PHOTO-SHOOTS
Uncertain forecast for the week seemed to fuel the riders to go even harder, making the peer-judged final awards even harder to determine. “Ruler of the Week” Peter Henke (GER), who apart from nailing a winner “Full Line” in the contest, impressed with a backflip over the Buff step-down, and skating the Monster Skate ramp with Szymon Godziek (POL) jumping over him. The sessions on the main jump saw Sam Pilgrim (GBR) going huge transferring from the left kicker over to the right landing, and Adolf Silva (ESP) stomping his huge double backflip. Torquato Testa (ITA) and Godziek carefully coordinated the winner “Best GoPro shot” a glance swopped mid-air. A clear highlight was the performances of the young gun Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) who nailed a world first cashroll on his DH bike as well as a cork 720 also on his big bike. The man is clearly ready for Rampage. The many beautiful sun set shoots, like the hip session saw more good vibes and everyone hiking, cheering and going full speed to get maximum air time.
THE KNIGHTHOOD
The spirit of the event cannot quite be put into words, it is about fun and pushing the sport forward. All part of creating the good vibes from the side-line, and ultimately judging the contest were Sweden’s recovering athletes Anton Thelander and Martin Söderstöm, along with event host Andi Wittmann (GER) and later Gully Gulevich (CAN).
To find out more about all the various peer voted awards from the week head over to
www.nineknightmtb.com where also the four invited photographers photos are viewable, and full report from the contest day, where Italian Diego Caverzasi who took the “Castle
News / 10.09.2015
From November to May, the watchword for Livigno is just one: snow . White is the color that tints the winter along with the blue sky and with the warm golden rays of the sun. The landscape turns into a postcard, white waves dotted with larches and timbered houses are the setting in which people around the world choose to spend their winter holiday. The dominant theme is sports: from alpine skiing to telemark, from snowboarding to freeride, from cross country skiing to snowshoeing, from fat bikes to mountaineering skiing, from paragliding to ice skating, from horseback riding to relaxing walking on groomed tracks, who chooses Livigno has only spoiled for choice to keep fit and have fun in the snow. Already in October the first flakes begin to fall on the plateau of Livigno, which is located at 1,816 meters above sea level, in a unique landscape, where nature has played a fundamental role in defining mountain scenes that confuse the normal logic. At 3,000 meters in Livigno you can still find vast grasslands, while not far away, on the border with the Stelvio National Park, stand at the same altitude, towering rocky peaks. This has got to Livigno the nickname "Little Tibet" for the analogy with the Himalayan plateau.
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