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Identiti Team 4X edit of season 2011
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011Evolution helmet: MBUK’s Six of the Best!
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Fade Away Session report
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Last weekend Amir Kabbani’s first own dirt competition went down and it was a fantastic event. A chilled comp with a good set up of jumps. 20 amateurs and 20 pros competed, showing tricks like 360° Double Tailwhips, Frontflip No Hand, Frontflip Barspin, Supermans, 360° Backflips or 360° Double Downside Whips and more, Amir is happy and we are too!
“It was killer! Specially when we realized that the spectators were having as much fun as the riders. This moment was worth all pain we had the days before with organization!, states Amir right after the finals.
“Congrats to all the riders, the spectators and the main sponsors TSG, Mongoose, SRAM, and Seba Med who made the day as good as it turned out.”
Congrats to Bienve for his 2nd place. We are stoked to have Bienve now in our TSG pro team. Profile will be up soon.
For more photos by Daniel Roos click here.
PODIUM TOP 3 PRO:
1st Niki Leitner(AUT),
2nd Bienvenido Aquado Alba(E),
3rd Tobi Wrobel(GER)
Winner Best Trick: Teo Gustavson(SWE)
Winner Amateur: Florian Penzel(GER)
Watch the amazing edit by peoplegrapher
Casey Groves at the Edge Factor for Straitline Components
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011Casey just send us this link to a real impressive video he was working on with Mike Montgomery and the Edge Factor crew. The video is 31 min long, but definitely worth to watch.
Join Casey Groves, Mike Montgomery and Jeremy (Host) at Straitline Components’ cutting edge manufacturing facility, the Jump Ship barge in Victoria Harbour and the mind-numbingly beautiful forests of BC, Canada.
FADE AWAY SESSION by Amir Kabbani
Monday, September 19th, 2011
This coming weekend Amir Kabbani invites you to join his Fade Away Session on his home spot in Boppard. Expect a great dirt contest with international pros. But if YOU love dirt biking you have the opportunity to show your talent as well. So jump on your bike and join Amir, Sam Pilgrim and more riders at the Fade Away Session.
starting at 9 am, 24th september, 2011 at Bikepark Boppard!
FMB World Tour Final
Monday, September 12th, 2011
SAM PILGRIM: FIRST EUROPEAN EVER ON THE FMB WORLD TOUR PODIUM
The second of 2 Diamond events of this year’s Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour season is over and gives the World Tour a perfect ending. Even before the Red Bull District Ride it was clear that the official FMB World Tour Champion is called Brandon Semenuk (CAN) and would take home the golden CamelBak Better Bottle.
However, the battle for the top 10 spots remained exciting until the end. With his result at the Red Bull District Ride, last year’s FMB World Tour Champion Cameron Zink came a close 2nd. TSG’s Sam Pilgrim’s victory at the Red Bull District Ride lifted him onto the podium of this year’s World Tour. The overall FMB World Tour ranking is now complete and we have an ultimate list of the world’s best freerideers.
At the end of the FMB World Tour, this is the final top ten ranking:
1. Brandon Semenuk
2. Cam Zink
3. Sam Pilgrim
4. Messere Anthony
5. Martin Söderström
6. Cam McCaul
7. Yannick Granieri
8. Greg Watts
9. Darren Berrecloth
10. Kurtis Sorge
The Red Bull District Ride is the most legendary urban freeride event in the world and a truly deserved final for an extremely successful World Tour. The freeriding cream of the crop gathered in Nuremberg, Germany to battle it out on a course of biblical proportions.
And now Nuremberg has a new hero! In beautiful weather, TSG’s Sam Pilgrim delivered a truly impressive run. Our team rider won 1st place at the final event of the Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour with over 4 points ahead of Martin Soderstrom (SWE) and over 6 ahead of Brandon Semenuk (CAN). Trick after trick, the 12 riders who qualified for the finals raised the bar of the sport; you just don’t see tricks of these dimensions everyday. When Sam Pilgrim took off from the obstacles, all of Nuremberg held its breath at his performance. At every hit he showed another trick and convinced the jury with his consistently high level of tricks throughout all 6 Districts. It was plain to see that he was thoroughly enjoying the course.
CHECK OUT THE FMB WORLD TOUR SHOW WITH TSG’S AARON CHASE FROM THE RED BULL DISTRICT RIDE
Red Bull District ride – Sam Pilgrim takes the win!!!
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
1. Sam Pilgrim 86.38 (TSG)
2. Brandon Semenuk 80.66
3. Sam Reynolds 72.95
4. Cam Zink 71.83
5. Martin Soderstrom 69.03
6. Thomas Genon 68.70 (TSG)
7. Anthony Messere 66.83
8. Amir Kabbani 66.33 (TSG)
9. Theo Gustavson 65.18
10. Darren Berrecloth 62.58
Thrilling world cup finals in Val di Sole: Floriane Pugin second overall!
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Floriane Pugin finished the world cup season 2011 with another 2nd place at the finals in Val di Sole, Italy.
Her incredible consistency also brought her the 2nd place in the overall world cup, 75 Points behind Tracey Moseley.
Floriane looked unbeatable on this track during the whole trainings, but her french mate Miriam Nicole took her first ever world cup win with a total kamikaze run.
Emilie Siegenthaler also attacked hard and made it to another very good 6th place, finishing the world cup overall on 7th.
SCOTT11′s men didn’t have a very good day as Nick Beer came down with a mechanical problem and Fabien Pedemanaud crashed into a tree during his run.
It was a hot and tough week for all the athletes here in Val di Sole. By the time the race started, the track was blown out and extremely rough.
But you all know what comes now:
One more week to go, and then starts what SCOTT11 has been preparing for during the last 3 years. The one thing that the whole mountain bike world has been looking forward to: The world championships on the steepest track in the world in Champéry, Switzerland!
Sign up with the FMBA for a chance to win a VIP package for the Red Bull District Ride
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
On September 10th, the 25 best freeriders in the world will meet in Nuremberg for the Red Bull District Ride. At this most legendary urban freeride event ever, they will do their best to impress the tens of thousands of spectators with their most progressive tricks and skills. In Nuremberg, the FMBA will be celebrating the end of the season by crowning the FMB World Tour Champion 2011 among 40,000 expected fans
The FMBA is raffling off a VIP package for the Red Bull District Ride with very special features among all existing FMBA members and anyone who signs up until September 4th:
The winner plus one has free access to the VIP or better FORB “Friends of Red Bull” area, gets to visit the riders’ lounge and a BBQ banquet on Friday and will enjoy an exclusive behind the scenes course walk presented by freeride legend Timo Pritzel. Accommodation for 2 nights and 2 people will be provided as well as a brand new and special edition TSG „FMB World Tour“ helmet that you won’t get in any store yet.
Meet and greet all the riders on Friday, be right at the course watching the athletes shred, chill out in the FORB area and make sure you get that helmet signed.
They are giving away this incredible prize to FMBA members only – so if you’re not with them yet, just sign up with the FMBA until September 4th, 2011:
http://www.fmbworldtour.com/en/membership/become-a-member.html
Apart from the special prize for the lucky winner, the FMBA also offers many benefits to every member. If you join the FMBA, you’ll also contribute towards the association’s effort to support and further develop the freeride mountain bike sport worldwide. Benefits for members include a 15% discount on day passes at the biggest bike parks in the world, up to 50% discount on subscriptions to some of the leading bike magazines and 10% off your order at bike-mailorder.com. along with many chances to win prizes, regular newsletters with updates and your individual FMBA membership card. The FMBA membership fee for regular members is $40 / €25 per year.
For more information about the membership and its benefits go to:
http://www.fmbworldtour.com/en/membership/about-membership.html
Floriane Pugin with another 2nd place at the WC in La Bresse
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The rain finally came down saturday night and did not only make the race course greasy and slippery, but also damaged some of the team tents. Luckily, the SCOTT11 stayed strong in the storm that woke up most of the athletes in the middle of the night.
Once again, it was a challenge for the women to clear all the jumps, and it was only in the final when 4 of them jumped the gap into the finish.
SCOTT11′s Floriane Pugin managed to race onto 2nd place on a track that she was struggling on all week! Floriane was very happy about that and so was the french crowd, which might have been the biggest one of the season.
The rest of the SCOTT11 athletes were not able to adapt their riding style to the track in La Bresse. Emilie Siegenthaler crashed and finished 14th, Fabien Pedemanaud and Nick Beer struggled and came in 36th and 55th.
Nick, Fabien and the Crew are heading to Innsbruck for the “Nordkette Downhill”. The full SCOTT11 team will meet again in 10 days for the world cup finals in Val di Sole, Italy, where the racers can show if they’re ready for the worlds in Champéry or not.
All of Sven Martin’s photos, as well as two new freecaster videos on www.scott11racing.com
