RedBull Rampage - these guys are nuts...

by lyne on Oct 3, 2008 11:57 PM EDT

... and I would love to be there taking photos.

The RedBull Rampage is back after a 3 year hiatus on a course that, and I quote "the riders who plan to tackle this sucker better be packing some brass cojones and have them polished to a lustrous shine."

What is it you may ask? The RedBull Rampage is a freeride mountain biking competition (check out the teaser video) which brings riders from all over the world to a sandstone ridge in the brutal landscape near Virgin, Utah. Riders such as World Champ Gee Atherton and his brother Dan, 2004 winner Cedric Gracia, Darren Berrecloth and lots more.

The competition is held on October 2-5 with the first two days scheduled as open practice days for the athletes, allowing them to scout their lines, size up the thirty-plus foot gaps and cliff drops, and practice their tricks.aturday, each of the 28 invited riders will take two runs; their best single-run scores will determine the top 14 who will advance to Sunday's final. The 14 finalists will run two more descents on Sunday, with their best score determining the overall winner.

Wanna go? Not so easy. You'll have to walk or bike four miles from the parking lot to the contest venue over uneven desert terrain. Pack everything in and pack everything out.

More info on the race site including photos of Day 1 (practice day) and the course and videos from previous years.

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Samu

Didn’t Sanchez threaten to attend this last year?

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris... on Oct 4, 2008 12:28 AM EDT 0 recs

Chris, I think he wanted to ride in the street version of this

A ridiculous downhill course, somewhere in Cali. His team would never let him do it (I’m betting) as the chances of him imitating Angel Gomez Gomez are better than even.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Oct 4, 2008 7:52 AM EDT up 0 recs

I think that was a different redbull downhill thingie, to be held in Malibu (?)

this is so-called big mountain downhill, tricks, lots of air, nuts

by lyne on Oct 4, 2008 11:29 AM EDT up 0 recs

That looks seriously cool...

… but as a hiker that has had to trod through deep, deep, DEEP silt on trails shared with the Fat Tire types, I have to wonder what doing tricks off Hoodoos makes the course look like once Red Bull has packed up and gone home. They make sure nothing get’s fucked up permanently right?

God I sound like a rampant tree hugger which really ain’t the case… sorry…

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Oct 4, 2008 12:44 AM EDT 0 recs

Your's is an excellent concern Dan

And I’m pretty sure they do their best to return things to a natural state. How successful they are I don’t know but I’d guess they must do it pretty well to get permission to hold the challenge there in the first place.

I remember watching the first two years of it and it was outrageous. Total seat of the pants stuff.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Oct 4, 2008 7:50 AM EDT up 0 recs