Audi Nines 2020 (slopestyle and freeride)
09-13-20, 08:44 AM
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Audi Nines 2020 (slopestyle and freeride)
BikeForums is pretty road-bike focused but I thought I'd start a thread if anyone wants to ooh and ahh over the big sends at the Audi Nines 2020, a slopestyle and freeride event that happened last week in Germany.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/recap-...ines-2020.html
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfB...lPA77ERk6kOBrA
Freeride highlights:
Slopestyle highlights:
The aforementioned Cordova flip, a front flip with toes on handlebars (Photos by: CA Greenwood, Klaus Polzer and Syo Van Vliet, via Pinkbike):
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/recap-...ines-2020.html
German rider Nico Scholze landed the first Cordova Flip on a Downhill bike and Italy’s Diego Caverzasi completed a Backflip Barspin to Cliffhanger, while Swedish powerhouse Emil Johansson dominated the event’s contest runs, winning Best Freeride Line and Ruler of the Week.
Freeride highlights:
Slopestyle highlights:
The aforementioned Cordova flip, a front flip with toes on handlebars (Photos by: CA Greenwood, Klaus Polzer and Syo Van Vliet, via Pinkbike):
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The drone camerawork is pretty incredible too, if you enjoy appreciating that sort of thing. Watch it chase them through the deeply banked corner in the slopestyle course...
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I've seen this stuff before and I think it's been around for a long time in various forms. Just leaves me with my jaw sorta slack. Much like how I used to skateboard down the hills when I lived in Missouri at a very young age, then many years later saw what the rest of the world was doing on a skateboard.
I like to watch, but I'd never understand it enough to speculate about who is and who isn't and why they are or aren't.
I like to watch, but I'd never understand it enough to speculate about who is and who isn't and why they are or aren't.
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Like any trick sport, ski, skate, or BMX versions included, it's judged on difficulty and precision. I don't think there's a formal points system per trick like there is in figure skating. From Pinkbike article on judging:
I don't think line choice is in play at this event. At Rampage there seems to be a lot of ways down the mountain.
The categories for judging at Rampage are as follows;
1) Fluidity and Style
2) Air and Amplitude
3) Tricks
4) Line Choice.
1) Fluidity and Style
2) Air and Amplitude
3) Tricks
4) Line Choice.
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There is a third event, Big Air. It's a single jump for the biggest and best trick. I can't find a highlights video, so here's a recorded livestream.
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