Red Bull Knock Out returned to action for the first time since 2008 as 1,500 amateur and pro riders took on a tough and technical 5km track laid out on the beach at Scheveningen in the Netherlands.
The heavy, shifting sands, cold winds and sea spray caused big challenge, but they also faced a series of massive man-made obstacles built into the course.
After a sprint to the Pier, the riders faced back-to-back 3.5m jumps, the world’s longest washboard – 600m of bumps and jumps – a huge roller section and the 3.5m tree-hole jump: a small jump, followed by a dip leading to a high, 3.5m jump.