Kurt Sorge puts his Sasquatch training to good use at Rampage. Picture by Christian Pondella/Red Bull Content Pool

JCW, February 13, 2013 — 09:50am

How do you win Red Bull Rampage? Train like a sasquatch!

We haven’t featured any of Red Bull’s Mountain Bike Chronicles on ChopMTB before because the episodes tend to be pretty long and drawn out, and frankly, the commentary makes us want to cut our own ears off! But this Red Bull Rampage special is well worth a watch.

There’s some wince-inducing footage of Cam Zink and Brandon Semenuk’s crashes but the main focus is on this year’s winner Kurt Sorge, with a look at his background and preparations, including some pretty full-on bigfoot-inspired training! We’re not sure what the section on North Shore freeriding is doing there but hey, it’s a good excuse to rerun some classic footage.