Man, TP was struggling with those suckers, eh? K-Dub killed 'em, though!
That entire track looks brutal, to be honest. All the jumps look so short and steep and the whoops are like you said insane. Looks slicker than a whiskey fart too.
Big whoops were pretty normal back in the early 2000's. What I liked most about whoops back then is that the sections were actually long. You had to commit to them if you wanted to make up time. Maybe it's just me but today's whoop sections seem a lot shorter.
That and who doesn't love hearing a two stroke going wide open over them.
Cool video, shows that even guys like Pastrana are human. Also, give the top guys with the bikes now those set of whoops and they'd skim them first lap no problem. At the time, wasn't so easy.
The 2000 Anaheim II Supercross whoops were that big, or bigger. It was nuts seeing only handful of people getting through those clean. It was a much shorter section than normal for that time though (perhaps normal length by today's standards...) That track also had the massive quad only a couple 125 guys were hitting.
So cool back when we didn't have bikes that could get through long rhythm sections in 2 or 3 jumps... 125s typically had to double the triples if they were right out of a corner... and riders HAD to use the clutch everywhere.
Cool video, shows that even guys like Pastrana are human. Also, give the top guys with the bikes now those set of whoops and they'd skim...
Cool video, shows that even guys like Pastrana are human. Also, give the top guys with the bikes now those set of whoops and they'd skim them first lap no problem. At the time, wasn't so easy.
Ahhh, I don't think so. Those fuckers are super peaked and have strange spacing. Pastrana was always a beast through the whoops, even at that time.
I'm not saying everyone was better back then but there's no way a set of whoops like that would make it into the night show. Which is probably the right choice. That set just looks 100% fuckered.
Why can't we get a modern incarnation of this at a Supercross? Ones that challenge modern bikes and riders (for those saying that modern bikes would skim right across these).
Space them out unevenly, make them square edged, put a couple high ones in here and there. And make them "un-jumpable". Something to really make the riders think.
Cool video, shows that even guys like Pastrana are human. Also, give the top guys with the bikes now those set of whoops and they'd skim...
Cool video, shows that even guys like Pastrana are human. Also, give the top guys with the bikes now those set of whoops and they'd skim them first lap no problem. At the time, wasn't so easy.
Ahhh, I don't think so. Those fuckers are super peaked and have strange spacing. Pastrana was always a beast through the whoops, even at that time...
Ahhh, I don't think so. Those fuckers are super peaked and have strange spacing. Pastrana was always a beast through the whoops, even at that time.
I'm not saying everyone was better back then but there's no way a set of whoops like that would make it into the night show. Which is probably the right choice. That set just looks 100% fuckered.
Why can't we get a modern incarnation of this at a Supercross? Ones that challenge modern bikes and riders (for those saying that modern bikes would...
Why can't we get a modern incarnation of this at a Supercross? Ones that challenge modern bikes and riders (for those saying that modern bikes would skim right across these).
Space them out unevenly, make them square edged, put a couple high ones in here and there. And make them "un-jumpable". Something to really make the riders think.
Cool video, shows that even guys like Pastrana are human. Also, give the top guys with the bikes now those set of whoops and they'd skim...
Cool video, shows that even guys like Pastrana are human. Also, give the top guys with the bikes now those set of whoops and they'd skim them first lap no problem. At the time, wasn't so easy.
Ahhh, I don't think so. Those fuckers are super peaked and have strange spacing. Pastrana was always a beast through the whoops, even at that time...
Ahhh, I don't think so. Those fuckers are super peaked and have strange spacing. Pastrana was always a beast through the whoops, even at that time.
I'm not saying everyone was better back then but there's no way a set of whoops like that would make it into the night show. Which is probably the right choice. That set just looks 100% fuckered.
I still think they'd throw everyone for a loop. The whoops now are a bit smaller and very evenly spaced. I don't think they should be unevenly spaced like these ones, to be fair, but when Reed is still the fastest dude through the whoops regularly, I think it it goes to show it's not 100% bike oriented and more or less what they're use to.
Like I said before, Travis was always very good at whoops and this particular set kicked his ass. You can tell that track is far from perfect.
Those whoops are odd spaced, peaked, dry, uneven heights, cupped and gnarly
TP went through the RBSR whoops on his 500 so fast he only hit every fifth one. which means he touched 2 whoops and only the top inch of those 2 whoops.
Todays whoops are nothing like those. TP has always been good through the whoops, but on those Windhams setup or something was better.
A1 should have those whoops, but then half the field would be out for race 2........Maybe A3.
A while back there was a push mid 2000's 06 07? To shorten and make them not as deep and they also did away with the back to back whoop sections. It was an attempt to make them more fair and "safer".
But it looks like some of the back to back sections have returned in the past year or two but they are not as long.
That entire track looks brutal, to be honest. All the jumps look so short and steep and the whoops are like you said insane. Looks slicker than a whiskey fart too.
That and who doesn't love hearing a two stroke going wide open over them.
The Shop
They do look like they've been left in the rain for a winter tbf. 5ft kickers 50 feet into a 120ft whoop section
So cool back when we didn't have bikes that could get through long rhythm sections in 2 or 3 jumps... 125s typically had to double the triples if they were right out of a corner... and riders HAD to use the clutch everywhere.
Get off my lawn.
I'm not saying everyone was better back then but there's no way a set of whoops like that would make it into the night show. Which is probably the right choice. That set just looks 100% fuckered.
Space them out unevenly, make them square edged, put a couple high ones in here and there. And make them "un-jumpable". Something to really make the riders think.
Pit Row
I've been saying this for years.
Like I said before, Travis was always very good at whoops and this particular set kicked his ass. You can tell that track is far from perfect.
I swear I can smell the premix just watching this video!
TP went through the RBSR whoops on his 500 so fast he only hit every fifth one. which means he touched 2 whoops and only the top inch of those 2 whoops.
Todays whoops are nothing like those. TP has always been good through the whoops, but on those Windhams setup or something was better.
A1 should have those whoops, but then half the field would be out for race 2........Maybe A3.
But it looks like some of the back to back sections have returned in the past year or two but they are not as long.
See me as a REAL fan paid attention to a rider like that and when I saw it live omg amazig I can't belive it got on TV.
https://youtu.be/Jrv3p9ijAnI?start=53
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