Brandon Semenuk Explained

Brandon Semenuk
Birth Date:2 February 1991
Birth Place:Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Height:6inchesft1inchesin (ftin)
Weight:176lb
Currentteam:Trek
Discipline:Freestyle Mountain Bikes
Role:Freestyle
Ridertype:Slopestyle, Freeride

Brandon Semenuk (born 2 February 1991) is a Canadian freeride mountain biker and rally racer 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, X-Games Real MTB Gold Medalist (2021), and X-Games Silver medalist (2013) in the Mountain Bike Slopestyle event. He won the Red Bull Rampage in 2008, 2016, 2019 and 2021 – the first person to win Rampage four times. He is known to be "always emulated, never imitated" and is known as one of the best slopestyle/freeride mountain bikers in history. Semenuk won the 2022 and 2023 American Rally Association National championship.[1]

Early life and early career

Semenuk grew up in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, 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] [7] and 2017,[8] and is a four-time Redbull Rampage winner, being the only 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.[9] [10] 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.[11] He earned his first professional rally win on 5 October 2020, at the Missouri Show-Me Rally.[12] On 15 October 2022, Semenuk became the 2022 American Rally Association presented by Dirtfish National Champion.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evans . David . 2023-07-20 . Is there more to come from ARA's new double champion? . 2023-11-05 . DirtFish . en-US.
  2. News: Seb . Kemp . Brandon Semenuk: Where did the robot from the future come from? . Dirt . February 2012 . 13 January 2016 . 10 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910020553/https://dirtmountainbike.com/features/interviews/brandon-semenuk-robot-future-come.html#2B7UCjYDF4wXomRJ.97 . dead .
  3. Web site: Kokanee Crankworx 2011 Red Bull Joyride - Replay . Extreme.com . 13 January 2016.
  4. News: Brice . Minnigh . Gallery: 2013 Crankworx Red Bull Joyride Recap: Brandon Semenuk triumphs in dramatic do-or-die dual for the title . Bike . 18 August 2013 .
  5. News: Brice . Minnigh . Video and Photos: 2014 Red Bull Joyride highlights: Brandon Semenuk throws down the first-ever Joyride hat trick . Bike . 16 August 2014 .
  6. Web site: Seetoh . Lang . 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 . 17 August 2015 .
  7. News: Gary . Kingston . Brandon Semenuk digs up winning Joyride in Whistler's Bone Yard . . 16 August 2015 . 27 January 2019 . 9 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180909073814/http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/brandon+semenuk+digs+winning+joyride+whistler+bone+yard/11294701/story.html . dead .
  8. Web site: Watch: The Winning Run at Red Bull Joyride - Crankworx Whistler 2017. pinkbike.com. Pinkbike. 22 August 2017.
  9. News: Brion . O'Connor . Mountain biker Brandon Semenuk's unReal video: Long shot pays off . . 13 August 2015 .
  10. Web site: Mountain biker Brandon Semenuk's unreal ride captured in one shot . Stuff.co.nz . 27 July 2015 .
  11. Web site: Brandon Semenuk Signs With Subaru Motorsports USA To Race Rally Cars Alongside Travis Pastrana . pinkbike.com . 14 October 2020.
  12. Web site: Subaru scores 1-2 victory at show-me rally; Brandon Semenuk takes first U.S. win. boxscorenews.com. 14 October 2020.
  13. Web site: Semenuk wins his first ARA title. dirtfish.com.com. 15 October 2022.

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