Pin it, point it uphill, and hold on. Add in some jagged boulders, a steep uphill grade, some random logs, a fierce competitor and the occasional dirt clod kicked into your face… all of a sudden getting on top of the hill ain’t so easy, but damn it’s a good time! Relive all the hill climbing carnage from Red Bull Get on Top 2017 from Slovakia.
Pack your mopeds and your costumes because Red Bull Epic Rise 2017 is here! The 4th edition of the competition for customized mopeds where participants (aka “Epic Riders”) have to battle each other on the steep slope of a track trying to reach its top. Dirt, motorbikes and one goal: get up the hill the fastest and win.
Would you and your moped make it?
At the age of eighteen, Josh Strang left his native Australia and moved to the United States to pursue his dream of racing dirt bikes. Ten years later, Strang is still racing offroad in the U.S. at the highest level as a member of the Factory Husqvarna offroad team. In part one of this three-part series, Josh reflects on his childhood growing up in Australia around dirt bikes, his move overseas, and the difficulties of establishing his racing career in a foreign country.
We stretch before we run, we stretch before we lift weights, Rossi stretches before he rides, as does every professional motorcyclist. So why don’t you? It doesn’t matter if you’re touring, doing a track day, or riding single-track, stretching can benefit everyone by helping to give you full range of motion while also getting your muscles warmed up to work more effectively. If you’re sore after a long day of riding, stretching can help if done immediately afterwards as well as the next morning before saddling back up. You want to keep those muscles from becoming short and tight, which causes them to function less efficiently and can lead to injury. Another tip to help with muscle soreness … More