Not like you to miss a sausage..Was a perfect day for it! Taking the bike and riding up to the viewing points was a top idea too. Missed out on a sausage though...
Lots of peeps about wearing media vests and sporting camera gear, so should be a bit of footage coming out soon.Awesome for Maydena park to have replied to this thread.
My only disappointment about this event was the lack of live streaming coverage since it is no longer under Red Bull TV's umbrella. Watching video clips of highlights afterwards is not the same, though Jesse and Jack's raw footage was pretty sweet.
Awesome for Maydena park to have replied to this thread.
My only disappointment about this event was the lack of live streaming coverage since it is no longer under Red Bull TV's umbrella. Watching video clips of highlights afterwards is not the same, though Jesse and Jack's raw footage was pretty sweet.
We walked up stage 3 and stood in some random spot in the trees and was accompanied by an official videographer. She confirmed they were trying to shoot at least the top 30/10 mens/womens on each stage and most of the field on Stage 1.Lots of peeps about wearing media vests and sporting camera gear, so should be a bit of footage coming out soon.
There was walking access up that didnt involve the downhill parts of the course, but you were sharing trails with riders on the climbing sections of their ride. There was certainly a bit of trying to clear the crowds to let them through.We walked up stage 3 and stood in some random spot in the trees and was accompanied by an official videographer. She confirmed they were trying to shoot at least the top 30/10 mens/womens on each stage and most of the field on Stage 1.
We missed seeing the spectator get cleaned up on that stage by a rider just lower down and it was no surprise as it was absolute chaos on this and many stages with too few marshalls and spectators everywhere all over the course. I believe the spectating shuttles were sold out early in the morning forcing spectators to walk/ride up the stages themselves to get up into the park to watch the Natty etc. as there was no other way to get up the hill other than via the course itself. IMO there was a real lack of spectator information other than encouraging people to pay for the Hecklefest which was sold out well in advance.
We did see the first aid/marshall/staff buggy cross the track before the finish line jumps just as an U-21 mens rider came down.. Absolute brown trouser moment for everyone involved as he missed hitting it my mere metres.
Was an absolute spectacle and easily the best MTB event I've ever been to in terms of atmosphere, spectating and course. Riders were getting pretty cranky by the end of it though with spectator behaviour and we got gobbed off by a top 5 elite female for walking in her way down into the pits at the end of stage 5. Bound to happen when the track into the pits was the same pathway spectators were utilising to get up and down the hill.
That's the most obscene bar-hump I've seen in a long time. Nice.Friend i went with got this shotView attachment 398255
Its actually nothing like Derby... Maydena is a privately owned park and they make the rules.. I've done a few self-shuttles at Derby and had zero issues, just always made sure to not obstruct their turn around spot or block the road...Not a fan of this approach... Bit like Derby where I got a super rude dressing down by Vertigo for having the temerity to organise my own transport...
We walked up stage 3 and stood in some random spot in the trees and was accompanied by an official videographer. She confirmed they were trying to shoot at least the top 30/10 mens/womens on each stage and most of the field on Stage 1.
We missed seeing the spectator get cleaned up on that stage by a rider just lower down and it was no surprise as it was absolute chaos on this and many stages with too few marshalls and spectators everywhere all over the course. I believe the spectating shuttles were sold out early in the morning forcing spectators to walk/ride up the stages themselves to get up into the park to watch the Natty etc. as there was no other way to get up the hill other than via the course itself. IMO there was a real lack of spectator information other than encouraging people to pay for the Hecklefest which was sold out well in advance.
We did see the first aid/marshall/staff buggy cross the track before the finish line jumps just as an U-21 mens rider came down.. Absolute brown trouser moment for everyone involved as he missed hitting it my mere metres.
Was an absolute spectacle and easily the best MTB event I've ever been to in terms of atmosphere, spectating and course. Riders were getting pretty cranky by the end of it though with spectator behaviour and we got gobbed off by a top 5 elite female for walking in her way down into the pits at the end of stage 5. Bound to happen when the track into the pits was the same pathway spectators were utilising to get up and down the hill.
Not a fan of this approach... Bit like Derby where I got a super rude dressing down by Vertigo for having the temerity to organise my own transport...
Can I ride my bike to the top?
We offer a climbing trail to the midline of our trail network, providing access to 38 trails and a vertical descent of around 400m. Climbing beyond this point is not available. There is strictly no climbing or walking access on our shuttle road.
Yeah I get that. But I cant see there would be many people wanting to climb to the top so it feels a bit money grabby to exclude it...Its actually nothing like Derby... Maydena is a privately owned park and they make the rules.. I've done a few self-shuttles at Derby and had zero issues, just always made sure to not obstruct their turn around spot or block the road...
Thanks for the reminderyou have lots of choices whee you want to ride these days.
Yeah I get that. But I cant see there would be many people wanting to climb to the top so it feels a bit money grabby to exclude it...
Bit like the trail builder's obvious obsession with incessant switch backs on the climbing trail that feels deliberate to discourage climbing,
Thanks for the reminder
Shame there seems to be a bit of an aggressive undertone to tasmanian trail businesses... Not the first time it's become apparent.