Getting ready for the Rampage
August 12th, 2010
The Red Bull Rampage is due to run Oct 1st-3rd, and a little preview teaser is below for you. This has got to be one of the most spectacular MTB events on the planet, combining slopestyle and downhill. In 2010, Red Bull are introducing new features, new riders, a new format, and another chance for the next generation of mountain bikers to prove their ability on the world’s best terrain.
The Red Bull Rampage was launched in 2001 and held annually through 2004. It intended to bring the creative, unrestricted ethos of freeride mountain biking to the contest arena while staying true to the sport’s core ideals, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Held out on a sandstone ridge in the brutally tough landscape near Virgin, Utah riders were free to chose whatever line they dared between an established start gate and the finish line 1,500 vertical feet below.
In 2008, Red Bull Rampage: The Evolution returned to Utah, mixing the challenges of the natural terrain with hand-built features, paying homage to the popularity of the slopestyle scene that emerged in the years since Rampage began. The winner of the event was the 17-year-old Brandon Semenuk, who was still in grade school when the first Rampage took place.
Tags: mountain biking, mtb, mtb skills
