That dude is such a d-bag.

I guess if you design a bit of flex into the bike, you can account for it and it's not such a bad thing. It's a sweet looking bike anyways. Simple & Effective. Just how a mountain bike should be.

That does not look like it will be nearly stiff enough to race world cups. I bet the team will have to keep a full stock of replacement seat stays.

You hit the nail on the head. Something definitely changed between 2010 and 2011. I've been a Diablo regular for a few years and after the U.S Open this year, gave up on Diablo and started heading to other parks in the northeast. From what I hear, the little narrative above is a bit of propaganda. I don't think the new owner is completely to blame and the current (now former) management of Diablo had more do with the demise of the place than is described above. I know for a fact there were a lot of regulars who were really pissed at the management this year. They screwed a bunch of people out of prizes won and money. I don't if it was the management or what, but I do know Diablo was a disaster this year. If they don't refund all the season passes they've sold for 2012, and were still selling up until a couple weeks ago, I do know there are going be a lot of angry people.

Great...now all the fanboys will be dumping their Demo's & buying Operators. Amazing video though. That dude can shred!!!