The downhill is an extreme sport that emerged in the 60s in the mountains of Marin, California. People throwed with their mountain bikes down the hills

becoming the first Downhillers. From that, the sport has evolved so much in materials and riders. Riders

have designed their bikes for 50 years, since the decade of 60 to get this result:

• The first competition was in 1990 in the mountains of Mammoth and could see progress in the level of the people. Now, the riders has trained hard for a long time and the level is very high. Sam Hill, world champion, train hard since age

11 to record these results.

• The equipment is nearly complete body. you need a good bike, prepared for the big hits and a hard structure. The motive is that it is a hard sport and the suspensions of these bikes are very strong. Apart from the bike, you need to protect yourself. For this, you need a good helmet and pads.

• Gee Atherton is my favorite rider because he is excellent in competitions and he wins the darling of the crowd. Gee is a record holder and between other titles, he is the world

champion of bike downhill. Gee has practice the sport since he

was 15 and he wants to continue doing it for 5 years.

He has jumped for two years on the Red Bull Rampage but he hasn't won any medal on this modality. The las year, in New

Zealand, he compete on a important race and the tickets sold out totally. Afterwards, he

won the champioship and picked up the trophy. Since he

started in this sport, he has won some medals and he has

hold a record in 2006 at the UCI of France.