Video and edit by Arjan Ellens
For the 17th year in a row, the death-defying Masters of Dirt riders rocked the Vienna Stadthalle. The show remained true to the Masters of Dirt motto, displaying a dazzling array of “Total Freestyle” performances from the worlds top athletes as they showed their skills to the avid audience in Vienna, Austria. The entourage of adrenaline junkies was accompanied by English pyrotechnical performers, The Fuel Girls and Austrian icon DJ Mosaken.
Rising star, nine-year-old Harry Schofield from England showed the euphoric audience his very first backflip on dirt. Other young guns 11-year-old Lennox Zimmermann from Germany and 12-year-old Canadian Jackson Goldstone were both daring enough to land their first double flips.
WANTED: Masters of Dirt Rider! From the 16th to the 18th of march, the Masters of Dirt are back in Vienna and for the occasion of this event, the crew around Georgie Fechter comes up with something very special: they want to give one talent the chance to ride M.O.D Vienna and show his best tricks infront of 28 000 people. No matter whether FMX, BMX, Mountainbike, Snowmobile, Quad or Buggy, the M.O.D Teammmanagers are pleased about every single candidate!
The application is very simple: just post a video of your best tricks in the Ticket to ride Facebook Event and that's it! The M.O.D Teammanger will then pick one lucky winner.
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