Hot news directly from Rasolution - Vienna, Austria, April 6th, The best dirt jumpers from all over Europe, the United States and Australia celebrated the beginning of the contest season during the Vienna Air King on April 4th and 5th. The 19 year old Swedish young gun Martin Söderström pulled some insane moves to WIN!
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The conditions were just perfect on the first weekend of April. It was not only sunny and warm, but the dirt track and its big sized doubles were also great shaped by the course designer and local Andi Brewi. Martin Söderström had a lot of pressure on his third run since he blew the first two runs. But he was rocking in his last run: a clean 360 at the step down, double tailwhip at the first jump, followed by a 360 on the second, and a bar spin on the third set, as well as a 540 at the quarter pipe. That's what a winning run should look like, well-deserved, Martin took home 2.500 Euros of prize money and a Panasonic cam.
Congratulations Martin!!! To win at an event of this level is mindblowing! And we must not forget Bartek "Pope" Obukowicz, who not only qualified to the finals, but took a very good 8th position overall. Good job!! The final results were:
1st Martin Söderström (SWE) NS Bikes
2nd Amir Kabbani (GER) Cannondale
3rd Paul Basagoitia (USA) Kona
4th Sam Pilgrim (GBR) Diamondback
5th Lance McDermott (GBR) Scott
6th Thomas Zejda (CZE) Horsefeathers
7th Sam Reynolds (GBR) DMR
8th Bartosz Obukowicz (POL) NS Bikes
9th Andi Wittmann (GER) Giant
10th Linus Sjöholm (SWE) Scott
Martin also came 3rd in the "Best Trick" Competition...
1st Paul Basagoitia (USA) Kona
2nd Lance McDermott (GBR) Scott
3rd Martin Söderström (SWE) NS Bikes
Both NS riders were on their brand new Majesty frames, kitted out with all the new 2009 NS gear. A big thank you from all of the NS crew back at the office!
