The first few days of the SUZUKI NINE KNIGHTS MTB presented by G-SHOCK have already exceeded all expectations.

In perfect weather conditions, photographers, filmers and the freeride knights found the perfect set-up on the castle at the “Wildkogel-Arena Neukirchen Bramberg” for a freeride mountain bike session of epic dimensions. Absolute highlights such as the heli-session and the Nine Knights trail made sure that the riders outdid themselves and filmers as well as photographers already have some truly exceptional material.

For the grand finale on Saturday, August 25, spectators are cordially invited and if you are in the area, this is something you shouldn’t miss. Check out the first action clip:

On Tuesday the first milestone was scheduled. Accompanied by the helicopter of the Flying Bulls, the athletes pulled some massive tricks out of the bag providing the filmers and photographers with some legendary shots in two 60-minute sessions. The riders tricked their way down the course in several trains so that there were five riders in the air at
the same time.

The winners of the contour WANNA BE A KNIGHT Contest deserve a special mention, since they are killing it up on the Wildkogel. Anton Thelander (SWE) is rocking the course and is definitely doing team Sweden credit. Bienvenido Aguado Alba’s (ESP) superclean 720 caused photographers and the other riders to cheer for the Spanish rider. After Andi Wittmann was not able to ride his course last year, he is stoked that he can charge the castle together with his knights. You can check out his flip double whip this Saturday on the public contest day.

Most of the pros such as Geoff Gulevich (CAN), Yannick Granieri (FRA), Martin Söderstrom (SWE) and Giant rider Kurt Sorge (CAN) are already on site and are using their reliable skills to write freeride history at the Suzuki Nine Knights MTB presented by G-SHOCK. More knights are joining them over the next few days, among them Thomas Genon (BEL), the winner of the Red Bull Joyride at Crankworx Whistler. On the weekend, a few special guests will complete the riders’ list for the contest day. Spectacular action as well as great entertainment are guaranteed at the slopestyle event on Saturday, August 25 from 11am. At night, there is drink and fun to be had at the legendary Nine Knights Afterparty powered by Sweet Protection and mtb.downdays.eu at Schweini’s – so if you are in the area, make sure to drop by, we would love to see you!

The time for the contest day was rescheduled slightly and will begin at 11am. The Nine Knights Afterparty powered by Sweet Protection and mtb.downdays.eu at Schweini’s begins at 9pm.

For further info: http://nineknightsmtb.com

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Some time has passed since Antimedia drew our attention towards the world of mountain biking, and we figured out it was time to go back to our roots and make a new MTB edit.

In our point of view the best place to do this is Andreu’s new training camp in Llinars del Valles in the suburbs of Barcelona.

In 2011 Andreu bought Edgar Torronteras’ FMX compound as a playground for his passion for biking. Andreu built a 13m tall run-in to compensate for his lack of horsepower and can now use the compound to further progress his riding.

Andreu was a great host and showed us how to have a blast with a week of dirt, cameras, drones, motorcross and mountain bikes – in true Andreu style.

To see more of what Andreu is up to these days, check out his facebook fanpage.

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“We hope you enjoy the show.

Sincerely,

The ANTI crew”

SOUNDTRACK: Jonathan Sigsworth (soundcloud.com/northcoast/) /Trond G. Hansen
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Dennis Magnus-Andresen
SOUND DESIGN: Trond G. Hansen
FILMERS: Andreas Braaten, Trond G. Hansen, Niels Windfeldt
DRONE PILOT: Daniell P. Ashby
DIRECTOR/DP/COLORIST: Niels Windfeldt
All pictures (c) Antimedia

Andreu Lacondeguy from Barcelona took home the victory at the Red Bull Berg Line in Winterberg, Germany. In a neck-and-neck final he showed the most spectacular and clean tricks within an extraordinary high level rider line up. Have a look at the youtube web clip with an interview of Andreu and the biggest tricks of the competition:

Thousands of spectators came to the Red Bull Berg Line Event in Winterberg to root for the strong and encouraging rider line up on the extremely demanding slopestyle. When Andreu Lacondeguy heard that the course offers some of the biggest jumps ever, it was clear that he had to participate at the Red Bull Berg Line. Andreu is well known for his passion to massive jumps. His unique and big airtime-orientated style landed him in first place.

It was his second run that catapulted him all the way to the top. He started with a x-up at the 7 meter drop, double backflip 12 meter dirt jump, followed by a 360-flatspin, into another 360 onto the step up, backflip at the step down, tailwhip over boner log and a table top at the quarter. With a run like that, the top of the podium was well deserved and the judges had no doubt scoring him with the highest points of the day. His double backflip brought him also 1st place for the best trick. But instead of taking the victory for himself he decided to catch Sam Reynolds (who did the same trick), pulled him up to the podium and shared the award with him.

Andreu’s Statement: “I heard about the Red Bull Berg Line comp and that the jumps will be huge! That’s exactly my thing! I loved the course and really wanted to win. I crashed in my first final run and Reynolds set the benchmark real high, so I had to go for it in my second run. I said to myself: ‘double or nothing’! And it worked out! I am happy also for my German bike sponsor YT Industries. It was my first big win on the new bike at the biggest German freeride event and they saw me winning!”

Andreu has been quite busy in the last weeks since his season started with two film shootings that will be released in the next few months. This week the Catalan flies to Utah to film for the new Freeride Entertainment movie called „Where the trail ends“.

Be wound up to see Andreu soon back at the next contests, whether it will be Les Deux Alpes, Whistler or Rampage – Andreu is on fire for 2012!

Full final results: