Zurich was on fire as the world’s best freestylers in freeski, snowboard, fmx and mountainbike tore down the place at this year’s freestyle.ch! In the Mountain Bike Dirt Jump Final, Martin Söderström (SWE) claimed victory, followed by Anthon Thelander (SWE) and Thomas Genone (BEL)! In this WatchMojo.com Presents video, we check out highlights from the mountain bike dirt jump finals of the Freestyle.ch 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Here’s a machine that will make even the most dedicated weight weenies drool – this complete road bike tips the scales at a truly staggering weight of 2.7kg (6lb).
Originally owned by German cyclist Gunter Mai, the first build started out at about 3.3kg (7.3lb), dipping as low as 2.9kg (6.4lb) in Mai’s posession. But don’t for one minute think of this bike as an exhibition piece that’s never properly used. Mai and others put more than 20,000km on it over a period of two years.
As it stands today  … Pictures and more
Sarah Walker reckons the fear of dislocating her shoulder again will be present for the rest of her BMX career. And fear in a sport such as BMX, where bodies are put on the line at high speed every time the start gates are thrust open, can potentially be crippling.
But the Olympic silver medallist, former world champion and former world No 1 also believes she has found a way to deal with the fear so that it doesn’t adversely affect her performances  … More