Red Bull Hardline 2024 is happening this weekend and the excitement is building for the toughest and arguably the best downhill mountain bike event on the planet. After Red Bull Hardline 2023 was canceled due to adverse weather, and this year also being the event's 10th anniversary, the Dan Atherton-designed track has seen the 2.3km course being taken up a level, and it has undergone some major changes for this weekend's event.
The new Canyon Gap is the standout feature and is quite an incredible site to see, measuring 70ft across with a reported 100ft+ drop down to the rocks and river below. Anyone who has seen the jaw-dropping footage of test riders Bernard Kerr, Matt Jones and Jim Monro would have viewed it with amazement and total respect for these guys who were the first over this previously untested jump. It also appeared to have very little in the way of safety coverage, with just a few crash mats placed at the bottom of the drop.
