Brendog and his crew are the only reason I watch it. I’m not interested in Slopestyle. Red Bull Bike, you need to sort this utter BS out! It’s like going to a football (soccer) match and then allowing the players to pick the ball up and run with it!! And then to say Brendog just makes it look too easy, what an insult!! It’s time you listened to your audience and examined the evidence. IMO The crowd has lost respect for this event!
So he builds a unique line that no one uses full of raw and exposed features, even pays tribute to Jordie by finishing his drop, executes it flawlessly, completely embodies the meaning of freeride and doesnt even get a podium..... wow
Every year Brendog wins the hearts and respect of true big mountain freeride fans and every year he gets screwed by the judging which actually increases his media appeal and value to his sponsors. Monster should chuck some extra cash at him for turning down that can of Redbull. People’s champ again Bren
If people in the crowd are actively booing the scores on camera, it's time to change it up. These judges suck. This event used to be something to look forward to. C'mon Red Bull.
He gets punished for being the most creative every year in what’s supposed to be the biggest “free ride” comp in mountain biking. Him and Gee Atherton were the only 2 guys left carving in tech and big mountain lines and not opting for the slope style features. Even Kyle straight rode on a single crown this year and flew in tricks. I remember the last time Kyle won it he bombed down the hill fastest with crazy tech, huge gaps and speed. Sad to see the stage of this comp with the media coverage it gets these days. Been watching since 2008 and never had the judging been as bad as the last 2 years
@@pipelinewill t mac got rewarded for the risks and skill level in his run. Thought steenberg could have gotten more for the risks and tricks he put into his run. Tyler and Toms canyon gap was bonkers
Its a shame, redbull seems to favor the more slopestyle and trick-based runs. The true draw of Rampage is the ruggedness and the freeride aspect. I hope they return to what made the event so great.
Firstly, this is taking nothing away from the riders…they do what they do and its nuts! But looking at Brendog vs Semenuk its pretty bloody obvious that the judges are only interested in tricks…the actual lines, exposure, creativity seem to not carry any weight in scoring… I mean the Red-bull description of this video says “The world’s toughest big mountain freeride mountain bike competition” ...but that's not reflected in the scoring. Compare the two… Brendog - Nose manual off start ramp>unique janky start section>disgusting technical and exposed cliff chute>step-up, another step-up onto rock feature...full exposure drop off>No hander trick jump>Backflip over canyon gap!!>Finished and rode the Jordie-drop>Another huge backflip! Semenuk>Manual off start ramp>Same start line as others>Truck-driver jump>Backflip-one-footer over step down>One footer over hip>Flat spin>Few straight jumps>Indian air>Opposite tail whip onto lilly pad>Huge flip-whip! Both crazy good, but one was the definition of big mountain freeride the other was essentially slopestyle.
Well said. Semenuk’s reaction said it all. It was just another day at the office for him. Didn’t think he should have won. Brendog was happy to be alive after cleaning his line and tricks. One is elite slope style, the other is big mountain free ride.
I mean.... Brendan's 70s score felt like a double middle finger to him and his fans. That line was sick and way more unique than any of the others. The fact that that hill looks like Matt Jones' playground at this point kinda says it all.
It was a real punch in the face for sure, at least the crowd booed the judges and the broadcast made it known that everyone there thought it was unfair because the wider audience around the globe DEFINITELY feels it was unfair!!
@@staLkerhu "If you seriously think people are complaining just because it's 'unique,' you need to rewatch it. That run had everything, massive penalty canyon gaps, flawless landings, crazy flow, tech, tricks, speed, flow and it was the longest run while using more of the mountain than anyone else. Maybe you're missing the point.
Semenuk honestly seemed like he didn't really think he deserved the win during his interview. Regardless of what you think about the result, that's a pretty humble dude
Its because he is the G.O.A.T.! Actually was more stoked for his friends, than himself. I mean, he even said he didn't care about winning, just wanted to prove to himself that he could still top to bottom a run. What a legend.
He''s amazing. Super talented with the jumping and tricks. But raw downhill on unsculpted terrain is an entirely different beast. I think that's all the freeriders are saying >We're being replaced by slope stylers!
Because he didn't win. Brendan "Brendog" got fking robbed..🤬🤬🤬🤬. He and the boys built the hardest line and mastered it with a great run. This is what this is all about!!! Or its just fking slopestyle..🤡🌏🤬🤬
@@UnrealK9999 aww true love. But LISTEN if hes not 1st at the competition that mean HES NOT a real champion!! Assignment at RP is to hit them BIG DANGEROUS gaps, kickers and go downhill.. cuz all i can see there is the BIG "RAMPS" !
Judges have made it clear: Rampage is a slopestyle event not a big mountain freeride event. RIP Rampage. Seeing Strait have to pull out the single crown ought to tell you everything about what Rampage is about now.
I hope Monster creates a "Rad Line" event where tricks are not awarded points and it's pure amplitude and control along with difficulty of line. Us real downhill riders don't care about tricks. It's cool, but it's just a carnival atmosphere. We want that nasty scary line that makes us cringe as we see it ridden
@@stirfrybry1 yeah redbull already has an event like that called "hardline", most downhillers get disappointed at freeride like they don't understand the difference between freerun and parkour
@@stirfrybry1it’s so tough because some of those giant flips really do seem to be in the true spirit of big mountain. But I really hate how much it’s turned into a slope style event. I just think they should be awarding amplitude over technicality. If Tom VanSteenbergen had won I wouldn’t have minded
I was there!!! 3:27:08 and it was simply shocking for me and for many from below to see Brendan Fairclough (Brendog) with his bike on that rock the size of a car, almost posing as if it were a gargoyle (we were all screaming). For me, one of the best images of this year, it deserved the People's Choice Award and also a score worthy of a podium. The judges should not only grade the tricks, they should also give value to the new challenges that the riders face, even if they do it perfectly and it seems easy from a chair and watching a monitor.
What a joke! Brendog's excuse for not getting a higher score is he needed Amplitude, Amplitude and Amplitude. Comes Godziek and takes Amplitude to another level until Semenuks does a tail whip, and all the judges freak out. Please be f@#$ing consistent. We are going to start thinking that the passport that you carry decides if you can win or not.
This is an american event so the judges have given the majority of wins in the past to americans. Only one european has ever won in over 20 years which is remarkable since in Downhill Racing for example the top level is dominated by europeans, so it's not like mountain bike riders are any worse over here.
Brenden Fairclough rides the only freeride line in the competition against a bunch of perfectly manicured slopestyle lines and gets penalized. May as well make Rampage part of Crankworx.
Lol perfectly manicured is a bit of a stretch and a bit belittling to some insane runs by other riders but I think we all can agree that a high 70s for fairclough's run is crazy for just how hard it is.
But don't you see? "He makes it look too easy". Oh but also he didn't flip his canyon gap last year so he didn't go big enough. Oh and also if he gets too loose then he's not in control enough. It's simple, here's what he has to do to podium: brake more poorly and make it look harder while also flipping any canyon on his run and also never look out of control.
Exactly! The problem of his line was the fact that there has not been the possibility to make some "sexy tricks" - the difficulty was so high! And always: Where is the human jury there is always problem. Maybe in the future there will be AI which will judge according to the firmly given parameters - the difficulty of the line, tricks,...IMHO his rating could be at least 10 point more!
'perfectly manicured slopestyle lines', that's a big exaggeration don't you think? Since when huge drops and fast top sections are slopestyle lines? Brendog's score is too low every knows that but do not take anything away from other riders
Brendogs lines are what this event was created on. Steep chutes, raw lines, bike control and crazy exposer. Thats what this event should go back to and leave the single crown trick bikes for the slope style events.
Yeah let's just forget technology has evolved and freeride is an expression of the way you ride, instead let's just put in to our heads that freeride = downhill without the timer
@@dirtyburrito7108because a slope style run just won the event and a near perfect freestyle run scored as low as riders that basically crashed. Call it crankworks Utah next year
Brendog again shows the true spirit of Rampage with the most natural technically difficult (and with the most consequence) to ride track with a couple purpose built trick jumps.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Brendog, but as good as his run was, I agree with his result. Everything is just gnarly and I don’t think that his run was big and gnarly enough.
@@LouisCollison-rj5ks ill be honest mate either you didn't watch it or you've never watches this before, brendogs run was the most technical and gnarliest one out of everyone's
@@LouisCollison-rj5ks I must agree, It's now a trend to say how great his run was and blah blah raw freeride, but when it ended I was like 'was that it?' Yes he rode down some gnarl, but drops weren't huge, tricks were basic. Maybe it deserved a score of 82 just to keep this 'got robbed' hype down, but nah, far from winning run.
Brendog and Godziek were robbed. Semenuk's run did not have anything as big as Godziek's or Brendog's. Rampage means "GO BIG" and slopestyle run packed with tricks is winning. This is against the spirit or Red Bull Rampage. Godziek went full on, huge jumps and huge double backflip. I did not see anything comparable in Semenuk's run to this 2x backflip. In a slopestyle event flipwhip would not win against double flip.
@@nevermindd1People ain't saying it wasn't. Point is it's not worthy of winning the event compared to what godziek pulled of. And semenuk basically acknowledged that in his interview.
Red bull needs to rebrand this event a slope style event as it is no longer what it use to be. The fact that a rider with no big mountain features in his run can win is ridiculous. This wasn’t meant to be a slope style competition.
@@tallpaull9367 That'd be great, but without a big name, there isn't much funding or coverage. Realistically, it'll take another big company coming in and trying to prove a point, that'll actually make a difference.
Scoring is too heavy on the tricks, if i want to watch trick runs i go watch crankworx, which i already do.. Brendog's line was raw and technical af, should have been scored higher
Brendog is the winner two years in a row. They should tell every judge they have to ride one of the lines down. No tricks, just ride the line. ZERO of them would choose Brendog’s and that’s all you need to know.
The venue changes every few years. Can we get a new judging panel? Cam zink could have rode down on a pink tricycle and they would have gave him first place. They constantly punish creativity, exposure and technicality. Fairclough should have been on the podium in 23 & 24. Pretty hard to finish on the podium with a monster sponsorship in a red Bull event. Godziek and Fairclough got robbed. Hopefully they don’t get discouraged and come back. If anything the fans love seeing actual tech and creativity in a free ride comp.
I’m a die hard Brendog fan and I don’t want him to come back in all honesty He gets underscored and he’s got a family now, doesn’t seem worth it I’d rather see him and the boys dig for video projects of their own not a bullshit dead event
I agree Brendog should have podiumed, but I do think Zink was deserving of his win last year. It was the pinnacle of freeride. Super loose and steep, crazy fast, gigantic jumps, and a few tricks
@@4mtbexperience Yeah, is not a sponsorship bias coming from Red Bull, is a North American bias coming from the judges (especially the influencial ones: Berrecloth & Bender). While there will always be some subjectivity, daylight robberies were always on non-North American riders (Brendog, Andreu, Bienve, Bizet...). But Red Bull should take action, and without sabotaging them they would not act.
I guess for many people it's the bigger "scandal" if you want to call it that. But you are right, Szymon did some crazy stuff on that mountain and I just can't help myself but feel that this is such an excessively american event that there is not much of a chance for a polish guy to score a win from the judges. Same for Brendog since he's british.
@@Peyre godziek should have won this for sure, i really like semenuk, but for me, he shouldnt even be on the podium. taylor should be on the podium as well. like you said, the european people got the -5 bonus, brendog the -10 bonus because of european and greenteam.
@@JakubVenclthey are corrupt and it was exposed more so than ever before. Josh Bender is a has been yet seems to have the loudest voice amongst the judges, bloke was over rated he only ever did drops that was literally his skill level back In the day and crashing. The whole competition is now basically a slopestyle event was nothing unique or gnarly about Brandon’s run and was given 10 points more in his first run after crashing than Brendog got for doing literally a pure freeride line
I think Godziek deserved the win, Semenuk second. I would have thought Brendog should have gotten more for the exposure and creativity of his line, possible dig award. Just my opinion, pretty good event glad its still free to watch unlike the DH. Stoked Zink is OK, and mad respect to everyone who laid it on the line!
Godziek, Semenuk, and Van Steenbergen. How MCCaul got top 3 is questionable. But I’m not an MTB guy so I can’t comment on freeride vs slopestyle but there is definitely two styles trying to be judged as one. Sorry freeride, but as a pure spectator slopestyle is more entertaining. IMHO
Szkoda bardzo szkoda , jak widać w komentarzach Szymon zasłużyłeś na więcej. Zrobiłeś wszystko na 100%. Ale taki jest sport . Oceniają to tylko ludzie , nie wiesz jaki dziś mają humor , co dziś będzie dla nich przejazdem nr 1. Nie przestaje rób dalej swoje . Jesteśmy zajebiscie dumni . Dziękujemy.
Oppo this! Oppo that! Spin to win! WTF... one of the best rampages ever from the hard work the rider's put on display and especially the progression from Fairclough and Tom V.Steez, but the winners always being the ones doing the most slope tricks in a row is getting very old.
Placing Brendan so low is a clear statement to all the people who love/try to ride bikes in creative, unconventional ways: "Jump on a bandwagon, kid, and you'll be fine then. Don't try to stand out." Many young fellas just learnt another lesson that going against the current, being yourself and taking conceptional risks worth nothing.
This event is dead . Thanks judges . Bren dog. Well done mate. Don’t bother coming back , you deserve better . Your channel is better than this whole event .
Mob mentality voting for mr. popularity. His run could easily be accomplished by the top 10 riders. "Freeride" is just elementary level slopestyle but with creativity and more raw terrain. The winning runs were actually amazing
@@BGraves no one is denying, the winning runs were truly amazing. Fairclough's run is much more unique and rugged, more risky and more technical, and that gets into more of what freeride is. Making your own path and not having the perfect jumps but doing it anyways, while still throwing in some tricks. Many fans think those aspects were what made Rampage unique from other events. The other riders all did phenomenal as well.
@@pythin2040 risky!?!? hucking down those mega gaps at 45mph and missing the landing out of a backflip or a spin is far more risky. His run was creative but hardly the risk of other runs
@@BGraves Freeride and slopestyle couldn’t be more different. Freeride is raw and technical navigation down and slopestyle is butter smooth jumps and landings. You’re clearly clueless on this so educate yourself before commenting.
RIP free ride. And shame on you Red Bull I will never drink a red bull again. Amazing runs to all the riders. I think Semenuk knows that he did not have the winning run you can see it on his face. Zink we will be praying for you brother!
And….Brendog ROBBED AGAIN!!! He had the most unique line, the most unique features, the most gnarly run and only got a 76? Come on man…someone needs to tell the judges this isnt Joyride…and the dig crew of Deaks and Olly should,d have won for best diggers…
Brendog was not judged correctly. His line was one of its kind. It seems you want to make a slopestyle event out of it. Then please just build a Flow trail with huge jumps and let the riders compete. Perhaps Brendogs run was not a winning run, but it should have been a 88-91 score. Nobody likes to see when people are treated unfair. I am out.
They get away with it because they don't show the details of the scoring. WHY??? Educate us or be transparent about what's getting scored and why. I think everyone wants to know. We will assume some real shadiness if this isn't done and it puts a stink on everyone at RB.
Since then it has evolved and people should understand that doing tricks while on cliffs and narrow landings is way more technical than just going through difficult obstacles
@@gaiuspeteros It's really not though. Brendog was trials riding a mountain, some of the other riders may as well have been riding park. Manicured jumps and nice long landings, the mountain is essentially just scenery. It adds some risk, but not difficulty.
Just call it a slopestyle competition if that's how it's scored. Brendon with a completely unique line with some unbelievable features and pulls it off flawlessly yet gets overlooked because he didn't do enough flips?
I think Szymon Godziek win this year, amazing run, beautiful backflip on biggest drop, DOUBLE backflip , frontlip on start... Come on... Godziek is a champion 🇵🇱 Polska duma 🍾
Woooow red bull rampage 2024 was Amazing, I respect all the riders who were here incredibly and they had wonderful rides... But we can't forget that this is a red bull rampage and not a red bull slopepage
Time to mandate a dual crown fork and only allow for two or three purpose built features. Everything else should be natural chutes and technical freeride. Not carve your own slopestyle course.
Rampage is meant to be a big mountain comp not a slope style. Line over tricks. Brendog has the correct spirit for rampage and was the winner for the fans but not the judges
Sponsors I ride MTB 3 times a week and Fairclough’s ride was number one by a mile. Sure jump parks are fun, but judges it’s Mountain Biking. Brendan’s sponsors I’m coming to see you for my bike
Rampage isnt what it once was, some of those calls from the judges were trash, Brendog for one, while not a winning run, deserved way higher score, no wonder so few went back for a second run, and Isted choosing not to do the second, why would they put their lives on the line for a BS call from those judges!
@@BGraves It's like saying riding trails and slopes at the bike park are the same. You ever get stopped by that little rock or have it throw you off line? They don't have those in slopestyle, they clean those up, just like they need to clean up the results(or should I say, not be "cleaning" up the results).
@@jamesc6876 I get the point you're trying to make but your analogy is not good. Bike park riding way gnarlier than trail riding - they don't clean up stuff, they put it their purposefully to be more difficult than natural
I totally agree. The problem is the fact that there has not been any exact criteria HOW to evaluate the ride - for example coeficients for the line difficulty, whether and how to evaluate tricks etc. IMHO: Godziek and Semenuk had the most "beatifull" rides - full of insane tricks etc., Brendog has the most difficult line - totally different from the others. How to exactly evaluate this - difficult stuff! IMHO he could have at least 10+ points.
super disappointing rampage! when did this turn into a slopestyle event? the judges need their heads wobbling! big ups to all the riders but come on man..
The “it’s freeride not slope style” thing is so stupid. Freeride is free for the rider and build team to decide what the best way to showcase their skills is. The judges thought the tricks from semenuk were better than the technicality of brendog, not saying the judging was totally fair but damn the comments need to stop glazing fairclough
@@romanpostforoosh3355 That's the whole idea of redbull rampage though, your comment shows you know nothing about it, probably only started watching it this year
It’s so stupid that Branden semenuk wins from doing some tail whips and Bren dog does the gnarliest features and gets a 70. The judges are the worst. Do better Red Bull this isn’t a slope style comp.
I will not be watching this event in the future. Not worth the disappointment, half the riders walking away deflated & considering their futures at the event I suspect, damn shame.
Real Rampage Riders go big and do back flips and front flips over canyons and put it all on the line exposure and amplitude F$%K OFF with slope style tricks well done to all the others riders that put it all on the line
you cant take anything away from the incredible riding from all the riders here but it has to be said that 90% of the field are just riding the same line but pulling off bigger "slopestyle" tricks. Rampage is an awesome spectacle but its more DIY slopestyle than a freeride event.
Wow this sucked, between the horrible Cam Zink injury, terrible winds, 3-4 hour long pauses and delays, Emil dropping out, more than half of the competitors opting not to do a 2nd run, and the absolutely shameful judge performance, this has to be the worst Rampage I've ever watched! Unfortunate. Hope for better next time
Cams crash was sad... Don't wanna see my guy down. I think it was worth the wait. I mean you should give these guys the chance to hope for better wind. They built for days and then don't have the chance for second run because we need to wait? I mean Thomas and Semenuk took the chance an made nice second runs.
It’s a real shame that Rampage has become another slopestyle event. There are plenty of slopestyle events around the world and these lines built should showcase a riders ability on a bike downhill, on the most technical terrain. The fans enjoy watching controlled riding just as much as slopestyle and would appreciate the two not being one and the same for this event. Brendog is a classic example of an excellent build married with excellent technical performance on a bike. I do wonder why it is a build event to then only be judged as a trick event. Personally, I’ve lost interest and hope someone listens to the fans and we can see some technical event that truly appreciates the team’s efforts in both build and ride.
I tought brendon didn’t score high because he didn’t have a big drop with a rotation. But semenuk also had smaller features in comparison. So this really shows that the judges reward tricks over big mountain freeride and creative features
Brendog may not have won the event but he Won the hearts of thousands. His total package is my idea of real Red Bull Rampage.
Redbull Stepdown Slopestyle 2024
I feel like a Monster Energy drink!
Brendog and his crew are the only reason I watch it. I’m not interested in Slopestyle. Red Bull Bike, you need to sort this utter BS out! It’s like going to a football (soccer) match and then allowing the players to pick the ball up and run with it!! And then to say Brendog just makes it look too easy, what an insult!! It’s time you listened to your audience and examined the evidence. IMO The crowd has lost respect for this event!
@@TJWiggers dude, their content is sooo good
Brendog won.
So he builds a unique line that no one uses full of raw and exposed features, even pays tribute to Jordie by finishing his drop, executes it flawlessly, completely embodies the meaning of freeride and doesnt even get a podium..... wow
You said it all, he wasn't just robbed he was disrespected!
bUt hE mAdE iT lOoK tOo eAsY.......
2nd year getting robbed !
Well said!
it wasnt necessarily a winning run, but it was underscored imo
Brendog turning down the Redbull was legendary
Yup, at 3:28:59
@@8oliverraymond will have to edit timestamp as RB edits down all the extra time. tho they probly removed it lol
@@TeddyParker 1:11:15
He knew.
Yeah. Amd he should just turning down red bull rampage and create a better version of it
Every year Brendog wins the hearts and respect of true big mountain freeride fans and every year he gets screwed by the judging which actually increases his media appeal and value to his sponsors. Monster should chuck some extra cash at him for turning down that can of Redbull. People’s champ again Bren
If people in the crowd are actively booing the scores on camera, it's time to change it up. These judges suck. This event used to be something to look forward to. C'mon Red Bull.
every year. and like he said, this isn't joyride
RBR needs to decide what it is; Big mountain freeride or Slopestyle event.
Only true innovative freeride I saw was Brendog.
He gets punished for being the most creative every year in what’s supposed to be the biggest “free ride” comp in mountain biking. Him and Gee Atherton were the only 2 guys left carving in tech and big mountain lines and not opting for the slope style features. Even Kyle straight rode on a single crown this year and flew in tricks. I remember the last time Kyle won it he bombed down the hill fastest with crazy tech, huge gaps and speed. Sad to see the stage of this comp with the media coverage it gets these days. Been watching since 2008 and never had the judging been as bad as the last 2 years
T Mac and the canyon gap were 100% freeride, tech run in, tech run out, pretty raw comparatively
@@pipelinewill t mac got rewarded for the risks and skill level in his run. Thought steenberg could have gotten more for the risks and tricks he put into his run. Tyler and Toms canyon gap was bonkers
Its a shame, redbull seems to favor the more slopestyle and trick-based runs. The true draw of Rampage is the ruggedness and the freeride aspect. I hope they return to what made the event so great.
Clearly they decided already.... slopestyle.
Firstly, this is taking nothing away from the riders…they do what they do and its nuts!
But looking at Brendog vs Semenuk its pretty bloody obvious that the judges are only interested in tricks…the actual lines, exposure, creativity seem to not carry any weight in scoring…
I mean the Red-bull description of this video says “The world’s toughest big mountain freeride mountain bike competition” ...but that's not reflected in the scoring.
Compare the two…
Brendog - Nose manual off start ramp>unique janky start section>disgusting technical and exposed cliff chute>step-up, another step-up onto rock feature...full exposure drop off>No hander trick jump>Backflip over canyon gap!!>Finished and rode the Jordie-drop>Another huge backflip!
Semenuk>Manual off start ramp>Same start line as others>Truck-driver jump>Backflip-one-footer over step down>One footer over hip>Flat spin>Few straight jumps>Indian air>Opposite tail whip onto lilly pad>Huge flip-whip!
Both crazy good, but one was the definition of big mountain freeride the other was essentially slopestyle.
Well said. Semenuk’s reaction said it all. It was just another day at the office for him. Didn’t think he should have won. Brendog was happy to be alive after cleaning his line and tricks. One is elite slope style, the other is big mountain free ride.
100% - Look at BrenDogs line and most riders won't even consider riding that because of the risk involved
I mean.... Brendan's 70s score felt like a double middle finger to him and his fans. That line was sick and way more unique than any of the others. The fact that that hill looks like Matt Jones' playground at this point kinda says it all.
It was a real punch in the face for sure, at least the crowd booed the judges and the broadcast made it known that everyone there thought it was unfair because the wider audience around the globe DEFINITELY feels it was unfair!!
70 was a bit rough, but this is a competition, and being the most unique isn't enough even in gymnastics... 🤷♂
@@justinmadair they basically voted him out of the event for future years. No longer has an automatic entry.
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@@staLkerhu "If you seriously think people are complaining just because it's 'unique,' you need to rewatch it. That run had everything, massive penalty canyon gaps, flawless landings, crazy flow, tech, tricks, speed, flow and it was the longest run while using more of the mountain than anyone else. Maybe you're missing the point.
Semenuk honestly seemed like he didn't really think he deserved the win during his interview. Regardless of what you think about the result, that's a pretty humble dude
Spot on
Its because he is the G.O.A.T.! Actually was more stoked for his friends, than himself. I mean, he even said he didn't care about winning, just wanted to prove to himself that he could still top to bottom a run.
What a legend.
He''s amazing. Super talented with the jumping and tricks. But raw downhill on unsculpted terrain is an entirely different beast. I think that's all the freeriders are saying
>We're being replaced by slope stylers!
Because he didn't win. Brendan "Brendog" got fking robbed..🤬🤬🤬🤬. He and the boys built the hardest line and mastered it with a great run. This is what this is all about!!! Or its just fking slopestyle..🤡🌏🤬🤬
Brandog is the real champion, he understand the assignment. Shame on you RedBull
Lmao!! I think he didn't get that assignment.. instead of DONT use ur brakes.. he get it as a DO! Back flip??!! And drop? Chemp..? Lol
@@davwcki367 you probably a kid and know nothing about freeride MTB, have you seen the others competitors lines?
@@UnrealK9999 aww true love. But LISTEN if hes not 1st at the competition that mean HES NOT a real champion!! Assignment at RP is to hit them BIG DANGEROUS gaps, kickers and go downhill.. cuz all i can see there is the BIG "RAMPS" !
@@UnrealK9999 and technically breaking and balancing on them bike's are super easy!!!
@@UnrealK9999 No more cry! No one was robbed! Everyone was happy to be there! Thanks to REDBULL.
Judges have made it clear: Rampage is a slopestyle event not a big mountain freeride event. RIP Rampage. Seeing Strait have to pull out the single crown ought to tell you everything about what Rampage is about now.
Sack Barrelcloth or Rampage is done.
I hope Monster creates a "Rad Line" event where tricks are not awarded points and it's pure amplitude and control along with difficulty of line. Us real downhill riders don't care about tricks. It's cool, but it's just a carnival atmosphere. We want that nasty scary line that makes us cringe as we see it ridden
@@stirfrybry1 yeah redbull already has an event like that called "hardline", most downhillers get disappointed at freeride like they don't understand the difference between freerun and parkour
@@stirfrybry1it’s so tough because some of those giant flips really do seem to be in the true spirit of big mountain. But I really hate how much it’s turned into a slope style event. I just think they should be awarding amplitude over technicality. If Tom VanSteenbergen had won I wouldn’t have minded
@@gaiuspeteroshardline is a race though
damn, brendog was robbed 100%. The technicality of his run was insane, and the judges shrugged it off for "looking too easy". TF???
Van Steenbergen was robbed more. Should have got 3rd at least. Love to see Brendon try that huge front flip
@@tallpaull9367it’s not a trick competition legend
They hate Jordie apparently.
RedBull Slopepage
I agree Brendon should have scared a bit higher too. But he rides for Monster, that makes it challenging
I was there!!! 3:27:08
and it was simply shocking for me and for many from below to see Brendan Fairclough (Brendog) with his bike on that rock the size of a car, almost posing as if it were a gargoyle (we were all screaming). For me, one of the best images of this year, it deserved the People's Choice Award and also a score worthy of a podium.
The judges should not only grade the tricks, they should also give value to the new challenges that the riders face, even if they do it perfectly and it seems easy from a chair and watching a monitor.
That image on the rock (and a similar one from practice) are what Rampage is all about to me. Tom Isted's wild ride in practice is up there too.
Brendog transcends the judging 🎉 such a sick line from him!
Brendon was first in my heart but Godziek got robbed big time
That is what I thought aswell, the double backie was just insane
He broke the new record in his jump too Madnes RUN!clean as well
Yeah I agree and I don’t even really follow this sport.
Technical (boring) slopestyle tricks win the day. Yeh oppo...so what looks just the same.
Yea, Godziek should have won it.
Yup, Brendog definitely got robbed. The most unique, raw, big mountain line. Bummed for those guys and there hard work.
Every time he goes.
They know we love em
I stopped the video after he got that 70
What a joke! Brendog's excuse for not getting a higher score is he needed Amplitude, Amplitude and Amplitude. Comes Godziek and takes Amplitude to another level until Semenuks does a tail whip, and all the judges freak out. Please be f@#$ing consistent. We are going to start thinking that the passport that you carry decides if you can win or not.
It’s felt for a while (whether true or not) that being mates with the judges seems to matter.
C’est pas nouveau…
This is an american event so the judges have given the majority of wins in the past to americans. Only one european has ever won in over 20 years which is remarkable since in Downhill Racing for example the top level is dominated by europeans, so it's not like mountain bike riders are any worse over here.
So true, but maybe more likely who sponsors you decides if you win or not
Brenden Fairclough rides the only freeride line in the competition against a bunch of perfectly manicured slopestyle lines and gets penalized. May as well make Rampage part of Crankworx.
Lol perfectly manicured is a bit of a stretch and a bit belittling to some insane runs by other riders but I think we all can agree that a high 70s for fairclough's run is crazy for just how hard it is.
But don't you see? "He makes it look too easy". Oh but also he didn't flip his canyon gap last year so he didn't go big enough. Oh and also if he gets too loose then he's not in control enough. It's simple, here's what he has to do to podium: brake more poorly and make it look harder while also flipping any canyon on his run and also never look out of control.
Exactly! The problem of his line was the fact that there has not been the possibility to make some "sexy tricks" - the difficulty was so high! And always: Where is the human jury there is always problem. Maybe in the future there will be AI which will judge according to the firmly given parameters - the difficulty of the line, tricks,...IMHO his rating could be at least 10 point more!
'perfectly manicured slopestyle lines', that's a big exaggeration don't you think? Since when huge drops and fast top sections are slopestyle lines? Brendog's score is too low every knows that but do not take anything away from other riders
He came to the wrong event... Nobody knew... Redbull Stepdown Slopestyle 2024
Brendogs lines are what this event was created on. Steep chutes, raw lines, bike control and crazy exposer. Thats what this event should go back to and leave the single crown trick bikes for the slope style events.
Yeah let's just forget technology has evolved and freeride is an expression of the way you ride, instead let's just put in to our heads that freeride = downhill without the timer
My condolences go out to freeride mountain biking, rest in peace...
#freerideaintfree
Why?
@@dirtyburrito7108because a slope style run just won the event and a near perfect freestyle run scored as low as riders that basically crashed. Call it crankworks Utah next year
@@ChildrenOfWhistlerhonestly it’s just sad, Brendon got robbed for riding a true free ride line
Agreed it’s hard to imagine that free ride had turned into trick jumps.
Smooth ramps everywhere. Don’t know any real freeride MTB lines that look like this.
Bren Dog was sic line.
Brendog again shows the true spirit of Rampage with the most natural technically difficult (and with the most consequence) to ride track with a couple purpose built trick jumps.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Brendog, but as good as his run was, I agree with his result. Everything is just gnarly and I don’t think that his run was big and gnarly enough.
@@LouisCollison-rj5ks no one rides his lines!!! All the others are shared lines…. Could the others ride Brens lines?? Thats Free ride
BrenRobbed. 🤬
@@LouisCollison-rj5ks ill be honest mate either you didn't watch it or you've never watches this before, brendogs run was the most technical and gnarliest one out of everyone's
@@LouisCollison-rj5ks I must agree, It's now a trend to say how great his run was and blah blah raw freeride, but when it ended I was like 'was that it?' Yes he rode down some gnarl, but drops weren't huge, tricks were basic. Maybe it deserved a score of 82 just to keep this 'got robbed' hype down, but nah, far from winning run.
Brendog and Godziek were robbed. Semenuk's run did not have anything as big as Godziek's or Brendog's. Rampage means "GO BIG" and slopestyle run packed with tricks is winning. This is against the spirit or Red Bull Rampage. Godziek went full on, huge jumps and huge double backflip. I did not see anything comparable in Semenuk's run to this 2x backflip. In a slopestyle event flipwhip would not win against double flip.
Semenuks run tho was still pretty good
@@nevermindd1il y a une différence entre bonne et gagnante…
@@nevermindd1People ain't saying it wasn't. Point is it's not worthy of winning the event compared to what godziek pulled of. And semenuk basically acknowledged that in his interview.
Red bull needs to rebrand this event a slope style event as it is no longer what it use to be. The fact that a rider with no big mountain features in his run can win is ridiculous. This wasn’t meant to be a slope style competition.
Someone needs to start a new event that is not run by Redbull. Not Monster or any other brand that plasters their logos on riders.
@tallpaull9367 totally agree... Brendog, Ollie, Deaks!... If you start it.... They will come. And we will watch.....
💯
@@tallpaull9367 That'd be great, but without a big name, there isn't much funding or coverage. Realistically, it'll take another big company coming in and trying to prove a point, that'll actually make a difference.
Scoring is too heavy on the tricks, if i want to watch trick runs i go watch crankworx, which i already do.. Brendog's line was raw and technical af, should have been scored higher
Brendog is Rampage. That's what we came to see. That crankworx slopestyle stuff ain't for me. The techy lines Brendog did were unreal! Freeride master
I only watch rampage and Bren because he brings unique, fear and fun to free ride. Love his team to
Awesome Slopestyle competition! Looks like a great place to organize a freeride one too!
😂😂😂😂😂
I think they use to hold one there a few years back 😂
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I’m certain they used to… didn’t they? 😂
yeah they got rid of that one, and everyone seems to want it back now. I dont get what happened to it🤔🤔
Brendog is the winner two years in a row. They should tell every judge they have to ride one of the lines down. No tricks, just ride the line. ZERO of them would choose Brendog’s and that’s all you need to know.
Absolutely
Well, why didn't he get 1st place then? Racism? I don't think so, prejudice? Nope! He's a white Britt, ...what's the reason I'm your opinion?!!
This!
The venue changes every few years. Can we get a new judging panel? Cam zink could have rode down on a pink tricycle and they would have gave him first place. They constantly punish creativity, exposure and technicality. Fairclough should have been on the podium in 23 & 24. Pretty hard to finish on the podium with a monster sponsorship in a red Bull event. Godziek and Fairclough got robbed. Hopefully they don’t get discouraged and come back. If anything the fans love seeing actual tech and creativity in a free ride comp.
Zinks a Monster athlete bozo
I’m a die hard Brendog fan and I don’t want him to come back in all honesty
He gets underscored and he’s got a family now, doesn’t seem worth it
I’d rather see him and the boys dig for video projects of their own not a bullshit dead event
I agree Brendog should have podiumed, but I do think Zink was deserving of his win last year. It was the pinnacle of freeride. Super loose and steep, crazy fast, gigantic jumps, and a few tricks
Cam zink is sponsored by Monster but it seems to me like his has some judges on his packet.
@@4mtbexperience Yeah, is not a sponsorship bias coming from Red Bull, is a North American bias coming from the judges (especially the influencial ones: Berrecloth & Bender). While there will always be some subjectivity, daylight robberies were always on non-North American riders (Brendog, Andreu, Bienve, Bizet...). But Red Bull should take action, and without sabotaging them they would not act.
everyone writes about brendog, I agree with that, but what about Szymon, he was robbed
I guess for many people it's the bigger "scandal" if you want to call it that. But you are right, Szymon did some crazy stuff on that mountain and I just can't help myself but feel that this is such an excessively american event that there is not much of a chance for a polish guy to score a win from the judges. Same for Brendog since he's british.
@@Peyre godziek should have won this for sure, i really like semenuk, but for me, he shouldnt even be on the podium. taylor should be on the podium as well. like you said, the european people got the -5 bonus, brendog the -10 bonus because of european and greenteam.
godziek should heve won but brendogs score is unnormally low
Rampage judges are the worst out there
Some of the most experienced and respected riders of Rampage history. Its crazy to think you know better than those guys…
@@JakubVenclthey are corrupt and it was exposed more so than ever before. Josh Bender is a has been yet seems to have the loudest voice amongst the judges, bloke was over rated he only ever did drops that was literally his skill level back In the day and crashing.
The whole competition is now basically a slopestyle event was nothing unique or gnarly about Brandon’s run and was given 10 points more in his first run after crashing than Brendog got for doing literally a pure freeride line
So true, and I also read Cam Zinks rant against the fans on pinkbike last year.
@JakubVencl - it doesn't mean that 1000s of fans are wrong to comment their beliefs, though! 😉
@@JakubVencl 1:28:58 says it all about judges 🤡
Semunuk might of won the day, But Brendog, Ollie and Deaks won the spirit and whole week of rampage!
I Do feel for syzmon
Brendogs team and line were exceptional.
I think Godziek deserved the win, Semenuk second. I would have thought Brendog should have gotten more for the exposure and creativity of his line, possible dig award. Just my opinion, pretty good event glad its still free to watch unlike the DH. Stoked Zink is OK, and mad respect to everyone who laid it on the line!
Yea Godziek went huge and ripped a perfect double backflip
Godziek, Semenuk, and Van Steenbergen. How MCCaul got top 3 is questionable. But I’m not an MTB guy so I can’t comment on freeride vs slopestyle but there is definitely two styles trying to be judged as one. Sorry freeride, but as a pure spectator slopestyle is more entertaining. IMHO
Szkoda bardzo szkoda , jak widać w komentarzach Szymon zasłużyłeś na więcej. Zrobiłeś wszystko na 100%. Ale taki jest sport . Oceniają to tylko ludzie , nie wiesz jaki dziś mają humor , co dziś będzie dla nich przejazdem nr 1. Nie przestaje rób dalej swoje . Jesteśmy zajebiscie dumni . Dziękujemy.
Oppo this! Oppo that! Spin to win! WTF... one of the best rampages ever from the hard work the rider's put on display and especially the progression from Fairclough and Tom V.Steez, but the winners always being the ones doing the most slope tricks in a row is getting very old.
If I have to hear Cam McCaul explain why an oppo tail whip is "insanely technical" one more time...
I gotta give it to Semenuk. He got down the mountain without riding over a single rock!
Hahah he had his very own slopestyle course made again
Judging getting worse every year, Brendog was robbed even worse than last time and he was the only one with a freeride line!!!! What an absolute joke.
And as far as slope style judging, I think Godziek was robbed too
@@fabienclaveau9098 That's a fair point !!
They definitely favour the NA and og riders
Brendog was roobed , this is not good judging.
They keep saying the judges have 25 years total experience. Obviously, that doesn't matter because the placements were not correct.
For a free ride competition they sure are judging heavy on the tricks and not the wild terrain they are riding down Brendog deserves more then that
They should just re name this competition "Red Bull Slopestyle (In Utah)"
Nah, they should rename it buy Monster instead
Keep the spinny tricks on a slopestyle event. Big mountain raw riding. Brendog's run was impressive
@@starbuck5728straight airing everything is easy regardless of how gnarly it is. Tricks have lots of risk too and people seem to forget
Placing Brendan so low is a clear statement to all the people who love/try to ride bikes in creative, unconventional ways: "Jump on a bandwagon, kid, and you'll be fine then. Don't try to stand out." Many young fellas just learnt another lesson that going against the current, being yourself and taking conceptional risks worth nothing.
This event is dead . Thanks judges . Bren dog. Well done mate. Don’t bother coming back , you deserve better . Your channel is better than this whole event .
Mob mentality voting for mr. popularity. His run could easily be accomplished by the top 10 riders. "Freeride" is just elementary level slopestyle but with creativity and more raw terrain. The winning runs were actually amazing
@@BGraves no one is denying, the winning runs were truly amazing. Fairclough's run is much more unique and rugged, more risky and more technical, and that gets into more of what freeride is. Making your own path and not having the perfect jumps but doing it anyways, while still throwing in some tricks. Many fans think those aspects were what made Rampage unique from other events. The other riders all did phenomenal as well.
@@pythin2040 risky!?!? hucking down those mega gaps at 45mph and missing the landing out of a backflip or a spin is far more risky. His run was creative but hardly the risk of other runs
@@BGraves you’re nuts mate
@@BGraves Freeride and slopestyle couldn’t be more different. Freeride is raw and technical navigation down and slopestyle is butter smooth jumps and landings.
You’re clearly clueless on this so educate yourself before commenting.
RIP free ride. And shame on you Red Bull I will never drink a red bull again. Amazing runs to all the riders. I think Semenuk knows that he did not have the winning run you can see it on his face. Zink we will be praying for you brother!
Worst rampage ever. No blame on the riders!
#LadScience #MakeRampageFreerideAgain #JusticeForBrendog
Brendog had the best Rampage line. Nailed it too. We need to reward that over slopestyle tricks.
And….Brendog ROBBED AGAIN!!! He had the most unique line, the most unique features, the most gnarly run and only got a 76? Come on man…someone needs to tell the judges this isnt Joyride…and the dig crew of Deaks and Olly should,d have won for best diggers…
Brendog was not judged correctly. His line was one of its kind.
It seems you want to make a slopestyle event out of it. Then please just build a Flow trail with huge jumps and let the riders compete. Perhaps Brendogs run was not a winning run, but it should have been a 88-91 score.
Nobody likes to see when people are treated unfair. I am out.
They get away with it because they don't show the details of the scoring. WHY??? Educate us or be transparent about what's getting scored and why. I think everyone wants to know. We will assume some real shadiness if this isn't done and it puts a stink on everyone at RB.
Brendog is what Rampage is about. Or what is used to be
Since then it has evolved and people should understand that doing tricks while on cliffs and narrow landings is way more technical than just going through difficult obstacles
@@gaiuspeteros It's really not though.
Brendog was trials riding a mountain, some of the other riders may as well have been riding park. Manicured jumps and nice long landings, the mountain is essentially just scenery. It adds some risk, but not difficulty.
Just call it a slopestyle competition if that's how it's scored. Brendon with a completely unique line with some unbelievable features and pulls it off flawlessly yet gets overlooked because he didn't do enough flips?
Freeride Mountainbiking, rest in peace!
Yeah hardline is better right?
I always try not to pay attention to the judging. Always the worst. Simon G. I feel for u man. U won in my heart
Adolf Silva's run was incredible, by far my favorite line. And STOMPED that double flip.
I think Szymon Godziek win this year, amazing run, beautiful backflip on biggest drop, DOUBLE backflip , frontlip on start... Come on... Godziek is a champion 🇵🇱 Polska duma 🍾
Woooow red bull rampage 2024 was Amazing, I respect all the riders who were here incredibly and they had wonderful rides... But we can't forget that this is a red bull rampage and not a red bull slopepage
Let's make the judges lay bare their numbers on all the judging criteria every time someone comes down course.
that would be awkward.
Im done with rampage. Just rename the event to "Robbing Bren"
Last time I need to watch rampage.
Time to mandate a dual crown fork and only allow for two or three purpose built features. Everything else should be natural chutes and technical freeride. Not carve your own slopestyle course.
the rider does the way he wants, but its redbull that provides 75 sand bags to each rider lol
I was just about to make the same comment regarding the forks.
Reckon it would make a big improvement.
100% - The more Raw the line the higher the score
Rampage is meant to be a big mountain comp not a slope style.
Line over tricks.
Brendog has the correct spirit for rampage and was the winner for the fans but not the judges
New judges or no judges next time please
Weird judging. Brendog definitely deserves way more for that line. Semanuk is a truly humble man. Big respect to both.
FREERIDE DIED TODAY, THANKS REDBULL.
What if Redbull died today? What if a new event started that wasn't run by a brand, was more neutral, not advertising themselves.
Ini adalah seni turun gunung bukan hanya bergerak turun
Sponsors I ride MTB 3 times a week and Fairclough’s ride was number one by a mile. Sure jump parks are fun, but judges it’s Mountain Biking. Brendan’s sponsors I’m coming to see you for my bike
Rampage isnt what it once was, some of those calls from the judges were trash, Brendog for one, while not a winning run, deserved way higher score, no wonder so few went back for a second run, and Isted choosing not to do the second, why would they put their lives on the line for a BS call from those judges!
Go ride your bike and stop complaining.
Pssh freeride is just amateur slopestyle with a creative and raw element. Those winning runs were INSANE.
@@BGraves It's like saying riding trails and slopes at the bike park are the same. You ever get stopped by that little rock or have it throw you off line? They don't have those in slopestyle, they clean those up, just like they need to clean up the results(or should I say, not be "cleaning" up the results).
@@jamesc6876 I get the point you're trying to make but your analogy is not good. Bike park riding way gnarlier than trail riding - they don't clean up stuff, they put it their purposefully to be more difficult than natural
Brendog’s run was Rampage AF!
Brendog's run was sick and technical! Wow, he was robbed.
Godziek robbed of first. Brendog robbed of ANY higher place even with the sketchiest/unique line yet again. FIRE THESE JUDGES
Brendan Fairclough got robbed again
@@laurafulton7023 how??! He never hot any thing at the rampage..
@@davwcki367 clearly you didnt watch
@@spencerpearson6250clearly I cant member when he was at the top 3 podium..
@@davwcki367clearly you think this a slopestyle event. Not saying Brendog should have won, but that score was insulting!
Another awesome Red Bull event... 🎉🎉🎉
Godziak should of won but these lines are not Freeride at all
Brendoggg!!!! The peoples 🏆 🥇 🏅 🏆 champion!
Riding was insane, but so were the judges.
I totally agree. The problem is the fact that there has not been any exact criteria HOW to evaluate the ride - for example coeficients for the line difficulty, whether and how to evaluate tricks etc. IMHO: Godziek and Semenuk had the most "beatifull" rides - full of insane tricks etc., Brendog has the most difficult line - totally different from the others. How to exactly evaluate this - difficult stuff! IMHO he could have at least 10+ points.
Red bull slopestyle: Utah edition Was so fire this year 🔥
Not taking anything away from those riders as the runs were incredible, but isn't this supposed to be a freeride event?
To be fair, freeride is just unsculpted slopestyle
Look up the judging criteria. No better description of the event.
Szymon Godziek is champion❤🧨✌️👍
super disappointing rampage! when did this turn into a slopestyle event? the judges need their heads wobbling! big ups to all the riders but come on man..
It’s been this way for over a decade. Stop complaining. Go ride your bike.
just watch it for the amazing riding and ignore the judging
The “it’s freeride not slope style” thing is so stupid. Freeride is free for the rider and build team to decide what the best way to showcase their skills is. The judges thought the tricks from semenuk were better than the technicality of brendog, not saying the judging was totally fair but damn the comments need to stop glazing fairclough
@@romanpostforoosh3355 That's the whole idea of redbull rampage though, your comment shows you know nothing about it, probably only started watching it this year
@en5954 I disagree, it's never been this bad before.
THERE IS NO WAY SEMENUK RUN WAS BETTER THAN GODZIAK . SEMENUK also DIDNT THINK SO!!!!!
What a joke this was. Judges really ruined everything about it. After last year, how did redbull not replace them? Won't be watching next year.
Yes TVS just watched your first run and that was epic, that deserves 1st at this point!
That front flip by Tom was insaneeeee!
Brendog's score and placing were a massive kick in the teeth.
It’s so stupid that Branden semenuk wins from doing some tail whips and Bren dog does the gnarliest features and gets a 70. The judges are the worst. Do better Red Bull this isn’t a slope style comp.
@@CurrenwaresMTB he did 1 no hander and 2 stock backflips, that’s not winning in 2024
Godzieks run was the real winner
@@jasontaylor4799 You just named a slopestyle event.
@@jasontaylor4799dude it’s not slopestyle. if all you want to do is award the win to whoever does the best tricks, you’re watching the wrong event.
@@jasontaylor4799THIS ISNT SLOPESTYLE!!!!!!!
The athletes are amazing!!!
Red Bull should consider putting together a freeride event in the future.
Robbery again WTF
I will not be watching this event in the future. Not worth the disappointment, half the riders walking away deflated & considering their futures at the event I suspect, damn shame.
Nah they are all partying, having a great time after a sick event, it's just you that's getting upset and determining a negative future
Semenuk 100% deserved the win, no doubts in my mind!
Redbull: "Amplitude is the most important judging category"
Narrator: "It wouldn't in fact be the most important judging category, not even a little."
brandon semenuks first run was going perfect
Real Rampage Riders go big and do back flips and front flips over canyons and put it all on the line exposure and amplitude F$%K OFF with slope style tricks well done to all the others riders that put it all on the line
you cant take anything away from the incredible riding from all the riders here but it has to be said that 90% of the field are just riding the same line but pulling off bigger "slopestyle" tricks. Rampage is an awesome spectacle but its more DIY slopestyle than a freeride event.
Brendog needs to file charges after that robbery. Also the judges need to be drug test.
Josh Bender probably wouldn't pass that 😂
Kyle's save on the tail-whip was incredible!
Wow this sucked, between the horrible Cam Zink injury, terrible winds, 3-4 hour long pauses and delays, Emil dropping out, more than half of the competitors opting not to do a 2nd run, and the absolutely shameful judge performance, this has to be the worst Rampage I've ever watched! Unfortunate. Hope for better next time
And ESPN+. That's like a boomer channel. Should have been live on RUclips
@@Superteastain It was live on YT...
Cams crash was sad... Don't wanna see my guy down. I think it was worth the wait. I mean you should give these guys the chance to hope for better wind. They built for days and then don't have the chance for second run because we need to wait? I mean Thomas and Semenuk took the chance an made nice second runs.
I won't be watching anymore! Too political and Clichy
@@davefellows oh bummer
Szymon Godzik OwoowO man. Great ride, insane double flip. 😮🦾
Semenuk rides for steve, not only that he's still has the best style since 2012, much love semenuk
It’s a real shame that Rampage has become another slopestyle event. There are plenty of slopestyle events around the world and these lines built should showcase a riders ability on a bike downhill, on the most technical terrain. The fans enjoy watching controlled riding just as much as slopestyle and would appreciate the two not being one and the same for this event. Brendog is a classic example of an excellent build married with excellent technical performance on a bike. I do wonder why it is a build event to then only be judged as a trick event. Personally, I’ve lost interest and hope someone listens to the fans and we can see some technical event that truly appreciates the team’s efforts in both build and ride.
Fest series should team up with a big sponsor like Swatch or Monster. I think they would be perfect for staging a big mountain event.
I wish I could have articulated my thoughts that well. Totally agree
I tought brendon didn’t score high because he didn’t have a big drop with a rotation. But semenuk also had smaller features in comparison. So this really shows that the judges reward tricks over big mountain freeride and creative features
Might as well make it another round of Joyride or Crankworx… it’s not its own event anymore.
Brendog’s line was pure freeride perfection.
there was nothing rampage about semenuks line