Video: Course Preview - Red Bull Sky Gate Mountain Race, China

May 22, 2015 at 6:36
by Andrew Taylor  
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Red Bull China

Red Bull China

Red Bull China


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  • 546 3
 Weirdest. Event. Ever.
  • 227 5
 Yup, long way to go to ride a godamn stair set. Redbull.. your event organizers must of been smoking trees
  • 166 2
 Where is Claudio when you need him
  • 129 1
 how to: burn your brakes
  • 26 0
 building a good track in lenzerheide
  • 34 15
 I think this is awesome. Its as if a kid's dream has come true. I can't wait to see what happens and that top section is very very gnarly. MTBing needs weird events like this.
  • 73 0
 Cementainbiking.
  • 152 0
 bring back Mt 7 psychosis instead of this shit
  • 18 1
 gate it, run it four up with 2 crazy rhythm sections
  • 38 1
 Yeah slightly less cool than when the guy wingsuited through the sky gate.... and by slightly less I mean way less.
  • 6 3
 how about running it at night with helmet lights?
  • 18 2
 looks like those russian mall-riders have really come a long way..
  • 21 1
 I was like "oh this looks COOL, click... wait, what? It's over!?"
  • 10 0
 holy stir fry batman....someone's going to get their balls battered and fried
  • 5 0
 From the people who brought you XC Eliminator... 100X cooler if there are fire in that bowl under the last jump.
  • 5 1
 ^porn?
  • 9 3
 I love porn!
  • 4 1
 this is getting a bit ridiculous, is the next event going to be on the moon???
  • 3 2
 I think it was more than 10 years of Lisbon DownTown, Steve Peat was 10 times champion. Now, no one gives a f*ck about it. Same as Lisbon, Porto have the same stairs potencial, or even better this weekend I hope I'm going to make a go pro video of Porto stairs.
  • 22 0
 How can you make a race from this? the one who tries to die wins...i love gnarly downhills but this doesnt make sense to me
  • 2 1
 no one gets the marketing thing with China?
  • 20 1
 This on a rigid with no brakes.
  • 1 9
flag scott-townes (May 22, 2015 at 13:49) (Below Threshold)
 Henning- That's the whole point and I think its awesome. That's usually the case with most DH races anyways, isn't it?
  • 4 0
 So if your brakes fail you..........
  • 4 0
 @HenningV1
My thoughts exactly. This is going to either be really boring to watch, or total carnage. Or both.

Don't get me wrong, I'm really keen to see the actual race, just to see what they actually have planned. I just won't be all that surprised if the winning run doesn't look that different to the one in the vid above.
  • 3 0
 hey, if it opens more possibilities in that vast topography there why the f not? i would imagine it is not as easy to walk into china, even for redbull, and set up a commercialized event and sell there product to them. baby steps.. rampage in china? i'd buy the ppv
  • 5 2
 I think it's awesome. Just teach them to stop crapping in the street!
  • 3 3
 This is called "rent a white guy" in China... Who would waste their time?
  • 6 1
 Pretty much anyone would for the free bikes and free holidays. It must surely beat getting a real job.
  • 2 4
 Think I'm turning japanese i think i' m turning japanese i really don't care
  • 3 0
 gap even cam zink doesn't bother to.
  • 2 0
 I'd rather watch a POV ride on the Great Wall of China.
  • 1 0
 is this a joke? is that really the whole course?
  • 2 0
 Funny thing is everyone's going on about how lame it is, yet it's the highest watched thing on PB at the moment. Red Bull fail. I don't think so.
  • 3 0
 Yes, people want to see how lame it is for themselves. I'm pretty sure thats not exactly what Red Bull were going for...
  • 1 0
 Didnt say why people where watching it... pretty sure any business would be happy with 250 000 people watching anything there business logo was plastered all over..but i guess you know better than red bull
  • 3 0
 How many of you rushed out to buy a redbull after watching this?
  • 3 0
 ofcourse nobody actually drinks redbull
  • 2 0
 Yea seriously, who drinks that shit?
Tunnel vision and the jitters till you crash lol
  • 2 0
 That's the very reason I drink that shit.
  • 2 0
 haha. surely you use the finest vodka to drink it with. it hurts less during the crash when vodka is invovled
  • 1 0
 When I was a student I drank ten tins in a row to test it out. I didn't feel any different for the first few hours, but didn't get a wink of sleep that night. So they proved me wrong, it definitely does something, I'm just not sure if that something is something you want to have done to you. I personally never drink it even if someone offers it to me for free.
  • 2 0
 I'm remember seeing some dude at a rave with nothing but redbull and pro-plus pills.
  • 2 0
 #hardcore
  • 1 0
 ha. Then who's keeping their company afloat?.?. if you guys aren't drinking it then who is...
  • 212 2
 Ho Lee Fak
  • 6 1
 totally legit lmao
  • 27 0
 Some one order the crispy fried pads?
  • 11 2
 We Tu Lou
  • 18 2
 sum ting wong
  • 12 0
 Bang Ding Ow
  • 3 0
 *Ho Lee Feniak
  • 90 3
 So much work, for so little pay off. I don't understand the point of it?
  • 65 0
 I still think Ace Ventura did it better with his slinky
  • 9 1
 @mackster23 The point? China.
  • 13 0
 Swedish chef says "vert da ferk?"
  • 10 0
 the only point I can seriously figure is Sram and Fox need to do stress testing
  • 7 0
 "Of course. How selfish of me.... Let's do all the things that you want to do..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltwxC19s5u8
  • 9 0
 The point is to sell Red Bull to the Chinese.
  • 6 0
 No, I understand the point of doing these events. I just don't understand this specific event. It's hard to make such an impressive place look so stupid.
  • 3 0
 Much rather ride(or drive) the road in the background.
  • 65 0
 potential for nastiest stair crashes ever
  • 1 0
 Someone get that man a new wheel sponsor....
  • 1 0
 @gabriel-mission9 I really don't think any wheel could have handled that. Did you see what happened to the frame?!? The headtube itself split wide open.
  • 1 0
 @nation
When you look at it, its not actually that big a drop compared to what can be done. Yes its big and yes its to flat, but I've seen people ride away from similar or even worse. And many of those people don't get free wheels whenever thay want....

How many wheelsets have you seen catastrophically fail at Rampage? 1, Kelly Mcgarrys.
How many wheelsets have you seen catastrophically fail at Skygate? 1, Kelly Mcgarrys.

Not exactly a great advert for Atomlab wheels.

Yes his headtube did split wide open, but if you think about it, his headtube stretched forward at the top cup. This means his headtube took the damage when the fork lowers hit the floor and stopped his forward momentum. This is BECAUSE his wheel failed without putting up much of a fight.
Had the damage simply been caused by the heavy landing it would be the bottom cup that stretched forward.
  • 1 0
 @gabriel-mission9 no disrespect, but dont You think this is a bit of sofa-analytics? Parts fail at incredible coincidences of unfortunate factors, and the 2 Mcgarrys crashes You refer to might be just that no-one else crashed particularly hard specifically on the wheels in those events. Besides, how many people have You seen crashing who are as big as the Kiwi freerider? Smile
  • 1 1
 I get what you are saying, but there was a BIG gap between Mcgarrys wheels at rampage, and the next worst set of crash damaged wheels. I thought it was bad that his front wheel imploded like that over the canyon gap, but put it down to bad luck as you say.

But then the next time he has a big crash basically exactly the same thing happens? Could be VERY bad luck, could be a VERY bad wheelbuilder, or it could be they are just shit wheels....You decide.

Although given the fact that his brakes failed as well, I am not convinced that all his problems arent down to a shit mechanic.
  • 2 0
 @gabriel-mission9 I really don't think this is strictly down to the wheels. Mcgarry is a big dude hitting stuff that is generally massive. His two crashes that blew wheels the pieces were probably two of the biggest crashes ever on a mountain bike. I've seen a few broken wheels at Rampage as well, I believe Makken did a rear wheel last year, and way back, Yannick did in a Deemax. Pause the video and count stairs. Its gotta be at least 25 stairs to flat.
  • 1 1
 "His two crashes that blew wheels the pieces were probably two of the biggest crashes ever on a mountain bike."

Thats my point. They really werent. They just looked extra massive because he ragdolls at the end of both of them. I have seen wheels take landings like that and still be rolling afterwards. I have seen BMX's land drops like that with no suspension whatsoever. Yes their wheels are smaller and therefor stronger, but they have no suspension. His wheels catastrophically failing once I could write off as a freak occurance. Twice has me worried.
  • 61 1
 I've been stairing at this for ages, and I just don't get it
  • 30 3
 this event is really stepping it up a level
  • 41 1
 do you want tibet?
  • 20 3
 Placing bets already? Well that escalated quickly!
  • 6 2
 what you did there... i see it.
  • 25 1
 Sum Yung Guy ride bike down stair
  • 2 0
 It's about who has the balls to let off the brakes
  • 2 3
 They really will have to step on the pedals
  • 4 2
 Seems like an awful long flight to ride.
  • 31 0
 i'm just wondering how this will be a race... the guy with the biggest set just pins it and hopes to hold on when he clears the landings? Feels like an event for Josh Bender...
  • 30 0
 I have to admit, that was a little more disappointing then what i thought it was going to be.
  • 4 0
 word. big step down at the end, riders kinda have to brake into it and immediately have to look for ways to stop on the landing. they should've just made the whole thing a slopestyle course if the whole thing is for entertainment value
  • 2 3
 I know, but sadly in terms of technical it is lacking somewhat. Interesting concept though. Props for redbull thinking outside the box.
  • 5 0
 Just make one big DH and single huge ramp. Big cash prize to the man with the most air time.
  • 2 0
 is it just me or did he have to hit the big step-down at about 30% pace? i hope they can move the landing out...
  • 22 1
 Video isn't working on mobile... But if it's just one jump..... Whyyyyyy?
  • 6 3
 Just a show...
  • 3 0
 Must have been filmed at night, without a light. ..hence the black screen and audible braking.
  • 15 2
 We need this course previewed by Claudio!!!
  • 13 4
 Why dose the video cannot play on the phone?But it seems very interesting.haha,i will take part in the races which hold in China if i can have a nice behavior in the final exam .It makes me feel excited !!!>_
  • 15 1
 @MortifiedPenguin - How's your chinese, a*shole??? ;-)
  • 12 0
 "i no braked it ... horrible idea" - aggy´s words
  • 10 1
 6 among all 15 riders quit the race before "qualifier". The race is eye-catching, but not too much meaning.
  • 9 1
 This one makes more sense to me

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fAvbqQWRWo
  • 8 0
 well that seems dangerous.
  • 4 3
 999 Steps!
  • 15 1
 If your having bike problems I feel bad for you son, I got 999 stairs but that bitch forgot to build one. - Friday is boring at work btw Smile
  • 3 0
 Biocoug you made me chuckle !
  • 7 0
 i heard it was for taiwenese company "spank" to test out their new "vibracore" handlebars Smile
  • 9 2
 Am i alone in yelling at the screen dont be a pussy and go for it when he set off
  • 3 1
 No, I was with you, right up until the point i realised that if he hadn't dragged his brakes all the way down, he would have landed his bike in the crowd off that final jump. I can only hope noone has a brake failure halfway down....
  • 9 1
 Red bull is running out of ideas. this is LAME.
  • 8 0
 No thanks. I choose life.
  • 6 1
 What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs
and makes a slinkity sound?
A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing!
Everyone knows it's Slinky.
  • 13 0
 What rolls down stairs
alone or in pairs,
and over your neighbor's dog?
What's great for a snack,
And fits on your back?
It's log, log, log!

It's loOOg, it's loOOg,
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good!

Everyone wants a log
You're gonna love it, log
Come on and get your log
Everyone needs a log
log log log


Log. FROM BLAMMO!
  • 4 0
 @groghunter, thanks buddy. I needed that Smile
  • 6 0
 "hmm...was it 3 clicks of rebound in from full open or full closed...oh, f#$k!"
  • 7 0
 INTERVIEW! INTERVIEW!!!
  • 6 0
 They should make it more interesting: hardtail only!
  • 5 2
 Not first the first time Redbull has done an event there. Probably have good relations with the contacts needed to make it happen so they put this on the list of pointless exhibitions.
  • 1 4
 You can you go.
  • 2 0
 I am just saying, those stairs are freaking massive. They go on for ages Jesus H! What if you were doing 40-50 (which I am sure some of the Elites will) and you get looser than you want to and you go flying. Fudge that will hurt.
  • 3 0
 this is an odd one and not sure how this came about or how they got permission - but what the heck - looks wesome all the same - gonna screw the arms though jeez!!!
  • 6 0
 People are going to die
  • 6 1
 One guy from Taiwan was down.
  • 6 7
 Taiwanese been invited but Chiness dont!
Bernard Kerr shows the vedio to 江思翰 and saids he did a good job!


we all prounf of you! you rock man!
江思翰,你真是超棒的啦!

cheers from Taipei,Taiwan.
  • 7 9
 Taiwan is a part of China forever and there's only one China, do not say such f**king words such as "Taiwanese xx but Chinese xx" .
  • 9 4
 everyone knows Taiwan not part of China but Chinese Dont! Cheers From Taipei,Taiwan.
  • 3 3
 Everyone?﹁_﹁
  • 7 3
 yeah, every one, dip s!@#
  • 5 1
 @piggybed well, even everybody knows you are not a part of China, so what? the fact is not many people actually cares about you and the small island at all like loads people in EU still even get confused between Taiwan and Thailand. This is Pinkbike, this is not facebook, so forget the politics and FOCUS ON THE SPORT!
  • 3 1
 lol @yuanruilong Taiwan is a separate country a*shole
  • 3 2
 Kelly and Garett,would you like go to gobi desert for a few days to make a short freeriding video after the race?I think you will like gobi for sure.You know claw is coming to gobi for WTTE2 in the next month.Hope to see you guys in gobi.
  • 1 0
 WTTE2? that official?
  • 1 0
 Yeah.
  • 5 0
 Wait...stair gaps are back?

Are they bringing back Drop In too?
  • 9 0
 PLEASE GOD LET THEM BRING BACK DROP IN.
  • 6 1
 Can we bring back Romaniuk too? I miss his pigeon jumps.
  • 1 0
 if DropIn is ever to be brought back, I vote for the orogonal crew - Butler, Kinrade, Grey, Denny, Tremblay. The awesome time before slopestyle, enduro and hipsters, when I learned my first drops
  • 1 0
 hmmmmm... but no Jesperson, no deal. His cheeky shenanigans are essential.
  • 2 1
 Hahaha interesting. Actually none of these pros seem to get pumped about this event initially when you tried to get on their Facebook or Instagram, nor do they have a say on this shit due to all those sponsors behind I think. Oh and FYI, this Redbull China has nothing to do with the original Redbull Austria. Redbull China practically just stood on the shoulder of the real one and borrowed its aura that's it, so peeps pls talk some sense into yourselves and stop spitting on the real "Redbull". They sponsored most of the extreme events and creative challenges that make our sport one of the most dope thing in the world. Anyway regardless of anything riding related, huge benefit to local tourism and this "Redbull China" though Smile
  • 1 1
 Shameful...
  • 1 0
 For the internet viewers, this event doesn't really make sense from a promotional standpoint. The thing that makes this event gnarly is the steepness factor, but the "oh shit" sensations from riding something so steep are difficult to communicate via camera. As a result it just looks like someone riding stairs kind of slowly (minus the gap at the end).

I'd love to see it live though
  • 1 0
 Predictions: event cancelled after one rider forgets to brake for a split second and ends up on the other side of China after the last jump. I couldn't even stand to spectate that, what with the ear-splitting sound and hot, crispy smell of cooked brake pads......
  • 2 0
 .
Words form the chinese media:

Garett Buehler 1st for seeding
McGazza 2nd for seeding
Yannick Granieri crashed www.zjjzx.cn/upload/news/201505/20150522083843682409.jpg
Kyle Jameson gave up
Geoff Gulevich DNS
  • 6 0
 Kyle J gave up, or got bored?
  • 3 1
 It was due to weather conditions, he said
  • 8 0
 Redbull probably called him and said. "Hey Kyle, wanna go to China and ride some gnarly stairs" Kyle: "Sure thing"....late he Arrives in China "oh god, you guy's were serious about that?"
  • 5 0
 That pic of Yannick is clearly not a crash. He fell asleep out of boredom.
  • 1 1
 what a pity!
  • 1 0
 Kyle J doesn't love this shit.
  • 5 0
 what a waste of time
  • 4 0
 thats a line preview no course to be found...
  • 2 0
 it seems everyone doesn't know that red bull China and red bull Austria are two different companies, google it and you will see....
  • 1 0
 Damn the event organizers, on-site security equipment is too short, the buffer is too short, there is the damn stick fence, this is murder. I hope the injured friend recovers soon.
  • 3 0
 whoever the person/s that came up with this as an idea for a race, should be fired.
  • 5 1
 this makes no sense at all..
  • 2 0
 Man, you are so screwed if you wipe out and hit that railing. One word: Brutal!
  • 4 0
 Really don't get it???
  • 3 0
 Well that was a boring video. YAWN.
  • 5 2
 Oh Redbull... silly, stupid Redbull...
  • 3 0
 and the point of this event is ?? .......
  • 2 0
 Does anyone see the reason of making an event like this ? (it's not a hater comment Wink )
  • 4 0
 marketing and china
  • 3 0
 Looks like a bad place to run avids.
  • 1 0
 As i know, this is not an Red Bull (blue & silver,from Austria) event, it belongs to a brand called'Hong Niu',aka 'gold can', who copies a lot Red Bull ideas and events.
  • 3 0
 Crazy difficult/dangerous and all, but that's the whole race?
  • 3 3
 Just ride down the stairs
  • 2 0
 And they're insane stairs, don't get me wrong, but how many variations on that can there be? The people doing this event aren't going to have trouble with these stairs.
  • 2 6
flag XvxV (May 22, 2015 at 7:31) (Below Threshold)
 999 stairs, means something...
  • 5 0
 Yes, it means that there are 999 stairs. Just because it's something awesome to do on a bike doesn't make it a spectator event worthy of international coverage.
  • 2 6
flag yuanruilong (May 22, 2015 at 7:50) (Below Threshold)
 Down stairs and do a back flip ,end
  • 3 0
 just another ridiculous red bull event
  • 4 0
 This looks so dumb...
  • 2 0
 Cannot play the video on my android phone. Anyone else?
  • 11 0
 Don't even bother. Have you ever seen someone ride down stairs. If yes, just add a few dozen more
  • 4 2
 give me 20 seconds of my life back!!!!!!!!!!
  • 3 0
 Why, just why?
  • 3 1
 huh?? what's this for? tell me there's something else at the bottom
  • 2 0
 Not the best race to have a brake failure on...
  • 4 2
 Can't even watch it, video doesn't work on iPhone. Gayyyyyyyyyy!!!!!
  • 1 0
 ... I wish... I actually watched it. :/
  • 2 0
 The bikes got lonely and went back to the place they were made.
  • 2 0
 Seriously? I keep waiting for him to go faster...
  • 2 0
 best place to test the brakes ------ Time to review !!!
  • 1 0
 I think they should stick to pumping out frames and shocks and shiznit! This is hurtin..
  • 1 0
 was much cooler watching the guy fly through that opening at the top of the stairs in the wing suit....
  • 2 0
 This is completely........lame.
  • 2 0
 Well that's 1.21 of my life I can't get back.
  • 2 0
 Dear Red Bull, Please Stop Dumbest I dea Ever
  • 1 0
 Yea, its odd, and somewhat pointless, but admit it, most of you would love to ride it.
  • 1 0
 DAFUQ hell no.. I would never do that... pointless ass comp... stick to the dirt...
  • 2 0
 Danny Way jumping over the great wall > this
  • 1 0
 Danny Way jumping over the great wall >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > this

Fixed your post Smile agree completely.
  • 2 0
 Sorry but this one gets on the "LAME LIST" pretty high up there too...
  • 2 0
 This looks properly terrifying
  • 2 0
 Sorry, this is kinda dumb Frown
  • 2 0
 "hey this looks cool"....... "ohhh wait..... nope, its pretty lame" Frown
  • 2 1
 "Interview", "Interview", "Interview".
  • 2 0
 :o
Beer
  • 2 2
 I'm sorry to hear that several bicycle riders fell injuries before the game.............
  • 2 0
 crazy!!!!
  • 2 2
 More video here:http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTYxNzYwMDYw.html?from=s1.8-1-1.2
  • 2 0
 The first Wall -no- ride ever built... But chinese RB Wings are hot! Thx for the link @SniperWZ
  • 2 1
 Blah blah blah, I think that is the biggest jump ever in China..
  • 1 0
 Next up, electric MTB drag races.
  • 1 0
 Humpty dumpty had a great fall... crack! splat!
  • 2 0
 Asians...
  • 2 0
 That vid is broken
  • 1 0
 Kelly is down, nasty crash, both arms are broken. is it worthy????
  • 1 0
 水一下。。。。。balbalbal
  • 2 0
 What a stupid event
  • 1 0
 A crash over the bars would seriously hurt down those stairs!
  • 1 0
 This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen
  • 1 2
 This pussy of a mountain has been attracting extreme athletes the world over. From BASE jumpers to rock climbers and now cyclists.
  • 1 1
 Its funny how an xc race all the way up that winding road can look just as extreme as that downhill stair ride.
  • 3 1
 Needs moar dirt
  • 1 2
 I love to see events like this where it has never been done before. Sure, some turns would be nice, but I wouldn't ride this crazy thing!
  • 1 1
 i wonder how the video would look from a real camera not a phone
  • 2 2
 and again i love RedBull!!
  • 1 0
 is that it?
  • 1 1
 最后一张,看着腿都软!!!
  • 2 1
 Welcome to China
  • 1 0
 una pija!
  • 1 0
 What?
  • 1 2
 It is said that 6 among 15 has gone :-(
  • 3 5
 I would have smashed this out on my HT if I got an invite Frown
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