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Watching this year’s Red Bull Rampage left me conflicted.

The level of riding was unreal… but so were the crashes.
Half the women’s field, several men — serious injuries, hospital runs, and a sense that we might be one crash away from a tragedy.

Look, I love Rampage. Always have. It’s the last living piece of true Freeride.
But if it keeps heading the way it’s going, we could lose it.

My take?
Rampage needs to get back to the mountain.
Big natural lines. Raw terrain. A limit on how many sculpted features riders can use.

Let them shape one or two with water — that’s it.
Keep the rest natural.
Less slopestyle, more soul.

We’ll still get epic runs, but with fewer life-or-death moments.
Sometimes you’ve got to save the riders from themselves so the event can survive.

What do you think — would that ruin Rampage or save it?

Red Bull Rampage - How To Save It From Itself

Some thoughts on Red Bull Rampage - how we got here, where we're at and how to save it from itself.