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Lluis and
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August 2006 - The Lacondeguy brothers sign with rasoulution’s athlete management program
Lluis and Andreu Lacondeguy are the Spanish brothers who conquered the freeride world in 2006. Their performances at major Slopestyle and DJ comps were so wild this year that Derek Westerlund made sure they get a segment in his upcoming 16mm freeride movie “Flying High Again.”
In August 2006 rasoulution and the Lacondeguy family agreed in Barcelona that from now on rasoulution will manage the 19-year old Lluis and his 17-year old brother Andreu.
Lluis Lacondeguy getting a better view of the peaks. Photo ~ Markus Greber
Mountain biking has changed dramatically over the past few years. Dirt jump contests and slopestyle events are getting more and more popular and the public gets to experience the sport from a different perspective - one that is more extreme and marketable than ever before.
Until recently most freeride talent came from the USA and Canada but this year some key European athletes entered contests as rookies and emerged as solid contenders.
Lluis and Andreu started racing BMX when at an early age. Soon they switched to DH racing and had a couple of good results in the national series. For the past two years the Catalan brothers have become obsessed with dirt jumping and freeriding.
In May 2006 they came to Linz to ride at the Austrian King of Dirt (AKOD). Despite not winning they were the talk of the comp. Andreu pulled a backflip-tailwhip and Lluis showed these crazy nothing-seatgraps and nothing-to no-foot Can-cans. Then they arrived in Leogang, Austria for Europe's biggest DJ comp; the BRAUN 26TRIX. Braun sponsored a wildcard for the Red Bull District Ride for the best rookie. At the end of the day all the pros were stoked to see two new guys killing it and bringing some extra Spanish flavour to the scene. Andreu got 2nd behind Cam McCaul and won the wildcard for Catania.
Andreu waving to his fans. Photo ~ Damiano Levati
A couple of weeks later the two brothers came to the Red Bull Trailfox in Switzerland and rocked at the best tricks contest. There was another wildcard for the District Ride plus some cash up for grabs and Lluis threw down and won the other wildcard.
At the Red Bull District Ride Andreu placed 3rd in the overall ranking close behind the American freeride guns Paul Bas and Cam McCaul and Lluis made it into the top 20 even though he was injured in Nuremberg.
2006 was an exciting year for the “Spanish flies”. Although they had great successes and did all the big freeride comps like the Adidas Slopestyle, the BRAUN 26TRIX, the Kokanee Crankworx Slopestyle and the Red Bull District Ride, the best experience for both is riding together with the guys that love to do what they love to do. In Andreu's words “The best moment in 2006 was when we were riding with the best riders of the world in Whistler!”
Lluis wishing for world peace after winning a wild card entry into District Ride by placing 3rd at Trail Fox. Tarek Rasouli, smiling in the background, appears to have an idea.
Expect to see both riders showing their mad skills for Freeride Entertainment’s new movie “Flying High Again” which will be released at the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas in end of September and about 10 days later in Europe at the Roc d’Azur festival in Fréjus, France.
rasoulution will manage the brothers, help them find appropriate partners and coordinate their activities in years to come. Andreu and Lluis join riders like the Norwegian pros Trond Hansen and Niels Windfeldt, the 2006 4X Vice World Champion Roger Rinderknecht and Euro BMX legend Benny Korthaus in the rasoulution stable.
Right now the bros are filming in Canada and then they will head to Belgrade for the next freeride contest - the Red Bull Vozi Bre - in mid September.
Keep your eyes peeled from now on -You will see the Andreu and Lluis at most international freeride and dirt contests in 2007 or maybe you open a magazine these days and see some photos of the two, you never know!
For more info visit: rasoulution.com
