Brett Rheeder Wins Vienna Air King - Photos and Results by mikekazimer

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rbka (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:15)

I am sooooo upset that the live feed didn't work!! anyone else in North America have this problem!?
Where was Soderstrom!? How did it go down!? Why are the Brits so upset that Reynolds didn't win!? I'm itching to know!!!!

ps- GO RHEEDER!

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demz (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:21)

My feed was partially working. Missed most of the 1st runs and 2nd runs. Soderstrom couldn't land 3 double whip on the 2nd set and Reynolds didn't get a better score because the judging this year was so terrible. It's like they are not watching what the guys are pulling even.

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mtriquelme (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:21)

the streaming was a really sh*t, not only in north america had problem with this

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ghettojumper (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:21)

Seemed like the whole world had the same issues...however, if you have any Apple devices, the Redbull TV app played it live flawlessly the whole time. Was a sweet comp. Soderstrom had issues, and they average the two highest scores out of 3 runs. Reynolds still could have mathematically won it in the end, but crashed out attempting to do so.

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MidgetSaw (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:22)

tbh i think reynolds 1st run was marked abit low

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MidgetSaw (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:37)

on bretts 2nd and 3rd didnt he flipwhip twice in each run? normally get marked down for that

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dogma13 (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:46)

not only north-america. also in austria, i got to see rheeder's last run with the red bull tv app. very impressive ! and the flip whips were opposite flipwhips.

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h0rgh25 (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:51)

It wasn't working in France either, I saw half of the first runs and it was over after. I hope one day Redbull will change their videoplayer...

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zoomzoomchicken (Apr 7, 2013 at 8:01) (Below Threshold)

to answer your question rbka. If one of the british riders don't win the brits complain about the judging and how the british riders run was way sicker. Because they are (not all) but some little fan boys who can not accept a loss, It happens really every contest they dont win.

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Angryham (Apr 7, 2013 at 8:03)

Reynolds Got robbed Robbed i tell you

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Massini64 (Apr 7, 2013 at 8:03)

It says on the Red Bull website that due to technical problems it can only be viewed on mobile devices. So now you need a smart phone to watch!

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darren853 (Apr 7, 2013 at 8:07)

wasnt workin in Slovakia as well...but luckily it worked redbullmobile.com so I watched it on my mobile phone..soo stoked,the level of riding went up as hell !

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zweiradmechaniker (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:09)

Rheeder was the omly one that checked the course again before the event and he did the most warm up runs.. He deserved it! Was amazing to watch! The air at the first kicker where i was standing the whole event was fucking huge!!!!

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pudding (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:12)

Genons last run was probably the best I thought, better than Rheeders last run. I get the technical difficulty of Rheeners oppo flipwhip, but having a regular one before it was too much of the same thing. There were some sketchy landings by a few of the guys that were doing the bigger tricks, which probably lost them points even though the tricks were big.

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Lolo-the-frenchie (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:19)

Genon and Bizet under rated

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voltagerider (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:23)

I'm happy for both rheeder and Genon!

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bastigermany (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:44)

wasnt rhedders 2nd flipwhip in the last run a flip oppo whip?

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Andrew-Taylor (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:56)

YEAH RHEEDER!!!!! REPRESENTING CANADA!!!

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louis92 (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:00)

Thomas' run was 90+ for sure, don't know if it was better then Rheeder's run.

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szczeki (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:17) (Below Threshold)

Thomas got robbed

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billy3197 (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:32)

rheeder did two flipwhips but they were opposite ways with the whip

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Lolo-the-frenchie (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:56)

Did he scored better if he did 4 flipwhips (2 staight and 2 oppo) ?

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mhopper (Apr 7, 2013 at 13:46)

You can watch a replay of the whole stream here: bit.ly/14Nv5eE

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billy3197 (Apr 7, 2013 at 14:19)

well he didnt do four because hes not a retard. its sorta the same process as regular to oppo 3. same trick but different dexterity shows a lot more skill than if he had just decided to 360 instead of the oppo flipwhip

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Lytleboy (Apr 7, 2013 at 14:56)

Worked on my ipod but didnt work for me on my laptop. Come on redbull

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moreira55 (Apr 7, 2013 at 15:17)

same shit in portugal, wtf???

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cyrix (Apr 7, 2013 at 16:12)

demz... would you say someone perhaps.... got... robbed?

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nubbs (Apr 7, 2013 at 19:28)

Cool to see Thomas sitting with Martin and the other redbull riders

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freeride-forever (Apr 7, 2013 at 19:47)

Fuckin' A'! FUCKIN' A'!

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Worzelgumage (Apr 8, 2013 at 7:26)

Zoom zoom chicken, introducing the worlds fastest cock.

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jordangraves (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:38)

Rheeder is going to have an amazing season

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scott-townes (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:04)

It's unreal the level of his progression. I can't wait to see how he does against the rest of the big guys throughout the season.

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waterfall99 (Apr 7, 2013 at 11:12)

How many people can opposite flip whip. Not to mention a regular one right before it. Well deserved win for Rheeder thats just next level riding right there.

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jervis (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:28)

so who got robbed? (apart from Norbs)

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demz (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:31)

a lot did to be honest...

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Jansef21 (Apr 7, 2013 at 8:07)

very interesting what happened to Vishneviy

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pudding (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:15)

Vishneviy was straight airing the drop off the top every run, which definitely wasn't going to get him any points. He was also trying interesting variations of tricks, but not landing all of them, or landing and messing up the run in to the next jump.

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henry-turner (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:18)

he was inverting it dialled...?

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pudding (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:35)

yeah, you're right, sorry I forgot. An invert on the first step down isn't enough to get points if everyone else was doing a 360 variation or backflip off the same jump.

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henry-turner (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:40)

you dont seem to understand how hard it is to invert like that off that kind of lip.. it was properly upside down. he can flip and spine as much as he needs, but he didn't.

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jervis (Apr 7, 2013 at 17:27)

An invert takes years of perfecting. A backflip or 360 is impressive yes, but an invert is equally as difficult to get dialled. Has always been an underrated trick.

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henry-turner (Apr 8, 2013 at 0:37)

Yeah, you can learn to flip in a hour but not invert...

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amacdonald (Apr 8, 2013 at 15:23)

Personally inverts came pretty easy... Easier than flips

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bikesandfun (Apr 8, 2013 at 17:39)

I feel like he did an invert because he didn't want to flip or three it. It sure wasn't because he thought his properly upside down invert would get him more points than a three or a flip...

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lassemj (Apr 7, 2013 at 8:30)

Rheeder deserved the win, but I didn't like how they scored the riders. Genon and Reynolds scores was too low, while Rheeder might got a point or two too much. But the placement on the podium is fair enough, oppo tricks are getting the extra points like last year.

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yeahbro (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:14)

Of course oppo tricks are getting more points why wouldn't they there much more difficult.The best comparison i have heard for people who have never tried one is that its like throwing a baseball or writing with your opposite hand.

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franckguill (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:34)

Vishneviy and Reynolds Harlem Shake was epic !

Good to have crazy vishneviy in events , it's less monotone

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mtriquelme (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:17)

YEEEEAH! this is your year brett, congrats man

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PoeticThreeD (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:45)

GO ONTERRIBLE!!!!

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recklessness (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:08)

Wooooo!!!

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dvp8 (Apr 7, 2013 at 16:27)

they kept on saying hes from squamish and kelowna in the video of the event. it was driving me crazy, hes from Ontario god damn it!

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Fajardb (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:45)

the live stream is suck but i got app red bulls tv on my lumia so i could see the live but only the last run where reynolds and soderstrom got crashed and i didn't recognize that rheeder was doing flip oppo whip, after all they all pulled really2 big tricks

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prenderville (Apr 7, 2013 at 13:25)

Is it me or is the fact that 2 monster energy sponsored riders came in the top 3 pretty wierd in a red bull competition ?

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oldschoolj (Apr 7, 2013 at 18:09)

This is friggin awesome, watching this guy ride at Joyride 150 here in Markham Ontario, now seeing him win this VAK...Im proud to be from Ontario, good things are a brewin' here! From Downhill to Dirt Jumpin magicians....awesome!~

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young-blood (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:15)

Canadian invasion !

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henry-turner (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:19)

oh an anti rheeder comment? lets all neg prop it!

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Cdbrown (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:22)

live stream waited all week nothing !!!!! hope sorted for next time

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camerondodd98 (Apr 7, 2013 at 20:51)

live.redbull.tv/events/209/vienna-air-king-2013 heres the full replay!!!!!!!

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natalot (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:49)

Same trick twice should be marked down slightly, period. Oppo tricks should get scored higher, but just do the oppo flip whip for extra points, and a truck driver or something. No need for the regular flip whip, leading to less repetitive runs.

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bikesandfun (Apr 7, 2013 at 22:13)

Well if he didn't do a normal flipwhip I really doubt judges would know it was opposite.

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patatta (Apr 7, 2013 at 11:35)

martin söderström, he is not hating that briefs. he has had them since he, Daniel dhers and danny rode in stockholm:P

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masterbailer (Apr 7, 2013 at 12:39)

I felt Genons last run definitely deserved to be in the 90's. Super smooth and super banging.

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camerondodd98 (Apr 7, 2013 at 20:51)

yea true

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RatHunter83 (Apr 7, 2013 at 13:04)

Anyone know when Thomas Genon got signed to Red Bull? They pounced on him quick after winning Crankworx last year.

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dancingwhale (Apr 7, 2013 at 22:03)

Stoked to see Genon on RedBull. I remember watching him at Joyride and not knowing who the hell he was and then he took it all home. Super sick man, I love mtb.

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MattRagsdale (Apr 7, 2013 at 7:18)

wonder how soderstrom ended up doing. but good looks for Genon, always fun to see him up on the podium!!!!

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pudding (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:29)

He was doing big tricks, 360 variation off the step down, double tailwhip, i think a backflip variation, and 360 tailwhip. he was doing well, but when he tried to go bigger on his last run he messed up the landing on the second jump and couldn't do the third.

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Lolo-the-frenchie (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:13)

Pudding : it was a front flip

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Lolo-the-frenchie (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:15)

and a 360 double tailwhip on the last for Genon

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pudding (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:43)

I should have specified I was talking about Soderstrom. I know Genon did a frontflip.

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Lolo-the-frenchie (Apr 7, 2013 at 10:52)

Ok mate, I was confused about that you didn't tell tou were talking about him

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cgroves (Apr 7, 2013 at 9:51)

I told you Brett was going to win!! Yeeeehawwww!!!!

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Lilshredman (Apr 7, 2013 at 12:43) (Below Threshold)

Did you now?

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monza13 (Apr 7, 2013 at 13:51)

#RheedersSeason

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onetwofour (Apr 7, 2013 at 13:51)

I reckon fmb competitions would be a lot more interesting if they were judged by the crowd/online viewers.

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koen-FR (Apr 7, 2013 at 14:44)

sounds like a great idea, but think this will give great advantage for the more famous riders like pilgrim and soderstrom. A lot of their fans will give them good points without really looking at the less known riders

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henry-turner (Apr 8, 2013 at 2:16)

olly that is a bad bad idea. think about it...

one guy flips every jump, 80% of the crowd and veiwers think "oh, backflips are so cool and hard, most points for him!''

also 90% of the people would have no idea about opposite or switch tricks, and probably wouldn't even notice a bar spin in a trick.

also, most of the viewers would be from north America (canada) as it has such a large mtb following, and they would all give points to the canadian riders...