After this weekend's victory at the Bearclaw Invitational, Brandon Semenuk has locked up the 2nd ever FMB crown earlier than expected. Even though the Red Bull District Ride coming up next is a diamond event, nobody can catch Semenuk. There is still a lot that can unfold at the District Ride. How will the rest of the top 10 shape up? Can Semenuk put together a "perfect season", meaning can all 5 events which contribute to his FMB score be victories? Regardless, one thing is certain, Brandon Semenuk is your 2011 FMB Champion.
Here are shots of Semenuk from his road to winning the 2011 FMB crown (and a cool €10,000)
Jump Ship in Victoria, B.C. (1st Place)
Brandon Semenuk. This will be Brandon's first event of the 2011 FMB World Tour and he's here to get some points on the board before heading to 26 Trix in Austria next week.
Brandon Semenuk with his Trek Ticket.
Gulevich, Montgomery, Semenuk, Chubey and Groves - Jump Ship Poidium.
26 Trix in Leogang, Austria
Sam, Brandon and Andeau - 26 Trix Best Trick Podium.
Claymore Challenge at Highland Park, USA (1st Place)
Semenuk opposite 3 drop. Photo by ExiTwelve.Pinkbike.com
Chatel Mountain Style in France (4th Place)
360, X up off drop. Photo by thomasrigardcerison.pinkbike.com
Another angle, this time by alpinuss.pinkbike.com
1. Cam Zink 2. Antoine Bizet 3. Kurt Sorge 4. Brandon Semenuk 5. Kyle Strait - Chatel Mountain Style Podium
Red Bull Joyride at Kokanee Crankworx, Whistler, BC (1st Place)
Brandon Semenuk getting dressed for a day in the park.
Brandon Semenuk during the Red Bull Joyride event in Whistler BC on July 23, 2011
Fist pumping for 1ST place. Photo by stupendousman.pinkbike.com
Zink, Semenuk and Messere - Red Bull Joyride Podium at Kokanee Crankworx.
Crankworx Colorado (2nd Place)
Brandon Semenuk, Cam McCaul and Sam Pilgrim - Crankworx Colorado Podium.
Not on the top spot, but earning very valuable points at this event.
Bearclaw Invitational, Mount Washington, BC (1st Place)
Brandon and his Trek Slope Style Killing Machine.
Brandon Semenuk whipping huge on the last jump.
Brandon, clicking it inward off the boner log.
The Podium, left to right, Anthony Messere 2nd, Brandon Semenuk 1st, Darren Berrecloth 3rd.
Brandon's win at the Bearclaw Invitational gives him the points needed to be the FMB Overall Points leader and winner for the 2011 season.
The next stop for the FMB World Tour will be the Red Bull District Ride in Nuremberg, Germany from September 9-10th, 2011.
A freind is a Trek dealer and he is right now at the Trek HQ at some dealerconventionthing. So i made him ask for the slopestylebike and when they release that. Here its what he texted me back "That model does exist in Erope only. The Trek guys told me to keep asking for it so maybe they would bring it to the states." And when you look at the German Trek homepage (i'm German so i just looked that up), they have several tickets on the German/European market. Living in the States now doesn't really help me to get a slopestyle fullsuspension tho...
I work at a Trek shop. I just took a look at our Trek Dealer website and looks like there is nothing about a slope-style bike so far with their 2012 bike. What really makes me sad is so far Trek doesn't have a 2012 Scratch uploaded yet, granted they are still adding to the list daily which means a slope-styler bike isn't out of the picture. I just hope Trek isn't discontinuing the bike of the century, the Trek Scratch, for some wimpier trail riding bike known as "the Slash." Don't get me wrong, the Slash will be an awesome trail riding bike but it sure aint a bike park bike.. Why didn't they just swap out the Remedy for the Slash?
What a year for Trek! Mens and Womens World Cup Downhill and a Free ride champ! That is going to be hard to live up to next year. Good job to the managers that sourced the talent, and congrats to the Talent too!
Lets not forget the engineers and everyone else that make the Trek bikes great!
Check out the new Trek Slash (just don't google it - you will see what I mean...!) its a replacement for the Scratch. It doesn't look far off the 'remedy' these guys are riding and you can go buy it later this year from your local Trek dealer (provided you have between £3400 and £5000). Great riding from all the Trek team this year, the other factory teams are going to have to step it up for 2012, lets hope they do as this kind of progression push mountain biking further and further.
Sorry, this is probably a pretty stupid question, but isnt bearclaw invitational... an invitational? So riders who arent invited dont have the chance to gain any points to add to their overall score? Kinda sucks for the lower down riders who didnt get invited...
If they didn't get invited it's not like it was impossible for them to win the title. And he invited the riders he did because he sees them as mountain bikers. Not guys on hard tails tripple whipping a 10 foot gap.
Tyler was invited. He got hurt. And Yes actually I'm saying martin is a trick robot. Have you ever seen him ride downhill or anything other than a hartail on a skatepark or dirtjumps? That's bmx buddy.
@ trekiscool: your an ignorant idiot. martin can throw bigger whips and scrubs on his dh rig than you might think. heres a good video showing he can do anything. http://www.redbull.tv/Mountainbike-Chronicles/Mountainbike-Chronicles-s01e4 . but i admit it would be cool seeing him at a big mountain event. Just like pilgrim. he showed us that he can rip it on is 100mm slopebike at chatel mountainstyle where everyone else has a minimum of 160mm. And i can tell that the course there is pretty gnarly
How much would top 3 be making compared to other sports? Seems like most of these pros can afford to train and compete full time with no "other" jobs, compared to 10-15 years ago. With contest money, sponsorships etc. would they be making 50-100K?? Top BMX and skateboarders probably make 10x what these guys make with sponsorships, I would guess.
Because Zink already has 5 events counting for his score. So if Zink wins, his lowest score will be removed from his current score so the most he can 'add' to his total is about 700-800,.
I was wondering this too it is a diamond event, maybe Zink is hurt and cant compete, either way Semenuk could come 10th and still have enough points to beat him even if Zink took the win.
Given the exchange rate and the totals you can see in the photo's above, plus the 10k Euro for the FMB win, add in Red Bull and Trek sponsorship and he's probably pulled in closer to $120k this year. Not bad given where the sport was 7 or 8 years ago. He should give 1% to Berrecloth for making the sport what it is today.
Grundles open your eyes. There are a lot more riders who helped make the sport what it is today. The claw has done a considerable amount but guys like Brett Tippie and all the vets shaped this sport in the begging. It's not just one rider who makes this sport what it is today, it's all of us.
Brandon Semenuk. This will be Brandon's first event of the 2011 FMB World Tour and he's here to get some points on the board before heading to 26 Trix in Austria next week. 
