Interio Stunt Cup
Interio Stunt Cup is the largest annual stunt riding tournament in Russia. This year it gathered together all the strongest Russian athletes. Unfortunately, no other countries were represented. The tournament lasted for one day only: the TOP 15 from the qualifying runs competed for places in the final in the second half of the day.
This year, the top three remained the same: Denis Rybalko, Foma Kalinin, Nikita Pokusay. Over the last year, the young rider Danila Zhelanov has gotten much better, so he was also among the podium contenders. Denis came to the tournament as last year's winner to defend his title, and he succeeded. He didn't make any serious mistakes during his performance. This year he added a very difficult whip 360; his tsunami got higher, his drifts wider, he added a risky new acrobatic trick and rode faster. Foma did not have enough flow, and Pokusay fell twice in the final. Foma did a 360 (without a ride-out to a wheelie), a very difficult unicycle, a coaster scrape, good stoppies. Nikita Pokusay showed an excellent kangaroo, although in the final he made a mistake doing this stunt, a confident switchback burnout, fast "European" exits onto one wheel, and drift. Dmitry "Khomyak" Voronkov surprised everyone on a KTM Duke 690: he did an excellent kangaroo, a whip, drifts, and in general his performance was good.
INTERIO STUNT CUP 2017 RESULTS:
- Denis Rybalko (Khabarovsk) — 264,5
- Foma Kalinin (St. Petersburg) — 249,5
- Nikita Pokusay (Khabarovsk) — 233,5
- Danila Zhelanov (Moscow) — 214,5
- Dmitry Voronkov (Moscow) — 192
- Pavel Choporov (Moscow) — 177,5
- Dmitry Novichkov (St. Petersburg) — 177,5
- Dmitry Petrov (Moscow) — 173
- Alexander Mikhailov (St. Petersburg) — 167
- Konstantin Romanov (St. Petersburg) — 141
Highlights of the tournament:
As always, Interio brought a lot of good emotions to the audience and the riders. The weather was perfect, which is very rare in autumn in St. Petersburg. See you all there next year!