I can’t imagine letting JG go back to this thing with the upcoming WC points / team structure…
If he'd hurt himself on one of the signature features I'd agree that maybe big freeride-esque features weren't a good career plan... but it was a fairly innocuous corner (for a WC racer, I'm sure I couldn't do it) that he messed up on.
Telling someone they should only ride 100% for the 8 WC rounds as its too much of an injury risk can't be a good phsycological message for anyone, let alone a relative youngster in one of the biggest spotlights.
If he'd hurt himself on one of the signature features I'd agree that maybe big freeride-esque features weren't a good career plan... but it was a...
If he'd hurt himself on one of the signature features I'd agree that maybe big freeride-esque features weren't a good career plan... but it was a fairly innocuous corner (for a WC racer, I'm sure I couldn't do it) that he messed up on.
Telling someone they should only ride 100% for the 8 WC rounds as its too much of an injury risk can't be a good phsycological message for anyone, let alone a relative youngster in one of the biggest spotlights.
Also the whole point of this stuff - from the brands' perspectives anyway - is not to have a race winner. It's to sell bikes. ALL this stuff is done so companies can sell bikes.
If Specialized could push ONE rider off a cliff to their deaths but would then sell every bike they could make for the next 10 years, they'd start with Loic because he's the most expensive rider...and probably throw Finn off, too, just in case they found a loophole and sacrificing a second rider gives them an extra 10 years of sales.
Jackson doing well at Hardline probably sells as many V10s, Nomads, and Valas as him doing well in Val di Sole.
Sam Hill and Josh Bryceland returning to racing is probably the biggest highlight of the year-end to me. Sweeeeeet!
I know ignoring the numbers is out of fashion this week but um please show your work on this 🧐
Source: I made it up.
Sorry for the bad math
It’s actually called Making up the numbers and all the cool kids are listening. Give it a go!
ahahahaha nice!
I can’t imagine letting JG go back to this thing with the upcoming WC points / team structure…
If he'd hurt himself on one of the signature features I'd agree that maybe big freeride-esque features weren't a good career plan... but it was a fairly innocuous corner (for a WC racer, I'm sure I couldn't do it) that he messed up on.
Telling someone they should only ride 100% for the 8 WC rounds as its too much of an injury risk can't be a good phsycological message for anyone, let alone a relative youngster in one of the biggest spotlights.
Also the whole point of this stuff - from the brands' perspectives anyway - is not to have a race winner. It's to sell bikes. ALL this stuff is done so companies can sell bikes.
If Specialized could push ONE rider off a cliff to their deaths but would then sell every bike they could make for the next 10 years, they'd start with Loic because he's the most expensive rider...and probably throw Finn off, too, just in case they found a loophole and sacrificing a second rider gives them an extra 10 years of sales.
Jackson doing well at Hardline probably sells as many V10s, Nomads, and Valas as him doing well in Val di Sole.
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