{"id":2446,"date":"2022-09-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werocksport.com\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2022-09-07T07:42:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T05:42:06","slug":"rampage-evenement-phare-du-vtt-freeride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/werocksport.com\/en\/rampage-evenement-phare-du-vtt-freeride\/","title":{"rendered":"Rampage : The main event of freeride mountain biking"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Red Bull Rampage is the most impressive mountain bike competition in the world. Every year, the best freeride riders in the world gather in Utah and ride dizzying lines on the ochre mountains of this remote corner of the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each season, the Red Bull Rampage traditionally closes the year of mountain biking competition in the northern hemisphere. On October 15th, the best of the best in the world of freeride mountain biking will be in Utah, 21 years after the first edition. This competition is the most prestigious in the world and certainly the most dangerous. The first edition took place in 2001, at a time when bikes were far from being able to handle the rocky jumps that the riders inflicted on their machines. However, these pioneers wrote a page in the history of mountain biking in the early 2000's, while pushing manufacturers to develop two-wheelers capable of better handling these ultra-hilly terrains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

15 editions have taken place since the first one in 2001. Today, the event has grown considerably and the public masses around the ochre-colored spot, lost in the mountains of Utah. On site, riders are invited well before the final to come and draw their line. This is the particularity of this competition which implies to take shovels and picks to be able to ride on these mountains. Each rider invites two shapers (those who build the track). The three of them will decide which line to choose, which jumps to build and which landings to smooth out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Utah, the soil is perfect to work with because there are few rocks when you start digging. All that remains is to mix it with water to compact it as well as possible and make a clean line from top to bottom. As the line is built, the rider can test a jump or a technical passage (video below of the training sessions during the last edition). Once the line is finished, he can then start riding it in its entirety knowing that each line lasts about a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n