Vital RAW - Hauling Ass at the Cairns World Cup! 16

Vital RAW

Not slow! Cairns isn't all spiders and rock gardens. It's full of high-speed jumps and a couple crucial moves that will save seconds on race day. Do or do not. There is no try...right Needles?


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Cairns, Australia
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bizutch
8 years ago
Gwin always makes me think back to the year Doug Henry & Travis Pastrana came to Mt. Snow. 30+ seconds over the rest of 30+ age group on a Karpiel with Gazzalodis & Avalanche shocks. Henry just went off.
Pastrana double flatted boosting to flat past the finish kicker in slalom. They destroyed.
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bizutch
8 years ago
That last ditch he reverse hucked (pumped)...that was speed. Even ripped the berm after.
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ccolagio
8 years ago
Vital Raw + Claudio Course Preview + Wyn TV. I CAN'T EVEN. THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO CONTENT EVER.
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Daniel_Layton
8 years ago
Its a toss up between Claudio's track previews and vital's RAW for me. Still my heart leapt when i saw the RAW was up. Great Job Vital.

Also, did anyone else think Gwin was noticeably faster through the whoops?
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fabdemaere
8 years ago
Funny that he's pretty much the only one not hitting the step-down coming into that section.
He just pumps and rolls and comes into the whoops at mach turkey.
Sometimes it's not the manliest or straightest line that's the fastest.
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jhmckean563
8 years ago
Same thing with that weird humpy section at the end - he gets light on the face of the lip then pumps the bejeesus out of the transition. Looked way faster than all the guys checking up and ten gapping...
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jhmckean563
8 years ago
My b. I thought you meant the other whoops section about halfway through the vid where he also managed to pick up speed in a section designed to slow you down, lol.
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