On Saturday evening, during the final of the slopestyle competition, which is part of the "Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour", the atmosphere in the hall is boiling. Spurred on by speaker Dario Linder, the spectators scream out the names of the athletes as they are announced. Sam Pilgrim swings high in the final. Already in his first run, he jumps to a score that would be enough for victory. It seems as if Pilgrim is defying all the laws of gravity. With a "flip no hand" from the start drop, followed by a huge "superflip", a 540 degree turn onto the step-up and a 720 degree turn over the corner jump, he is able to completely convince the jury. Martin Söderström from Sweden came second. He wowed the euphoric crowd with a "triple tailwhip" on the superkicker, among other things. With a "truckdriver" and a "flip barspin", Canadian Brett Rheeder catapults himself into third place.

Despite cleanly executed jumps, local hero Ramon Hunziker did not make it into the final. In the end, he had to settle for 25th place. Nevertheless, this is a respectable performance for this double burden as a rider and course builder. The home crowd rewarded him accordingly and celebrated their local hero as loudly as the winner.

On Friday evening, the "Rapid Fire", in which all the riders chase one after the other over the huge jump, makes for spectacular scenes. Fueled by the show dancers, the "Fuel Girls", the world's best slopestyle riders perform tricks with very high levels of difficulty. The best jump will also be chosen from the "Rapid Fire". Louis Reboul takes the crown for "Best Trick" on this evening. With his "High Flip Whip", the Frenchman was awarded the highest number of points by the jury.In between the slopestyle competitions, it is the side events that keep the audience entertained. Greenhouse organizer Adrian Kiener brings exciting racing action to the exhibition grounds with his "Bergamont Pumptrack Race". Downhill specialist Basil Weber copes best with the wave course. The 4x specialists Adrian Kiener and Beni Kistner had to make do with second and third place. The children's race is also popular, especially with parents. In this "Nipper Race", children aged two to five take center stage and are cheered on by their parents.The entire event is a great success. This is no coincidence. The organizer, the "Flying Metal Crew", spared no effort in the run-up to the event to ensure that everything ran smoothly. Thanks to over 200 volunteers, this event could be held at all. Their tireless efforts contributed greatly to the success of this event, explains OC President Jérome Hunziker. After this extremely successful edition of the "Swatch Rocket Air", it is to be hoped that companies like Swatch will commit more to the versatile sport of mountain biking in the future.www.rocketair.ch
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Ranking list final "Swatch Rocket Air" 2013
1.	Sam Pilgrim	GBR
2.	Martin Söderström	SWE
3.	Brett Rheeder	CAN
4.	Anton Thelander	SWE
5.	Sam Reynolds	GBR
6.	Szymon Godziek	POL
7.	Amir Kabbani	GER
8.	Linus Sjöholm	SWE
9.	Patrick Leitner	AUT
10.	Tomas Zejda	CZE