5 Questions With Your 2019 Red Bull Rampage Winner
Brandon Semenuk's first run sealed the deal, making it three wins for the Canadian rider. We caught up with him right after the champagne was popped.
How does it feel to win Rampage for the third time?
I'm beyond stoked. Definitely speechless. Just really happy to get that first run down. I had everything in mind and it went exactly how I was hoping so super stoked.
What could you have added if you needed a second run?
There were some little things I knew I could add to it, but it was pretty minimal. I definitely threw it everything for the most part. We built the line for that stuff specifically and that's what we got. I'm really stoked for my first run.
What was different in your preparation compared to last year?
I mean last year was a scramble just to get a line down the hill and it didn't really go to plan so this year is just redemption, 100 percent.
Do you feel more pressure with this being the only event that you do?
No, not at all. I mean I want to come and do well but it's just me doing me. I'm not trying to be this contest athlete. I have all my other stuff that I'm really passionate about and this is something fun at the end of the year with all my friends. Obviously I want to do well but that's about it.
Everyone on the Rampage podium lives in British Columbia, Canada. Why do you think that is?
It's sick that it was all Canadians on the podium. It just shows that we've got some of the best stuff in the world.
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So-thanks Brandon for making us all ride a little cooler.
Your focused effort to turn your vision into reality is truly inspiring. Not just for pushing the boundaries of what can be done on a mountain bike, but for pushing our understanding of what a person can do if they dream big and work hard. In short, watching your work makes me want to be a better human, and that’s pretty rad.
Clearly that ain’t how he is, making him out as abnormal somehow makes people feel they are superior, but it doesn’t take away from his mountain biking skills.
The guy is an amazing rider and we all want to ride like him, including the guys who tried to beat him at Rampage.
Give the social awkwardness stuff a rest, cutting him for not being social says more about you than it says about him.
#BCFREERIDE
They told us in journalism school that´s what separates the good journos from the shitty ones..
So true! What a run, especially after last year was so disappointing.
. ... i thought the reporters would have some time to prepare interviews and ask relevant questions - but after watching them repeatedly ask "how does it feel to... . ." and "what does it mean to . .. ." i just think they get up there and chance it ..
because they are all doped out of their minds. we need UCI for drug testing to stop these people ruining the sport