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@seanbob: Not quite 10 straight years, he got a flat in Sierra Nevada '00 where Myles Rockwell picked it up. That's why he retired after 11 years not 10. For the record, CG (yes, that CG) beat his time in Kirchzarten '95 but was competing in the junior category. And you can't say he wasn't challenged, he lost the overall to Corrado Herin in '97, Minnaar in '01 and Peaty in '02, and he never won every round in a year. 
The Sram booth gave away my Maxle. New?? I've been riding the Gravity Light 800mm for almost a year now.
(Edit: my bad, didn't mean to reply to a comment about the guide) 
Talk about late to the party Variiis, I posted that 3 years ago. And do the math: he was on a winning time, he had already won qualis, and even if he made a big mistake and tied his worst finish of the year he probably still would've had the most points in the end. It's not all about winning, it's about who's the best. He was the best that year, and no nail can take that away from him. Downhillnirvana, I think you're the smartest guy I've seen on here. Libertarianism takes away the incentive; prohibition bred crime and alcoholism. And why are we confusing pot with drugs anyway? You're probably more likely to cause someone harm on sugar than you are on pot. The only reason I condemn pot is because you're inhaling smoke, and that's never a good thing. But I would never be so naive as to make smoking illegal, and the same goes for blazing. 
There's no such thing as bad luck but a meteorite would be bad luck?
You could say that had he not been going so fast he wouldn't have fallen whether or not it was within his abilities, that's why there's no denying that. Clearly we disagree, but I'm trying to be diplomatic.
If you'd like to take this any further you'd have to ask Sam whether or not he thinks he should've been able to take that corner at that speed. Two crashes in two World Cups for Chris! I'd kill for one of those bikes though!
I don't think so, because he didn't slide out both ends at once and he wasn't even close to going off course on the outside. He just swung the back end out at the start, then evened it out, then couldn't bring the bike back into a drift again and the front end went off on a tangent. It just really seems to me that the turn was well within his abilities and it was just bad luck that he made a stupid little mistake on that particular part of the track on his final run. Only Sam could say for sure though. 
Circa 1842.
I disagree with that. They were all on runs that were well within their abilities. Sam was quoted saying he crashed on the easiest part of the track, Greg has won at Fort Bill before and since the crash with larger margins than that, and of course the flat tire incidents were not because of rider error (Greg's rim was scarred by a nail in Brazil on a winning run after winning qualis and he still barely lost the overall to Steve). I only used examples I felt were genuinely unfortunate, as opposed to just overly greedy or sloppy. We all know Sam is fastest in Schladming, but I wouldn't call him the winner of the day last year 'cause he tried for a margin again and made a lot of mistakes. He deserved what he got. 
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Jun 24, 2008 at 12:12