Great summary of the event Dean, stoked to see kiwis all over the podiums
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
It’s a good change! Thanks
@bodegacollectivegroup68545 ай бұрын
The Specialized bike seemed to work flawlessly in all areas of the track.
@jokermtb5 ай бұрын
It’s even more specialized
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
True that!
@Coolcmsc5 ай бұрын
Great vid! The commentary was much better, wasn’t it? Rachel brought genuine excitement and the racer’s eye to the Elite ladies commentary; she even ripped up the plugs for the local Dyfi trainer (Rico Martin) and Conti’s on air! Less is more seems to be a thing in life too. Semi’s on Saturday is also an improvement for us as we can follow on the UCI timing, though I still regret not being able to watch it. Loic suggested having more riders getting through each stage, including to the final, but not putting the first few riders on the TV. That gives up and coming riders experience riding at the sharp end, even when the protected riders don’t do so well (or get injured, eg Finn) in quali and Semi’s without making the broadcast too long for the punters: I liked that.
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
I’d like to see that as well
@nanaluke5 ай бұрын
Would love to see you and frotha do an alternative commentary live stream so I could mute the official stream, and just turn yours on as the audio
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
Hard to do when he has to fly up
@ianfurqueron58505 ай бұрын
Looks like some great racing - it almost has me wanting to spend the money on a Max service here in the US. Josh did well. He added some that excitement that was missing, but without it feeling like he was trying to copy Rob. Oddly enough, when you watch some of last year's races with CG, he had a lot of that screaming and enthusiasm you mentioned. I definitely hear you when it comes to racing in crap conditions. When I was amateur DH racing 25 years ago, my best races were when conditions were crap and just being able to stay on your bike could net you a good result - something I was good at. But that doesn't mean I totally enjoyed it.
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
Couldn’t agree more
@ioanparry5 ай бұрын
Great re-cap vid, but I hope it isn't wrapped up by Bruni already though, it would be good to see more of a battle towards the top. Fingers crossed the irish lads manage to bag a few more stellar performances. I did find it a little strange at the start that you were showing footage of Lachlan's run whilst you were talking about Loic, was this a mistake...?
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
Nah I just put the highlights over the top, was in no order
@jokermtb5 ай бұрын
Bernard Kerr’s comments of “fuck the semis” is coming a lot more from him. He basically said “you’re just not riding your best” on purpose and he longs for the single Finals run where it’s all or nothing…..he’s a bit frustrated with the current format, and it’s showing
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
I think everyone is
@Opd3515 ай бұрын
Hey Dean, Vali mentioned in her Wyntv that there might be 15 races next year? what are your thoughts on that are there even enough venues? surely this would mean new venues? is this a rumour going around ?
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
I'd love to see more races as I don't feel like 8 is enough, they would just need to me the schedule makes more sense and not jump around so much, for example, run Les Gets and then hold a race at Morzine the week after.
@kane99565 ай бұрын
Do you know what happened with Asa's run when he stopped but didnt get disqualified?
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
He thought there was a red flag but there wasn’t.
@jokermtb5 ай бұрын
Dak said he hit his head quite hard during qualifying and wasn’t quite able not to point for the rest of it…..he knew he wasn’t 100% for finals
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
Didn’t know that! Hope he’s doing alright
@Opd3515 ай бұрын
also man the buttons are such an unfair advantage
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
Which buttons?
@Opd3515 ай бұрын
@@DMs.withDEAN loics suspension, it seems like he can have a firm medium soft setting down the track, same with Finn
@leonemccallum23975 ай бұрын
Thought Josh and Aaron were good. Informative and perceptive. Not keen on a lot of shouting and superlative hype anyway.
@DMs.withDEAN5 ай бұрын
I think there’s a good balance you can find, they did great though