I feel bad for Bearclaw and Bourdo who spent all the day working on their lines. They had little to no practice to put together the hardest lines of the day, and ended up getting beat by guys practicing all day on pre-made lines. I hope the organizers give all riders the same amount of time to practice if they do it again.
Makes for gnarlier lines and gives those guys a chance to dial them in !
Word, that was the reason why I was really skeptical of the pre-made stuff. I feel that, in a way, it penalized folks who wanted to do something more original than what was presented. For me, the most interesting thing about the Rampage of previous years was the creativity that the contest allowed. The runs that I was always the most excited about were the ones that took a different approach and did the things that others weren't doing. From what I can tell from the limited media that I've seen from this contest, most riders were all riding the same one or two lines down the mountain.
This is your birthday pony.