The downhill is an extreme sport that emerged in the 60s in
the mountains of Marin, California. People throwed with their
mountain bikes down the hills becoming the first Downhillers.
From that, the sport has evolved so much in materials and
riders. Riders have designed their bikes for 50 years, since
the decade of 60 to get this result:
• The first competition was in 1990 in the mountains of
Mammoth and could see progress in the level of the people.
Now, the riders has trained hard for a long time and the level
is very high. Sam Hill, world champion, train hard since age
11 to record these results.
• The equipment is
nearly complete body.
you need a good bike,
prepared for the big
hits and a hard
structure. The motive
is that it is a hard sport
and the suspensions of
these bikes are very
strong. Apart from the
bike, you need to
protect yourself. For
this, you need a good
helmet and pads.
•
Gee Atherton is my favorite
rider because he is excellent in
competitions and he wins the
darling of the crowd. Gee is a
record holder and between other
titles, he is the world champion
of bike downhill. Gee has
practice the sport since he was
15 and he wants to continue
doing it for 5 years. He has
jumped for two years on the
Red Bull Rampage but he hasn't
won any medal on this modality.
The las year, in New Zealand,
he compete on a important race
and the tickets sold out totally.
Afterwards, he won the
champioship and picked up the
trophy. Since he started in this
sport, he has won some medals
and he has hold a record in
2006 at the UCI of France.