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Jackson Goldstone became the youngest-ever winner of Red Bull Hardline. The 18-year-old dominated the world’s toughest downhill course to win the race in Wales by more than six seconds.
The 2022 course had some minor changes to previous editions. The long-standing Dirty Ferns jump section had gone through a makeover with the hip jump through the trees replaced a huge on-off and the two biggest gap jumps on the entire course. Both measured roughly 27m.
Jackson Goldstone
After qualifying in 3rd place behind three-time event winner Bernard Kerr and Adam Brayton, Goldstone left the start hut with only those two riders left to go.
Ahead on the timing from the first split, his lead simply grew as he flew down the track. A slight dab in the technical section at the mid-way point was the only fault of note in an amazing run and he was completely unfazed by any of the course’s monster features.
Bernard Kerr
Taylor Vernon
Slips from both Brayton and Kerr left Goldstone head and shoulders above the rest claiming his first win in the event.
Joe Smith and Taylor Vernon put in solid, fault-free runs to secure 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
Vincent Tupin
Making a surprise return to racing at Red Bull Hardline was 2018 winner Gee Atherton, and crossing the line in 5th place showed that he’s still a force to be reckoned with.
Gee Atherton
Also turning heads on the course was Jess Blewitt, who made Red Bull Hardline history by becoming the first-ever female athlete to take on the iconic course.
Jess Blewitt
Red Bull Hardline 2022 results
1st Jackson Goldstone 2:20.525
2nd Joe Smith 2:27.043
3rd Taylor Vernon 2:27.084
4th Ronan Dunne 2:27.273
5th Gee Atherton 2:28.356
6th Sam Gale 2:28.902
7th Jim Monro 2:28.930
8th Harry Molloy 2:31.714
9th Thibault Laly 2:31.767
10th Florent Payet 2:37.436
11th Vincent Tupin 2:40.951
12th Adam Brayton 2:50.620
13th Theo Erlangsen 2:51.066
14th Bernard Kerr 3:13.357
15th Gaetan Vige 3:14.476
16th David Mcmillan 3:16.616
17th Craig Evans 3:41.714
18th Chris Cumming 4:12.581
Photos by Dan Griffiths and Nathan Hughes / Red Bull Content Pool.
