Kurt Sorge may have bested Brandon in amplitude, but he couldn't compete with the level of difficulty of his tricks having to settle for second while Reed Boggs blew a tire on a huge flat drop 360 in round 1 but nailed it on his second attempt to land on the podium. He nailed the first flat drop tail whip and the first flip whips ever seen at Rampage in a run that oozed style and competence. He overshot a landing on his first run and, as the last rider of last one, went straight to the top for his second run, which he stomped. He took the unconventional approach of riding a single crown fork so he could bar spin and tailwhip. Let the best riders in the world risk their lives on their own terms while the rest of us celebrate the progression of the sport! Everyone wins.It was excellent to have Rampage back after a two year hiatus and the riding lived up to lofty expectations, despite high profile riders like Brett Rheeder, Andreu Lacondeguy, and Brage Vestavik being absent due to injury.Ī couple of familiar faces stood atop the podium, the Brandon Semenuk becoming the first 4-time winner and the first back to back winner. I think there are too many variables to declare a definitive winner. Yet as near as i can tell, a back flip with a terrifying side wind scores the same as a backflip in perfect conditions off the same jump. scoring different routs down the mountain against each other suggests that trail conditions/gnarlyness plays a major factor in each score. A single person winning this event seems odd when you consider how many people put in time to make each run happen. Very talented riders are pushing the boundaries of the sport and injuring themselves on course before the "competition" even begins. Riders risking their lives only to find out at the bottom of their run that they never even stood a chance because they have been working on the wrong line for a week. I wonder if Rampage should be approached as more of a social event rather than a competition. is a poorly executed flip table over a huge shaped kicker worth more points than a opposite 360 out of a flat gap? are the judges relying on actual line choice, efforts and uniqueness shown by each rider or they just care about how much spin combos can be thrown in a row? like, does style and trick/spin variety even counts these days? Given the fact these 3 people had very minor improvements in score while showing their unique characteristics. I wonder if this is still judged based on slopestyle elements or if freeride already has its own path of judging riders? Genon has one of the most well shaped venues on the event, has put some serious opposite variantions on very scary features with his solid consistency aswell, but also no spin combos. Riddle got a steep, well shaped terrain, went big, has clearly put the necessary attitudes and efforts to earn his spot in this event aside being a rookie, also carried his own style throughout the day but no spin combos too solid consistency and amplitude, carried his own moto inspired moves and style, but no spin combos So considering 3 riders with 3 different lines: lets say Boggs, Riddle and Genonīoggs got the most natural, technical, least touched terrain. Red Bull Rampage 2021 - Highlights BOARD ACTION 1.35K subscribers Subscribe 3.8K views 1 year ago Brandon Semenuk made Red Bull Rampage history on Friday when he edged out three-time. Hope they're all 100% and back at it next year. Just hoping TVS is alright, the only black mark on the whole day, and the heaviest crash I've seen in a long time, and that's saying something with the crashes we've see in just the last few days from Andreu, Zink, Storch, and Brage. What an insane Rampage overall, with it coming down to the last rider, and everyone getting second runs for the first time in a long long time. You could argue that Riddle or Zink would have been in 3rd over Boggs, but they all threw down absolutely insane runs, so hard to judge, really. Sorge obviously has done a bunch, and maybe he was over scored a little bit, but he's a 3x Rampage champ and a bigtime veteran who threw down a killer run, so he's earned it. Semenuk has only ridden a couple Fest events, early on when they were getting started. Jackson Riddle has ridden Fest Series stops, and "won" a Fest event, crowned King of DarkFest 2020 (before they kicked Sam Reynolds out of Fest Series) and Nico Vink raved about him on camera.
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