DownMall 2011 this Saturday!

by Fullface Productions
Feb 7, 2011 at 11:28

The third happening of DownMall “devastation” is quickly approaching. It's become a tradition that this unconventional race move to a new mall each year.

After the shopping centre Delta and Plaza in Liberec there is not just the change of shopping centre but the town too! DownMall 2011 is heading to Palác Flora in Prague this year!

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Palác Flora offers again very attractive and challenging mall of 4 floors just perfect for the race. If you remember, the last race in Plaza shopping centre took the start at the local discotheque club. This year the start will be in the vestibule of the Palace cinema on the highest floor of the shopping centre. The race will then continue by the passage round the inside gallery on each floor of the shopping centre. The very popular escalators and the finish drop won’t be of course missing. For the audience there is prepared 5 cameras shooting the whole race that will be aired through LCD screens placed throughout the whole shopping centre.


Not very popular custom of this DownMall event is that the whole race is very limited with the number of participants so it is only for 40 invited riders. Thus we can again be looking forward to the top international and local DH and 4X riders.

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This year DownMall is not intended for the DH and 4X riders only but there will be also introduced totally different MTB branch by our top dirt and slopestyle riders! The prize money in height of 30.000,- CZK will be surely the good motivation for all the participants so we can all be looking forward to the great show.


And what about you? Will you come to Palac Flora to see this great and exciting event on 12th February 2011? Or you want to participate itself in this great and mad race by taking the wild card? And is it even in your powers to win? Can Michal Prokop win for the third time in a row? Come and you will know it all!

Live: 12 feb 2011 @ 14:00 CET
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53 Comments

  • + 16
flag FindlayReade (Feb 11, 2011 at 0:29)
 It would have been awesome if the escalators where moving the wrong way rather than being still.
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flag hoolydooly (Feb 11, 2011 at 0:45)
 hahaha, see whos game enough to pedal down them.
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flag octalex1 (Feb 11, 2011 at 0:03)
 Im guessing they are runing out of things to DH on
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flag RaleighVoid (Feb 11, 2011 at 0:09)
 but being in america, they're never gonna run out of 'malls'.
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flag lewisstp (Feb 11, 2011 at 0:21)
 Looks fun Big Grin
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flag KURTSUCKS (Feb 11, 2011 at 1:40)
 Dude, they are not in america. prague is in czech republic
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flag RaleighVoid (Feb 11, 2011 at 1:45)
 oohh shit, sorry :/
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flag Eyon (Feb 11, 2011 at 1:52)
 no chance the health and safety brigade would allow this in either the US or anywhere else like the UK either. I spent some time in CZ a while ago and they love this sort of stuff, its crazy and dangerous, which is why it gets done there as they aren't a nanny state like the rest of the world. All the better for it!
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flag Caiokv (Feb 11, 2011 at 5:06)
 It must be awesome to ride in a mall! Mainly if you are not allowed to! hahahaha
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flag PHRANQUY (Feb 11, 2011 at 6:06)
 They actually did a race through the skyway of St. Paul, MN several years ago (I think they've done 2) and I've been hoping they would bring it back. I'd love to participate in something like this, and there is a lot of elevation change from one end of the skyway system to the other.
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flag JakubJ (Feb 11, 2011 at 7:17)
 RaleighVoid: I will remember this!Big Grin
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flag RaleighVoid (Feb 11, 2011 at 8:38)
 damn it! you win some you loose some! (friends) Razz
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flag JakubJ (Feb 11, 2011 at 10:30)
 It´s OKBig Grin
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flag evolution10 (Feb 11, 2011 at 6:24)
 You also have the most wasteful uses of fundage in the world......congrats
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flag JokerMachine (Feb 13, 2011 at 22:02)
 Spending X million dollars on an indoor ski resort or to create a lagoon in the shape of a palm tree still makes a lot more sense than spending more than half a trillion dollars on the military.
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flag specialH (Feb 11, 2011 at 8:40)
 I love how theres guys in full dh gear, goggles (because theres soooooo much shrapnel and intense wind speed on their face inside a heated mall) and everything, on their 40 lbs dh bikes for pretty much an all out sprint. Why would you do that haha. I don't care if I get neg. props. The dudes on the hardtails know where its at.
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flag loudnfrdr24 (Feb 11, 2011 at 9:46)
 But they arent on full DH bikes at all....

Singlecrowns, Hardtails, not really 40lbs last I checked...
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flag specialH (Feb 11, 2011 at 13:24)
 look again buddy. Sure there are single crowns, but there are full dh bikes
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flag Potok (Feb 11, 2011 at 14:23)
 Czech MTB scene isn't on the same level as the American, British or Australian. They get a frame or bike for reduced prize, full sponsoring is almost a myth even for the top riders, and riders must present the stuff they get. If you get sponsored by Banshee (meaning the Czech importer of it), you may get Legend, but you might not have the Rampant in addition, even if it's better for this occasion. And, of course, you won't ride you friend's SX trail, because you'd get dumped by the sponsor. Understand? Big Grin The Czech Rep. is a little country with a few riders and even less competitors.
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flag Bjammin (Feb 11, 2011 at 15:54)
 The best bike for that sort of race is a short travel dh bike (like a bottlerocket)
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flag makonastinky (Feb 11, 2011 at 12:18)
 the kid sittin in the second photo is thinking ' ooooooohhhhh shit , just poped a boner '
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flag Digax94 (Feb 11, 2011 at 15:45)
 yeah lol
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flag SeanC1 (Feb 12, 2011 at 10:24)
 I really wanted to watch this on Freecaster, but then I really DIDN'T want to get up at 5:00 am on a saturday to do so. Is there a replay or recap that I can watch somewhere?
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flag kona-stinkeis-must-die (Feb 11, 2011 at 1:42)
 bring that to england
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flag losi (Feb 11, 2011 at 2:28)
 EPIC!!!!!
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flag A1exflobmx (Feb 11, 2011 at 12:52)
 come on health and safety would be like NO NO NO NO NO NO NO LOL our country's shit
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flag chrisberty (Feb 11, 2011 at 14:53)
 ^ so true haha
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flag azzam (Feb 11, 2011 at 3:12)
 this is such a good concept
BRING THIS TO AUSTRALIA
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flag jackoh44 (Feb 12, 2011 at 14:45)
 why not bring it to Ireland we've got ...eh..... actually don't your bike will get robbed!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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flag duffer44 Plus (Feb 11, 2011 at 20:27)
 one of the biggest malls in the world is a 15 minute drive from my house, BRING THIS THERE PLEASE!!!!
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flag demo-dood (Feb 11, 2011 at 21:00)
 might have to stop at the food court half way down and have me a feed haha
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flag alkibogdan (Feb 11, 2011 at 0:17)
 they should ride in our "limbecker platz", we ride there always Big Grin
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flag furry (Feb 12, 2011 at 18:15)
 this comp makes me wanna go to my local shopping centre (mall) when its quite and ride down all the escalators and stuff
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flag A1exflobmx (Feb 11, 2011 at 12:51)
 CZ I LOVE YOU ... specialized please invite me (A)
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flag Potok (Feb 11, 2011 at 7:27)
 the rider list may be seen on dolekop.com and it includes the current 4X world champion Tomáš Slav'k and many others Wink
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flag lubotk (Feb 11, 2011 at 3:56)
 Lol - now that's a way to show off xD
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flag lawsan10 (Feb 11, 2011 at 0:27)
 it looks fun and easy but the mall floor is very slipy
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flag mackeclipse (Feb 11, 2011 at 22:09)
 i believe thats grip tape on the ground on the sharp turn/corners?
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flag amateur-Soldier (Feb 13, 2011 at 7:08)
 that's only on the really sharp corners. or at least thats what the video made it look like.
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flag JafaCake (Feb 12, 2011 at 15:08)
 It wasn't that great. The track was short and boring.
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flag klette03 (Feb 12, 2011 at 5:45)
 shitttt!!
last week I ve been over there
D:
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flag skandy26 (Feb 11, 2011 at 6:52)
 Yees, this is great, i was there last year =)
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flag kyle21221011658751 (Feb 11, 2011 at 14:59)
 This looks like so much fun!!!!
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flag skandy26 (Feb 11, 2011 at 6:52)
 Yees, this is great, i was there last year =)
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flag Digax94 (Feb 11, 2011 at 15:44)
 do it here in portugal. we have more malls then towns
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  • + 1
flag BegFlip (Feb 11, 2011 at 5:19)
 Are This czech riders??
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flag isaacds Mod Plus (Feb 11, 2011 at 7:26)
 do you know who Michal Prokop, or Tomas Slavik are?
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flag BegFlip (Feb 23, 2011 at 12:38)
 Yes I know, i dont see that before Smile
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  • + 1
flag MarceloPereiraDH (Feb 11, 2011 at 15:10)
 Musics the videos ?
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flag TAridingMTB (Feb 11, 2011 at 17:02)
 well that looks sick
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flag hazdxb (Feb 11, 2011 at 6:10)
 screw that bring it to dubai! we have the worlds biggest mall waiting for you guys!
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flag Bjammin (Feb 11, 2011 at 15:53)
 you guys have indoor skiing. Stop complaining.
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flag hazdxb (Feb 12, 2011 at 0:02)
 Fine we'll settle for slopestyle in dubai.....haha
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