Bike Check: FISE Slopestyle

May 13, 2013

by Mike Kazimer

Simon Kirchmann and his Bergamont Kiez.

Amir Kabbani's Mongoose Fireball.

Bienvenido Aguado Alba, who won the FISE Big Air in March with a double front flip, rides a YT Romp.

Szymon Godziek placed fourth aboard his Dartmoor Cody.

Daryl Brown with his Manitou Circus equipped Identiti

Thomas Genon and a blacked out Canyon.

Brett Rheeder pays homage to his Canadian roots with a Chromag saddle on his Trek Ticket.

Tyler McCaul signed with Marzocchi over the winter, and was rocking one on his GT La Bomba.

Sam Reynolds with his Polygon Cozmic.

Patrick Leitner's NSBikes Majesty may not be as bright as Sam Pilgrim's, but he was still rocking some flashy rims.

Mitch Chubey's Morpheus Vimana with an Industry Nine wheelset.

Anthony Messere was all smiles with his Morpheus Vimana.

Martin Soderstrom stands tall over his Specialized P.3. A number of riders were running a Mavic CrossMax front wheel with higher spoke count rear rim.

Anton Thelander and his Canyon.

Yannick Granieri and his Polygon Cozmic.

This year's FISE Slopestyle winner, Sam Pilgrim was easy to spot aboard his fluorescent green and yellow NSBikes Majesty.

Photos by Bartek Wolinski

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Mike Kazimer

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Based in Bellingham, Washington, Mike Kazimer is Editor in Chief at Pinkbike, where he’s been covering all things mountain bike related for the last 14 years. Before joining Pinkbike, he worked in bike and ski shops for over a decade. Between all the biking and skiing he managed to pick up an English degree from Western Colorado University.

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50 Comments

eliebou (May 13, 2013 at 9:55)

It's all about NS, we trust the Polish with our plumbing so why not with our bikes?

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prenderville (May 13, 2013 at 9:59) (Below Threshold)

They've taken the jobs in the uk , and now theyve taken over the bike industry

bikebert (May 13, 2013 at 10:21)

Now it's time for your wives

Ciejma (May 13, 2013 at 10:31)

ok>

prenderville (May 13, 2013 at 10:49) (Below Threshold)

I didn't mean it negatively , my phone switched off before I could finish my sentence

Massini64 (May 13, 2013 at 10:57)

@prenderville well thats Bullsh*t considering you need to click submit before you post....

prenderville (May 13, 2013 at 12:52) (Below Threshold)

I was in a rush to comment and I pressed submit then my phone went off ...

evomtb (May 13, 2013 at 12:58)

keep digging penderville...

prenderville (May 13, 2013 at 13:24) (Below Threshold)

Yeah I'm going now this is what I meant to say anyway "Theyve taken the jobs in the uk,and now they've taken over the bike industry with bikes that destroy the competition " ( no hard feelings )

Massini64 (May 13, 2013 at 13:37)

yeah penderville... nice recovery...

robwelchmtb (May 13, 2013 at 14:28)

more like the polish are more willing to work than half the British scumbags we have the privilege of living in our country

ninjatarian (May 13, 2013 at 15:36)

Poland is home to Antidote bikes too, some of the best and most overlooked bikes out there. The Lifelines are amazing. It's also home to my family. Hooray for Poland!

MidgetSaw (May 13, 2013 at 16:48)

dartmoor + octane one

cyberhawk (May 14, 2013 at 3:48)

i chose poles over any immigrant... shared first place with the chinese..

spongebomb (Jun 25, 2013 at 7:24)

Don't forget companies like RMD Bikes and Duncon Bikes

hardcoredivision (May 13, 2013 at 10:36)

Godziek should place his seat in a more vertical position! just saying!

Adym (May 13, 2013 at 10:42) (Below Threshold)

*horizontal

Massini64 (May 13, 2013 at 10:58)

@Adym. Its called sarcasm.

C-white (May 13, 2013 at 19:19)

its sad to see things like this happen. ^^

mr-free-ride (May 13, 2013 at 20:11)

might just be the picture but it looks like his head tube angle is slack as fuck to

hask2 (May 13, 2013 at 11:16)

looks like Martin Soderstrom is runnning a 120mm fork on his p. eh?

eliebou (May 13, 2013 at 14:32)

Pilgrim runs specially raised 120mm forks as well

auri (May 13, 2013 at 15:18)

phew! pilgrim even still run a proof (high rise) bar...

reno-be (May 13, 2013 at 12:42)

Morpheus wtf is that frame?

RatHunter83 (May 13, 2013 at 16:21)

should be called dead sexy.

mfbeast12 (May 13, 2013 at 15:37)

what??? T-mac signed with zocci???
probably got lost within all the gwin hill drama...

donalddouche (May 13, 2013 at 9:56)

The article needs more inverted commas around "Slopestyle" for accuracy.

chyu (May 13, 2013 at 10:03)

Just another DJ event.

knightridersix04 (May 13, 2013 at 10:36)

I love how Soderstom dwarfs his bike, being 6'5" myself I tend to do the same with dj bikes

Thebestfreerider (May 14, 2013 at 17:44)

There is some ugly ass bikes in there

TrinityTest (May 13, 2013 at 10:21)

Proto Canyon.

Quintonbikes (May 13, 2013 at 13:54)

dont worry norco i still love you 3

REEKON (May 14, 2013 at 9:50)

I'm digging Sam Pilgrim's citrusmobile.

CruzBaker (May 14, 2013 at 11:15)

It's good to see some high rise bars yet...

TOM9808 (May 15, 2013 at 11:20)

Number 11 frame is super nice and very low. Any body know what it is

el-nombre (May 17, 2013 at 14:02)

You mean the morpheus vimana that has the name of it under both pics?

el-nombre (May 13, 2013 at 11:25)

Thelander's canyon is the nicest there. super clean.

onetwofour (May 15, 2013 at 2:36)

Its not a canyon, its a beddo. As far as I know canyon don't make or haven't yet made a dirt frame so genon & thelander are running blacked out frames from their previous sponsors.

henry-turner (May 15, 2013 at 4:01)

its not a beddo, pretty sure.

onetwofour (May 15, 2013 at 4:02)

it is..

henry-turner (May 15, 2013 at 4:08)

how? look at it...

el-nombre (May 15, 2013 at 12:12)

Ok well whatever it is, it looks nice.

gregorkleindienst68 (May 16, 2013 at 8:21)

It's a beddo, just look a bit on the geometry....

henry-turner (May 16, 2013 at 8:23)

look at the head tube man, they have very unique headtubes, this does not

onetwofour (May 16, 2013 at 8:28)

look the same: beddo.de/cms/news/img/IMAGE_142_001.jpg

henry-turner (May 16, 2013 at 11:25)

Nope, zoom in on a neat ht, this is deffinetly not one

henry-turner (May 16, 2013 at 12:08)

dirtaddict.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/7805722840_2896bdf9df_z.jpg see how it really suddenly goes out?

el-nombre (May 16, 2013 at 12:45)

You've just proved yourself wrong henry. Your picture shows the same headtube with holes and everything as in the pic in the article above. Look at it larger www.pinkbike.com/photo/9575705/?s6

henry-turner (May 16, 2013 at 12:59)

those holes are gyro tabs.... hahaha yeah, the cups are totally different

el-nombre (May 16, 2013 at 14:02)

Fair enough on the gyro tabs. I've never paid any attention to that sort of thing. I'm still struggling to see this headtube difference you're on about though. Looks pretty similar to me and the rear dropouts are also pretty unique and match the Beddo.