Brandon Semenuk
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 February 1991 Whistler, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Trek |
| Discipline | Freestyle Mountain Bikes |
| Role | Freestyle |
| Rider type | Slopestyle, Freeride |
Brandon Semenuk is a Canadian freeride mountain biker from Whistler, British Columbia. Semenuk is a three-time Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour Gold Medalist. He is a five-time Red Bull Joyride winner, a 2013 Munich X-Games Silver medalist in the Mountain Bike Slopestyle event, and a 2008, 2016 and 2019 Red Bull Rampage winner - the 2nd person to win Rampage three-times. He is known to be "always emulated, never imitated" and is known as one of the best freeride mountain bikers in history.
Early life and early career
Semenuk grew up in Whistler, British Columbia,[1] where he started out in cross-country cycling, competing in the BC Cup for the first time at the age of 9. He also competed in Four-Cross early in his career. At the age of 15, while riding his local jumps, Semenuk's talent was spotted by Andrew Shandro. Shortly thereafter, Shandro offered Semenuk a professional contract with Trek[2]
Career
He won silver in Slopestyle at the X-Games Munich in 2013. He won the Red Bull Joyride in 2011,[3] and also in 2013,[4] 2014,[5] 2015[6][1] and 2017,[7] and is a three-time Redbull Rampage winner, being only the 2nd athlete to accomplish this feat. For the 2015 mountain bike movie unReal, he was filmed in a one shot segment that went viral on the internet.[8][9] Semenuk has also been interested in rally driving since a young age, and as of April 2020, was welcomed to the Subaru Motorsports rally team alongside Travis Pastrana. [10] He earned his first professional rally win on 5 October 2020, at the Missouri Show-Me Rally. [11]
Notes
References
- ^ a b Kingston, Gary (16 August 2015). "Brandon Semenuk digs up winning Joyride in Whistler's Bone Yard". The Vancouver Sun.
- ^ Kemp, Seb (February 2012). "Brandon Semenuk: Where did the robot from the future come from?". Dirt.
- ^ "Kokanee Crankworx 2011 Red Bull Joyride - Replay". Extreme.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ Minnigh, Brice (18 August 2013). "Gallery: 2013 Crankworx Red Bull Joyride Recap: Brandon Semenuk triumphs in dramatic do-or-die dual for the title". Bike.
- ^ Minnigh, Brice (16 August 2014). "Video and Photos: 2014 Red Bull Joyride highlights: Brandon Semenuk throws down the first-ever Joyride hat trick". Bike.
- ^ Lang, Seetoh (17 August 2015). "Watch Semenuk's Winning Run at Red Bull Joyride: Brandon Semenuk conquers the pressure in style at Red Bull Joyride at Crankworx Whistler". Redbull.com.
- ^ "Watch: The Winning Run at Red Bull Joyride - Crankworx Whistler 2017". pinkbike.com. Pinkbike. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ O'Connor, Brion (13 August 2015). "Mountain biker Brandon Semenuk's unReal video: Long shot pays off". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Mountain biker Brandon Semenuk's unreal ride captured in one shot". Stuff.co.nz. 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Brandon Semenuk Signs With Subaru Motorsports USA To Race Rally Cars Alongside Travis Pastrana". pinkbike.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Subaru scores 1-2 victory at show-me rally; Brandon Semenuk takes first U.S. win". boxscorenews.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.