Red Bull Rampage 2024 - A Photo Recap

Written by Anders Henrikson, on October 21, 2024

Red Bull Rampage 2024

With a large amount of disciplines within cycling, freeride arguably requires some of the most skill and vigilance. Red Bull Rampage takes it to another level, requiring pinpoint line choices down the face of a mesa, intricate trail building, and a slight understanding of physics. Contender had a unique opportunity to travel down to Virgin, Utah to provide an up-close event experience and photograph the historic first women's event.

Red Bull Rampage is unique to many other categories as it allows for the rider to choose their own line, put together by drops, jumps and sketchy chutes. Each rider has a team of trained builders to help create the line that suits their skills and style. From seasoned riders to first time rampagers the vast field creates second-to-none experience for the rider and the viewer.

History In the Making

For the first time in Rampage history, the women raced providing a opportunity for the most talented women riders to throw down in the "Super Bowl of Biking." Safe to say they did not disappoint.

Seven riders took on the course, all featuring unique drops and lines. Each created by a crew of trail builders, carefully calculated to line up the take off with the landing. As well as maintaining proper care of the course by watering the jumps and making sure the landings are properly packed.

After a long hot day of competing in the desert Robin Goomes reigned victorious after placing down an excellent run with two perfect backflips on the first run of the day. Georgia Astle and Casey Brown followed in second and third place to wrap up the podium for the first ever Women's Rampage.

Men's Recap

Since 2001, the Rampage has impressed the riding community with a constant rise of skill and guts. It has continued to leave people breathless with bigger cliffs, canyon gaps and an incredible hand of tricks.

After the first run Tom Van Steenbergen was in third, Tyler McCaul in second and Szymon Goziek in first. Riders were given the option to improve their score after their first run. Rampage veteran Brandon Semenuk was right back at the top of the venue after crashing on his first run, he had his eyes set on victory.

After landing a tailwhip backflip, Brandon Semenuk secured his 5th Rampage victory scoring a 92.73.

With a plethora of riders with unique style and creative lines, Red Bull awards many different skills such as the Best Trick, awarded to Tom Van Steenbergen for front flipping off of one of the largest drops on the course. The People's Choice Award went to Brendan Fairclough with his unqiue rock feature and canyon gap. This run specifically sparked controversy as it provided a unique freeride line that arguably was a "classic" rampage run and yet scored low.

Many thanks to Red Bull to be part of the media for this event. This Rampage was like no other and will undoubtedly provide inspiration for riders in the future. Already looking forward to next year!

Red Bull Rampage 2024 - A Photo Recap