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There was a time when seeing Swedes on Downhill World Cup podiums was as normal as spotting Aron Gwinn, Greg Minibar and Rachel Atherton up there today. To many it was considered strange if Swedish riders weren’t fighting it out for the top spots with the likes of Nicolas Bouillon, Anne-Caroline Chanson and Steve Peat, even occasionally scoring a double-Swede podium. The 90’s were a time when riders such as Tommy Johansson, Malan Lindgren and Johan Angstrom put fear, and seconds, into its competitors on the world stage. But in a time before viral slideshows and race recaps only being a click away, how many still know about these incredible Days of Glory. How many know just how good the little blue-and-yellow country up in northern Europe was at racing down a hill?
It is time for a BIKE. It is time to throw it back over 25 years and catch up with some of the biggest names of the sport, at the time, to find out what it was truly like to be on top of the game in a time when Downhill racing was just kicking off. This is the story of Swedish Downhill racing at its best.
Note: this is part of a multi-article series ...
... on Swedish Downhill racing trying to recall its highs and lows, to figure out what actually happened to Swedish Downhill. Keep your eyes peeled for the next articles in the following weeks.
A time before Google
In the era before the Internet had properly taken off, before you could Google every single race result and watch World Cups on RBTV live on your smartphone, Swedes were kicking ass on the Downhill World Cup circuit. Although big at the time, due to its lack of Internet fame, this incredible success saga has gotten slightly lost on the newest generation of riders.
“Ha-ha, yea you can’t really Google my name and come up with anything”, says Malin Lindgren, one of the biggest stars of the sport back in the days. She was up against some of the biggest names in Downhill history such as Anne-Caroline Chanson and Missy Give. Two giants with whom Malin shared a podium at the 1997 World Cup in Kaprun. “It was my first elite podium in Downhill and I remember that I raced with a broken foot. I’d had a huge crash in practice and knew something was wrong, but I decided to ignore it - funny what a little bit of adrenaline can make you do”.There was a time when seeing Swedes on Downhill World Cup podiums was as normal as spotting Aron Gwinn, Greg Minibar and Rachel Atherton up there today. To many it was considered strange if Swedish riders weren’t fighting it out for the top spots with the likes of Nicolas Bouillon, Anne-Caroline Chanson and Steve Peat, even occasionally scoring a double-Swede podium. The 90’s were a time when riders such as Tommy Johansson, Malan Lindgren and Johan Angstrom put fear, and seconds, into its competitors on the world stage. But in a time before viral slideshows and race recaps only being a click away, how many still know about these incredible Days of Glory. How many know just how good the little blue-and-yellow country up in northern Europe was at racing down a hill?
It is time for a BIKE. It is time to throw it back over 25 years and catch up with some of the biggest names of the sport, at the time, to find out what it was truly like to be on top of the game in a time when Downhill racing was just kicking off. This is the story of Swedish Downhill racing at its best.
Note: this is part of a multi-article series on Swedish Downhill racing trying to recall its highs and lows, to figure out what actually happened to Swedish Downhill. Keep your eyes peeled for the next articles in the following weeks.
A time before Google
In the era before the Internet had properly taken off, before you could Google every single race result and watch World Cups on RBTV live on your smartphone, Swedes were kicking ass on the Downhill World Cup circuit. Although big at the time, due to its lack of Internet fame, this incredible success saga has gotten slightly lost on the newest generation of riders.
“Ha-ha, yea you can’t really Google my name and come up with anything”, says Malin Lindgren, one of the biggest stars of the sport back in the days. She was up against some of the biggest names in Downhill history such as Anne-Caroline Chanson and Missy Give. Two giants with whom Malin shared a podium at the 1997 World Cup in Kaprun. “It was my first elite podium in Downhill and I remember that I raced with a broken foot. I’d had a huge crash in practice and knew something was wrong, but I decided to ignore it - funny what a little bit of adrenaline can make you do”.There was a time when seeing Swedes on Downhill World Cup podiums was as normal as spotting Aron Gwinn, Greg Minibar and Rachel Atherton up there today. To many it was considered strange if Swedish riders weren’t fighting it out for the top spots with the likes of Nicolas Bouillon, Anne-Caroline Chanson and Steve Peat, even occasionally scoring a double-Swede podium. The 90’s were a time when riders such as Tommy Johansson, Malan Lindgren and Johan Angstrom put fear, and seconds, into its competitors on the world stage. But in a time before viral slideshows and race recaps only being a click away, how many still know about these incredible Days of Glory. How many know just how good the little blue-and-yellow country up in northern Europe was at racing down a hill?
It is time for a BIKE. It is time to throw it back over 25 years and catch up with some of the biggest names of the sport, at the time, to find out what it was truly like to be on top of the game in a time when Downhill racing was just kicking off. This is the story of Swedish Downhill racing at its best.
Note: this is part of a multi-article series on Swedish Downhill racing trying to recall its highs and lows, to figure out what actually happened to Swedish Downhill. Keep your eyes peeled for the next articles in the following weeks.
A time before Google
In the era before the Internet had properly taken off, before you could Google every single race result and watch World Cups on RBTV live on your smartphone, Swedes were kicking ass on the Downhill World Cup circuit. Although big at the time, due to its lack of Internet fame, this incredible success saga has gotten slightly lost on the newest generation of riders.
“Ha-ha, yea you can’t really Google my name and come up with anything”, says Malin Lindgren, one of the biggest stars of the sport back in the days. She was up against some of the biggest names in Downhill history such as Anne-Caroline Chanson and Missy Give. Two giants with whom Malin shared a podium at the 1997 World Cup in Kaprun. “It was my first elite podium in Downhill and I remember that I raced with a broken foot. I’d had a huge crash in practice and knew something was wrong, but I decided to ignore it - funny what a little bit of adrenaline can make you do”.