{"id":19333,"date":"2015-09-09T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2015\/09\/09\/suzuki-nine-nights-stand-out-riders-r3464\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:25:40","slug":"suzuki-nine-nights-stand-out-riders-r3464","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/suzuki-nine-nights-stand-out-riders-r3464\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzuki Nine Nights: Stand out riders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Suzuki Nine Knights freeride event took place last week in Livigno, Italy. While any rider who can complete the Nine Knights course is impressive, there were those that did it with more flare than others. Here’s my pick of the stand out riders from the 2015 Suzuki Nine Knights.<\/p>\n

Peter Henke (GER)<\/h2>\n

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Peter Henke was the man to beat throughout the week. He walked away with the overall “Ruler of the Week” award and the top spot in the contest “Full Line” category. The two big titles of the event.<\/p>\n

Most riders decided to go with their big bikes, Henke (and few others) stuck to his craft and road his Canyon Stitch 720 slopestyle bike. This worked well, allowing him to out perform the big bikes with more technical tricks in the contest run.<\/p>\n

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Not only did Henke perform well on the bike, he also lived up to his own #PartyHenke tagline, which is an impressive feat considering the selection of distinguished partiers on the Nine Knights roster.<\/p>\n

Diego Caversaszi (ITA)<\/h2>\n

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Italian rider Diego Caversaszi thrived on the bigger features of the Nine Knights course in front of his home crowd. To top the podium in the “Best Castle Section” category, Diego backflipped the top castle drop (a drop few riders even attempted) and then pulled off a jaw dropping backflip bar spin to tailwhip. Diego on the his winning run: “I was a little scared about the huge drop, but I just turned my brain off and dropped in. The rest was not a big deal!”<\/p>\n

Nicholi Rogatkin (USA)<\/h2>\n

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Nicholi charged hard on his downhill bike. The young American landed a cork 720 and a cashroll (apparently a first on a downhill bike). These tricks sealed the “Best Trick on Big Bike” award for him. Take a look at both tricks in the videos below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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