Red Bull No Paws Down means four kilometres at 85kph, 18 hairpins, and a 14 percent gradient. Oh, and no hands down allowed.
While most of us would likely come to grief at the first turn, the risk of going down a gnarly stretch of asphalt like ‘Bear’s Guts’ in Osilica, Slovenia, didn’t discourage the 72 riders from taking part in Red Bull No Paws Down.
The first two riders to reach the bottom advance into the next round and if the duck tape on your palms shows any signs of sliding with your hand, you’re out!
Kowalski, Crooks, Kimbel, Chapman, Russell and Borden – This crew eats transition for breakfast. Wake up and smell the Roses! Here’s the latest Blow’n Up The Spot at the “Rose Bowl.”
Heavy, dark, dusty, rough as hell and at this time of the year it keeps a brutal iciness inside. A huge building with an amazing construction in the middle of a breathtaking landscape waiting for us to get conquered.
April 27th 2017, it´s snowing outside and the thermometer is telling us minus 5 degrees celsius. “Ben, put on your beanie and a proper warm parka, it´s going to be a long day”.
Finally we´ve found our lost place to turn our vision into reality.