The mountain may be small, but the track is ready and the racers are stressed. The World Cup in Canberra, Australia is one of the most important races of the year, with an overall points race that is up for grabs. Check out the goods and you may even see Ben Cory.
Damian and Flipper have opinions about the venue...do you? Discuss it here: Ridemonkey.com
So Wentz and Matty seem to think "Buc Nasty" shouldn't have a "k" at the end (bucK). Is it pronounced "Buke" then?
All you G3 attenders get ready for a radical weekend. Make sure to get there Thursday night so you can experience Karoake and Krazies at Willow Creek Saloon in Granby. Plenty of cowgirls & meth'd out women to dance with for sure! If you're female, well there will be a bunch of mtn bike dudes and cowboys who probably won't be dancing. Arrive at 10pm or so and you should be good.
Buck Nasty - the brand new trail at SolVista for the G3
EDIT: TRAIL/RACE SCHEDULE
- Saturday DH 1 - Cheez-it to Ashy Larry Trails
- Sunday DH 2 - Silky Johnson Trail (potentially chainless if everyone agrees)
- Monday DH 3 - Buck Nasty Trail
I've always wanted to have a reason to use the "Put Your Diapers On, Lebowski" quote and now I do. Permanent rock garden, Thunder Huck jump and more on the new trail called "Buck Nasty" at SolVista. Bring your 4-ply tires, and your chain tools suckers...(the chain tool thing may or may not be a hint).
Another big weekend is approaching. The SolVista G3 and the World Cup at Ben Cory's house in Canberra, Australia. When you pronounce Canberra, make sure you hit every syllable...CAN BEAR AH. Don't cut it short and say CAN BRAH, the locals (like Benny) will kill you. Rando may let you get away with it, but he's the only one. Damian Breach and Flipper will be bringing the goods. STOKAGE!
Get ready to be put in a seisure or throw up. Shaky-ass vid right here. Better than nothing, though. I guess the contest got rained out, so they only got two runs on Friday. These are some of those runs.
So, NBC has a 38 minute video recap of the first portion of Olympic BMX. CLICK TO WATCH - You will have to install the Silverlight player (which was easy) and then go through some crap about cable TV providers. I don't have cable, but there wasn't an option for that, so I lied. Then you have a commercial, but who cares, we get to see it! YEEHAW - GO EVERYONE! Pretty freaking intense!
In THIS ARTICLE they interview Kintner and use the term "Mountain-cross" not 4x. IN YOUR FACE!
One of the most fun trails in the entire galaxy...Wentz gives you the detailed, top-to-bottom scoop on Silky Johnson. Watch him try to make stem babies at about 1:13, LOL.
In Boulder it's gross this morning...rainy and low 50's. Matty, who is 85 miles away at SolVista, just sent this live-action photo of a new step up they're building on Drifter trail, noting it was sunny with clouds and pushing 60 degrees up there. Jerk!
This step up is approximately 30 feet-ish to backside and should be running soon for all you gapers. Free reign in the woods is a nice thing...
Looks rad and without the possibility of death or major injury for once! When the video ends it goes into all the official Crankworx CO videos, so bonus.
Brandon Semenuk makes some practice runs at Crankworx Colorado. No crowds, no photographers, just blasting trucks, tucks and massive indian airs for himself. If you want to be a mountain bike freestyler, you better be able to answer to this kind of riding! He's so casual, he looks half asleep during his runs...SICK!
Plus you get a no-too-detailed-as-to-give-it-away sneak peek of Aaron Chase's new softy frame which should debut at Crankworx.
Chalk one up for the history books. The Mountain States Cup Sol Survivor at the SolVista Bike Park was a huge success for everyone involved with great racing, fantastic tracks and more mustaches than a Burt Reynolds convention...
