DH1 dead already?

Muttly1981
Muttly1981 Posts: 815
edited December 2011 in MTB general
http://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/Break ... =spotlight

It's certainly looking that way with Redbull ready to broadcast the UCI world cups, is this good or bad for the sport as a whole?
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  • Torres
    Torres Posts: 1,266
    It can't be a bad thing can it, I know most don't agree with the UCI way of doing things; but as long as it's good coverage and it's free then I don't see a problem.

    I saw a quote on pinkbike from the chap behind DH1; he summed it up by saying that if the redbul coverage is good then DH1 did it's job, which I think is fair enough really.
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  • Muttly1981
    Muttly1981 Posts: 815
    Torres wrote:
    It can't be a bad thing can it, I know most don't agree with the UCI way of doing things; but as long as it's good coverage and it's free then I don't see a problem.

    I saw a quote on pinkbike from the chap behind DH1; he summed it up by saying that if the redbul coverage is good then DH1 did it's job, which I think is fair enough really.

    Personally i think it's a strange situation to be in atm with Redbull the sport could explode big time which can only be a good thing, but (i may sound elitest/judgemental here) what kind of new fans would it attract? I went to NASS fest near Bristol 2 years back to back, the first was fun then Relentless became a big player in the energy drinks market and the second year was full of Adidas/Nike clad chavs. I've always seen downhill as a bit of a rebelious sport the same as snowboarding, skating etc but it seems when Redbull get involved in a sport they give it this clean cut image that seem to attract arseholes galore :?
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  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Muttly1981 wrote:
    Torres wrote:
    It can't be a bad thing can it, I know most don't agree with the UCI way of doing things; but as long as it's good coverage and it's free then I don't see a problem.

    I saw a quote on pinkbike from the chap behind DH1; he summed it up by saying that if the redbul coverage is good then DH1 did it's job, which I think is fair enough really.

    Personally i think it's a strange situation to be in atm with Redbull the sport could explode big time which can only be a good thing, but (i may sound elitest/judgemental here) what kind of new fans would it attract? I went to NASS fest near Bristol 2 years back to back, the first was fun then Relentless became a big player in the energy drinks market and the second year was full of Adidas/Nike clad chavs. I've always seen downhill as a bit of a rebelious sport the same as snowboarding, skating etc but it seems when Redbull get involved in a sport they give it this clean cut image that seem to attract arseholes galore :?

    That happens when any sport gets alot of coverage, doesn't matter if from RedBull or not. I guarantee if squash got large scale coverage, chavs would be there just as much. It just comes witha sport being more popular, more people means more weirdos, naturally.
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  • mkf
    mkf Posts: 242
    hope Warner and Page still get a seat in the box.
    wont be the same without them

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