Eastern Canada slopestyle action - City 8 photo recap

Since it's first installement last year in the province of Québec's capital city, City 8 got bigger. This year, it turned into a gold event, wich of course brought more riders, more prize money and more risk-taking. The track was tight, technical, dirt jump oriented, with slopestyle features. In the hearth of Québec, top pros were competing for victory and giving their all to give an awesome show - wich they did.

Riders came from all horizons; legends like Cam Zink (course designer) and Greg Watts, new comers like Reed Boggs and Eric Walenta, as well as young athletes at the top of their games like Brett Rheeder, Anthony Messere and Matt MacDuff were all sharing the same course in the hearth of the 400 years old city. It was felt that everybody was happy to shred and have a good time.

Sam Reynolds is about to spin, while Matt MacDuff gets ready for landing. In the meantime, Anthony Messere is in orbit, spinning upside-down.

The tech-master and veteran Greg Watts in practice


The weather is good, the course is on point and the crowd is all-out. Riders are ready to drop in for finals

Finals got pretty intense. Last year's winner Martin Soderstrom was ready to defend his title, coming back from injury.

The defending champ boosting a 3 tuck.

Young ripper Reed Boggs rode very well, with stylish manoeuvres like this perfect flip can for 12th.

It's no problem for him to take the hands off. He was doing crazy combos like suicide no hander to barpsin all day, on top of picture-perfect tuck no handers like this one.

Paul Genovese had a solid first run and tried everything to better his score. Unfortunately, he had to ditch his bike mid-air on the first jump of his second run.

Paul Genovese flip one foot x for a solid 7th place

Matt MacDuff was riding hard all day and got a sick first run. He did it all with ripped jeans, no brakes and a smile on his face. A solid 6th place finish for the Nova Scotian street rider and party master.

His second run ended with a massive 3 bar hump! Ladies went crazy.

Messere was boosting higher than everybody and dipping his nose every now and then.

His second run got rowdy when he overshot the whale-tail step-up, resulting in speed loss. The outcome was seeing Anthony disappear insinde the whale-tail's landing. He was all right. His first run's score got him 4th place.

Eric Lawrenuk with a 3 flatty

Nicholi Rogatkin is, to say the least, at home on wooden ramps. Frontflip tuck to 2nd place.

Young Rogatkin has cashrolls on lock.

Rheeder's first run was totally on point. Backflip off the drop, into this massive corked 7.

Rheeder flipwhipping his way to victory.

On his second run, Martin Sodertrsom tried to beat Rheeder's score. But he landed low and slipped a pedal on that flipwhip - his run was over, and his foot broken. Hope he gets well soon. His first run was good enough for 3rd.

As martin was on the ground getting medical attention, the rain started pouring. After it stopped and the dust settled from the finals, builders were getting the course back in shape for the best trick

The best trick was more of a time riders used to shred and enjoy the course than what would normally be called a "best trick". The course designer, Cam Zink, mid-flight and sideways.

Matt MacDuff was having a blast, riding the course as much as possible.

Foot out, rockstar style.

WInner of the best trick, MacDuff was the last one on course, giving his gloves to a kid and taking pictures with stoked groms.

It was a total blast, and hopefully City 8 will be back next year !

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