DH WORLD CUP 2015 - follow the season here with predictions, laments and discussion!
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foxpuppet
Eats Squid
Spider/Cable cam like they use at the footy.
GeoffRidesBikes
Likes Dirt
Yeah i'll pay that. My judgement is relative, just like yours and everyone elses. Leogang just doesn't excite me much.
Don't get me wrong it was bloody amazing to watch. I couldn't believe it and was on the edge of my seat - and it could only happen to him too! Whoever that was talking about the alternate universe in which his chain didnt break and whether he would have been that much faster - who knows? I reckon there is merit to the theory that knowing he couldn't pedal made him ride it better as a result.
Not gonna see anything like that again for a long bloody time either way. I'm glad i stayed up to watch it....i was umm'ing and ahh'ing about it for a while and almost didn't
EDIT: More alternate universe pondering - imagine watching that run last night back in the Warner/Freecaster days when he was fucking wasted in the commentary box all the time. That was some serious glory days for commentary. Just imagine it!
I don't think it was. I looked hard for it from other angles and didn't even see anything it could attach to, let alone the camera or cable.
Also it showed a lot of different angles, speeds and heights. I'm pretty convinced it wasn't a cable-cam - money is on a drone here. And man, I really hope it was and the trend grows. Can you imagine full race runs from two drones buzzing the rider?!
Definitely. Throw caution to the wind, got less to loose and just trying to salvage as much as he could. He'd have to be thinking that he was really back in times and was just trying to rake back as many points as he could. The only way to do that was to carry speed and zero mistakes. Would probably make you focus more, I reckon. Maybe not pedaling makes you less tired at the lower areas of the track and you make less mistakes?
Last year's Leogang was a pretty interesting race, this years was one of the best races in the sport's history.
link1896
Mr Greenfield
Yet again red bulls production budget is insane, such high quality for an outdoor broadcast, let alone on a mountain in the middle of whoop whoop. A drone shadowing a rider that can avoid the trees would be very cool.
ajay
^Once punched Jeff Kennett. Don't pick an e-fight
Definitely. I remember doing chainless runs at Buller after a drive train issue and I felt faster and smoother everywhere. Its all mental, it puts you in a different zone. Probably some truth in conserving energy from less pedaling too.
Still can't friggen belive it.
foxpuppet
Eats Squid
It was there, saw it during one of the women's runs, in one of the alternate camera angles it showed it in the air overhead. Definitely a cable. The upper section one where the tunnel was located was a boom camera.
shake_rattle_and_ roll
Pumpin'
Yeah, also thought drone until one of the finish arena shots facing back up course & there was definitely a spider cam overhead as well. Certainly the best variation of shots to date. 10/10.
Beej1
Senior Member
Kinda like Air Dog (https://www.airdog.com)
At this stage only suitable for clear, open spaces (water sports, track sports etc). But once they pair it with emerging autonomous control tech, such that the drone both follows the wearer as it does now, but dodges fixed obstacles as well ... it'll be like watching ourselves in a video game.
That sounds freakin awesome!
ajay
^Once punched Jeff Kennett. Don't pick an e-fight
Downhill calendar 2016:
9-10 April: Lourdes, France
23-24 April: Cairns, Australia
4-5 June: Fort William, Scotland
11-12 June: Leogang, Austria
9-10 July: Lenzerheide, Switzerland
6-7 August: Mont Sainte Anne, Canada
3-4 September: Vallnord, Andorra
6-11 September: World Championship, Val di Sole
9-10 April: Lourdes, France
23-24 April: Cairns, Australia
4-5 June: Fort William, Scotland
11-12 June: Leogang, Austria
9-10 July: Lenzerheide, Switzerland
6-7 August: Mont Sainte Anne, Canada
3-4 September: Vallnord, Andorra
6-11 September: World Championship, Val di Sole
I've still got a feeling that Bruni will get a win this year, could be this weekend but far out, betting against Gwin is a big call. I'd like to see Stevie Smith get back on it and podium, he spiced the racing up a few years ago and it'd be great to see all the past winners on form and battling for wins separated by tenth's of seconds.
ajay
^Once punched Jeff Kennett. Don't pick an e-fight
Yeah Loic is on the brink of domination. Once he learns to back up his qualifiers, he'll be throwing it to Gwin. I hope we see Rat, smith, Loic, Gwin and (hopefully!) Hill all in form without injury next year. Its a shame there were so many injuries last year/this year.
scblack
Leucocholic
Woohoo! Good to hear.