Good chat on punkbike as to what kind of DH series red bull could have next year. Everyone hoping for hardline to become bigger but I think there's a simpler and better solution with crankworx. Get rid of all the extras in crankworx and have it just DH and slopestyle and that will become a huge attraction. Then keep hardline one race and just make it bigger every year like rampage.
Gotta disagree on this one. If by "extras" you mean pumptrack, dual salom, speed and style, ect, I think you're sorely off base. These events are what makes Crankworx ...well...Crankworx ! I'd rather see more of that honestly. These events give a stage to the best " all around" talented riders, not just those lazer focused on a single discipline, which I personally find much more interesting.To change this, would ruin Crankworx, sacrificing it for DH. Sorry, but that sounds pretty crap to me. Crankworx exposes new, and under represented riders, to both the public, and potentially bigger sponcers, without all( or a least as much of) the UCI
political bullshit, and at less expense to the teams who participate. And let's be honest, if the riders and teams really wanted to make a statement to the UCI, they'd be boycotting WC races, and just racing Crankworx and the national series events held in Thier home countries. Which they won't. This is wishful thinking from fans disgruntled, and understandably so, by the TV coverage being sold out to discovery, and them now having to pay for it. As long as the major trade teams support UCI WC DH racing, nothing is going to change.
