Fresh off a Gold Medal win from the X Games, Dawid Godziek treated the Title Slopestyle course at SilverStar Bike Park like it was his very own playground and absolutely stomped his first run of finals today landing him top spot on the podium with a score of 94. I can’t say it enough, it’s my favorite course ever. I love it. I feel super comfortable here since day one. The conditions were much better than the riding conditions at last year’s competition, so I could do better tricks and the riding was much more pleasant. A lot of fun.Dawid Godziek Coming…
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The largest urban slopestyle event in the world, the Red Bull District Ride, will finally return to the old city center of Nuremberg, Germany after a five-year break. Once again, it welcomes the best of the best of the international slopestyle scene. Since last weekend it has been clear who are the 15 riders that will be given the opportunity to start in front of a crowd of 80,000 people. Of course, the Swedish triple-crown-winner Emil Johansson, who is currently rushing from victory to victory will be present, trying to win the Red Bull District Ride for the first time,…
The Eurobike Skyline Ride exceeded all expectations, with perfect conditions and riders from all over the world for its first edition. Dawid Godziek (POL) took home gold home followed by Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) and Erik Fedko (GER). All this took place at the new EUROBIKE venue in Frankfurt and welcomed a total of 33,780 industry professionals and 27,370 bike fans during the trade fair. An amazing performance was done by Miguel Guerrero (ESP), who took home not only the victory on the MAXXIS Best Trick, but also the Wildcard for the Red Bull District Ride. The competition started on Friday…
Leatt is thrilled to announce their first post-pandemic appearance at the global Eurobike trade show in Frankfurt, Germany. Leatt’s product range, driven by the science of thrill and built around protection, has immensely grown in the past two years and is going to show a wide head-to-toe product range. Every product is developed to enhance the riding experience and increase the rider’s safety. At Eurobike 2022, for the first time Leatt presents its 2023 product novelties to the public. In all of the following segments there are completely new products: Gravity (Durable Performance Gear)Enduro (High Performance Gear)All MTN (Technical Riding Gear)Trail (Endurance Riding…
When talking about future promises in the mountain bike world, the name “Patricia Druwen” comes up quite often. The rising German star has now joined the roster of RASOULUTION, becoming the third woman on the team managed by the Munich-based sports marketing agency that will oversee the business-related side of her athlete life, giving Patricia the opportunity to focus on riding bikes. I am very happy that RASOULUTION is interested in me. As they have the best riders, I hope that RASOULUTION can help me to become one of the best riders in the coming years.Patricia Druwen Patricia was born…
Since revolutionizing the cycling world in 2008 with the introduction of Di2 electronic shifting technology, SHIMANO has delivered the fastest, most precise, and reliable shifting ever. Today, SHIMANO sets a new standard for the future of e-bike shifting technology through a unique integration of all-new XT Di2 and SHIMANO EP e-bike platforms. Introducing two new e-bike specific DEORE XT Di2 drivetrains in collaboration with the all-new EP6 and updated EP801 e-bike platforms, SHIMANO unlocks its revolutionary FREE SHIFT and AUTO SHIFT WITH MANUAL OVERRIDE technologies for expanded functionality and enhanced E-MTB ride experience. Introducing FREE SHIFT Simply put, Shimano’s FREE…
Four days, thousands of mountain bikers, a huge Expo Area, spectacular big air shows, Downhill racing, scenic trails, live concerts, numerous after parties, countless side events, plenty of smiles and more fun than you can shake a stick at – the 2022 GlemmRide Bike Festival presented by Continental in Saalbach Hinterglemm was truly one for the history books. Be it group rides with the likes of Fabio Wibmer, Jasper Jauch, the Ruso Brothers or Stevie Schneider, downhill and pumptrack racing, arm wrestling and bike pulling contests or just plain old fun on the trails of Austria’s largest bike region, the…
As the sun rose over the beautiful city of Marseille it lit up the jumps and ramps of the inaugural Canyon CLLCTV Lemoine Invitational. An event conceptualized and brought to life by Tomas Lemoine, this was not planned purely as a contest, but as a cultural event, with a packed schedule of riding, music, and even tattoo artists. There was no better place to be than the All Road Skatepark in May. The contest kicked off, and fans were not disappointed watching their heroes, with so much variation like the unique style of Erik Fedko (GER) and Jake Atkinson (GBR), with everyone…
Coming from Sweden, a country with a rich history of developing MTB riders like Emil Johansson, Max Fredriksson and Martin Söderström, 19-year-old Alma Wiggberg is joining to top ranks of the sport in 2022. Alma from Södertälje, has now officially joined the global Specialized Bicycles program, and with a long-term commitment from the Californian based brand. Alma has made a name for herself as a sendy freerider and already has two wins at the Swedish National Championships to her name in Pumptrack and Enduro. Last summer she was part of the amazing women’s event at Audi Nines and recently finished…
The final day of racing action at Crankworx Innsbruck has come to a close, with the final sets of hardware hung around victors’ necks, and the last sprays of champagne soaking sweat-drenched jerseys. Under cloudless skies and uncharacteristic heat (according to the women’s winner), Valentina Höll and Charlie Hatton earn the distinction of the elite winners of the 2022 deuter Downhill Innsbruck Presented by Raffeisen Club. First Crankworx win. I came last year, and I was sixth, so yeah just out of the top five which made me hungry for more this week, and happy it paid off. The track…
“Honestly, I don’t even know how to put words into today,” a chuffed Emil said of his score of 98 in the Crankworx Innsbruck Slopestyle, rumoured to be the highest Slopestyle score in history. It’s been ever since Big White back in 2019, every FMB contest I went to, I stood on top of a podium which at this time around is 9 events or something. To be able to secure 7 diamond events in a row, I’m very humble against the position I’m in. It’s nothing I can take for granted, and I work on defending it for every…
“I think it was one of the best competitions we’ve seen.” said Lemoine after winning his 6th gold medal in Speed & Style. “We’ve seen maybe 5 people doing double back flips today,” he added. On top of the doubles, there was a host of other groundbreaking inversions going down, including some doubles of a different sort. Last year Robin Goomes did the first backflip in women’s competition. This year, Goomes was throwing down backflip nacs and backflip one foot cans, alongside Caroline Buchanan’s backflips. Suffice to say, the game has changed once again. Thanks to her deepening bag of…
A double header day is sure to be a crowd pleaser and a rider punisher, and this year did not disappoint. Both gold medal winners of tonight’s Rockshox Pump Track Challenge Innsbruck also threw down some respectable results earlier in the day at the rain-soaked and challenging Specialized Dual Slalom presented by Thule. Read the press release here for a full recap. As the saying goes: ‘after the rain comes a rainbow’, and this year’s pump track certainly had some gold at the end of its rainbow. We’re talking about the post-rain, sun-baked dirt gold variety that made for some…
“Track’s getting loose,” a rider said as the round of 16 was winding down ahead of finals, referring to the dry dirt loosening up as riders logged lap after lap. The morning had kicked off with sun, but the light was swiftly disappeared behind the clouds as riders got on track. Eventually, a rumble of thunder grumbled in the distance and the heavens slowly opened. Next the rain, then finals. And from that point, everything changed in the Specialized Dual Slalom Innsbruck presented by Thule. Riders slipped. Gates were ridden over. Chains were snapped. In the end, the riders who managed…