The Evolution of Red Bull Rampage

After first hearing about MTB free ride pioneer, Josh Bender, a couple days ago, this seemed like a good clip to go with for today's Sunday morning post.  There are a lot of crazy things you can do on bicycles.  Check the world speed record posts a couple weeks ago, to see some of the craziest.  But one of my personal favorite types of riding to watch these days is Red Bull Rampage footage. 

It all starts with a huge chunk of rock and dirt, out in the middle of nowhere, like the back country of Utah.  Then they let that chunk of rock and dirt erode for about 100 million years, into a steep, crumbly, ridge-lined, chute filled, huge drop blessed, formation.  Then, about 32 years ago, a couple guys invented Red Bull, because somebody has to sponsor this insanity.  They built that up until mountain bikes got stronger, and a guy named Josh Bender, showed people these insane natural escarpments were rideable... sometimes. 

Then about 2002, somebody decided to hold a contest on this crazy terrain.  That's when this clip above comes into play.  Thought this clip is three years old, they give a good, quick look at the history of the Red Bull Rampage, and the insane progression that's happened over about 15 years. There's still some weekend left... shouldn't you be gettin' that bike out after watching this?  I thought so.

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