Slaw Dog
The sport of freeride motocross is all about progression and breaking new ground — so it’s only right that the competition at Red Bull Imagination 4.0 follows suit. Enter, the freeride draft — team captains Robbie Maddison and Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg faced off and made their picks to build 5-rider teams to compete head-to-head in 5 competition categories that embody the spirit of freeride. That is, after a coin flip (or two) from head judge Steven Haughelstine.
Watch Maddo and Twitch draft their teams, selecting riders like Tyler Bereman, Julien Vanstippen and Patrick Evans, before the teams returned to the Red Bull Imagination course for their final practice sessions. These sessions were all about strategy and precision, identifying which rider would compete in each category and maximizing practice time on specific parts of the challenging Red Bull Imagination 2023 course. And the sessions brought out the highs and lows of the complex and demanding sport that is freeride motocross — including a heart-wrenching crash on one of the course’s longest jumps. But, as always, the incredibly community spirit of freeriders propelled the competitors together to accomplish incredible feats to cap off practice, including a massive jump of over 180 feet (55 meters) by Tyler Bereman.
Sit in on the draft, get to know Team Maddo and Team Twitch, and settle in for the end of practice sessions — full of huge freeride motocross jumps, whips, nac nacs, backflips and more — at Red Bull Imagination 4.0.
Stay tuned to watch the full competition show on Sunday, October 8!
