Brett Rheeder

Brett Rheeder
Personal information
Nationality  Canada
Born February 16, 1993
Mount Albert, Ontario Canada
Sport
Sport Freeride/Slopestyle Mountain Bike
Event(s) X Games, Crankworx, Red Bull Rampage, Red Bull Joyride

Brett Rheeder (born February 16, 1993) is a professional freeride mountain bike rider from Mount Albert, Ontario. Rheeder is a 2013 Munich X-Games Slopestyle Gold Medalist. In 2016 he won the Red Bull Joyride for the first time in his career. He is considered one of the most decorated riders in Slopestyle Mountain biking.

Career

In 2013 he won the first Gold Medal in Slopestyle at the X-Games in Munich,[1] and in 2013 and 2014 he won the Vienna Air King.[2] In 2014 he won the Bearclaw Invitational.[3] In 2015 he won the Munich Mash,[4] and won the first two events in the Crankworx World Tour in Rotorua, New Zealand and Les Deux Alpes, France.[5][6][7]

With Brandon Semenuk and Tom Van Steenburgen, Rheeder is in Trek C3 Project, which came first in the Freeride Mountain Bike Factory Team Rankings in 2015.[8]

Personal

Rheeder is from Mount Albert, Ontario. He originally played hockey, then switched first to cross-country cycling and then to slopestyle.[7]

Sponsors

Rheeder's bike Sponsor is Trek and with Team Trek. His other main sponsors are with Fox Racing and Monster Energy.

References

  1. ↑ L'Heureux, David (June 30, 2013). "Brett Rheeder wins Mountain Bike Slopestyle". X Games. ESPN.
  2. ↑ Desai, Rajiv (April 7, 2014). "Two in two for Rheeder at Vienna Air King". Redbull.com.
  3. ↑ Meyer, Ryan (August 24, 2014). "Top MTB Riders Raise Bar at Bearclaw Slopestyle". Redbull.com.
  4. ↑ "Brett Rheeder wins FMB Diamond Series second round". EuroNews. June 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Hamilton-Irvine, Gary (March 30, 2015). "Crankworx: Brett Rheeder tames slope to win in style". Rotorua Daily Post.
  6. ↑ McKnight, James (July 11, 2015). "Crankworx Les Deux Alpes 2015: Slopestyle Results". Dirt.
  7. 1 2 McNair, Brian (August 5, 2015). "Mount Albert's Brett Rheeder looking for triple crown". Yorkregion.com.
  8. ↑ FMB World Tour (November 18, 2015). "Trek C3 Project: FMB Factory Team Champions 2015". Pinkbike.com (Press release).
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