Andreu Lacondeguy
| Andrei Lacondeguy | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Spain |
| Born | January 12, 1989 Barcelona,Spain |
| Current team | YT Industries |
Andreu Lacondeguy is a freeride Mountain biker from Barcelona, Spain, born January 12, 1989. He is a 2013 Munich X-Games bronze medalist in the Mountain Bike Slopestyle event and a Red Bull Rampage Winner in 2014.
Personal
Andreu Lacondeguy grew up in Montseny, near Barcelona, and began Four-Cross racing at the age of 10 and became regional champion; he then moved to BMX and downhill mountain biking racing, and won a contract with Team Maxxis when he was 15.[1] He and his brother Luis, who is also a professional mountain biker, honed their skills in California.[2]
Career
In 2008 he won Crankworx Whistler[3] and also became only the third to land a double backflip on a mountain bike in competition;[1] he was the first to land a backflip from a snow-covered big air ramp.[2] In 2012 he won the Red Bull Berg Line event in Winterberg, In 2013 Lacondeguy earned a Bronze medal in the Munich X-Games Slopestyle event, and in 2014 he won the Red Bull Rampage.[2][4] He came second in 2015. [5]
In 2015, he and Kurt Sorge, Graham Aggasiz, Nico Vink, Makken Haugen and Nick Pescetto launched the Fest series of one-week invitational Freeride meets at locations all around the world.[1]
He has "Love Dirt" tattooed on his fingers.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Mclaws, Malcolm (13 November 2015). "Personality: Andreu Lacondeguy". Dirtrag (Blog). No. 187.
- ^ a b c "Andreu Lacondeguy: Ride for life, live to ride – double or nothing!". Red Bull.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Crankworx 2008: Slooopestyyyle". Big Bike (in French). 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008.
- ^ Vigneron, Peter (15 September 2015). "Inside the Most Dangerous Bike Comp on Earth". Outside.
- ^ "Video: Red Bull Rampage 2015 – Kurt Sorge and Andreu Lacondeguy first and second". Singletrack. 16 October 2015.
External links
- "Andreu Lacondeguy, 'I like to ride ...'". i-mtb (Interview). 19 March 2012.