New Zealander lands two Backflips to win for the second straight time at the crown jewel of freeride mountain biking contests, delivering a standout performance on Utah’s desert cliffs.
VIRGIN, UTAH – October 17, 2025 – Red Bull Rampage is the premier big mountain freeride event and one of the toughest action sports competitions in the world. A contest that tests creativity, control, and courage on the most demanding terrain on Earth. The 2025 edition continued the event’s evolution with the second women’s competition on the legendary cliffs of southwest Utah, where riders faced raw sandstone ridgelines and near-vertical chutes in a showcase of power, precision, and progression.
Defending champion Robin Goomes (New Zealand) made it two wins from two appearances at the second women’s edition of Red Bull Rampage on Friday, October 17, delivering a standout run featuring two Backflips on a highly exposed line that secured her place in freeride history, as the world’s top female mountain bikers carved creative newlines and redefined what’s possible on the cliffs of southwest Utah.
Often dubbed the Super Bowl of mountain biking, Red Bull Rampage 2025 marks a new era for the event, expanding into two adrenaline-filled days of competition: the women’s event on Friday, October 17, and the men’s event on Sunday, October 19, streamed live on RedBull TV and the Red Bull Bike YouTube channel.
Key Facts
Event: Red Bull Rampage 2025 – Women’s Competition
Date: Friday, October 17, 2025
Location: Virgin, Utah, USA – Southwest Utah’s rugged desert cliffs
Winner: Robin Goomes (New Zealand) 89.50 points
Runner-Up: Hannah Bergemann (United States) 89.33 points
Third Place: Georgia Astle (Canada) 87.66 points
Competition Format: Invite-only event where riders build and ride their own line, scored by judges on difficulty, execution, flow, amplitude, and tricks
Broadcast: Both events live on Red Bull TV and the Red Bull Bike YouTube channel
Women’s Event: Friday, October 17 at 10:30am MT(18:30CEST)
Men’s Event: Sunday, October 19 at 10:30am MT (18:30 CEST)
Women’s Competition
The 2025 Women’s Red Bull Rampage marked another defining moment in freeride history as the world’s top female mountain bikers returned to Utah’s iconic sandstone cliffs for the sport’s biggest stage.
Held on the 2014–15 venue – the same landscape that hosted Red Bull Formation in 2019 and 2022 – the women’s event built on the foundation that helped establish female freeride at the highest level. Returning riders such as Hannah Bergemann and Harriet Burbidge-Smith were joined by a new generation of athletes ready to carve their own lines and push progression further.
“This terrain has so much opportunity for creative riding,” said HannahBergemann. “It’s amazing to see how far women’s freeride has come, andto be part of this second Red Bull Rampage women’s competition feels surreal.”
Each competitor and their two-person dig team spent several days sculpting creative, technical lines using only hand tools – a process that tested precision and imagination as much as strength. When finals day arrived, riders faced exposed ridgelines, massive step-downs, and sheer chutes in runs that demanded both control and commitment.
The seven riders who dropped in for finals took the level up considerably compared to the first year’s competition, both in terms of the lines built and the riding they delivered. Despite some last minute changes to their lines for winner Robin Goomes and runner-up Hannah Bergemann, both delivered massive performances on their first runs that locked in their 1–2 finishes.
Riding an exposed top line that featured the only natural scree chute, defending champion Goomes added in two Suicide No-Handers offdrops, a Crankflip and two Backflips during her opening run to score 89.50 points from the judges – a score that none of her rivals could match and made heronly the second back-to-back winner of Red Bull Rampage after recordmen’s winner Brandon Semenuk.
Making her Red Bull Rampage debut after missing the 2024 event through injury, Bergemann took over the injured Vaea Verbeeck’s incredibly exposed top line at the last minute and handled the big chutes and drops with cool precision. She then Backflipped a big double jump further downthe course to come up just short of Goomes’s winning score, but the 89.33from the judges handed her a first Red Bull Rampage podium.
Bergemann was unanimously voted the winner of the athlete-voted McGazza Spirit Award. Riders noted that she always maintained a positive attitude and high stoke during the event.
The battle for third place pitched the calm precision of last year’s runner-upGeorgia Astle against the attacking agression of Argentina’s Cami Nogueira and despite Nogueira sending her drops farther than anyone, a No-Handeron the last big drop into the finish arena just put Astle on the podium forthe second year in a row with 87.66 points to 87.33.
After dislocating her elbow in a crash during training and losing a day of practice, Nogueira’s commitment in finals was even more impressive and she was awarded the BFGoodrich Tires Toughness Award as a result while Red Bull Rampage rookie Kirsten Van Horne grabbed the Utah Sports Commission Best Trick Award for her gutsy Suicide No-Hander on her bigdrop.
Athlete Quotes
Robin Goomes – 1st place: “I was really proud of my first run. The main goal is to ride your run well. Obviously, I wanted to win, but all you can do is ride your best and if you can do that, you have a good chance.”
Hannah Bergemann – 2nd place: “The score was so tight I felt like I needed to try any little thing to change the score. I’m still so happy with how I rode and how everyone rode. My goal is completed and it’s a cherry on top to be on the podium.”
Georgia Astle – 3rd Place: “I’m so relieved for all of the girls. We all got two runs in. There was no wind and I’m hyped for us. I was excited to get through my second run.”
About Red Bull Rampage
Red Bull Rampage is the world’s premier big-mountain freeride competition. First held in 2001 in Virgin, Utah, it challenges the world’s best riders to build and ride their own lines down some of the planet’s most rugged desert terrain.
Each year, athletes are judged on difficulty, execution, flow, amplitude, and creativity, making Red Bull Rampage the ultimate test of skill, imagination, and courage on two wheels. Set against Utah’s iconic sandstone cliffs, it has become the benchmark for progression in mountain biking, a proving ground where innovation, artistry, and athleticism collide.
The 2025 event celebrates another major milestone for women’s freeride, expanding into two days of high-adrenaline action that honour both the pioneers and the next generation of riders.
Watch the Action
The debut women’s Red Bull Rampage competition is now available to watch in full on Red Bull TV and the Red Bull Bike YouTube channel. Relive every run, every line, and every groundbreaking moment that redefined what’s possible in freeride mountain biking.
Next up: the world’s top male freeride athletes take on the Utah desert for the men’s Red Bull Rampage finals on Sunday, October 19, live at 10:30am MT (18:00 CEST). Don’t miss history in the making as the next chapter of big-mountain freeride unfolds.
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