Five world firsts at Red Bull District Ride’s Best Trick contest
Freeride Mountain Bike will never be the same. For the staunch downhill rider, a best trick contest might not be your cup of tea, but for the sport, showcasing what riders can do at a contest like Red Bull District Ride, this is exactly what it needs.
Five years after the last Urban Slopestyle Festival in Nuremberg, the best riders in the world showed up and when the dust settled, five world’s first tricks had been landed and, much like the rest of the season, Emil Johansson (SWE) stood on the top of the podium. Johansson took the win in the Best Trick Contest with a 360 tailwhip to barspin to opposite downside tailwhip.
Among the women competing for the first time ever in Big Air at Red Bull District Ride, Gemma Corbera (ESP) crowned herself champion with a nice big backflip.
In addition to Emil Johansson, top riders such as Dawid Godziek (POL), and Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) and others were charging for the top spot. Nico Scholze (GER) and Alejandro Bonafe (ESP) were throwing down crazy combinations. Alejandro Bonafe pulled off a world’s first when he landed a perfect cash roll tailwhip to barspin while Nico Scholze (GER) was laying out super extended backflip supermans.
Unfortunately for them, it was not enough as Dawid Godziek, Diego Caverzasi (ITA), and Emil Johansson would also be putting down world’s firsts. While Rogatkin didn’t do a world’s first, he did pull off a 1440, a trick only he has ever done before.
Godziek held onto the lead for a long time with his twister-tuck no hander to barspin until Emil bumped him out of the top spot with his own world’s first with the 360 tailwhip to barspin to opposite downside tailwhip. This would secure the lead for Emil giving him a first place in Best Trick while also currently sitting in the top spot with one run of slopestyle complete.
World‘s Firsts
- Emil Johansson – 360 tailwhip to barspin to opposite downside tailwhip
- Dawid Godziek – Twister no hander to barspin
- Alejandro Bonafe – Cash roll tailwhip to barspin
- Diego Caverzasi – Backflip cliffhanger to tailwhip AND Backflip barspin to double tailwhip