Ride to the Lake di Tarek Rasouli

[marco]

Ride to the Lake,
Meersburg, Germania (Lago di Costanza)
September 24-26, 2004

Ride to the Lake 2004 will be the event that pushes the limits of Urban Freeriding. This coming fall you will see a competition which throws the best of all worlds together giving every type of rider the chance to show how it’s done.
Ride to the Lake 2004 in Meersburg, a small historical town on Lake Constance, will be hosting the first of its kind in Urban Freeride. The contest will be judged in zones. The course is over 1km long, twisting through the town with a difference in elevation of almost 150 meters including big step ups and downs, wallrides, dirt jumps, big drops, street stuff, stair gaps and some north shore stunts.
The Invitational Urban Freeride is limited to 40 riders. Riders already confirmed include Wade Simmons, Cedric Gracia, Niels-Peter Jensen, Darren Berrecloth, Kyle Strait, Aaron Chase, Eric Porter, John Cowan, Gareth Dyer, Jordie Lunn, Randy Spangler, Chris Smith, Kyle Ebett, John Jesme and many more.
Friday night will be a Riders Party at the Thermal Spa located right by the lake to kick off the fun followed by Saturday’s qualification then the King of Dirt (K.O.D.) jump contest. After the K.O.D. is crowned everyone will head off to the BIG BASH with the presentation of the K.O.D. winners and Sick-O award for the craziest line!!!
We have 20,000 Euros cash & prizes for the Urban Freeride, the K.O.D. which will both be judged along with the Sick-O Award which will be selected by the riders.
We are looking forward to see you September in Meersburg to celebrate with us the Lifestyle of Freeriding.
Be there or be square

Prodotti MTB scontati

 

[l.j.silver]

scusate l'off topic, ma tarek rasouli non aveva avuto un brutto incidente o mi sbaglio? se è vero come sta adesso? ciao silver

 

[TEOdare]

al bike Festival purtroppo era in sedia a rotelle......

 

[marco]

Classifica:

No. Rider Country Points Rank
26 Kyle Strait USA 47,96 1
7 Cameron McCaul USA 45,15 2
25 Kyle Ebbett USA 44,65 3
29 Michal Marosi Czech Rep 43,65 4
36 Wade Simmons Canada 43,05 5
9 Cedric Gracia France 40,95 6
8 Carlo Dieckmann Germany 40,38 7
23 Joscha Forstreuter Germany 39,5 8
17 Guido Tschugg Germany 38,92 9
14 Gareth Dyer Canada 38,85 10
24 Kamil Tatarkovic Czech Rep 38,8 11
5 Benoit Stoclet France 37,93 12
13 Fabien Pédemanaud France 37,38 13
33 Samuel Zbinden Switzerland 37,18 14
10 Chris Smith UK 36,25 15
31 Niels-Peter Jensen Germany 35,95 16
27 Marcus Wallborn Germany 35,78 17
34 Seb Carré France 35,3 18
15 Georg Engel Austria 34,55 19
1 Aaron Chase USA 33,98 20
12 Daniel Trenkle Germany 33,45 21
35 Titou Piccard France 32,85 22
20 John Cowan USA 31,8 23
6 Bruno Penone France 31,68 24
19 Jim Dechamp USA 30,48 25

 

[marco]

American sweep in Meersburg
Kyle Strait wins RIDE TO THE LAKE Contest
Cameron McCaul second, Kyle Ebbet third

The youngest competitor was the most successful at the RIDE TO THE LAKE Contest
in Meersburg this weekend, which took place despite heavy rainfalls. Seventeen year
old Kyle Strait from Redlands, California (USA) impressed the judges in all seven
zones with two stunning performances on the one kilometre long course through the
historic old town down to Lake Constance. Eighteen year old Cameron McCaul, the
second youngest rider in the field from Aptos, California placed second, street
specialist Kyle Ebbet (31) from Essex, Vermont (USA) came in third.
Although it rained all weekend in Meersburg, Germany, the first ever RIDE TO THE LAKE
CONTEST wasn’t ‘rained out’ thanks to the hard work of the organisers. Everyone involved
worked around the clock to make the giant obstacles non-slippery, using grip paper, carpet
and chicken wire. “This is probably the only competition you could do in the rain”, says
Cameron McCaul. “And it was really awesome. The crowds here in Meersburg were so
enthusiastic. Every trick was rewarded with cheers and applause. I have probably written
more autographs here than in my entire life.”
Meersburg’s building department had worked more than 200 hours to construct the massive
obstacles like huge step ups and downs, five metre high north shores, gigantic ramps and
wall rides as well as a flying fox. “It’s quite complex to organise such an event in a German
town”, says Mayor Heinz Tausendfreund, “because the static of all constructions had to be
approved by the German TÜV. But it was worth it. This event has surpassed my keenest
imagination. The performance of the riders in these adverse weather conditions was
amazing. We received so much positive feedback. The spectators were of all ages – the best
proof that an extreme sport event like this is not only appreciated by a young audience.”
Despite heavy rainfalls, thousands of spectators lined the urban freeride course through the
historic old town. „I think the people had a good show, even with the rain. Every obstacle was
hit“, says Wade Simmons who was voted to be best freerider in the world by the readers of
bike magazine. “I wonder what would have happened when it was dry…” Wade Simmons
was last one on the start list. Both judges and spectators went mad when the ‘godfather of
freeriding’ was on the course. However, in the end the freeride newcomers Strait, McCaul,
Ebbet and Marosi obtained slightly more points from the jury and Simmons placed fifth.
„The course was well-rounded“, so Cameron McCaul. “There was something for everybody.”
After the start in the upper town, the riders first faced some big step ups and downs. From
there the route led the freeriders into the Gap Zone where they performed dazzling tricks like
three consecutive back flips (John Cowan), a back flip on a downhill bike (Sam Zbinden),
stylish Superman Seatgrabs (e.g. Niels-Peter Jensen) and a huge 360 over the third and
largest gap, for which Titou Piccard deservedly received the Sick-O Award. Another
adrenaline booster was the Drop Zone. Depending on where they jumped off, the riders
dropped down between five and seven metres – a jump that seemed even more gigantic in
relation to the historic half-timbered houses in-between which the riders landed and which
was extremely difficult as they set down on a four metres high and four metres long wooden
ramp. And as if that was not enough, they jumped down with Tabletops (Kyle Strait), No
Handers (Cameron McCaul), X-ups (Gareth Dyer) and Suicides (Cedric Gracia). Next on
route was the Castle Zone where the competitors could chose between different lines over
and across the steps of Meersburg’s historic castle before they finally hit the enormous wall
ride and steep ramps in the Street Zone. So out of breath the North Shore Zone at the end of
the course in a dizzy height of five metres was an even bigger challenge.
“My biggest challenge was not to freeze”, laughs winner Kyle Strait who hit all the obstacles
at ease and was rewarded with 47.96 points for his impressive performance. All riders were
judged on the difficulty of the chosen line, style, flow, difficultly of move and creativity. “The
Drop and the last street section were the most fun”, he says. “You were virtually pushed over
the obstacles by the screaming crowds.”
„It was fantastic to see so many families and citizens of Meersburg along the course“ raves
Rita Seitel of Meersburg Tourism, who had to replace the pregnant Gesa Meyer-Wiefhausen
as event manager. „But at the same time we had a completely different group of people in
town. The riders, judges, journalists and freeride fans from around the world created a very
special atmosphere. And surprisingly many older people came up to me after the event to
thank us for the great show we put on.” Julian Mothes and Sebastian Herrmann, the two
interns who supported Meersburg Tourism in the organisation of the event, are desperate to
get some sleep. “I never thought that organising an event would be so tough”, says Julian
Mothes. “I hardly slept. The bad weather conditions kept us going all night. But we were able
to put on a successful event and the feedback of the riders and the spectators compensates
us for not having been able to attend the parties.”
“I am really glad that we were able to carry on with the contest despite the heavy rain and I
am very pleased with the show the riders put on”, recaps Tarek Rasouli, one of the
organisers of the RIDE TO THE LAKE. “They were amazing! Fortunately, they were no
serious injuries despite these extreme conditions – all riders who crashed got off lightly.”

 

[Tarkil]

C'è qualcuno che mi sa dire come si chiamano quelli che hanno rifatto la canzone "Seven Nation Army" dei The White Stripes nel video!??!?
Grazieeeeeee o-o

 

[damn]

C'è qualcuno che mi sa dire come si chiamano quelli che hanno rifatto la canzone "Seven Nation Army" dei The White Stripes nel video!??!?
Grazieeeeeee o-o

AMP

 

[Tarkil]

GrAzIe MiLlE!! o-o

Beh visto che ci sono:
Sapete se esiste da qualche parte una lista con i gruppi e le canzoni dei vari video che ci son in circolazione?!?!
100 borlotti a chi me la trova!! :-?

 

[PJivan]

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[Tarkil]

http://www.ridetothelake.com

!???!? :shock: !?!?!?!?
Mica c'è niente lì...o son "cecato" io!?!?! %$))

 

[Tarkil]

Beh nessuno che mi aiuta!?!?!?

 

[marco]

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