Has Red Bull Rampage gone too far?

It's a question that has been around the mountain biking community for a long time now especially after this year's event. It has been almost 2 weeks following Adolf Silva's crash after attempting a double backflip and we finally got a follow up from the man himself. Silva broke 6 ribs, damaged his sternum and had a serious spinal cord injury that has now led to him not being able to feel chest down. Should this be a wake up call for Red Bull?

I, personally, think not. At the start of the event in 2001 riders would do no such tricks riders today would do. The main part was to make and ride a route down a utah mountain. Today, it is regular for people to do backflips and flatspin 360s around every drop down. For many people the prior Rampage would be less entertaining than today. I got into mountain biking last year after watching Rampage '24 as it was incredible. I believe I am not the only one who has been pulled in due to the insane risk but stunts the pros do. I hear alot of people saying Rampage should 'remove the slopestyle element' to the event. The thing with competitive sport is that people will always go bigger and better to try break the impossible. Its the crazy nature of the sport. For example Emil Johansonn competed with a hurt wrist and a broken toe. People will never give up. Furthermore it's the riders' choice on what they want to do.

What do I think needs to change? I think nets should be installed on the mountain side so there is less risk of death like what we almost saw with Emil's run 2 and it would be nice to see a new location. GMBN adressed this in their podcast that the bottom of the Rampage course looks like a slopestyle run after 2 decades of carving out the same mountain side. They could do something similar to Hardline or crankworx where there are multiple venues around the world to keep things fresh. I know it may break tradition but it's a change fans want to see and is getting quite necessary now.

Do you agree?