White Style 2015 - Let the FMB Games Begin
First FMB World Tour stop of the 2015 is now history. With the best weather possible, a fast and big track stacked with proper obstacles, this is a one-of-a-kind event. Enjoy the beauty of the Leogang's mountains and learn about the best riders among those who showed up at White Style 2015!
Photos by: Bartek Woliński www.wolisphoto.com
Words by: Mateusz Szachowski
MENTIONS: @redbullbike, @FMBA, @Leogang
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 Welcome to the 2015 FMB World Tour Pinkbikers! |
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| Quick coffee, shower and a view that we can watch everyday from our window when we get up. The Leogang area is a good trip destination for the nature lovers. We were stoked to enjoy it at one of the most sunny White Styles to date! |
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| The track for 2015 White Style was a bit longer than usual. With the addition of the boner log, this slope style course was real eye candy for the shapers and the background of it just spiced those jumps up. Oh yeah, it was one of the fastest tracks as well, so some of the riders needed to develop brake systems on their bikes. |
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| Keeping it fun! How to choose the starting list positions? Let's do a sledge race! |
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| World's best athletes during the World class series, fighting for the pole position. Don't worry, they are all professionals! |
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| Thank the Lord it's not an Enduro race because those views could take some seconds off the clock. Tons of new faces showed up on this lovely day at the sunny Leogang hills. |
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| Double exposure is still living in our times, so after this art lesson, let's get back to bussiness! |
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| Flip driver from the golden boy. Keep MTB in the mountains as long as possible! |
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| It was a good day for Lukas Knopf who was keeping everybody warm with his bag of tricks. |
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| Another profile picture for the podium taker, Mr. Jones. |
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| UK riders tend to have more style over the other nations. Matt takes the "no dig, no ride" thing quite personally as he moves dirt around his area quite often so we know he can boost a good hip just right. |
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| Good'ol truck driver from Matt Jones. |
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| Some know how to get the best VIP point of view during the comps. |
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| Pavel Alekhin "Vishneviy" makes us smile every time we see this crazy Russian. Proper outfit, DIY stopping system and an eye catching rig. Good to see you back and strong Pavel! |
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| Keep your whip dialed folks and get creative when you need it! If you want to see more brakeless action from the "Vishneviy" go to the M.O.D. shows which will start soon! |
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| Pavel Alekhin had some troubles with caring about speed during his runs but he still delivered top notch riding in Austria. |
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| Daryl was all smiles during the day and the podium step was just waiting to bring that smile once again during the night shift. |
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| Daryl Brown 360 tuck no-hander looks like straight from some UK trails. Style starts to flow on the track. |
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| Jerry of the day or the MTB champ? Szymon knows how to hide in the mountains. |
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| Mr. Godziek cleaning the sky with this clicked 360 x-up. |
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| Double exposure matches combos well. A nice truck driver move from Mr. Testa. |
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| Good to see some new faces on the block. This one is always happy and keen to help fellow riders. Mr. Testa got his place on the podium as he let Godziek use his spare fork. If he is not saving friend's butts, you can find him flip-whipping big jumps. |
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| Every mountain in this region looks like a national treasure. Scope your lines freeriders! |
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| Nico Scholze is a typical trick machine. He managed to pull a tsunami flip on the last jump but bailed during the 720 in his second run and lost in the finals. We need more tricks like this from the new faces! |
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| 4th place for this young buddy. Mr. Knopf did some splendid runs and tricks like this double tailwhip let him sniff the podium. Will he step on it in Vienna? |
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| Adrian Tell won the longest jump category with his "6 meters to far" jump from the last set but he is alright by the looks of his frontflip of the boner style. He was one of the best riders in qualis but the finals kept him more on the snow than in the air but we know Mr. Tell will back and rocking at the next FMB stop. |
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| One of the coolest ideas during the night riding was to light the track up with balloons! Who wouldn't like to shred a course that looks like this? |
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| Matt casually spinning over the snowy set. |
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| Mehdi Gani had a "little" birthday party during the off-time and his "cake" looks more than delicious! Have a good season mate! |
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| Any cooler way to celebrate your birthday than pulling a next level trick? Mehdi stomped this backflip tuck no-hander off Red Bull's boner like it was nothing! |
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| Daryl closes his run with a little backflip. |
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| Jakub Vencl went downside off the boner log during the finals. We just remember when he pulled the same trick for the first time like a month ago at La Poma bikepark. It's good to see him progressing soo fast. Keep it up Jakub! |
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| 6th spot for this crazy Czech Rep. rider. Jakub Vencl is a crowd pleaser. |
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| Daryl was always a bit higher during the whole competition so it's no wonder that he high in the ranks. Solid 3rd spot for the young Brit. |
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| You could serve Austria's finest beer off Matt Jones, that's how flat he was during this superman flip during the finals. Great second place for Mr. Jones. |
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| A classic 360 off the boner log from Szymon. He spiced it up with some x-up and barspins variations during the final to stack points by his name. |
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| Massive flip-whip from the best rider of this chilly Austrian evening. |
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| First podium of the FMB World Tour ladies and gentleman! See you at Vienna Air King in April. |
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| "Crossing streams" is a well known method to get a lifetime buddies. |
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| We think Mr. Godziek should pull a "caption this" contest when we see his face expression... |
Photos by: Bartek Woliński www.wolisphoto.com
Words by: Mateusz Szachowski
MENTIONS: @redbullbike, @FMBA, @Leogang
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That guy is sick!!!