Final Results from the EWS-E Petzen-Jamnica 2022

 If she doesn’t win E-ws with 4 racers, where do you think she would stack in the regular field? Those top 5 ish women are pretty quick these days. I don’t think Flo would get in the top 10 much, so the possible win on E bikes seems like a better marketing for the team.

 Or maybe because she enjoys it?

 @redmountaingoat: i dont know.. ebikes are a different beast to race.. if you are not used to them.. but what do I know..

 @CaptainSnappy: Pretty sure e-ews doesn't require a multimillion dollar vehicle to enter.

 Actually no, technically this would be E(WS-1) if we want to be super pedantic about it (of course we do).

 Learn how to spell you’re an embarrassment.

 @enduroNZ: Learn how to spell I'm an embarrassment.

 @enduroNZ: sry for making a mistake in a foreign language.

 @enduroNZ: Learn how to use punctuation. It's the difference between helping your uncle Jack, off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

 @Tommy-P87: Thanks for making my point again, but more directly! Your example, however, is terrible. "Helping your uncle Jack, off a horse," should lose the comma! The correct meaning follows from capitalization when written and from intonation when spoken.

 Why have competition of any kind? Because people like to compete in the activities that they enjoy. It doesn’t matter what the activity is. They, (ebikes) don’t need any “justification” or “good reason” to exist or for people to enjoy them, no matter if they’re racing or just a recreational rider. Young or old, disabled or totally fit and healthy, anyone can and should be able to participate without being criticized for doing what they like to do. Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean no one else can. Don’t like it, don’t do it or don’t watch it. It’s pretty simple really. No one’s arm is getting twisted to do it.

 @Twenty6ers4life: Where did I ever say e-bikes need a good reason or justification to "exist". I said having high level athletes compete on them is dumb.

 @Twenty6ers4life: seems that you know every detail of their life, to make that affirmation. Pretty scary.

 @sino428: I quoted what you said, it’s in your post. And why is it dumb for “high level athletes” to compete on them?

 @guari: um, your post makes zero sense. Where did I proclaim to know any detail of their lives? And why are you scared?

 @sino428: Nobody “needs” to ride a bike either, but most people do it because they like to. Racing ebikes is just another form of racing and another class for bike racing. You should ride one sometime, or watch some of the races, you might actually like it.

EWS-E race highlights. youtu.be/tnh6ws5MDrc

 ..and your shallow tears.

 Don't know for others but I open and read, and sometimes comment, because I a) enjoy the EWS, b) follow all racing, c) love mountain bikes, and d) am interested to see how Flo did. I happen to also dislike e-bikes.

 It's not that I don't don't like ebikes. I own one and think it's pretty cool that it allows me to do, I haven't been able to do before.
My point of critique is: if there is competition, eventually there will be a race. But why make a race if there is no competition? From personal experience organizing enduro races at national level I can say that it's impossible to finance a race with less than 40 competitors, Via participants. So you have to attract sponsors to make it viable. Sponsors want to get something in return for the money. Obviously the organizer is pushing content out now, to satisfy that demand.
But here I stand, raising my voice to say it's not cool. To show them where they went wrong. It's all I can do. Because I care. Cheers.

 Apparently exactly four of them!

 And I'll bet they still outnumbered the spectators.

 there were years in DH and DS in the past where there were only 4 womens category, we should continue to promote the sport for more inclusion.

 @sirbikealot: I don't see inclusion as the issue here. "Analog" EWS racing is thriving in the women's field and the racing has been insanely competitive lately. my uneducated guess is that EWS-E is just not that attractive, and the men's field is just bigger because historically there are more male racers who see EWS-E as a means to come out of retirement.

 @hardtailpunter: or postpone retirement