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The Red Bull District Ride Slopestyle MTB event returned to Nuremberg, Germany after a five-year hiatus and saw Emil Johansson claim victory in both the overall contest and the Best Trick.
The spectacular Best Trick contest on Friday evening saw five world-first tricks landed, including Johansson’s winning 360 Tailwhip to Barspin to Opposite Downside Tailwhip. Dawid Godziek landed a world-first Twister No-Hander to Barspin to take 2nd, with Nicholi Rogatkin finishing in 3rd.
Emil Johansson – 360 Tailwhip to Barspin to Opposite Downside Tailwhip
The world’s biggest urban slopestyle contest took over the historic centre of Nuremberg on the Saturday, where 120,000 fans packed in to watch the action on the huge course laid out over five distinct ‘districts’ totalling about 700 meters and including innovative features to push the progression in mountain bike slopestyle.
Emil Johansson
In a hard-fought final, Emil Johansson dominated his opponents with a consistently strong performance that scored an incredible 90 points, adding to his impressive list of wins in the biggest slopestyle contests around the world.
2nd place went to 2017 champion, Nicholi Rogatkin with a score of 88.34, while local German hero Erik Fedko completed the podium with a run capped by a huge Backflip Superman Seatgrab.
Nicholi Rogatkin
Erik Fedko
For the first time ever, Red Bull District Ride also welcomed female slopestyle riders to Nuremberg, where five of the sport’s leading female riders checked out the challenging track in two progression sessions on Friday and Saturday.
Patricia Druwen, Caroline Buchanan, Kathi Kuypers, Gemma Corbera and Ellie Chew took to the track without the pressure of a contest and improved their riding in a mutual exchange, although they did throw down in their own Best Trick on Friday night alongside the men, which was won by Corbera with a huge Backflip.
Gemma Corbera
Red Bull District Ride 2022 results
1st Emil Johansson 90.00 points
2nd Nicholi Rogatkin 88.34
3rd Erik Fedko 85.32
4th Dawid Godziek 82.45
5th Paul Couderc 81.79
Men’s Best Trick
1st Emil Johansson
2nd Dawid Godziek
3rd Nicholi Rogatkin
4th Diego Caverzasi
5th Alejandro Bonafe
Women’s Best Trick
1st Gemma Corbera
2nd Ellie Chew
3rd Patricia Druwen
4th Caroline Buchanan
5th Kathi Kuypers
Photos by Flo Hagena and Christoph Laue / Red Bull Content Pool.
