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ist Cam McCaul etwas passiert oder wieso ist er so weit hinten?!
Der war doch im Qualyfing der erste. Weiß das irgendwer?

Cam McCaul: had mechanical trouble with his bike had only hit the canyon gap twice and had cased it both times, sent a no hander pretty much completely blind in his run. He then went down super hard on the next stunt, a step down he hadn't even ridden. Ballsy riding from an awesome rider.

ist Cam McCaul etwas passiert oder wieso ist er so weit hinten?!
Der war doch im Qualyfing der erste. Weiß das irgendwer?

All Cam McCaul could talk about after qualifying was hitting the massive 59-foot gap on the finals course. Shortly after we arrived he positioned his bike three quarters of the way up the pitch and put on his helmet. He pointed it downhill but didn’t pedal at all – and there was a collective gasp. He cased hard with his rear wheel – so hard it was amazing he stayed on his bike – and then rolled to a stop. He tried once more with a similar result – this time breaking his frame. The failure was no surpise because of the force of impact – the shocker was that it took two tries. (Quelle: www.nsmb.com)

Cam McCaul clearly wanted to redeem himself after his first run but things didn’t start off well. Rolling down the steep nasty pitch above the 59er he slipped a pedal. I thought for sure he’d pull the chute but he got back to cranking and launched it. He didn’t trick it but for the first time he cleared it completely. McCaul had spent so much time building up top and focussing on the gap that he hadn't properly scoped the bottom of the course - and his next drop was completely blind. He charged in nonetheless and landed on a rock and fell very hard. By the time he made it to the bottom he was his jovial self - joking with autograph-seekers and potential interviewers - but he had no memory of anything that had happened earlier in the day. One interviewer thought it would be funny to interview him in this state - but I personally don't see the humour in head injuries. Cam's girlfriend, pro downhiller Kathy Pruitt, was livid and was loudly railing at the organizers of the event for what she felt was their failure to provide enough practice and building time before the finals.

In diesem Video könnt ihr die dazugehörigen Bilder von McCauls Läufen sehen (inkl. Crash am Ende):

http://www.nsmb.com/page/s/2678/fox-vid-from-rampage

P.S.: Die Kritik steht ja in der neuen FREERIDE, also das die Fahrer kaum Zeit zum Trainieren der Lines hatten und es deshalb zu vielen Stürzen kam.