Oct 2, 2010
Day two at the Red Bull Rampage was the qualifying round. Twenty five riders battled it out for ten glorious spots in the finals, so they could play with the eleven other pre-qualified top pros.
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| Welcome to the bigtime. |
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| Last minute dialing all dealt with, and it was time for the riders meeting. |
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| Brad Ewen, announcer to the stars. |
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| Riders heading up to start gate one. |
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| Tyler McCaul getting in some last minute practice on the step up and over rock. |
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| 3D cameras set up and ready to roll. |
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| Lacondeguy, looking fast and smooth on his first qualifying run. |
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| Start gate one. |
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| Alex Pro, nailing his first run, and first to sit on the number one qualifiers hot seat. |
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| Kyle Norbraten, charging his first run. |
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| Ryan Berrecloth, looking like he worked out all the bugs on his first run. |
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| Greg Watts, making easy work of his sketchy run in drop. |
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| Start gate two had the infamous Oakley drop. |
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| The first thing Geoff Gullevich did for morning practive on qualifying day was hit the Oakley drop. This was his qualifying run. |
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| Garret Beuhler was the first dude on practice day to hit the Oakley Icon Sender. Unfortunately he was also the first dude on qualifying day to case the Oakley drop. An unfortunate gust of wind made his landing just a bit short. |
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| Fortunately he was alright, but slammed his chest so hard that he couldn't take his second run. Sorry about the bad luck dude. |
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| James Doerfling, nailing the Oakely sender and charging over the gap to claim a clean first run. |
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| With the first runs complete, it was Logan Binggeli holding down the coveted number one spot. |
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| The final climb to start gate one. |
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| Kenny Smith dropping in from starting gate one on his second run. |
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| Some riders rolled the drop, while others dropped the drop. Kyle Norbratten opting for the latter. |
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| Jamie Goldman. |
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| Mike Montgemery. |
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| The view from start gate two. Second run, the wind picked up, and only four dudes took they're second run from start gate two. |
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| Start gate two was just as burly as start gate one. |
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| Doerfling, dropping in on a windy second run. |
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| In the end it was Logan Benggeli holding on to the top qualifying spot. |
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| The Red Bull Rampage top ten qualifiers. |
Mike Kinrade Update |
| Kinrade didn't compete in qualifying as he went down in practice on this line. This photo is from 2008 showing the same hit. We went to check up on Mike in the hospital. Listen to him talk about the crash and his injury. Get better budday! |
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