Red Bull Rampage - The Stage is Set
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Hope the boys brought a Canyonero (photo: Christian Pondella | gallery)
The stage has been set and the riders selected. Who will take the 2008 Red Bull Rampage this weekend? See some more stunning photos, the rider list, and more inside.
There are a few built features to bring the Rampage up a level (photo: Christian Pondella | gallery)
See more photos in the [Red Bull Rampage Gallery]
Schedule:
- Thurs - practice
- Friday - practice
- Sat - qualify (Run 1 and 2)
- Sun - finals
The riders selected to participate include:
RIDER AGE COUNTRY CURRENT RESIDENCE
- Graham Aggasiz 18 Canada Kamloops, British Columbia (BC)
- Dan Atherton 26 England Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
- Gee Atherton 23 England Oswestry, Shropshire, England
- Paul Basogoitia 21 USA Minden, Nevada
- Darren Berrecloth 27 Canada Qualicum Beach, BC
- Robbie Bourdon 27 Canada Nelson, BC
- Garett Buehler 17 Canada Nelson, BC
- James Doerfling 22 Canada Kamloops, BC
- Cedric Gracia 30 France La Massana, Andorra
- Geoff Gulevich 21 Canada West Vancouver, BC
- Trond Hansen 26 Norway Hafjell, Norway
- Mike Hopkins 23 Canada Rossland, BC
- Matt Hunter 25 Canada Kamloops, BC
- Mike Kinrade 26 Canada Nelson, BC
- Cam McCaul 22 USA Santa Cruz, California
- Kelly McGarry 26 New Zealand Whistler, BC
- Alex Prochazka 17 Canada Whistler, BC
- Steve Romaniuk 23 Canada Kelowna, BC
- Brandon Semenuk 17 Canada Whistler, BC
- Kurt Sorge 19 Canada Nelson, BC
- Kyle Strait 21 USA Costa Mesa, California
- Andrew Taylor 20 USA Santa Rosa, California
- Guido Tschugg 32 Germany Amerang, Munich
- Thomas Vanderham 24 Canada North Vancouver, BC
- Chris Van Dine 28 USA Park City, Utah
- Cameron Zink 22 USA Costa Mesa, California
See more at www.redbullrampage.com
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 am
Andreu Lacondeguy not on the list, does anyone know why?
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
he’s not that good at riding down the hill
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Are you kidding? He got his start in riding in DH, seen the earthed movies? He gave us racing when he attempted a backflip at the Spanish national champs a few years ago and has been hooked on the dj/freeride scene.
I was a bit surprised he was not on there too All of the top pro riders adre awesome bike handlers, not completely stuck in a specific type of riding. Thats like being surprised Kovarik shreds street riding. Look at JD, the kid mostly shreds street and park, yet he kills DH
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Re-watch Earthed3 (the one with Lacondeguy on the cover), the boy can definitly ride a bike downhill! It just looks like a very north american contest to me, they are a lot of euro riders who could rip on that sort of event…
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
andy: you are an idiot. he is good in this, too.
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Are you sure that wasn’t Lluis and not Andreau that is the downhiller in earthed?
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:06 pm
They built wood stuff… that’s so retarded. Wasn’t there enough natural terrain for riders to throw down?
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Andreu Lacondeguy is a fab DH rider, first time I heard about him was at a Maxxis International I was in and he won Juniors and was very well classified overall
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
will this be broadcasted live like other recent comps?
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Not as far as we know, but expect some highlight videos.
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:39 am
wooden stunts = not the true Rampage
I’m disappointed.
October 4th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
what happened to ben boyko and romo? they would absolutely shred this course