Red Bull Rampage 2014: Aggy Qualifies First

Sep 28, 2014 at 12:28
by Julian Coffey  
redbullbike Aggy 1st in Qualies photo Sterling Lorence

photo: Sterling Lorence


Here are the results after the second round of qualifiers at Rampage:

redbullbike top ten qualifiers

This is shaping up nicely!

Aggy guinea s the biggest drop at Rampage. He over shot the landing by a good 15ft but somehow managed to hold it together. After the crew measured the distance and it came in at 76ft. That s Icon Sender territory.


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200 Comments
  • 240 6
 Best news I have heard all day!!! GO AGGY!!
  • 8 73
flag RedBurn (Sep 28, 2014 at 12:46) (Below Threshold)
 His is Agassiz, Graham Agassiz
  • 54 2
 The bearded Agassin strikes!
  • 9 2
 made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aggy is going for it!!;d so proud of this guy Smile
  • 26 1
 Aggy is a monster. I am sure that's not the power of hashtags.
  • 36 1
 still super bummed that hopkins, doerfling, rdog, makken and kyle j didn't make it, but i guess 20 riders is more than enough to deal with when they got such short windows of possible riding due to unexpected wheather
  • 6 1
 Never had a doubt about Aggy Big Grin . Also stoked to see Reboul in the finals!
  • 42 0
 Rdog though Frown and doerfling Frown
  • 9 0
 NORBS!!!! yeah
  • 16 87
flag JoseBravo (Sep 28, 2014 at 13:56) (Below Threshold)
 Aggy's run, it got a little bit shaky at the end, but overall is a decent video www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
  • 26 2
 ^ f*ck you.
  • 35 0
 FYP: instagram.com/p/tgNgdDm8AP
  • 3 0
 ^wow
  • 3 0
 I'm super bummed they can't spell his name correctly on the name plates. Anyone else catch that?
  • 9 0
 aggy is looking like a sons of anarchy member, but on a mountain bike
  • 3 0
 Stoked they didn't decide to just skip Round 2 of the Qualifiers and just go with the Round 1 results !!!
  • 3 1
 Mostly Canadians and Americans in Rampage 2014 Finals. Tied at 6-6, which Nation will dominate the Top 5?
  • 2 0
 ^ CANADIANS!....tho that Andreu character is kinda good too .. Wink
  • 4 0
 Yeah, but he sounds like he's from Quebec with that name, so we'll just adopt him!
  • 4 0
 Per capita, we already kicked some serious A, eh!
  • 7 2
 #letdoerflingin
  • 1 0
 I have a Rampage ticket I'm unable to use! PM me and I'll email it over to you!!!
  • 3 0
 Agassiz's Round 2 run - First Place Qualifiers
www.redbull.com/us/en/bike/stories/1331681588620/rampage-2014-graham-agassiz-video
  • 78 3
 I want to see Aggy's run as soon as possible!
  • 5 87
flag RedBurn (Sep 28, 2014 at 12:45) (Below Threshold)
 #metoo
  • 74 4
 I'm going to stab my eyes out if I keep seeing these hashtags. Please stop. Tweet on twitter not pb!
  • 4 0
 I want to see his finals run as soon as possible! It's about to be some of the gnarliest gnar ever sent
  • 8 49
flag SimonBros (Sep 28, 2014 at 13:40) (Below Threshold)
 @billjohn6 #youmadbro
  • 9 49
flag JoseBravo (Sep 28, 2014 at 14:00) (Below Threshold)
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ enjoy @Freeride321
  • 10 0
 You prick
  • 8 0
 I cant make it on monday. I have two tickets to give away to the first people to PM me a good redbull rampage pun!
  • 5 7
 Just this second McGazza landed here in Germany right next to my house from his canyon gap overshoot. He says i can fly back with him if i get the tickets.
  • 2 0
 Ok check you inbox my bad pun has been sent. Tickets please!
  • 2 0
 Your pun is better than mine. I'll admit it. But I live in SLC, UT so if he gives the tickets to you I will trade you one for a ride to this years Redbull Grahammys.
  • 2 0
 Tickets for redbull grahmpage have been given away!
  • 6 0
 www.redbull.com/us/en/bike/stories/1331681588620/rampage-2014-graham-agassiz-video
  • 1 0
 Ok, 2nd dude has not responded. Next rampage pun gets a free ticket to the show!
  • 1 0
 Thanks, @geerumm - that was pure will-power at work. Damn!!
  • 1 2
 @RedBurn why the seven hells do you feel the need to comment some shit on everything?
  • 60 0
 Gutted for Doerfling but stoked for Aggy.
  • 14 0
 Gutted for Doerfling too, when I think of sending big stuff, his name is one of the first that comes to mind...
  • 2 0
 He should be in the league where you don't have to qualify to compete, he deserves it. Isn't it one if not the only contest he does for the FMB?
  • 57 15
 What's bigger, Aggy's beard or Aggy's balls? #legend
  • 85 0
 at first i read hairier... glad i read your comment twice.
  • 8 1
 LOL f*ckING LOST IT^
  • 6 11
flag austinrauh (Sep 28, 2014 at 14:29) (Below Threshold)
 You may think because of the beard he is really hairy... Nope,.. Shaved
  • 30 0
 no hopkins, doerfling, bourdon... whhaaaaat
  • 28 0
 I am equally bummed about Hopkins and doerfling
  • 27 0
 Show me the video before my head explodes please, cant wait any longer.....
  • 19 0
 instagram.com/p/tgNgdDm8AP
  • 26 0
 It's a shame Hopkins didn't make it, and because of a cameran standing in his way!!!!
  • 2 0
 Man that sucks!!
  • 26 2
 so aggy is #1 in qulaies two years in a row he should just be pre qualified for life
  • 3 1
 Can someone please explain how they select the Pre-Qualifiers ?
  • 2 0
 previous year results/ winners of past 5 years i believe
  • 1 1
 top 10 finalist
  • 28 3
 Rdawg, Hopkins, and Doerfling out? and they call this a freeride event.
  • 1 0
 When the regular names are dropping. Also means that big mountain event population is growing.
  • 1 0
 Wait few years more and Rampage will be a slopestyle event.
Freeride not dead but they're really trying to kill it.
Bummed for Doerfling and Hopkins Frown
  • 19 0
 I'm gutted for Mike. There are other guys that I'd love to see in it that were beaten cleanly, but Mike got fucked over by a cameraman. That just sucks.
  • 18 1
 Noooooo. Doerfling. :C
  • 15 0
 There, he earned it and hes in. Legit.
  • 26 16
 what a shame for doerfling and hopkins... Cant understand why dirtjump kids like Genon (sorry) are prequalified... just let the big mountain people in and separate Rampage from the FMB Tour!
  • 23 2
 You're retarded. Go watch Genon's run from last year.
  • 5 3
 just let anyone who wants to do it take part, and get rid of this stupid qualifying round.
  • 13 1
 Dear PinkBike administrators. Can you add a feature that auto-delete posts that include hashtags. Thanks in advance.
  • 1 0
 ^^^^ What he said!!
  • 9 1
 Many big names will be missing from the finals. Rampage isn't the same without Bearclaw, Vanderham, Doerfling, Buehler and Sorge.
  • 11 0
 But on the plus side this Carson Storch kid is really proving himself to be an elite rider. And then you got Godziek and Van Steenbergen to boot.
  • 3 0
 And Bizet Frown
  • 1 0
 Where's Sorge!?
  • 1 0
 Injured, I believe.
  • 1 0
 Broken leg again...
  • 1 0
 That's terrible..
  • 6 0
 So for those of us that have to you know fucking work tomrrow will the stream be up after we get off or are we fucked and have to miss it
  • 3 1
 Normally RedBull puts up the full replay of this events as soon as they are finished. The Worldcup, Joyride, Rampage could all be watched as replays. You can actually still watch the full Rampage stream from two years ago. So keep calm and try not to read the results before you watched the replay. Pinkbike usually does a good job by not telling the winners of the events on the startpage. Still way better to get one day delay and to watch the replay than getting nothing to see because of one or two days of bad weather.
  • 2 0
 Thats good. I feel bad for the riders and spectators who showed up more than for me but Im so amped to see it. I was worried I would have to miss it.
  • 6 0
 Do they score harder in the finals? Aggy got a 94! If not that's one big score to set as a mark to beat.
  • 3 1
 at least on 2012 Cam McCaul got a shit ton of points on quali, and with a similar run on finals he only got 70 or so points
  • 1 0
 That's what I thought. Should keep the voting consident throught both.
  • 1 0
 Based on the quali score, if he does a dumped-3 off that 60+ ft drop and nails everything else, he should get at least 130 as a score. Wink
  • 7 1
 Sorry to see Bernard Kerr miss out...
  • 1 0
 Yes, that was a gnarly line down the hill.
  • 6 0
 you cant tell us he qualified first and then not post a video!!!
  • 9 2
 YES!!!
  • 7 6
 Stoked for Aggy, but kind of feel like the whole situation is bullish*t man. Me and my buddies were out there ready with tickets, and it was our understanding that if weather didn't hold they would take 1st quail runs only and finals would still be on Sunday. Clearly the weather was good enough for riding, yet they pushed back finals anyway screwing us. We can't afford another day off work and another night of hotel, and there are no refunds because they are still 'honoring' the tickets. So they move the event the day before and if you can't make it on the new day too bad? They should have at least let us in today to watch quails or something, totally screwed over us spectators, kind of feel like the whole reason they did it was to get Aggy in at this point... really disappointed, now we can't even watch it together because we all have work during finals...
  • 1 0
 While I feel your pain, bear in mind that they crowned a champion last year after only one run. I'm sure even Kyle Strait was bummed about that, considering he won. There's still a sting from that happening that I'd imagine the Red Bull folks don't want to revisit. It sucks, but they don't normally deal with this kind of weather for the event.

Blame global warming? Wink
  • 1 0
 ...then Aggy didnt even compete because of injury. Double suck. I guess that's how it goes.
  • 4 0
 Such a shame Bernard Kerr is out!! Really love the racer style him, Gee and Brendog bring!
  • 5 1
 The people's Champ, soon to be the undisputed Champ!!!
  • 4 1
 Any up for a bootleg canyon ride to celebrate? Messege me and we can have a mini rampage
  • 5 1
 Glad to see the likes of Carson storch getting into it!
  • 2 1
 Herb is a gnar dogg stoked he got in, same with storch, both of those dudes kill it. Bas in there yeew! Really everyone of these guys should be riding in finals, so bummed about Makken and Howard, styles for miles.
  • 5 0
 Stoked for Paul Bass.
  • 4 0
 Yeah what did he do to out score Godzeik? Would love to see that.
  • 2 0
 I think this news made many people happy. Big respect for all guys and gratulations for all who did qualification!
  • 3 1
 Full results on Vital: www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/2014-Red-Bull-Rampage-Qualifying-Results,827
  • 6 19
flag digthehills (Sep 28, 2014 at 12:48) (Below Threshold)
 why is semenuk not on that list? could someone fill me in on this?
  • 5 1
 He didn't need to qualify. He's a walk in for finals.
  • 10 0
 Mate, no Semenuk, McGarry, Lecondagey, Fairclough, Zink, etc... All pre qualified from results in previous years. Would've been cool if Bernard Kerr got in...
  • 5 4
 sorry i thought it was the full list of riders that qualified, didnt realise
  • 1 0
 i was keen to see Bourdo this old rocket Smile sad to see Niko Vink DNS and fingers cross for Brendan Fairclough im sure Andrew and Zink will stomp the mountain too
  • 5 0
 Result
Qualification
28.09.2014 22:04:00
Rank BIB Last Name First Name Nat Sponsor Run1 Run2 Overall
1 31 Agassiz Graham CAN KONA 36.25 94.00 94.00
2 17 Rheeder Brett CAN TREK C3 86.50 0.00 86.50
3 30 Van Steenbergen Tom CAN TREK C3 83.75 0.00 83.75
4 1 Herbertson Jeff USA PIVOT CYCLES 80.00 82.50 82.50
5 20 Basagoitia Paul USA SCOTT 49.75 82.00 82.00
6 37 Godziek Szymon POL DARTMOOR 80.50 0.00 80.50
7 35 Norbraten Kyle CAN SPECIALIZED 80.25 0.00 80.25
8 15 Reboul Louis FRA SCOTT 32.00 78.25 78.25
9 11 Storch Carson USA DIAMONDBACK 66.75 77.25 77.25
10 12 Gulevich Geoff CAN ROCKY 77.00 77.00 77.00
11 18 Chubey Mitch CAN MORPHEUS 34.00 76.50 76.50
12 8 Kerr Bernard GBR PIVOT CYCLES 73.50 75.75 75.75
13 9 Howard Ryan USA TREK 62.00 72.50 72.50
14 27 Doerfling James CAN KNOLLY BIKES 72.25 42.75 72.25
15 16 Haugen Makken NOR TREK 28.00 69.75 69.75
16 5 Ropelato Mitch USA SPECIALIZED 42.75 69.00 69.00
17 3 Jameson Kyle USA SCOTT 43.50 63.00 63.00
18 32 White Will USA MORPHEUS 16.25 58.50 58.50
19 6 Hopkins Mike CAN NORCO 57.75 36.50 57.75
20 7 Granieri Yannick FRA YT INDUSTRIES 55.00 11.75 55.00
21 2 Rogatkin Nicholi USA SPECIALIZED 10.75 41.25 41.25
22 34 Bourdon Robbie CAN YT INDUSTRIES 33.50 25.50 33.50
23 33 Van Dine Chris USA POLYGON 30.75 31.75 31.75
23 Pescetto Nicola ITA SCOTT DNS
22 Deane KC USA SCOTT DNS
29 Vink Nico BEL SCOTT DNS
Total Riders: 26
  • 3 0
 this title could have been the biggest april fools ever had it been april
  • 2 2
 It's hard to believe I rode with and filmed aggy when he was only like 16 back in kamloops. Anyone ever seen the video he's in called In Session? Yeah I was part of that haha. Way to go aggy your killin it
  • 4 0
 Nice work Paul Bas!
  • 2 0
 Szymon you are the future winner of the red bull rampage, keep going your way!!! Let see tomorrow what big guns can do.
  • 2 0
 Red Bull should hire Rob Warner. That man is the only guy that sounds the way I feel when I watch guys like Aggy ride.
  • 1 0
 Good call, Warner is a great announcer. I think Tippie would do a descent job too. But almost anyone would be better than the guys at RedBull or NBC... those guys sound like they are announcing Football or something.
  • 7 4
 AGGY IS A LEGEND!
  • 5 2
 He did it!
  • 2 0
 Espero que Doerfling y Hopkins no estén fuera.
  • 5 3
 Szymon! Yeah! Winner already!!!
  • 3 0
 fully torqued
  • 2 0
 I don't understand shit. Why the big names don't appear on the qualy list?
  • 1 0
 This is qualis. The big names are pre-qualified for finals and don't need to run in qualis.
  • 2 0
 video, or it didn't happen
  • 1 0
 Congrats to Aggy! Bummed Bourdo won't be in the mix. I'd like to meet him and buy him a beer someday. Legend.
  • 1 0
 A lot of guys skipped out on the 2nd round of qualifying. What happened to the contenders that didn't make it today?
  • 3 1
 Go AGGY!!!!
  • 4 3
 KONA shares just catapulted up! Smile
  • 1 0
 Yessss This is what we want!!!!!
  • 2 1
 FUCK YEAH AGGY ! WE ALL KNEW IT
  • 1 0
 Where's the go-pro footage?
  • 5 3
 YES AGGY!!!!
  • 4 2
 Hellz ya Aggy!
  • 4 3
 Come on Aggy bring it home!
  • 4 2
 Yeeeeooow. Goo aggy!
  • 4 3
 YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AGGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY 3 3 3
  • 2 0
 FUCK YES AGGY
  • 4 3
 Only the qualifieres calm down
  • 1 0
 did aggy hit another 76 footer in 2nd qualifying?
  • 2 0
 To achieve a score of 94? Probably yes!!!
  • 2 0
 Aggy GO!!!!
  • 4 3
 Where is vanderham? and messere ??
  • 3 5
 Hell yea so stoked he made it!!!! Everyone got around him and he did it!!!!!!!! Smile
2nd year in a row to qualify 1st!!! Good on you aggy!! Come on you can do in the finals too!!!!
#aggyisin
  • 1 0
 sickest man on planet,,,,,,Aggy....!
  • 1 0
 So stoked to see Carson and Herb in the finals!
  • 1 0
 Video, or it didnt happen...
  • 2 1
 5 Cans on top ten? thats nice
  • 2 0
 No binngelli
  • 1 0
 Its a battle just to qualify these days. Stoked for finals tomorrow!
  • 1 0
 Holy Mary Mother A Jaysus! That drop!!!
  • 2 1
 Yessssssss!!!!!!!!
  • 2 1
 baaaaaaaaaaaaaam Smile
  • 1 0
 go louis reboul
  • 2 1
 Fuck yeah!!!
  • 2 1
 Sweetttt
  • 1 1
 This news going to made my shitty Monday!
Aggy for #1!!!!!!!!!
  • 1 0
 Was there ever any doubt
  • 1 0
 Aggi, go you good thing!
  • 1 0
 any go pro's from aggy?
  • 1 0
 YWAH AGGY!
  • 3 3
 YESSSSS!!!!!
  • 11 13
 I'm so confused. What's with all this Aggy hysteria? What's he done that's so much better than anyone else?
  • 9 3
 He is an absolute sender. He isn't a slope style rider like a lot of the other guys.
  • 8 0
 @el-nombre youtu.be/3MdP8-dUK2U

Watch this video and you'll understand.
  • 6 0
 @ freddiehg are you saying Doerfling and Bourdon are slopestyle riders. If there are any freeriding legend book these two are in top ten, aint it?
  • 1 0
 Read "alot of the other guys". Not all. Its a bummer they didn't make it in and rampage will be less gnarly with them in the running.
  • 2 1
 I'm still not really getting it. I'm not in anyway saying he doesn't deserve to be in Rampage but there are plenty of other guys that deserve it just as much as far as I can tell.
  • 1 0
 Never said the others didn't. Pretty simple to understand.
  • 1 0
 www.redbull.com/us/en/bike/stories/1331681588620/rampage-2014-graham-agassiz-video

That.
  • 2 0
 Freddiehg, you (and seemingly most other people) have missed my point. 99% of comments on here and previous qualifying articles have been something along the lines of OMG!!!!11!!1AGGGY IS DA BESTEST!! GIVE HIM 1ST PLACE NOOWWW!!!

My point was that I don't understand why he's getting so much of the attention. Ok you expect the no 1 qualifier to get a bit more attention than the others but for the most part it just seems like people jumping on the 'we love aggy' bandwagon.
  • 1 2
 This definitely makes up for Rampage being delayed!
  • 3 5
 Anyone remember the phenom video of rogatkin? The fast forward this part? Why did he even enter this?
  • 3 0
 Ripping Rampage site, first time on a downhill bike... Could u do better ? He's only 18, let him a few years to see what he got in his bag !
  • 1 0
 Dang JoshJeffrey, did he steal your girl or something? Seems like a lot of you guys got a hard on for crap talking this kid.
  • 2 0
 He's high in the standings for the FMB Tour and probably wants more points to stay that way. Just a hunch.
  • 1 1
 Clownbiking
  • 2 2
 Wheres Andreu?
  • 12 1
 Utah
  • 2 5
 Really you don't say.

I'm asking is he going in the Finals, if not well thats lame. Frown
  • 1 0
 Pre-qualified and NFG.
  • 1 0
 Forgot about pre qualiys. my bad and don't know why i'm getting negged for a question lol... haha gotta love those guys.
  • 6 9
 AHH YEAAHHH top 3 qualifiers are Canadian! now lets do it the same with the podium!! #KeepItCanadian
  • 9 0
 One we can call Semi-Dutch Wink

Growing up in the flattest country on earth and now rocking on Rampage. Must count for something!
  • 2 0
 Yeah I can agree with you there, I'm half dutch so I'm pretty damn stoked!!!
  • 4 6
 Thank god.
  • 2 4
 For creating RB Rampage !
  • 2 5
 Norbs DID NOT got ROBBED
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