RED BULL HARDLINE SLIDESHOW

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Red Bull Hardline is the one downhill race that actually keeps some of the best bike riders in the world away. The risk is high, the reward is bragging rights and some cash. An evil creation of Dan Atherton, the ludicriously steep, technical and jump-filled course is as close to impossible to ride as possible. The racers that do attend are stoked to survive, let alone get a result. So much so that Josh Bryceland came back to race, qualified 8th and said, "nah, I'm good," sitting out the rain-soaked race day. 20 invited riders tried to qualify, 10 made it to the show and in the end Gee Atherton punished the mountain and the field by over 5 seconds. Bernard Kerr slotted into 2nd, hopefully earning enough to repair is ailing vehicle, and Charlie Hatton placed 3rd, proving that mentorship from the Atherton clan equals hard work, but also results. Dig into the photos and audio interviews from the weekend thanks to Sven and Boris, who also barely survived.

If you survived (and won) Red Bull Hardline, you'd pick up Boris too. Gee won the race in the most disgusting conditions by over 5 seconds. -Sven Martin

Sigh of relief for any bike and any rider. -Sven Martin

Pffft. Totally blown out after not dying for 3 minutes of the sketchiest track on earth only to steeze out the 65-foot finish jump. Bernard speeds into 2nd. -Sven Martin

Gee with Charlie Hatton...giving back to the groms pays off. -Sven Martin

They're already soaked, what's a little more moisture? -Sven Martin

The gnarliest of gnar dogs. Gee 1st, Bernard 2nd, Hatton 3rd-Sven Martin

Gaetan Vige wins the sketchball award for the weekend, all capped off with his incredi-case-to-nose-wheelie-stomps-it lander on the 65-foot finish jump. Warner in audio. -Sven Martin

65 feet. In the wet. While ball-pedaling into the lip. Then yanking as hard as you can. #gross - Greg Minnaar in audio. -Sven Martin

Craig Evans, right at home in the local-ish conditions. -Sven Martin

Vital member, Askel_Lfft said it best in the comments of the Blasting gallery - "when Payet actually looks small during the jump, you know it's serious..." -Sven Marin

A great way to end a day of survival. A future Hardline shredder could be pictured here. -Sven Martin

Brendan with a lot of obligations on his plate. He didn't qualify but ducks the wet for the desert soon with Rampage coming up. @maddogboris

It was so steep that if you yanked hard enough off this ridge, you could almos tland at the finish. -Sven Martin

Bryceland qualified 8th and said that was good enough. He didn't feel like risking a race run in the gross conditions. -Sven Martin

Kaos in the chaos. -Sven Martin

It's all about the vision. @maddogboris

Brayton booting to the bottom. -Sven Martin

Payet's bike lengths are normally longer than most gap jumps on any track. Not here. -Sven Martin

Domination, determination. -Sven Martin

Gnarly. Laurie had a tough run in finals but was stoked about the weekend nonetheless. @maddogboris

Dirty rats are the best rat. @maddogboris

Laurie Greenland jumping a pile of colorful ants. Oh. Wait. Those are people. Big-ass stepdown. -Sven Martin

Dave McMillan, super tweaker on the jumps and booters, survivalist on the rest of hte course. @maddogboris

Vige roosting. @maddogboris

Kade ejecting elements of earth. @maddogboris

Kade kicks it crooked. @maddogboris

Gee whiz. Making the grossest trails look paved. @maddogboris

Serious fandom. @maddogboris

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