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Fabio Wibmer rides the Hahnenkamm

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Austrian freestyle mountain bike phenomenon Fabio Wibmer makes the fearsome Streif ski piste his playground for a jaw-dropping world-first descent unlike anything ever seen before.

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Fabio Wibmer performs at the Streif in Kitzbuehel, Austria

In a video impossible to only watch once, Fabio Wibmer played out his childhood dream for his latest spectacular project ‘Fabio Wibmer – The Streif’ as put his own creative twist on the biggest downhill ski race in the world – the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria.

“I’ve always had the vision to ride down the Streif on a bike,” said Wibmer. “It has a special connection to me, and it’s always been a big dream. The fact that it came to life is very special.”

Filmed just an hour from where he grew up, Wibmer combined mountain biking with skiing to conquer the Streif’s most iconic spots during a unique freestyle descent that saw him reach a maximum speed of 107km/h and land multiple jumps including ones of 14m in height and 36m in length.

It’s not enough for Wibmer to just ride the course. He starts his ride with a backflip from the start gate, and, does a wall ride along the Ausfahrt-Steilhang section of the course.

“I think the biggest Streif moment for me as a kid was seeing Bode Miller doing almost a wall ride in 2008 as he was going so fast he missed the corner,” Wibmer added. “It had a huge impact on me and that’s where this idea came from as I wanted to get the same feeling he had, but with me on a bike.”

Wibmer and his team had to modify his Canyon Torque bike to combat the effects of the ice. The biggest change was attaching 576 spikes to his Pirelli Scorpion tires on both the front and back wheels.

Watch the entire video below:

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