport, let them race FFS

[@dalem1140]

🤞

[@asun3630]

Honestly just bring DH back to USA. Snowshoe isnt enough. Weather is always dope west coast and Mammoth and Tahoe have better infrastructure than Snowshoe and half of the other stops. Plus mammoth is alll volcanic soil , limestone kitty litter, which is fun to race in even in wet!

[@1969Escobar]

🤞🏻🙄🤞🏻

[@XavieRibeiro25]

If medics can't get to the track because of lack of B-zones, then the event should've never happen in the first place, sun or rain. Make tracks better.

[@FireLysm]

Bernard Kerr for president! UCI is just such a XC sissy organization... this is DH let them ride!

[@gabrielmazza7923]

Bernard needs to chill with the Propaganda

[@WaechterDerNacht]

Yes, i think he is just pissed and let's out his frustration. But, in the end, if he thinks about all the different people at a world cup (not riders and team managers), he probablywould come to a different conclusion...

[@pytek23]

Propaganda 😂😂😂😂

[@-TheRealChris]

No, there needs to be more like him, this has turned into a shitshow under Chris Ball/discovery/ESO, someone has to stand up for the sport and right now he's the main one doing it (publicly at any rate)

[@jcgrundl]

Fox lost me at "probably the right choice", sounds like Fox is part of the problem! Time to put all our support behind CrankWorx and get away from this money grab!

[@Edisimo]

I don't think they mentioned its just the juniors. Not a big deal

[@-TheRealChris]

They canceled it because they knew it would overrun due to being so slow and would therefore overrun their TV slot, it's an absolute joke.

[@jcgrundl]

@@Edisimo Big deal, buddy. It's a sport for all elements. UCI/Discovery is a $$ grab JOKE!