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 Mike Kinrade went down hard on the Oakley Sender in his run but before he did, he absolutely charged this fresh gully line up top before he hit the dirt. |
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| Kinrade blasting the Oakley drop which unfortunately ended in a over the bars digger. Scary for a few minutes there but he was able to get up and walk away. |
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| Different angle of Kinrade on the Oakley Sender. |
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| Kinrade battling the winds mid-flight. |
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| Kinrade losing the battle to the wind. |
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| One last look for Kinrade. "This will be my final Rampage as a competitor, I kinda hoped for something better." Kinrade wanted to do a second farewell run but was simply too battered to make the hike back up. |
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| Meagher: "Hopkins had a pretty sick line. He was rolling the ridge top old school style and was throwing in some nice style on the small stuff, then on to a huge step down leading into the lower section of venue. The plan from there was to hit one of the biggest senders on the track and that's where the wheels came off. hHe went much too fast and rag dolled the landing hard enough that every medic in sight was sprinting to his aid. Amazingly Hopkins was able to walk off under his own power but doing a second run was simply not happening." |
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| Mike on his last drop before sending a huge gap about 20 feet too big, resulting in his own personal yard sale. |
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| Britton: "Mike Hopkins is one of the last true big mountain riders. he will build bigger and risk more than almost anyone. This week that philosophy bit back as he came into his massive mega sender way too hot and completely blew past the tranny some 80 feet down range." |
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| Hopkins post crash getting checked out. A crash so vicious he bent both of his pedals down. |
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| Pilgrim blazing down the ridge and leaving a trail of dust in his wake...or is it a wake of dust from the trail? |
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| Sam Pilgrim assaulted by heavy winds. |
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| Sam isn't a fan of this event. I hate Rampage was his tweet soon after the event. Can you blame the guy when your second run goes horribly awry? Huge over the bars is an understatement. Sam walked away though and will be partying hard from here on you can be sure. Tough Kid. |
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| The Ken scoping his line. |
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| Kenny Smith was one of the favourites here at Rampage. He's known to be a big mountain destroyer but things went terribly wrong on his first run as he sailed down an 80 foot cliff. 2 black and blue ankles and Kenny is out for the weekend. |
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| Sterl: "Kenny Smith washed a front wheel near the top of his line and then tomahawked harder than damn near anyone else I've seen in the six Rampage events I've been lucky enough to shoot. Somewhere in that dirt washing machine Smith sprained both ankles badly enough that his bid for the Rampage crown was over. A disappointed Smith was stoic about not being able to throw down the run he wanted but make no mistake he'll be back next time." |
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| Kenny Smith proving that Rampage is like no other. |
I don't think it's Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner...? hm, she lives near Stuttgart, though...
Looks like some serious riding's going down in vigin,so bummed i didnt make my flight i missing some gnaly next level riding it appears. 
To all the riders going big and not whining too much
its a big dogg event GO BIG or GO HOME style IMHO. when your pushing the levels of the sport that far crashes, come with the territory. OH YES AND RED BULL DESERVES THAT ADAbout Us
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