That's a great point, in that exposure risk tends to cause a pulling back from your limits, where feature risk might tend to cause a pushing of limits.
If the risk is falling off a cliff or into a ravine or canyon, you'll likely _back off_ and ride slow enough to keep the maximum viable escape plans open.
If the risk is shorting a new big jump, or bailing off a big steep get-up, you'll probably tend to _push_ those limits a little... Maybe throw in an extra pedal at the top of the run in that hopefully doesn't cause you to overshoot the bottom turn a bit and push the front through the loose crap on the outside, losing just enough speed that you run out of momentum 7/8ths of the way up the 10-foot tall very steep slab and have to jump down about 4 feet to the ledge on the side. Not me this time, I skipped the big one that day, but witnessed a friend do this _after he _cleared it twice, hehe.
May 13, 2022, 12:56 p.m. - Justin White
That's a great point, in that exposure risk tends to cause a pulling back from your limits, where feature risk might tend to cause a pushing of limits. If the risk is falling off a cliff or into a ravine or canyon, you'll likely _back off_ and ride slow enough to keep the maximum viable escape plans open. If the risk is shorting a new big jump, or bailing off a big steep get-up, you'll probably tend to _push_ those limits a little... Maybe throw in an extra pedal at the top of the run in that hopefully doesn't cause you to overshoot the bottom turn a bit and push the front through the loose crap on the outside, losing just enough speed that you run out of momentum 7/8ths of the way up the 10-foot tall very steep slab and have to jump down about 4 feet to the ledge on the side. Not me this time, I skipped the big one that day, but witnessed a friend do this _after he _cleared it twice, hehe.