Red Bull Roller Coaster 2018

On Thursday it all started with the national qualification. 16 German riders had been invited to get two tickets for the semifinals. In the end it were Tyler Edtmayer and Jan Hoffmann who took the lead. Jan, however, gave up the finals and since third-placed Alex Ullmann had injured himself when he was badly thrown off the water gap, fourth-placed Lenni Janssen was given the chance.

Already on Friday the competition started with the qualification to find the ten finalists consisting of the nine best riders plus the best rider of the three invited ladies (Nora Vasconcellos, Candy Jacobs and Fabiana Delfino). There was also a best-trick contest at the watergap, where the whole crowd jumped over the mini-megaramp for 45 minutes, as if it was an air show.

On Saturday you finally had to go all in, cause each of the ten riders only had two runs. Three bails and you were out and actually a stay-on run was highly recommended, if it should work with the podium. The only one who succeeded with a lot of style for a long time was Curren Caples. But just like the World Cup game that followed the final, the decision was made at the last second. First Danny Leon fired a banger run and finally Jake Ilardi completely destroyed the ramp. Cab heelflip indy grab in the giant wall and bigspin frontboard simply combined in a row earned him 99 points and first place.