When you picture someone on a massive ramp, doing crazy flips in the air, you probably think of a BMX biker or skateboarder, right? Think again. For the past 16 years, Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham has been hitting the skatepark with his wheelchair and doing insane flips, tricks and hand-plants. He is, as he describes, the foremost expert in turning lemons into lemonade.
If you’re not afraid of heights, you have to make sure your bike isn’t either. The Vital MTB Test Sessions crew took their chances on the extreme piece of natural slickrock “trail” known as White Line in Sedona, Arizona. Blowing the corner is not an option.
Rider Michal Kollbek ridding the White Line in Sedona, AZ.
See firsthand what it’s like to rip down one of the heaviest downhill mountain bike tracks ever created, through the POV of the creator himself, Dan Atherton. It’s why Red Bull Hardline is an event like no other. The long and technical course plays on a variety of disciplines, where incredibly steep and rocky technical sections were combined with a motocross run in and 50-foot [15.24 meters] gap jump to create one of the most progressive downhill courses on the planet.