The Toughest MTB Competition On Earth

Early this October, a crew of 30 freeriders, their dig teams, media, and fans descended on Virgin, Utah for the 19th edition, and 2nd annual women's competition of Red Bull Rampage. Athletes have 10 days for building their lines, with a dig team of 2, and are limited to only hand tools, and a set number of sandbags to work with. This 10 day clock includes both dedicated, full dig days, and days for testing and refining their lines in the final run up to the competition, which has a drop in window and can be held due to weather, since riding in the wind and rain makes competition too dangerous.

Wolf Tooth athletes Cami Nogueira and Georgia Astle were there digging lines for their second Rampage competition, the first with a dedicated women's venue, where their lines, drops, jumps, and natural features were all their own. Geo was calm and collected digging late into the night before the final competition day, while Cami had a bit of a rollercoaster heading into comp day. She dislocated her elbow on a drop in practice on Wednesday, drove herself to the hospital, had it re-set, drove back to the venue, and started dropping in to practice runs Thursday morning!

Both Cami and Geo stuck perfect top to bottom runs to start the day, sitting 2nd and 3rd place before an absolutely stunning showing from Robin Goomes took the first spot. Cami and Geo threw down even harder for their second runs of the day, blending no-fall-zone natural drops with huge gaps, with style and amplitude throughout. Geo secured her 2nd podium in as many years with 3rd, and Cami came in tenths of a point behind Geo in 4th, winning the toughness award. Both riders auto-qualify for next year's event.