The Biggest Crashes! UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Series | 2023
Competing at the highest level of mountain biking can create some incredible moments, with downhill racers pushing themselves and their bikes to the absolute limit. However, sometimes they push too hard and end up crashing. Here are some of the biggest crashes from the @uci_mtbworldseries Downhill World Cup.
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What was your favourite part of this year's racing? Let us know in the comments! 👇
Don’t know about best race But, the best live event I’ve watched this year Redbull rampage! Was something else 👌
I couldn't be there in person at Mont-St Anne this year but tbh it's better with cameras and drones. I really enjoyed the slippy rocks, Loudenvielle was pretty fun too 😂
Wyn TV, MoiMoi, BK LSD Channel, Edbull Media, Vital MTB, Dialed, just about any other media coverage that wasn't you guys....
Please get rid of semis and commentary team. Practice schedule awesome, course markers awesome, Gwinn awesome, track safety meetings awesome. Just a spectator' opinion. Thanks. We had the best racing in a long time, thanks to the riders and teams and sponsors.
it's f***** distasteful to show downhillriders crashing. Show the best moves/saves/wahtever - literally whatever except DH race crashes.
Hey, UCI. This many people want better commentators next year! 👇
I want to race, screw commenting. But yeah I wasn't fast enough at 20 now at 40 I'm just waiting for a senior cup ...
Bring back Rob Warner
All I heard was, Wow that was a huge crash.
I want shots that actually capture the rider. Whats up with these drone shots?!
Honestly I really enjoyed the commentating when Gwinner was in the booth. Those three were hilarious at times and some of the insights Aaron brings were excellent. And you can't deny they bring some energy.
I would like a collection of the biggest saves from crashes in MTB/DH history, there are some crazy recoverys that could have gone really bad 🤘
Crashes just aren't the same without Rob Warner commenting on them !
If you've tucked or washed the front before you know how fast it goes from smiles to sobs
The rockface at Mont-St-Anne are gnarly at low speed in the dry. It was very entertaining to watch them go full send that day...
Because of the mazing coverage this year, we were in an ad break when the best crash of the year happened, when Wyn Masters, had the most huge of hugeies. And we missed it. Thanks a lot Discovery. Well done. Doing a great job overall. Less tracks, more stress on the riders, and less points overall for the small teams, even deleting them if they dont have enough UCI points. Great season overall. Keen to see Bruni, or Peirron win the overall next year, as is tradition.
That nose save at the end though....
HEROES! 😂 😂 I've had my share of over the handlebars. Part of the joy of MTBiking.
best Edit from the Year...this is real Riding !
Kann nur abslout meinen Hut vor dir nehmen, deine Kenntnisse sind einfach der absolute Wahnsinn. Bitte führe dieses Video Format unbedingt weiter. Es war sie ganze Zeit spannend bis zum Schluss 😃😃😃💯✅️🙏
What can we learn from this video? - don’t hit drops or bumps too far forward - maintain control on berms - choose good lines - don’t die
- needs some Unsane - Scrape
4:58 is super funny at 2x speed! That rock face section was super sketchy, and I'm glad everyone was okay!
Could you guys do a compilation of videos where they are about to crash, wiggle and than rescue the situation and continue...I bet those happen even more often? But this hands in data to learn from, maybe those will even learn us how to correct while stumbling. Would be great! Thanks & Good luck!
Holy yard sales Batman!! I hate seeing this part of the sport, but I toughed it out for the entire video. 🙈 I cannot imagine taking a soil sample at those speeds, and, by no stretch of my imagination, can I comprehend the magnitude of a crash where I've literally lost track of where my bike is! Absolutely BONKERS!! I know a lot of those riders got back up and finished their run and possibly came back for another and that's quite the testament to how tough and determined they truly are!!
Some very tough boys and girls there…. Mad respect!
So badass 👹 I want to do downhill so bad
Some gems in this one!
Background music is meant to be just that…way to loud and obnoxious
insane skill
good stuff
Can't watch from canada in 2024. That went down fast.
Nice
👌🤣im too old for that, looks like fun though🤔i will stick to riding trails on my hardtail😉
You're never too old, the more you age the more chances you have to break something doing errands or taking a shower. I'd rather break something doing DH or Freeriding than watering the plants, true story 😂
You think high speed crashes on chunky terrain looks "fun"?
DH rulez ... Slow riding sucks 😂❤
Perspective can be difficult in this sport because of the cameras flattening out everything, you can only tell how fast they're going when they crash.
Damn some of those must've hurt bad. Padding or not.
Pointy rocks... Ouch
I'm impressed how many of these guys can pop up after going down so hard. I know if it were me I would still be laying on the ground recovering.
Some of these guys have the reaction speed of a cat, unbelievable, hope they are all ok ❤
Clipless == 💀☠💀
Does he pop both his tyres at about 4:19? And what's the green stuff coming out of them?
Tire sealant
Tire sealant
Front Titel only i think .. na the rim was fucked too 😂
now i see why front suspension set up is important
So crazy to see how much force it takes to actually get the feet out of the pedals! These crashes are insane! 🤪
EDR version please!
seriously the music wtf?
This is me riding my local green trail.
the only thing missing on that line to be perfect is alligators pond 🤣😂
Good driving👍 next time use bigger rims and tires! Those pops like 🎈😂
What amazes me is not that they crash. At that speed that basically a given. What amazes me is that they all stand up afterwards.
1:31 I had a similar crash almost 2 weeks ago and messed up my right shoulder I wasn't even wearing a helmet , thank God nothing worse happened
Please make a UCI day pass, miss watching downhill racing. Why is everything behind a paywall now
Thanks for this vicarious trauma 😂 not to mention the traumatic commentary this year, please train or replace them during the off season 🤞
Id rather them pay more for better drone pilots lol. I actually wanna see the rider during the drone shots. Not some b roll looking ish.
Dunne winner of the crash challenge 😂
I love the Warp speed but bloody hell, are we maybe going to fast?
This is 100% correlation vs causation. The same forks caused literally every one of these crashes! Every fkn one!
soccerplayers SCREAMING their lungs out ROLLING on the field DH riders hold my beer
I cant believe gow many times ive saved my front wheels from going out by pulling on em like im a kid trying to bunny hop. To see these pros going down from it just shows you how much faster they go than it looks. zero time to react to the front wheel wash. Hucking crazy 😅
Rumours said that from about 200 athletes only a few ended the race with two arms and legs with them.
1:45 What a horrid crash!
Is the bikes ok? It cost a fortune for me to buy one bike
They get them for free for sponsers
Hence the very short racing careers for all involved. I bet their insurance premiums are off the scale.
Canadians are privileged, but tbh if you break something you're better off in the US or Europe. Free but with lots of delays and a spread of incompetency...
Maybe that's why there are no races in the US next year. Moving them all to Europe where the health care is not ridiculous
6:58 Greg Minnaar
Lot's nasty crashes at Mount Snow during the NORBA years. Yard Sale was 1 nasty section
who tf would put a block in the middle of the track
The clipped in crashes are a pain to watch. But 4:11 was very funny.
That's why i don't use flat pedals, if I fall at least I won't be attached to my bike.
The bikes: "Hey watch us do a somersault!" The riders: "Bruh! WTF?"
Choose ONE: Speed or Control?
Im never riding my bike again after watching this 😂
DH is now one step from spandex...
anyone has this sound track list ?
It's in the description! 🤘
Some great hacks for breaking beads and easy tire removal...
They're just like you and me; they just crash faster.
🏋️🏋️🏋️
Hello, ground.
Ronan Dunne's crash was way worse than it gets credit for. His head hits the ground hard and he goes limp. He's clearly unconscious for a few seconds before he starts to get up.
Bike crashes are weird. I slammed my head so hard one time I was leaking spinal fluid (didnt realize what it was til later). But no headache or disorientation. I was able to get up and continue.
Am I the only one who believes that it is not a coincidence and has to do with the 29' wheels?
Where is Rob?
888 2007 top
This is better described as "every single crash we could find". And some aren't even crashes.
well from this it seems pretty clear to me that the desperation in the bike industry is due to the proliferation of 29er bikes and their inherent higher c.o.g. making riding not so much fun anymore. plus the expense of keeping up with the latest bit of kit. but then, who am i to say
With we're learning about Traumatic Brain Injury, how many time have these riders slapped their heads HARD against the ground/objects? More than any professional football player.
You aren’t human if you don’t crash.
Haha quality
I could do this on a unicycle
Fourth comment
1:03, stuff of nightmares!
nice and soft where he landed, what about those rock garden dives or Seagrave of that boulder. 😬
@@sijmes was actually referring when he slipped off the bars, happened to me once and its quite the experience. Not discrediting the other rider's crashes, the whole video is a nightmare if you think about it 🤣
@@kuyaanimaAaah OK, I'm with you 😆 I'm nursing a fractured leg, each fall makes me twitch. I only dabbed in a corner. These clips are brutal ☠️☠️☠️
I got it on camera..
mt st anne.... most insane course ever
Don't understand why so many of those pros go so early down from the pedal in absolutely randomly feared situations. So many time them would got safed by trust in the balance from the bike
Too many of those were due to hitting the breaks or going too slow. A lot of casing.
🚑
These people need to get some flat pedals and start sticking the foot out.
DH bikes are for the air. I look at this stuff and all I think about are where are the jumps. Rock gardens suck. I could go through the knarliest rock garden on earth and not feel any joy. Smooth trails and big airs is what MTB’s are for in my opinion. All my worst crashes have been on the ground never air
Most of the crashes are grip issues..
water is wet
Try flat pedals next time.. All terrible OTB...
"The Biggest Crashes"..... The whole organization of the 2023 season by the folks in charge... Including you GMBN.... You guys arent good at this... Stick to KZhead videos... Or just copypasta the RedBull formula.... BECAUSE IT WORKED!!!
When it was over so I don't have to watch the UCI continue to ruin DH.
whine more son
MTB VS Football 😂😂
Biggest? Or every? Lmao
Lmao msa's a killer
SO MANY front wheel slideouts after most people switched to 29er fronts! Edit, Infact almost all of them are front wheel slideouts, because wheels are to big for rider height and weight to keep it weighted
That's a sharp observation, and one I didn't catch, myself. Makes you wonder if the discipline overall and/or people involved put that together, and call it acceptable carnage. The pros outweighing the cons.🤔
Those trails have destroyed the landscape........👎.
Downhill is the dumbest sport ever 😅 I worked in a bike shop for about 10 years and I swear every downhill rider I worked with had a broken something every other month 😂
corny ahh music
owwwwwwwwwwww