Makken ‘Mads’ Haugen pulls a Superman seat grab. Picture by Flo Breitenberger

JCW, August 28, 2012 — 15:01pm

Nine Knights MTB 2012 – Sliced & diced

This weekend’s Suzuki Nine Knights MTB slopestyle comp was a right royal spectacle. Now the dust has settled, here are our highlights…

1 Seeing triple

Norwegian wildcard entry Olav Fjaere came agonisingly close to landing the world’s first backflip triple whip. In the end it was France’s Yannick Granieri who bagged the Best Trick award with a huge backflip double whip.

Yannick Granieri bagged Best Trick with a huge backflip double whip. Picture by Flo Breitenberger

Olav's flip triple whip attempt was a real crowd pleaser but Yannick's clean execution secured him the Best Trick prize. Picture by Flo Breitenberger

Yannick Granieri knew he'd put down a good run. Picture by Flo Breitenberger

Yannick celebrates his winning run. Picture by Flo Breitenberger

You’ll have to wait for the Nine Knights highlights edit to drop to see Olav’s flip triple whip, but you can watch him practising it at the end of his video CV:

Source: “Wanna be a Knight” submission – Olav Fjære

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