Kyle Strait (born April 4, 1987) is an American freeride slopestyle

mountain biker Mountain biking (MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durabilit ...

from

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. He began racing in 2000 on the Monterey peninsula at the age of 12. He participated in the first edition of Rampage in 2001 at the age of 14, won the contest in 2004 and again in 2013. As of 2023 Strait is the only rider to have participated in every edition of

Red Bull Rampage The Red Bull Rampage is an invitation-only freeride mountain bike competition held near Zion National Park in Virgin, Utah, United States, just to the north of Gooseberry Mesa. From 2001 till 2004, it was held off the Kolob Terrace Road, on the ...

. In 2022, he was unable to complete a run after breaking 3 vertebra in a practice session. Less than a year later, Strait was able to compete in

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, and competed in Rampage again in 2023. Since 2022, Strait has co-hosted the Strait Acres Invitational, a gravity biking and dual-slalom racing festival at Big Bear Lake, California. In 2022 Strait built the

Dual slalom Dual slalom is a mountain bike racing discipline similar to Four-cross, 4X racing. It consists of two racers racing two almost identical tracks next to each other down a slope. The courses are usually short, one run lasting about 30 seconds. I ...

track for the Sea Otter Classic. The Laguna Seca course had not been revamped since 2002. With hand tools and a crew of four using only native dirt, the course was completely rebuilt in 11 days.

Achievements

*In 2001, at age 13, Strait won the (adult) Pro Dirt Jumping contest at the

Sea Otter Classic The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The four-day event is considered the world's largest cycling festival, ...

. *In 2004, Strait won the Red Bull Rampage competition, and placed third in the slopestyle category at

Crankworx Crankworx is a four-stop tour of mountain biking competitions and races, the premier event of which is held each summer at Whistler-Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia at Whistler Mountain Bike Park. The Crankworx core competitive events are d ...

, and won the bronze medal for the junior men's downhill at the

2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships The 2004 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Les Gets, a ski resort, ski station in the French Alps, from 8 to 12 September 2004. The disciplines included were cross-country cycling, cross-country, downhill mountain biking ...

*In 2006 he placed third in the slopestyle category at

. *In 2013, he became the first person to win Rampage twice. *In 2012, he won Sea Otter Dual Slalom, along with Jill Kintner. *In 2023, Strait placed sixth and won the BFGoodrich Tires Toughness Award at Red Bull Rampage.

Personal life

Kyle is married to Rachel Throop Strait, a

Cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

and

enduro Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross-country, off-road courses. Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges. The main type of enduro event, and the format to which the World Enduro Championship is run, is ...

mountain bike racer who was the 2006 junior national cross-country champion.

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{{Reflist Living people Freeride mountain bikers 1987 births Redbull Rampage people Sportspeople from San Diego County, California

Achievements

Personal life

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