I completely agree with him.

It's based on opinion.  I find riders "throwing sick tricks" pretty crap to watch unless they crash.  I'd much rather watch a racer throwing a laid back whip mid race run, ala Bryceland today at Maribor on the top jump before he crashed.

Tricks arent what Im involved in mountain biking for...

Just because you disagree doesnt make it untrue.

Rootes

Yeah to say the slopestyle boys aren't stylish is a bit.... well just wrong really.
I do kinda agree to a point though, its looks amazing in stills captured at the fully clicked moment like those; I wouldn't take that away from them for a second, yeah its damn impressive and you've gotta admit they do look good.
However, watch a video of those moves and they're probably a bit less fluid, everythings a bit over exaggerated and akward and you can put money on the fact they landed like a sack of sh*te.

I think the low, fast and simple racer style is much more impressive as a rider, i'd rather see someone in 100% control going smooth and fast than someone struggle their way through a bmx trick on a mountainbike.

However going back to the point of to the general public, video or photo the majority are going to be more impressed by someone going so big they can't physically stop themselves biting their bars or pulling such a huge superman they only just get a foot back to the pedal.....

The thing is, Basagotia or Lacondeguy could o the most inverted table or most humungast whip, they just wont win comps and wont have money to eat if they do.

I agree, I don't think 'style' sits in just one discipline of this sport. Watching great racers do their thing is a pleasure too. Same with a smooth 4x racer, a flatland rider, a dirt jumper or slopestyle rider.

I was just a little taken back by the statement mentioned earlier.

Seriously buddy, if you're gonna side with me...spell my name right it's at the bottom of everything I write and in my profile...

ROOTES

i think rootes is totaly right dont get me rong the tricks the slopestyle guys do are brilliant but they get boring and i always find that when they 360 or backlip they dont land it as cleanly as downhiller does doing a moto whip of a hip jump but i down hill so realy im a bit biased towards it lol

people ride how they want, who cares, some people might want to go and do big drops, some might want to do sam-stylers all day long, does it really matter?

Going big can be done stylishly.

I find slopestyle riders full of style for example when they pull a huge dump 360. Some stuff is very sketchy such as 360 flip normaly.

Its also really cool to see some one just pull a few whips or tables smoothly especially when racing DH.

I find both equally impressive.  Whatever floats your boat really:)