 The aforementioned tricks and moves can be marveled at in public for the first time at Red Bull Speedride in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria. As well as the boundaries of this new kind of sport, the world’s best advocates of it are tested between January 21 and 25. These are: those who can choose the best line; show command over the greatest skiing and flying ability; and who can score points in the disciplines ‘Energy and flow of the run’ as well as ‘Creativity.’ The winner of the first ever speedriding Big Mountain Contest will be chosen by the participants themselves via democratic vote after a video analysis. They will be crowned on January 28 at the ISPO tradeshow for sports fashion and equipment in Munich.
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The following 17 best athletes worldwide have taken the challenge and have accepted the invitation to the first Red Bull Speedride:
- Antoine Montant, FRA (Speedriding Pioneer, Vice World Champion in Acro Paragliding)
- François Bon, FRA (Speedriding Pioneer, Acro Paraglider, Skydiver, BASE Jumper, Eiger & Mont Blanc Premiere)
- David Eyraud, FRA (Speedriding Pioneer, second at the SpeedflyingPro 07)
- Pierre Malbet, FRA
- Felix Rodriguez, ESP (Multi World Champion in Acro Paragliding, Winner of the Red Bull VERTIGO 2000-2005)
- Matt Gerdes, USA (Paraglider, Skydiver, Ski-BASE Jumper)
- Carson Klein, USA (Paraglider, Speedriding Pioneer)
- Mike Steen, USA (Paraglider, BASE Jumper, Wingsuit Flyer, Speedriding Pioneer)
- Mathias Roten, SUI (Acro Paraglider, Winner of Valfréjus 2007)
- Dominique Steffen, SUI (Acro Paraglider, Winner of the Syncro world cup, Swiss Champion 2007)
- Ueli Gegenschatz, SUI (BASE Jumper, Paraglider, Wingsuit Flyer)
- Gaël Amman, SUI (second at Zinal Mauler Cup Speedriding, 5th at the SpeedflyingPro 07)
- Christian Amon, AUT (Paraglider, Speedriding Pioneer, Winner of the Red Bull Dolomitenmann 2005)
- Helmut Eichholzer, AUT (Paraglider, 4th at the Red Bull X-Alps 2005)
- Simon Penz, AUT (Paraglider, Speedriding Pioneer)
- Max Biederman, AUT (Paraglider, Speedriding Pioneer)
- Daniel Kofler, AUT (Paraglider, Speedriding Pioneer)
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