The old boys!

While I've been on a cabin-trip with Bergen Student-television, two important races went down this weekend. The latter one being a lot bigger than the first. It was all about crowning champions, with both the Norwegian and the World DH Champs being arranged. While the Norwegian riders fought on slippery and technical terrain in Oslo, the big international riders had to put both power and skills into it to claim the win at the rocky track at Mt. Stromlo in Canberra, Oz.

At the end of the day the young riders weren't cabable of outdoing the "old guns". Emil Carlson won in Oslo, once again proving why he is regarded as one of Norways most capable downhill mtb'ers. He was the man to beat at the end of the 90s, and he still is. He's an awesome mountainbiker, and a great inspiration to us younger riders. To read more, visit terrengsykkel.no.

On the other side of the globe, and a little before Emil claimed his crown, the man who's claimed most world cup wins finally got the long awaitet title as world champion. Steve Peat has been riding and racing world's since the mid-nineties, winning several world cup titles. But never a world championship. This time, it was finally his to claim.
For those who don't know who Steve Peat is, the best way to describe him would be as a downhill legend. He might be one of the main reasons why british riders are so good at DH, having supported and trained younger riders while he has still been focusing 110% on his own career as well. I think he might possibly be the most important downhill rider of all times.
If I could spend a day riding with one of the wc-contenders, Steve would be the one. So stoked for his win!

To read more about worlds and about Peaty's win, visit dirtmag.

Here is a video summary of the WC in Canberra made by DirtTV.


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And Peat's segment from Seasons



And yeah, this text certainly contained the word "claim" alot.