La red bull district ride 2006 si terrà il 15-16 luglio in quel di Catania, e sarà valida per le quallificazioni alla finale che si terrà a Norimberga il 4-5 agosto 2006. I primi 10 di Catania parteciperanno di diritto alla finale in Germania.
Il sito http://www.redbulldistrictride.com/ sarà aggiornato da metà maggio.
Red Bull District Ride 2006 - The show goes on!!! Nuremberg was the centre of the world in September last year with over 40,000 spectators witnessing the making of the first Red Bull District Ride. This year the Urban Freeride event will be in two great locations, Red Bull District Ride in Catania (Sicily/Italy) and in Nuremberg (Germany)! First up is Catania July 15-16th with 35 of the best riders invited from around the world. The second event in Nuremberg August 4-5th will be taking along 25 of the world’s finest athletes in the freeride sport. The Red Bull District Ride 2005 turned the heads of people that have never heard of mountain bike like this before. That event definitely storied in the world of mountain bikes and so did the winner Aaron Chase who was blown away by the crowds of Nuremberg.
The Red Bull District Ride set a new standard of professional mountain bike events in 2005 and it returns turning it up yet another notch for 2006. Bringing the sport to the city allows people the convenience to experience the excitement without having to go into the mountains. People can be on the streets, gathering around massive video screens cheering their favourite rider on. Many spectators don’t even need to leave their living room because they have an aerial view from their balcony! Riders Selection Tarek Rasouli has been busy getting in touch with all the top riders and they are pumped to be part of the 2006 events. The top 14 from last year’s Red Bull District Ride are invited to take part in both events with an additional wildcard awarded to Darren Berrecloth. He had such solid performances with a 1st in Saalbach at the Adidas Slopestyle, another first at Monsterpark and a 2nd in Whistler at the Crankworx in 2005. And to the unfortunate injury during training at last year’s event in Nuremberg he has earned a spot.
The list of riders invited to both events (Nuremberg and Catania): Aaron Chase Gareth Dyer Paul Basagoitia Cedric Gracia Kyle Strait Joscha Forstreuter Cameron McCaul Trond Hansen Carlo Dieckmann Grant Fielder Timo Pritzel Nathan Rennie Thomas Vanderham Darren Berrecloth Geoff Gulevich Along with the 15 pre selected riders there will be an addition of 18 of the world’s best freeriders at the Red Bull District Ride – Catania, Italy. Additional wildcards will be selected for up and coming riders that have what it takes to ride with the ‘crème de la crème of freeride’, but haven’t been given the chance to do so. One wildcard has already been given away to Adam Hauck at the SeaOtter Dirt Jump Invitational. The 17yrs. old rider from New Jersey got 2nd at SeaOtter in California in front of Paul Bas and impressed the judges with a 360-Tailwhip, so he won a wildcard plus plane ticket to Sicily. Another wildcard will go to the best rookie at the Braun 26TRIX in Leogang, Austria in June 9th – 11th also to the greatest rider at the best tricks session of the Red Bull Trailfox in Laax, Switzerland at June 23rd-25th. Expect to see some young guns pushing hard to prove themselves. For other possible qualifiers just check out soon the event website: www.redbulldistrictride.com The best 10 riders from the additional 20 places in Catania will advance and make up the top 25 for the grand final in Nuremberg.
Each Event has 20,000 Euros in prize money plus a very special surprise for the overall winner of both events! Why Nuremberg and Catania? The perfect locations for the Red Bull District Ride have one very important similarity; they both descend from start to finish allowing the riders to concentrate on the district or section of the course ahead saving their energy for the tricks. Nuremberg was selected for last year’s event for the uniqueness of the city, the castle as a starting district and the opportunity to integrate a huge drop from the castle itself. The streets then twisted through monuments such as the Durer Platz, Sebalder Square finishing up in front of the Town Hall. The infrastructure of the city together with the special environment and the opportunities to integrate a course with flow created the perfect package. Catania in Italy shares most of the same characteristics starting from a massive church that looks like something from another planet. After the two options to drop from the church the course goes directly into a narrow alley section passing right by the Piazza dell´Universita, twisting past a number of historic churches and buildings, finishing at the most impressive Duomo Square with the “il elephante” statue, the emblem of Catania. On top of the course being an incredible venue, the streets are completely made of volcanic rock left from past eruptions thanks to Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano! A Run down of the Course…
The 2006 Red Bull District Ride courses will be designed by Cory Moore and built together with his crew of guys. Nuremberg will be stepped up with some nice changes in the streets together with a completely different set of obstacles. Catania starts at an impressive church leading directly towards typical Italian alley streets twisting through the old town ending at the Duomo Square. Both courses will be broken up into districts filled with drops, spines, wallrides, step up and downs, dirt jumps and mix of other props integrated into the city streets. If you are interested in mountainbiking or simply in extreme sports, make sure you book your trip to Catania or Nuremberg or even to both events. It will definitely be an unforgettable experience for you.
Il sito http://www.redbulldistrictride.com/ sarà aggiornato da metà maggio.
Red Bull District Ride 2006 - The show goes on!!! Nuremberg was the centre of the world in September last year with over 40,000 spectators witnessing the making of the first Red Bull District Ride. This year the Urban Freeride event will be in two great locations, Red Bull District Ride in Catania (Sicily/Italy) and in Nuremberg (Germany)! First up is Catania July 15-16th with 35 of the best riders invited from around the world. The second event in Nuremberg August 4-5th will be taking along 25 of the world’s finest athletes in the freeride sport. The Red Bull District Ride 2005 turned the heads of people that have never heard of mountain bike like this before. That event definitely storied in the world of mountain bikes and so did the winner Aaron Chase who was blown away by the crowds of Nuremberg.
The Red Bull District Ride set a new standard of professional mountain bike events in 2005 and it returns turning it up yet another notch for 2006. Bringing the sport to the city allows people the convenience to experience the excitement without having to go into the mountains. People can be on the streets, gathering around massive video screens cheering their favourite rider on. Many spectators don’t even need to leave their living room because they have an aerial view from their balcony! Riders Selection Tarek Rasouli has been busy getting in touch with all the top riders and they are pumped to be part of the 2006 events. The top 14 from last year’s Red Bull District Ride are invited to take part in both events with an additional wildcard awarded to Darren Berrecloth. He had such solid performances with a 1st in Saalbach at the Adidas Slopestyle, another first at Monsterpark and a 2nd in Whistler at the Crankworx in 2005. And to the unfortunate injury during training at last year’s event in Nuremberg he has earned a spot.
The list of riders invited to both events (Nuremberg and Catania): Aaron Chase Gareth Dyer Paul Basagoitia Cedric Gracia Kyle Strait Joscha Forstreuter Cameron McCaul Trond Hansen Carlo Dieckmann Grant Fielder Timo Pritzel Nathan Rennie Thomas Vanderham Darren Berrecloth Geoff Gulevich Along with the 15 pre selected riders there will be an addition of 18 of the world’s best freeriders at the Red Bull District Ride – Catania, Italy. Additional wildcards will be selected for up and coming riders that have what it takes to ride with the ‘crème de la crème of freeride’, but haven’t been given the chance to do so. One wildcard has already been given away to Adam Hauck at the SeaOtter Dirt Jump Invitational. The 17yrs. old rider from New Jersey got 2nd at SeaOtter in California in front of Paul Bas and impressed the judges with a 360-Tailwhip, so he won a wildcard plus plane ticket to Sicily. Another wildcard will go to the best rookie at the Braun 26TRIX in Leogang, Austria in June 9th – 11th also to the greatest rider at the best tricks session of the Red Bull Trailfox in Laax, Switzerland at June 23rd-25th. Expect to see some young guns pushing hard to prove themselves. For other possible qualifiers just check out soon the event website: www.redbulldistrictride.com The best 10 riders from the additional 20 places in Catania will advance and make up the top 25 for the grand final in Nuremberg.
Each Event has 20,000 Euros in prize money plus a very special surprise for the overall winner of both events! Why Nuremberg and Catania? The perfect locations for the Red Bull District Ride have one very important similarity; they both descend from start to finish allowing the riders to concentrate on the district or section of the course ahead saving their energy for the tricks. Nuremberg was selected for last year’s event for the uniqueness of the city, the castle as a starting district and the opportunity to integrate a huge drop from the castle itself. The streets then twisted through monuments such as the Durer Platz, Sebalder Square finishing up in front of the Town Hall. The infrastructure of the city together with the special environment and the opportunities to integrate a course with flow created the perfect package. Catania in Italy shares most of the same characteristics starting from a massive church that looks like something from another planet. After the two options to drop from the church the course goes directly into a narrow alley section passing right by the Piazza dell´Universita, twisting past a number of historic churches and buildings, finishing at the most impressive Duomo Square with the “il elephante” statue, the emblem of Catania. On top of the course being an incredible venue, the streets are completely made of volcanic rock left from past eruptions thanks to Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano! A Run down of the Course…
The 2006 Red Bull District Ride courses will be designed by Cory Moore and built together with his crew of guys. Nuremberg will be stepped up with some nice changes in the streets together with a completely different set of obstacles. Catania starts at an impressive church leading directly towards typical Italian alley streets twisting through the old town ending at the Duomo Square. Both courses will be broken up into districts filled with drops, spines, wallrides, step up and downs, dirt jumps and mix of other props integrated into the city streets. If you are interested in mountainbiking or simply in extreme sports, make sure you book your trip to Catania or Nuremberg or even to both events. It will definitely be an unforgettable experience for you.
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Ciò nonostante ho assistito ad un splendido frontflip...a pochi metri da me...peccato che la macchina fot non era pronta...... per il resto godetevi le prime foto con lo sfondo della mia splendida città: il liotro vi osserva,riders!