what happened to MOUNTAIN biking?

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Zachary

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i have been to many bike races and festivals (crankworks being the most recent), and i have become saddened by the fact that all of these are focusing on slopestyle and tricks and such. i just simply cannot find any races that are simple, big mountain style. i know that others feel this way as well (most notably Thomas Vanderham), and i know that many bike companies believe that this is really just a hype, and that is why they still produce "all mountain" bikes. i just want to know, how can i continue to make a living when i came into this career expecting to be a mountain biker, and not a BMX biker?
 
I think it is a result of blue food and extreme everything.

Blue is not a naturally occurring food for the most part with a few exceptions including blueberries. Yet our stores are now bursting with a number of blue drinks and snack products. Some Madison Ave Genius figured out kids like blue food.

Everything is also now labeled extreme, extreme flavor extreme jumps extreme sports etc. This is also a marketing endeavor. Bombing down a single track was rad now it is extreme.

I find it extremely annoying.

Real racing will find it way back I hope. Keep cranking and good luck
 
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