Trail rider of the year!
Dirty Knobs Podcast Season 3 Episode 14 with Hollywood Mike Miranda, JV James Vicente and EC Eric Carter. This is a special episode because we have Freestyle Legend, King of Skateparks and Hall of Famer, Eddie Fiola. Special guest Danny "Red Mags" Waters, Star of Dirtyfest 3.
Ei, gude! Da es im vergangenen Jahr leider keinen offiziellen Trip von SIBMX gab (#miesezeiten), haben einige Fahrer die Sache selbst in die Hand genommen und ein mehrtägiges Teamtreffen organisiert.
The world’s best pump track riders descended upon KwaMashu, a vibrant township on Durban’s north coast, to battle for top honours at the Velosolutions UCI Pump Track World Championships. After fiercely competitive events in both the Men’s and Women’s categories, Ryan Gilchrist from Australia and Sabina Košárková from the Czech Republic demonstrated exceptional speed, skill, and determination to claim the coveted rainbow stripes in their respective categories.
The Men’s final was an all-Aussie showdown between Ryan Gilchrist and AJ Donald, who had advanced through intense rounds. In the small final, 2023 World Champion Alec Bob (USA) defeated Eddy Clerte (FRA) to secure third place, leaving Clerte in fourth.
After a day of tourism seeing the wildlife followed by a day of practice, the fastest pump track riders in the world battled for the 2024 UCI World Championship title in the pumptrack discipline. In the end the titles went to Ryan Gilchrist and Sabina Košárková. Now it's time to wrap it up over in Durban, South Africa before heading home.
Women results:
1) Sabina Košárková 18.968s
2) Vineta Petersone 19.311s
3) Madarasova 19.384s
4) Nadine Aeberhard 19.437s
5) Alina BECK
6) Christa VON NIEDERHÄUSERN
7) Aiko GOMMERS
8) Eloïse DONZALLAZ
9 Olivia ARMSTRONG 24 USA 20.227
10 Shania RAWSON 25 NZL 20.297
11 Felicia KLINGSTRÖM 20 SWE 20.314
12 Ashley KINCHELOE 23 USA 20.928
13 Kristína NOVÁKOVÁ 20 SVK 20.987
14 Anika PSYK 18 GER 21.052
15 Lena BAUER 20 AUT 21.110
16 Julie HEUSEQUIN 23 BEL DNF
17 Cassie VOYSEY 22 AUS
18 Astrid STOLTZ 17 SWE
19 Danielle VRENEGOOR 30 NED
20 Zihong SHAN 19 CHN
21 Khothalang LEUTA 21 LES
22 Katleho RALENONO 17 LES
23 Mampoka POPANE 27 LES
24 Kabelo MPHAROANE 19 LES
25 Junrong CHEN 39 CHN
Men results:
1) Ryan Gilchrist 17.327s
2) AJ Donald 17.368s
3) Eddy Clerté 17.383s
4) Alec Bob 17.385s
5) Marcus LEIMBERG
6) Joshua JOLLY
7) Love SYLWAN
8) Tristan BOREL
9 Kristaps VEKSA 30 LAT 17.632
10 Jesse ELZENGA 17 NED 17.656
11 Mattia COSTERMAN 20 ITA 17.688
12 Niels BENSINK 28 NED 17.747
13 Didi VAN TIGGEL 21 BEL 17.764
14 Thibault DUPONT 28 FRA 17.823
15 Anaia ISTIL 22 FRA 17.839
16 Brady KINCHELOE 25 USA 18.284
17 Sirio GRÜNIG 18 SUI
18 Daniel HRADSKÝ 19 SVK
19 Tommy ZULA 32 USA
20 Filip SVANBERG 32 SWE
21 Nils VON NIEDERHÄUSERN 24 SUI
22 Tanguy GRANDJEAN 19 SUI
23 Albin JOHANSSON 24 SWE
24 Renato RUFENER 32 SUI
25 Filip MATIAŠKO 18 SVK
26 Dylan WERNER 18 RSA
27 Doran MATHEWSON 26 RSA
28 Bin YU 24 CHN
29 Zilu MENG 26 CHN
30 Mhlengi GOGE 17 RSA
31 Khotso MOSALA 19 LES
32 Thuthukani QWABE 17 RSA
33 Pusetso LEKAU 17 LES
34 Lithemba BUTHELEZI 19 RSA
35 Lefati MZIMELA 19 RSA
36 Andrew POSTHUMUS 17 RSA
37 Tetsuya FURUNO 27 JPN
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Steve Crandall is still in the woods and apparently in the streets after turning 50 the day before we filmed this episode. I caught up with Steve while on Cinema BMX team trip out in Richmond,VA last month. We had a chat between spots with no plans no rules just talking shit. Happy Birthday mate!
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR @ FREEDOMBMX AWARDS 2024
1. Kyrylo Hordiienko
2. Julius Knapp
3. Marvin Birken
4. Mattis Neumann
5. Tom Wendlandt
My time here in Costa Rica is up..for now! I had an awesome time exploring Santa Teresa and the jungle on the bench. Was so cool to meet new riders from there and make really good connections for my next visit. Hope to be back sooner than later!