All Things RED BULL HARDLINE Tasmania

Shoutout to David McMillan who had a huge crash while testing one of the big jumps a couple of weeks ago - get well soon David!

Brutal slam.

i got nervous at the end of the BK video.. but he did not even show anyone on the final jump, that I guess it's the offender.. 

Redbull TV cant even show the Hardline racing live. The RB TV "Live Event" starts at 6pm local Tasmanian time which is 1:30 hours after the racing is finished (scheduled to run from 1:00pm - 4:30pm).

This delay will give them time to edit the package for TV.

Imagine the hate if Discovery decided to delay the telecast of the WC to allow the editing team to do their job!!

The radius’s of the features look so nuts! Line of sight off that shark fin looks non-existent. 

Sounds like the kind of excuses other broadcasters aren't allowed make? 😂😂

Looks like the first day of riding the track was a success...man, those are some serious features!

Tahnee getting it done!

That jungle highway is nothing short of fantastic

The hits keep on coming:

Was there not already enough hate for them last year when the entire Hardline race event was cancelled with the majority of people saying they should not limit it to a strict time-frame, but instead a window so the riders have the opportunity to race when they feel comfortable, in the event there is not ideal weather conditions??

I think there are people who will complain either way.

Pretty safe to say Maydena Bike Park just cemented itself a place on the global stage - I reckon that world cup wont be too many years off.

Yeah I thought the same thing. The terrain and soil look super sick, and all the parts of the track that connect the ridiculous features look super fun. 

"It takes approximately 28h 28m to get from France to Tasmania, including transfers." 

I'll take the under on the down under WC DH race. No matter what the line is. Come on. 

Full pucker 

omfg . I guess he could have lended the old one before they shortened it . do your push ups boys

Maydena put their hand up to host another EDR/EWS and a DH Round in 2024 but was asked to focus on 2025 as many team budgets are maxed in 2024 and the cost of getting to Tasmania was going to push the friendship. Also traditionally the EWS came to NZ/Tasmania every second year so its not unheard of.

Laurie and Jackson course preview

Insane, Jackson kept turning around to check on Laurie and that had me nervous.  

Tasmania Hardline track is 2.3km long, same as Snowshoe, Val Di Sole, Andora and others, Fort Bill is close to 3km. Granted there is less open sections to allow a panning shot.

I'm betting the highway section will be covered by a drone or rider GoPro at Hardline. A drone covered these sections at the world cups in 2023.

Key reason of the delayed telecast is to give the time to edit a nice package with riders getting a full race run without the issue a world cup currently has with multiple riders on track at the same time which makes it impossible to show full runs live.

The goal of showing live full run is what I understand Discovery wants hence heir goal to limit the finals to 20 male and 10 female riders and having 2-3 min long tracks which allows a longer start gap.

They scrapped the jumps after what is now the last hit.

I can't get over how quickly it went from everyone trying to figure out each feature and the track appearing as this crazy, nearly unrideable thing to everyone just figuring it out and doing full runs. You can literally see the bar get raised in just a few days.

Highlight for sure has been all the women ticking off features. This will stand as a massive leap forward for the women's freeride scene and goes to show the level that their riding is at; they just need the chance to get their foot in the door.