XDL judging

[robotjerk]

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Originally Posted by Teach robotjerk: speed and danger to technical tricks IS progressing the sport. you get speed and squid confused. there was a time when bar tricks and idle circles were considered cutting edge and almost destroyed what little of a sport we have, i've been working against that attitude since then and believe we've made a lot of progress in the right direction. speed and danger is the key...see luke duke's circle sets for tech/speed combined. there are 100 examples but here are two: 270 pop-a-stoppie vs 400 foot yack-a-stoppie into a 270. tight figure 8 50/50 vs coming in hot one way to pause and then the other way. it is not an either/or situation with speed/danger vs tech...it is a combination of the two. any of the top riders doing 'basic' stuff usually have the element of high speed or high risk...example again would be the lame skidding the rear tire while revving the bike vs. coming in at the top of 2nd and backing it in at over two times the speed. sure, it's a basic back-in, but at speed there is so much more risk of danger.

I completely understand what you are saying, and the point i was trying to make was that speed/danger shouldn't completely over ride tech difficulty which seems like the case when you compare these two runs. Im not talking about Luke Duke, because his run definitely deserved what he got IMO.