Masters of Dirt, Vienna - Friday show

Feb 24, 2012
by Matt Wragg  
As night fell on Vienna, the doors to the Stadthalle swung open to the public. As the first people walked through those doors 2012 started in earnest for the Masters of Dirt crew. All the planning and preparation over the winter had culminated in this show with some of the best freestyle riders on two wheels, tracks and more.

Photos courtesy of Alex Boyce/Masters of Dirt

Masters of Dirt Friday show

Shaolin monks, the Fuel Girls, fireworks and Rammstein. The Masters of Dirt Crew know how to kick things off with a bang.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

Freestyle legend, Edgar Torrenteras, and Jose Mireles training it in. Mireles was getting loose all night, even gooning around on the bike mid-backflip. Later in the show Torrenteras took the centre of the arena and beatboxed, which somehow managed to be weird, surreal and utterly amazing all at once.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

Edgar Torrenteras won the whip competition and to winners come good things. He was pulling whips where he was looking at the crowd behind him - it's not easy to explain just how nuts it was. Apparently this year they had to keep the winner further away from the Fuel Girls to keep things slightly less, well, explicit...


Masters of Dirt Friday show

Andreu Lacondeguy, on a bike this time. Just look at the height and the extension. Watching him over the week, he seems to be riding the line between style and disaster, yet somehow keeping it in a pile everytime.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

Yannick Granieri getting extended.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

Sometimes it's best to let you make your own captions up. This is Sam Reynolds is all we're saying.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

While the newest, shiny tricks are good, sometimes you can't beat a simple, stylish turndown.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

Heath Frisby and Jeremy Stenberg are here with their sleds. The simple mechanics of how you flip something that heavy and the consequences if you get it wrong don't bear thinking about.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

BMX wonder-youth Brett Banasiewicz chilling in between runs.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

BMX phenomenom TJ Ellis with a backflip can-can.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

Sam Reynolds getting as clean and extended as you like on a no-handed backflip.


Masters of Dirt Friday show

It's pretty certain that there's no other show you're going to see where they jump a car towing a caravan as the finale. Although the guys weren't happy with this jump... They bought the cars to get smashed up and the car survived. Tomorrow they're going to up the stakes and if it still survives, well you're going to want to be here Sunday to watch them get their fill of destruction.


We're here in Vienna with the guys and will be bringing you updates from the events over the weekend. Check out the MOD guys' Facebook page for more details about the show.

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30 Comments
  • 24 3
 They jumped a car with a tailer! AWESOME!!!
  • 3 1
 hahaha thats Amazing U-haul off raod
  • 7 0
 Andreu Lacondeguy. Thats all I have to say.
  • 6 0
 NEED to see that vid!
  • 1 0
 Car with a trailer is even better than last year where they backflipped in a bmx with a sidecar!
  • 1 0
 Maybe it's because i'm from the backwoods, but that isn't anything new. XD Even demo derbys for cars with trailers lol
  • 2 0
 Lacondeguy gets the raddest extension on those Superman's. It's unreal.
  • 10 0
 Some people see beauty and wonder in ballet, ice skating and such. They use words such as extension and control. I have a couple of new words I'd like to introduce them to.........Andreu Lacondeguy !
  • 3 0
 Amen brother!
  • 8 3
 "Sometimes it's best to let you make your own captions up. This is Sam Reynolds is all we're saying."

I caught a fish thiiiiiiiiiis big?
  • 12 0
 Na, I think he was saying, 'I wanna f*ck that girl behind me thiiiiiiis much'
  • 4 1
 is it just me or do 26'' wheels just make it soooo much sicker?
  • 1 0
 all invented freestyle machines where met at MOD!!! what's next? Big Grin
  • 6 5
 I do this all the time ..............................................................................no I don't Frown
  • 2 0
 Me too...........................no....I don't either! Frown
  • 3 1
 Looking forward to seeing video of this. That kicker is huge!
  • 4 3
 holy shit!! at first I thought those pictures from the roof were helmet cams :O would done a pretty big jump...
  • 2 0
 No.....it ain't just you!
  • 1 0
 Andreu Lacondeguy, this kid is the personification of GOING BIG! I wonder if his bowl at home can handle those deuces...
  • 2 1
 Unless things have changed, Jeremy Stenberg doesn't ride sleds...
  • 2 0
 I was gona say wtf. Twitch on a sled ???
  • 2 0
 There's a sledder with a different but similar name, probably what they meant.
  • 1 0
 Yea, Jostein Stenberg is the sledder IIRC
  • 1 0
 That's the one!
  • 2 1
 why does having stuff indoors make it look bigger??
  • 1 0
 Loving the Rafter Cam!

www.bikefat.com
  • 1 0
 I'm going to the Manchester MOD in march!!! Sweeeeet
  • 4 4
 SOOOOOOOO CRAZY LOOKING!!!!!
  • 6 6
 Bananasandwich!!







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