Livigno and Mottolino Fun Mountain partner up with Nine Knights for five events

The Freeski scene already knows the Mottolino Fun Mountain as the venue for the Nine Knights Freeski event that came to Italy for the first time last April. After the event with the legendary snow castle turned out to be a great success on Fun Mountain, Nine Knights Mountain Bike will complete the Nine Knights family in Livigno.

Graham on Mottolino Fun Mountain © Klaus Polzer
Graham on Mottolino Fun Mountain © Klaus Polzer

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Sickest Contour shots in one epic clip

You’ve seen the highlight clips, the pictures and heard the stories about Andi’s Knights charging the Castle at the top of the Wildkogel mountain. Here is one you may not have seen yet: the official Nine Knights Contour Highlight clip. This beauty is shot 100% with Contour cameras, beginning to end, giving you a completely new perspective on the event you thought you knew by now.

ALL NINE KNIGHTS 2012 CATEGORY WINNERS!

Here is an overview on all Suzuki Nine Knights presented by G-SHOCK category winners:

Athlete categories:

  • Ruler of the week: Anthon Thelander (SWE)
  • Trick of the week: Shervy Pasamonte (SPA/INSANE SUPERMAN)
  • Best Trick on contest day: Yannick Graniere (FRA/BIG FLIP DOUBLEWHIP)
  • Best Line contest day: Martin Söderström (SWE)
  • Highest Hip Air: Kurt Sorge (CAN), Andi Wittmann (GER)
  • Best Whip: Louis Reboul (FRA)
  • Contour Relay Race: Kurt Sorge (CAN), Pierre Edouard Ferry (FRA)

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2012 Foto contest results and images!

This post is a homage to the four invited photographers of Suzuki Nine Knights presented by G-SHOCK.  All of you guys have done an amazing job taking photos and helping us to make the event unforgettable. Thank you so much Stef Candé, Daniel Rönnbäck, Markus Greber and Carlos Blanchard! We owe you big time…

Important: Those shots can only be published on http://www.nineknights.com! They can not be copy pasted to other websites or social media!!!

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Winners of the Contest Day

The sun was beaming as crowds of spectators were admiring the trick fireworks that the Knights at the Wildkogel were throwing down. Some of the world’s best mountain bikers had travelled from ten different nations to the „Wildkogel-Arena Neukirchen Bramberg“ and were set on really sending it one more time for the contest day. At the end of the day, there were several winners; Yannick Granieri (FRA) bagged Best Trick with a huge backflip doublewhip, Martin Söderström (SWE) rode the Best Line, Louis Reboul (FRA) had the Best Whip and host Andi Wittmann shares first place for Best Air with Kurt Sorge (CAN). In a few days the second action clip goes live, so be prepared to be amazed.

The crowd was great, thanks to everyone who joined us!

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