X-Games Munich 2013 Slopestyle winner Brett Rheeder, 20-year-old Canadian, born and raised in Queensvile Ontario, has been riding a bike since he was a little kid. At the age of 16, he started entering various competitions. A few noticeable achievements before X-Games include a decent 11th place in the Claymore Challenge in 2011 where he also competed one year after finishing second.
"My father run a demolition company, so it was easy for me to get my hands on materials from which I was able to build my own ramps", Brett recalls. Like many other starting bikers, Bret worked in a local bike shop, developing knowledge of bikes. Brett has also taken liking for the extreme, getting involved in motocross and snowboarding. You can definitely see an influence of these sports in his MTB skills; he flies high, do bigger and better tricks such as Cork 720, his favourite trick.
People who met or worked with him say he is an inspiring person with a drive and skills to make his ideas a reality. Well, we have no choice but to agree. In a collaboration with Sony's Action Cam he proves that even ordinary objects can turn into something extraordinary. Garbage cans, parking lots, fences, soccer fields, delivery trucks... To most people, there is only one purpose to these mundane objects: to do what their names intend. But Brett Rheeder is not most people. With the help of a few ramps and a delivery truck to transport them all, Rheeder transformed the streets of the city and the ordinary objects within it into his own personal playground.
And what was the most difficult spot he challenged during the shooting of the Airs and Alleys edit?
“For me, the fence hop into the grass bank was the most intimidating move. As I said in the video, usually when you hit a six-foot lip, you’re landing on an eight foot landing. In this case, the fence was 12 feet tall and the total gap from jump to grass hill was about 25 feet, which was pretty hard to judge. Luckily it went smooth the three times I hit it," says Brett.
