Kurt Sorge Wins Race Face UFC 4  
(0 comments)  Wednesday, 20-April-2005  10:27 AM - by Scott 
April 16th, 2005

Race Face Performance Products, along with Giant Bicycles and Manitou Suspension is proud to announce that Kurt Sorge has won the fourth annual Race Face Ultimate Freeride Challenge. The soft spoken, 16 year old rider from Nelson, BC will now be signed to a sponsorship contract with Race Face, Giant and Manitou worth over US$25,000!

“I’m really excited to have Kurt join our Freeride team” says Race Face’s Marshall Rutman. “He’s obviously a really talented rider and being so young, he’s got a ton of potential. But he’s also a really nice kid should represent the brand really well alongside Bearclaw, Paul, Matty and Wayne. I think our online community did a great job in selecting Kurt as our winner and I’m anxious to see how he does over the next couple years in the professional Freeride scene.”

Kurt won the UFC IV by beating out the team entry of Matt Brooks and Jared Gatzka in the finals with 58% of total votes. Hailing from Kamloops, Matt and Jared can also look forward to a promising riding career. Based on the success of previous UFC Finalists Cameron McCaul and Carlin Dunne, it’s only a matter of time before these two riders are signed to pro deals of their own.

Race Face, Giant and Manitou also awarded product prizes to UFC entrants who, even though they didn't win the overall competition, still had stand out sections of their videos, worthy of recognition. Once again determined by your online votes, awards were given in the following categories:

• Best Line –Derek Peltzer, awarded a Manitou Dorado MRD X-Works Fork

• Best Air –Steve Tuchwksky, awarded a 2005 Giant Freeride Frameset

• Most Creative Stunt –Joe Perrizo, awarded a Race Face Diabolus Kit

• Best Urban Assault –Joe Perrizo, awarded a Giant STP Frame

• Breakout Performance by a Grom (13 and under) –Garrett Buehler, awarded a Manitou Sherman Breakout Plus Fork

• Worst Crash –Dave McLaughlin, awarded Race Face Arm and Leg Armour, Shorts, Jersey and Gloves

Over the six week contest, Race Face went through almost 3 Terabytes of web traffic and had over 36,000 votes cast. Once again, we’d like to thank all those who participated in the contest. You’ve made the UFC what it is today.

Until the next time,

THE RACE FACE HOME TEAM

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