Kriss Kyle flies over the most sacred vineyard in Switzerland
Kriss Kyle comes from a fishing village in rugged Scotland. In order to become a BMX pro, he spent a few years in a freestyle hall. So he knows the hard side of human existence. Now he's moved to the Lavaux wine region, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks to its hundreds of kilometers of almost 1000-year-old stone terraces. A place for gourmets, with lovely nature, chirping birds, a glistening lake and the Alps as a backdrop. The tattooed Scotsman fits in there like a can of fizzy drink.
According to his sponsor, it took several discussions with winegrowers and local authorities before Kyle and his crew were allowed to build their course through a vineyard. The BMXer on the mountain bike makes every effort not to bend a single vine branch. At the end, there s a trick that must have elicited appreciative exhalations from his colleagues MacAskyll and Wibmer.
Red Bull, the producer of the whole event, is only wrong about one thing: Kriss Kyle is not the first mountain biker to let off steam in Lavaux. René Wildhaber did it back in 2011. Albeit with slightly fewer tricks.
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