Red Bull Rampage is this Friday

Szymon Godziek riding the course during the Red Bull Rampage in Virgin, Utah, USA on 12 October, 2021. Photo: Christian Pondella / Red Bull Content Pool

VIRGIN, Utah. — Red Bull Rampage has built up a reputation as the Super Bowl of the extreme sports world with the best mountain bike stars just happy to get down the course safely.  The 2021 edition launches this Friday on the cliffs of Virgin, Utah.

Unlike a traditional mountain bike slopestyle course of wooden ramps and smooth terrain, Red Bull Rampage is more of a freeride event that takes place on loose ground that offers hardly any grip with riders using robust downhill bikes boasting a lot of suspension and large tires.

Riders and their dig team have been crafting the natural terrain for their lines within the marked area for the past few days with shovels, picks, and 75 sandbags.

The riders have two runs of three minutes each to impress the judges with riders scored throughout on difficulty level of the line, tricks and style, fluid and control, and finally altitude over the breathtaking cliffs, dizzying exposure, and almost vertical gullies that connect the lines.

Flash flooding hampered the riders and their dig teams last week.

Watch Red Bull Rampage on Red Bull TV this Friday HERE.

2021 Red Bull Rampage riders:

Pre-qualified athletes
Szymon Godziek (POL)
Tyler McCaul (USA)
Ethan Nell (USA)
Brandon Semenuk (CAN)
Carson Storch (USA)
Kyle Strait (USA)
Vincent Tupin (FRA)
Tom van Steenbergen (CAN)

Wildcards
Andreu Lacondeguy (ES-CT)
Jaxson Riddle (USA)
Kurt Sorge (CAN)
Brage Vestavik (NOR)
Cam Zink (USA)