Video: Checking Out All the GNARLY Lines - Red Bull Rampage 2023

Oct 11, 2023
by Pinkbike Originals  

The Pinkbike crew is back in the Utah desert for the 2023 Red Bull Rampage. Join Brett Tippie as he walks us through all the gnarly lines from this year's event. Big drops, sketchy ridge lines, narrow chutes... What more could you want?

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51 Comments
  • 108 2
 Man, I hope we can stop these negative comments at every rampage article. What are you aiming for? Rampage has NEVER been a safe space, if you have to point out the obvious. These guys go as big as they think they can, and they're doing so mostly for the love of it. They always have. That's how we all ended up here.
  • 41 2
 completely agree with you. Personally I find all the comments like this full of bad vibes... instead we should encourage the riders. But it's funny, a few weeks ago everyone wanted to invite women to compete. Today they seem to no longer want to watch the live stream and want to cancel this competition because it is too dangerous. The drama is full on recently
  • 6 2
 It's more based on the financials i think (the negative). Red Bull makes a lot of money off these guys. It's a really cheap marketing project vs a Pepsi Half Time Show sponsorship or a MLS Team. The audience for this is probably 5% core mtb riders. 95% just random people who watch because it's pretty cool to see. If the riders were smart, they would get agents and do what Shaun White and Tony Hawk used to do. Demand a set amount just to show up to X Games or the Dew Tour.
  • 11 0
 I think people forget that guys like this would be out sending it anyway. This is what these guys do. Might as well get a spotlight and some money for it. And I can’t think of many sports where people can’t get hurt, maimed or killed. Life’s dangerous. Get out and live it.
  • 2 0
 @TheR: I agree. I don't think these guys do it for the money... at least I wouldn't. They have to put in so much time, effort, and work for years and years before they see any payout... it's not until they hit the top 1% that they start making something (and even then it's not much based on the state of the industry report). Plus there are a lot of easier and less risky ways to earn a living.

This should be a podcast topic with debates on both sides though.
  • 7 1
 @TheR: I challenge the idea that they would otherwise rush to build, compete exhausted, and be pressured to string together moves at (and beyond) their current threshold with these types of logistics, weather and time pressures. I think the alternative would be a longer, more realistic film project that still has lots of risks but allows them to do it right.
  • 2 0
 @slackedmtb: It's not really Red Bull making the money off these guys their just the title sponsor. So, I am not sure how it works but I am assuming Red Bull pays H5 events and they in turn pay the riders travel costs (or part of them) and put up the 100,000-prize money. So Redbull is essentially just paying what they think it's worth. As you said 95% of people who watching aren't into MTB hence, they wouldn't care if it wasn't on. Thats probably the reason why Red Bull don't pay much for the naming rights.
  • 2 1
 I don't think it's bad to talk about safety at rampage. No, I don't want to see it stopped, I don't think I want any safety rules for what the riders choose to build either.
But I also don't want to see someone seriously injured or killed because they dropped into their line in too much wind, or were forced to go earlier than they want by the ticking timer. "It's never been safe" is a bad reason to not look at what maybe could be done for safety.
Wind sports wait for the right weather in a window of days all the time, why would rampage not be able to do that? Or a format where it's not broadcasted live, so all riders have enough time to choose when to go? I don't know if those are the perfect answer, but I would like to see it explored.
  • 3 0
 @plyawn: I don’t know man. Young guys have been doing some version of that every day since the dawn of time. Have you seen some of the stuff some of these guys are building in the woods? Did you catch Tour de Gnar? Hell, didn’t Fairclough build a jump over his house? I think it’s all a matter of access, resources, and the time to do it. If they had the access and resources to do this at this site every day, yes, they (and far less capable riders) would be out there doing it.
  • 1 0
 They might be out sending anyway, but a result at Rampage is another metric to compare yourself against other riders (other than race results, view counts) when it comes time to talk contracts. So there is a lot of incentive to push it.
  • 42 2
 I absolutely love Tippie's commentary at Rampage.
  • 40 1
 "How do you confuse your Rampage Digger? Get a shovel and a spade and say 'take your pick'" We love you, Tippie.
  • 18 0
 Rampage-specific dad jokes, Tippie taking his game up a notch!
  • 1 0
 He's recycling, he busted that one out last year.
  • 1 0
 @Velocipedestrian: I mean, is it even a dad joke if you don't tell it over and over again?
  • 20 0
 It’s great that Pinkbike figured it out and has sent Brett back to Rampage.
Not many people could approach the riders as he does and get the kind of engagement he will.
He’s also improved so much in the years he’s been at it… his enthusiasm is obvious, without being over the top.
Keep it coming.
As for the danger, I get why people respond to the danger in the way they do… in this environment, the risk is so obvious, with sheer walls and abrupt features everywhere as a reminder of what the athletes face. In other sports, the same life and death risk is there, but the “field of play” can appear far more mundane.
Death and serious injury lurk behind many sports. At Rampage, danger doesn’t lurk… even for the spectator, the risks seem to take a seat right beside you.
Here’s to the best Rampage ever and long may it happily live.
  • 18 0
 *Really* hope the Bren gap works out as planned and he can send it far enough, and when he does the judges give him the kudos points it deserves.
  • 8 1
 He's landed it.
  • 14 1
 Great to see Tippie hosting videos
  • 11 0
 Tippie's videos are the best!!
  • 5 0
 I love what Zink said (paraphrase):

It's a bicycle event... We start up there and we end down there, and we can do whatever we want
  • 2 0
 I having a hard time figuring out when Rampage starts. The Red Bull TV site messes up the time zones on their webpage into an unknown time zone. Can someone please let me know when it airs in UK time or Central European Time?
  • 2 0
 It says 17:15 CET, should be 16:15 UK, i guess
  • 5 0
 Too bad the broadcast is on ESPN+ in America
  • 10 0
 vpn enters the chat
  • 2 0
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OG1KEjJu48, there's a link on YT
  • 3 0
 then i read this in the description, Available on Red Bull TV & Red Bull Bike Youtube outside the U.S., sorry
  • 2 0
 There will absolute be renegade streams. And a paid VPN service has been one of the best investments I've ever made. $4 per month.
  • 1 0
 @danielfloyd: I’m not that savvy
  • 3 0
 the ridiculousness here that we should all be negative about is the fact Rampage is yet again being broadcast on ESPN+ in the USA. Absolutely absurd.
  • 2 1
 When i saw Gee chrash and hit the landing this hard, my first thought was, that the landing was not steep enough. Iam nothing close to a professionel builder/rider but Matt Jones was right in this video. I dont understand why he hit this thing...
I really hope he heals up fast!
  • 1 0
 Lol I think this already got posted in the comments but I made a rampage game on www.downhillmtbfantasy.com/rampage if anyone wants to follow along!
  • 6 5
 I don't know what the guys riding that get paid, but I hope it's enough to cover a year of rehab if needed.
  • 9 1
 They'll never get paid enough and they're not doing it for the pay.
  • 1 0
 @scott-townes: while I can't imagine many riders got into it for the money, I imagine for most (all?) of the competitors at Rampage it is now how they pay their bills and you can't really separate that from "intrinsic" motivation. It's hard to imagine that the political economy of mountain biking doesn't shape the risks that riders are willing to take!
  • 2 0
 Red Bull website shows rampage as georestricted. Harsh toke!
  • 2 3
 In the US it'll be shown on ESPN+.
  • 2 0
 @mikekazimer: serenity now, serenity now....
  • 1 3
 @mikekazimer: is it only avail live or
Can you replay it on espn + as well? The event doesn’t even show up on their app when you search for it and they don’t even have cycling as a sport listed. Isn’t espn + just for angry kaepernick fanboi’s?
  • 1 0
 @Tigergoosebumps: I like how you literally talk negative in multiple comments but can’t figure out that you can search Redbull Rampage, go to the Red Bull site, and click on the link to watch it on ESPN+ hahaha. Pretty easy to figure out.
  • 1 2
 @birdsandtrees: It feels good to be liked. Stick a bird on it!
  • 1 1
 @birdsandtrees: youtu.be/GNpIOlDhigw?si=c4ZQsDMnUtkoOU9A
  • 1 0
 @Tigergoosebumps: sorry dude was a bike messenger in Portland. Already lived that life.
  • 2 1
 @birdsandtrees: we at Randall children’s hospital never got deliveries from bike messengers where we could admire the cute man knickers. Swobo or die!!! The best are the flannel lined wool knickers they made. I have a pair and will use them as a loin cloth for my casket!
  • 1 0
 That guy has a long belt.
  • 1 0
 Where is the YouTube link so I can stream on the big screen
  • 1 0
 Let's goooooo !
  • 7 10
 I love all the ..hope they don't get hurt comments..hahaha ..bunch sissy boys ..man up and send it..and put your pumpkin spice latte down..u weirdos
  • 1 2
 Only urban lumberjacks drink that crap.
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