The Sickest Bikepark Line Ever?

When the guys began designing the new track, they wanted a super fun trail that anyone could ride, and that everyone could progress on. They wanted to build a line on which riders can test themselves and improve, but that is still on a track that is built for incremental progress. You don’t have to go from the little table straight to the road gap. They also wanted to build a trail that tweaked some familiar features and might give riders a fresh perspective. Take for example our humble bermed turn. While, it’s true, some of the turns on the Vink line fulfill all of the speed scrubbing re-directing duties of any normal berm in the world, some of these berms are wall-riding monsters with near pants-shitting g-outs. Even the expected features are delightfully maniacal on this family-friendly/test-pilot worthy adventure.

So take the lift up, put on your grown up pants, close your eyes and GO. But first, take a minute to allow Nico, VinnyT, and Kristof to show you exactly what the Vink line is all about.

“I’m super happy to get the chance of building a line like this in one of Europe’s most respected resorts. I really appreciate that Châtel trust us to build our vision of a bikepark line and to share it with the people riding bikes. I would like to thank my buddy Kristof Lenssens, who built the line with me and Ben Walker, who created the opportunities. Personally, it’s one of the funniest lines I’ve ever ridden. It’s a nice mix of jumps, berms and line choices. The first laps we did with Kristof and Vinny where so much fun, we were screaming and laughing all the way down. You feel like you need to pull out to rest but you’re having so much fun it’s impossible to stop and you end up doing full laps all the time” Nico Vink

Video filmed and edited by Shaperideshoot.
Music: Outlaw by Luke Atencio, licensed through Musicbed.
Text by Mike Sakas.