Red Bull Rampage CREATOR talks controversy of JUDGING

Red Bull Rampage is famous for splitting opinions on how it is judged, how deserved a better or worse score and everyone has their opinion on how to fix it. However, what does the creator of the event Todd Barber think on the matter?
Todd Barber, co-founder of Red Bull Rampage, joins us to share the incredible journey behind one of the most iconic freeride mountain biking events in the world. From Rampage’s daring beginnings in 2001 to the groundbreaking inclusion of women riders and the evolution of its unique judging format, Todd reflects on two decades of redefining action sports.
We also dive into the creation of NST Bike, a bold evolution of the Proving Grounds qualifier Todd launched in 2019. Discover how a collaboration with snowboarding legend Travis Rice helped shape the Natural Selection Tour’s expansion into biking, bridging the gap between slopestyle and big-mountain freeride competitions.
With upcoming events in Queenstown, New Zealand-including a “last chance qualifier” at the Dream Track-Todd shares his vision for the future of freeride, the challenges of finding unique locations, and the exciting multi-sport expansion of NST. This episode is packed with stories of innovation, community, and pushing the limits of what’s possible.
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[@joesun2331]

First of all Brendogs run was not the winning run of Rampage 2024 but he got massiv undercored an i will explain why.
Rampage is about building your line, right? So Brendogs line was build by 3 People and was ridden only by himself. When 6 Riders Team up to build a feature, there are 18 People working on this. So much less efford those lads put into the Line that ist NOT unique. IMO building had to be Part of the score. And no those germans who are ridden Brendogs Line are not average mountainbikers, those Lads rode better than 99% of the MTB Community
I watched the Event now 6 Times and still Semunuc is not top 3 IMO.
You can argue if Godziek or TVS is the Winner of 2024 Rampage and T-Mac 3rd Place is fine for me too.
But Semunuc is now a 5 time winner. And that sounds huge. And this is the only reason why he was winning 2024 imo.
We will see if there is any improvement in the 2025 Rampage

[@antrenouf75]

How can he say that his judges got it right! Brendog was absolutely robbed of a podium place and has put alot of people off watching Rampage again unless the scoring process changes!