Kyle Strait is no stranger to Red Bull Rampage, and his line choice at the 2016 venue proved just that. Strait’s gnarly line featured beefy drops, sketchy transitions, and perilous exposure around each turn, but going steep and deep is the name of Strait’s game, and this view of his run shows just that.
Carson Storch may be a Rampage rookie, but his confident 3rd place run showed he can hang with freeriding’s finest. With two massive 360s, heavy drops, and tight technical riding, Storch rode his way to a well earned podium spot.
The French phenom Antoine Bizet showcased some impressive freeride mountain biking as he charged down one of the heaviest lines from Rampage 2016. After crashing on a double backflip attempt in 2015, he had his sights set on landing that same trick this year… and he stomped the $h!t out of it. Take a look back at the run that earned him the second spot on the podium.
Ulster man Colin Ross was King of the Mountain at the weekend after capturing his third win in a row at the Red Bull Foxhunt 2016 in Rostrevor, Co Down in record time. Superb riding conditions and a fast track made for one of the most memorable ‘mass start’ downhill races in Europe as a pack of 400 red-backed riders (‘the hounds’) tore down Slieve Martin in the Mourne Mountains in a bid to outfox two-time Downhill World Champion Gee Atherton (‘the fox’).
Gee overtook 399 other racers to hunt down Colin and was snapping at his heels for much of the race but couldn’t catch the eventual champion as he powered through the course eventually beating Atherton by over 30 seconds.