Ronnie Faisst & Todd Potter both competed in Speed & Style at this weekend’s Salt Lake City, Utah Dew Tour. Taka Higashino came out with Faisst to be his personal wrench and track support.
Both Faisst and Potter put in some time on the track with two solid practices before the final round of Speed & Style. To change things up a bit, Dew Tour added two extra ramps and two extra riders making a total of four battling it out for the podium. Potter was looking really good out on the track and, as always, was throwing down some huge style off the Dew Tour 75 foot ramp section. With Potter training for the upcoming X Fighters contest in Australia, he gave it one hell of a shot out there and was putting in some serious speed out on the track.
The first round kicked off with Ronnie Faisst, Lance Coury, Libor Podmol and Myles Richmond making their way to the starting gate to see who would advance to the finals.
As the bikes revved up and the gates dropped, Faisst took on a huge jump start, taking the whole shot into the first corner, gaining some speed and distance from the rest of the pack.
Faisst crushed the first round, showing fans and judges some serious Speed & Style skills. Ronnie advanced to the next round taking 1st place and next up was Todd Potter.
Potter lined up at the gates and when they dropped, he gunned it for the hole shot and was pinched in the first corner. He started to clear through the double and triple sections, slowly catching up before making his way through the whoops. Potter was throwing out some big tricks for the fans and judges but didn’t manage to advance into the finals. Good job out there Potter!
Faisst was back on the track ready to take on the final round of Dew Tour. Ronnie lined up at the starting gate with Mike Mason, Beau Bamberg, and Brian Foster.
Mike Mason & Faisst had a stand off right out of the gate as Faisst went for the inside and Mason took the corner hole shot. Faisst cleared the next few sections and powered through the whoops giving Mason a run for his money.
Faisst finished up the final round taking second place in the Salt Lake City, Dew Tour Speed & Style contest! Congrats Faisst on your podium finish and Ronnie will be training up for the next stop and final round of Dew Tour in Las Vegas, October 14th – 16th.
Ronnie Faisst has had a busy year between participating in the Nuclear Cowboyz tour, his unfortunate injury (a broken femur), FMX demo’s, filming for Black Friday and taking home a Bronze medal in X Games 17 Speed & Style. Faisst is currently gearing up for this weekend’s Salt Lake City, Utah Dew Tour Speed & Style and he plans on bringing it to the podium. Kick back, catch up with Faisst and check out some of his sick riding skills out on the Mulisha Compound Speed & Style track.
Metal Mulisha’s Jackson Jacko Strong, recently received a X Games 17 Gold Medal for his huge front flip during Best Trick. Since his time off from X Games, Jacko has been hanging out with the team and has also been putting in some serious riding time. Kick back, and see how Jacko, Todd Potter, Wes Agee, Ronnie Faisst, Derek Garland, and Nick Dunne tear it up at the Mulisha Compound. After your done watching the video, take a look at our fresh photogallery and check out some more shots of the team laying it down.
Black Friday, a Metal Mulisha film that will be released this November, is one of our biggest and most bad ass movies ever created. The filming is still going on, and the riding is only getting more insane at each spot…spots like Jackpot Ranch, Ocotillo Wells, Danimal’s, Glamis, Cameron AZ, and the Metal Mulisha Compound. The team is heading to Australia for our last shoot in October, where we will be filming at Cam Sinclair and Jacko’s riding grounds. Kick back and watch this this new trailer we put together, and get pumped for BLACK FRIDAY!
Tonight on Fuel TV, Brian Deegan and Ronnie Faisst will be on the The Daily Habit. Deegan will be talking about all of his recent races and his upcoming fight with Dave Mirra at Ellismania 7. They will talk to Faisst about foam pits and a couple of other Mulisha members about preparing for the apocalypse! Don’t miss out on The Daily Habit on FUEL TV tonight at 11:00PM ET/PT and if you do… they will telecast this show several additional times so be on the lookout.
Ronnie Faisst earned another X Games Medal tonight for himself and the Metal Mulisha team with a hard-earned Moto X Speed & Style Bronze Medal! During this year’s Nuclear Cowboyz Tour, Faisst went down really hard, slamming into an arena wall, and broke his femur. After recovering and getting ready for X Games, he re-injured his leg and even just last week he was unsure if he was going to compete. Well, Faisst is obviously a bad ass, and he battled through the pain and got the job done!
Faisst threw down some solid tricks and rode really fast for coming off an injury so soon. Faisst scored a 91.01, winning a sick battle against Hart. “Because of my injury I came in with no expectations, but stoked I was able to medal!” – Ronnie Faisst. Congrats Faisst!
Following last year’s 10 team medals, the Metal Mulisha is once again bringing its full arsenal to Los Angeles for X Games 17, from July 28 -31. This year, all events will take place in and around place Staples Center, where Mulisha will look to increase its tally of more than 50 medals since 1999.
This year, Metal Mulisha will have seven athletes competing in six events, including Best Trick, Step Up, Best Whip, Rally and BMX. Among the top storylines as Mulisha prepares to continue its long run of success on action sports’ biggest stage:
“The General” Brian Deegan will look to improve on his silver medal in Super Rally with a brand-new custom Ford Fiesta, which features a black, red and white Metal Mulisha tiger shark design. The much anticipated Rally Racing events will take place in Lot 7, outside of Staples Center, on Saturday, July 30th and Sunday, July 31st. Earlier in the week, Deegan will also compete in Step up on Thursday, July 28th.
Todd Potter will have the busiest week of any Mulisha team rider, competing in Best Whip, where he aims to capture a fourth consecutive gold medal, Speed & Style for the first time in his career, and Step Up.
Looking to make a big impact on American audiences, Australia’s Jackson ‘Jacko’ Strong, has been preparing to land the first-ever front flip in competition during this year’s Best Trick event. In 2010, Mulisha rider and fellow Aussie Cam Sinclair won gold with a double backflip, an honor he’s looking to repeat in 2011. The Mulisha team will be missing another one of its family members during X17. Fan favorite and X Games 16 veteran Jeff ‘Ox’ Kargola passed away in April from injuries sustained while riding in Baja, Mexico. Ox will be honored with a tribute video prior to the Step Up competition on Thursday, July 28th. Metal Mulisha riders and fans will also be wearing memorial Ox tees, which are available at www.metalmulisha.com, benefitting the Jeff ‘Ox’ Kargola Fund.
Japanese rider and fan favorite Taka Higashino is riding for his home country this year, which experienced a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March. Taka has been active in recovery efforts for Japan relief, specifically with the local freestyle moto community. In April, Mulisha created a special Taka t-shirt to benefit the Banzai Fund and Red Cross.
X Games veteran Ronnie Faisst, bronze-medal winner in last year’s dramatic Speed & Style final, is looking to increase his medal count, shortly after breaking his femur on the Nuclear Cowboyz tour.
Brandon Dosch, gold medalist in BMX Dirt on the 2010 Dew Tour, will look to have the same success at BMX Park, which kicks off on Thursday, July 28th at the L.A. Live Event Deck.
Mulisha Nation fans can get up-close-and-personal with team riders, who will be signing autographs from Thursday through Sunday, both at the Ford Tent and X Fest in L.A. Live. The brand has also partnered with Ford for an ‘I Win! You Win! competition,‘ where a Mulisha gold medal will win one fan a Mulisha-wrapped Ford Fiesta.
Thursday, July 28
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. BMX Park Elimination
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Moto Step-Up Final
5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Moto X Best Whip
6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Moto X Best Trick
Friday, July 29
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Moto X Freestyle, Round 1
5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Moto X Freestyle Final // STAPLES Center
Saturday, July 30
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. BMX Park, Round 1// Event Deck, L.A. Live
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. BMX Park, Round 1// Event Deck, L.A. Live
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Rally Car Racing Final// Lot 7
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Moto X Speed and Style Final// STAPLES Center
Sunday, July 31
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. RallyCross Final // Lot 7
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. BMX Street, Round 1 and Final// Event Deck, L.A. Live
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Moto X Enduro, Round 1 and Last Chance Qualifier// STAPLES Center
7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Moto X Enduro, Final// STAPLES Center
Metal Mulisha autograph signings:
Thursday, July 28th: 11:00AM-12:00PM @ Ford Tent (L.A. Live)
Friday, July 29th: 1-2PM @ Ford Tent (L.A. Live)
Friday, July 29th: 3:15-3:45 @ X Fest
Saturday, July 30th: 1-2PM @ Ford Tent (L.A. Live)
Here is the lineup of riders invited to the 2011 X Games 17.Metal Mulisha is gunning for nothing but gold in every event! The X Games list was recently updated so here is the new official line up of riders for Metal Mulisha.
Make sure to root-on the crew and join the Mulisha Nation in Los Angeles July 28 – July 31st, 2011! You can check out the line up of riders below as it will constantly be updated and subject to change. For more information and ticket sales on this years X Games 17 visit ESPN.com.
