2022 Rampage

[SKIP IN7RO]

Who's getting robbed?

[grskier]

Brendog


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[toast2266]

Brendog mildly robbed. Storch overscored. Bienve got robbed worse - that front flip was rowdy.

Zink is a beast. Old man's still got it.

Emil impressed me. He got scored about where he should have, but he did better than I expected.

Bummed that Kaudela and Godziek had bad crashes, especially since they were both on great runs. Godziek's was a potential winner. Kaudela seemed to be fine after his crash. Haven't seen anything about Godziek.

Jaxson Riddle and Sorge were both phoning it in. Kinda lame.

Overall, as always, that was a great comp. Super impressive riding. Keeping the bar high.

[Dee Hubbs]

The fact that guys like Steenbergen, Storch, or Fairclough don't do a second run, and concede the win to Zink, shows you how gnarly it is, and how close to the edge of disaster they are to even get 1 clean run in safely.

[grskier]

Brendog mildly robbed. Storch overscored. Bienve got robbed worse - that front flip was rowdy.

Zink is a beast. Old man's still got it.

Emil impressed me. He got scored about where he should have, but he did better than I expected.

Bummed that Kaudela and Godziek had bad crashes, especially since they were both on great runs. Godziek's was a potential winner. Kaudela seemed to be fine after his crash. Haven't seen anything about Godziek.

Jaxson Riddle and Sorge were both phoning it in. Kinda lame.

Overall, as always, that was a great comp. Super impressive riding. Keeping the bar high.

The fact that guys like Steenbergen, Storch, or Fairclough don't do a second run, and concede the win to Zink, shows you how gnarly it is, and how close to the edge of disaster they are to even get 1 clean run in safely.

Both good takes. I didn't get through all of it, but almost all of it.

I think Brendog's sui over a much more technical canyon gap and all the little stoppie steeze checked the type of run I want to see at Rampage. Cam's lines I think had been underscored on gnar a few times and it's awesome to see him get his.

Emil had that super tech drop in at one point that was more raw than I think of his slopestyle.... I dug it.

[grinch]

That had to be the best rampage ever. My podium looked different but there was a lot of great runs and that wouldve been super difficult judging. Too bad we didnt get to see the madness Godziek was about to drop

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[toast2266]

That had to be the best rampage ever. My podium looked different but there was a lot of great runs and that wouldve been super difficult judging. Too bad we didnt get to see the madness Godziek was about to drop

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Yeah - exactly. It was a bit like the world cup season. Instead of just one or two guys that dominated, it was a deep field that were all contenders. Which is way more entertaining to watch.

[rippling over canyons]

According to wikipedia, the prize fund was $200,000 in 2016 (the last year listed on the site). So, not sure what it is now?

[sfotex]

Video is up in the US: https://www.redbull.com/us-en/live/r...l-rampage-2023

[joetron]

That was a great Rampage in terms of riding/coverage/weather. I think the results are weird, but besides that it was an excellent event.
I think Bienve got super-robbed. His runs had plenty of big tricks and they were fast and powerful.
That first front flip was insane - and he threed and back flipped going into it and threw more big tricks after.
Zink had that weird little nac-flip and his big flip and that was kinda it.


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[toast2266]

Zink's run was gnarly, top to bottom. Everyone made a big deal about Brendog's gnarly run in to his canyon gap, and it was rowdy to be sure. But Zink's line off the top was every bit as techy. Super raw and exposed, leading into a big drop.

Bienve's line didn't really start until half way down the hill. The first half of his run is why he didn't score way higher.

Not to take anything away from any of them. It was all awesome.

[joetron]

Truth. Just rewatched Zink’s full run. Was dope.


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[Dantheman]

That may have been the best Rampage ever. Perfect conditions, Zink absolutely throwing down, groundbreaking new lines and tricks, comeback stories for Tom Van Steenbergen and Straight, just awesome.

[jm2e]

I look at two things:
1) did the rider op out of taking the easy/safe way off the mountain? ie Brendog, Zink, TVS.
2) did the rider do things nobody else can/would do? ie Brendog, Zink, Bienve.
If you’re gonna take the easy 3-12’ wide smooth bench cut path down the upper 1/3, you might as well be at Dark Fest. Fest is badass, but it’s not about navigating the gmarliest mtb terrain in the world.
I’m not saying Brendog should have won, but he was way better than fourth. And as soon as he stops doing Rampage we’ll probably be seeing backhoes up there and it’ll look more like a crankworks slopestyle event.


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[grskier]

I think I would have put Brendog in 3rd over Carson. Carson’s top 1/3 had a lot more opportunities to check speed, etc. Carson had more tricks etc but the double exposure of Brendog is 3 points in the positive for me


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[toast2266]

I think I would have put Brendog in 3rd over Carson. Carson’s top 1/3 had a lot more opportunities to check speed, etc. Carson had more tricks etc but the double exposure of Brendog is 3 points in the positive for me


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Same. I thought Zink was appropriately the winner. I could go either way on TVS vs Brendog for 2nd and 3rd. Storch should've been 4th.

[supermodel159]

Bienve was scored oddly low, couldn't figure it out.

[grinch]

Ya i figure Bienve was 1st and 2nd with Brendan 3rd

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[Dantheman]

Same. I thought Zink was appropriately the winner. I could go either way on TVS vs Brendog for 2nd and 3rd. Storch should've been 4th.

I wonder if Brendog could have scored higher *without* the Battleship. I don't think the judges are interested in rewarding super exposed features like that.

Bienve was scored oddly low, couldn't figure it out.

Weak top section.

[jm2e]

Watching the judges literally celebrate when they saw Zink stick his lander was shitty. Made it feel like they were pulling hard for their boy and as long as he had a clean run they had already justified the points.
Also, hats off to Rogatkin for solid commentary. That guy is a natural.


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[toast2266]

I wonder if Brendog could have scored higher *without* the Battleship. I don't think the judges are interested in rewarding super exposed features like that.



Weak top section.

I dunno. Without the battleship, Brendog's line was pretty similar to Bienve's - one super awesome thing, and a couple other decent hits that didn't really stand out as being all that special.

I thought the battleship was one of the coolest lines in the venue. Mostly just because it was so different than anything else up there. Super gnarly, without being big or steep.

[toast2266]

Watching the judges literally celebrate when they saw Zink stick his lander was shitty. Made it feel like they were pulling hard for their boy and as long as he had a clean run they had already justified the points.
Also, hats off to Rogatkin for solid commentary. That guy is a natural.


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To be fair, I don't think we saw a view of the judges for anyone else's big move. For all we know, they were celebrating similarly for everyone's run.

[SKIP IN7RO]

To be petty, I just don't like Cam and the whole family in the corral scene.

[Canada1]

I’m not a fan of the cave man move. I am a fan of jumping a canyon where if you’re short, you could not be around the next day. All of that said, the skill they are bringing across the board is too much for what they are paid

[Dantheman]

I dunno. Without the battleship, Brendog's line was pretty similar to Bienve's - one super awesome thing, and a couple other decent hits that didn't really stand out as being all that special.

I thought the battleship was one of the coolest lines in the venue. Mostly just because it was so different than anything else up there. Super gnarly, without being big or steep.

I loved it too, to be clear.

To be fair, I don't think we saw a view of the judges for anyone else's big move. For all we know, they were celebrating similarly for everyone's run.

This, plus it was the biggest flip in the history of the event, it's understandable they'd be stoked.