Results - Red Bull District Ride 2017

 Indeed. He has improved alot this year! He deserves a sponsorship!!!

 The fact that he's even competing at gold level events without a sponsor is pathetic. This guy is top ten at diamond events.

 @theronsta: and lets not forget be won 26Trix beating out a field filled with sponsored riders

 @eball:

I like his beddo

 Formula sponsores him, but yeah he has still no frame or tire sponsors, this is misunderstandable

 Somebody call Mongoose, lol. ( He'd probably rather go with no sponsor then them anyway ).

 Shows how much the mtb industry cares about slopestyle. Not at all, its actually pathetic. With the sport progressing, partners and sponsorships should also be following that curve. But its the complete opposite. Honestly very sad how company's within the bike industry have no interest in supporting something thats close to home. They should be pushing along with the riders to make the sport bigger, instead its the opposite and they hinder this athletes. I think its time for these company's to relies that spending 500k on an Enduro team thats getting next to no publicity is not worth it. Yes a lot less slopestyle bikes are sold compared to other genres. But the attention these riders are getting, and image your brand has with them. Is incomparable to any other type of MTB. I think its time company's stop putting this athletes on the back burner.

 @ClarkHoward: the problem is that slope style doesn't do anything to sell a brands other bikes. It doesn't matter how much attention a slope rider gets because people don't really relate. There's no correlation between the slope bikes and what the majority of people actually ride. Enduro, cross country, and even DH are highly relatable because the bikes under those riders resemble what the majority of people ride. We see a brands new suspension platform performing well in enduro and DH and it's going to sell bikes to the average customer. What does it do for the average customer to see a slope bike winning contests? It really dies nothing because the bikes tech wide are very basic and don't serve as a good platform to advertise. And that's all sponsorships are, advertising.

 @sino428: there is no doubt that youthful and middle aged riders aspire to slopestyle and want to be able to do tricks. Why would so many bike parks have jumps and north shore bridges? Why is there 50,000 people in that plaza watching this event? A good enduro event is lucky to have 500 participants and spectators . Enduro and XC is just way more approachable cuz any joeblow can get on the bike and ride

 @SirWonky: yea but there is s big difference between wishing we could do that and actually going out and doing it. I love watching the slope style show but there is about zero chance that I ever pick up a slope style bike, and I'm sure I'm part of the overwhelming majority. Sponsoring pro riders is nothing more than a way for companies to showcase their products and like you even said, enduro and XC (even add DH to it) are just way more approachable than a trick based sport like slope style. Companies are going to put third money into advertising the products that are going to sell the most bikes. And like I said, slope style bikes just aren't a good showcase for these companies. It doesn't matter it 500,000 people were in that plaza, the coverage of a rider winning an enduro World Series event on a company's bike is going to be worth exponentially more than a slope rider winning a big event.

 @sino428: Slopestyle will remain for most a spectator sport. It will never be approachable for most riders and there is a very small path into this style of riding. I can see BMX and DJ riders feeding riders into the sport, especially BMX as the riders start so young, but rarely if ever someone from a road background or your typical mtb purchaser.

The courses are few and far between, the insurance requirements are probably outrageous, and most moms are going to freak out at the thought of their precious riding this kind of course. Maybe milder courses are out there and I am just unaware? It would be nice to see a park with one course just a few notches up from a pump track that kids could ride safely and then pro sections for those who have progressed to that level.

Either way, very fun to watch. I don't mind the scores either, just an opinion and there are enough rider styles that everyone can find something to enjoy.

 It's now how many hardtails and slope bikes there selling. It's the Way the brand is precieved, and the type of image they receive from it.. People don't do what Travis pastrana does, still makes then want to buy a Suzuki? Get it? People don't do what Semenuk does. But when a kid wants a new bike, no matter what genre. It's a Trek, or whatever company of the rider that kid looks up to. Trek understands, take a look at their team and support. And then look at their image. Boom.

 @sino428: Completely wrong.

 @bestbiker: I'm not wrong. If I was wrong then there would be more sponsorship money going into slope style. You can make all the claims you want about kids looking up to riders and they way brands are perceived, but the bottom line is money and there is a reason bike companies aren't putting much into slope. Bike companies are not stupid, they will put the money where they feel they will see the biggest return and that is not in slopestyle.

 Buildings break up wind quite a bit

 Brett Rheeder wiped during training and aggravated his knee injury...

 Sam didn't qualify unfortunately.

 @RichardJBos: too bad for Rheeder... was wanting to see him in the mix... nonetheless a good showdown from Johansson and Rogatkin!!!!!!

 Are people still complaining? I hear crickets. I think that 1440 shut them the f*ck up. No more dissing his lid these days either. When someone pulls a 1440 on an electric 29er fatbike with a linkage front suspension will they delete the unused comments section?

 He has style, just his own.

 @progressionobsession: agreed. In a way, he reminds me of Brook Macdonald. It's not graceful but the way he muscles those tricks like a tenacious bulldog is style to me.

 People would still complain because it has nothing to do with how he looks, it has to do with his tricks. This spins vs style debate will never go away, no matter how any spins and flips he does. Just look at snowboarding and skiing as an example. Guys are doing quad 1800s or some shit now. But much like is the case with Rogatkin, these tricks are physically impressive but the meatball huck and tuck doesn't really have much style. There will always be disagreements on which which is better.

 @sino428:
as a 29 year old snowboarder dont know the name of those 1800s quad guys... but i will never forget Mark Frank Montoya, and his nolie huge-backside 1....
rogatkin is pushing the limits on what can be done, and he is solid, contest after contest killing it under pressure

I preffer style of course, but rogatkin is a freak, unbelivable

 Diamond. We might wait RB Rampage for the overall... sounds weird rogatking won't be there

 @RedBurn: Rampage is no longer on the FMB series since it's invite-only as of last year.

 Ok i get it now. Diamond events are the criteria for FMB world ranking, so Emil is definitely this year's World Champ. I was rooting for Nicholi but I know t'was his Les Gets and Joyride runs that failed him to defend his title. But still congrats to Emil. He's like next to Semenuk-Rheeder level. Also, props to Nicholi for getting 3 Diamond titles, huge respect for this guy!

 @JustinLund: thanks for correcting me

 Avoids spoiling the result for those skimming past

 @el-nombre: It's marked results in the bloody titie. ??? This internet world can be so fubar!

 @lenmerderdenfer: but it doesn't say who won until you open the article does it.

 @el-nombre: You're a piece of work. Results are results and you click on them to see them. First grade level really.

 @lenmerderdenfer: do you really not understand this? For events like this, where there is a readily available replay (much like WC DH), pinkbike always avoids putting spoilers about who won the event in the article headlines until much later in the day, or even the following day. Because they know people will still want to watch the replay without knowing who won. Like @el-nombre said, putting the winners picture next to the headline completely defeats the whole point of not revealing the results.

 First world problems

 @sino428: With your logic, this means that the very act of posting a photo of Emil too spoils it as well because it's saying Emil didn't win, thus, pinkbike should refrain from posting any photo a rider and would be best served by posting some innocuous District Ride image instead.

 @el-nombre: Really? I would have never guest it works that way. Amazing, you have to click first before seeing the results. Well I'll be damned, the internet sure is labyrinthian.

 @el-nombre: Stop skimming then! Your dilemma is solved.