{"id":323701,"date":"2025-12-03T23:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/323701\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T23:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:49:05","slug":"red-bull-hardline-tasmania-sets-stage-for-a-generational-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/323701\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull Hardline Tasmania sets stage for a generational battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The full roster for Red Bull Hardline Tasmania reveals a generational battle for the men. Iconic names like Sam Hill, Gee Atherton and, in a rare non-World Cup appearance, Aaron Gwin are all on the roster. As are the best of the next generation(s), returning podium finishers Asa Vermette and Canada\u2019s own Jackson Goldstone.<\/p>\n

On the women\u2019s side, the full roster reveals a battle for podium positions, as a trio of women challenge returning champion, Canada\u2019s Gracey Hemstreet on the Tasmania course.<\/p>\n

Vermette vs. Goldstone vs. The Legends<\/p>\n

While the preliminary rider list for Hardline Tasmania<\/a> revealed a re-match of last year\u2019s showdown between Jackson Goldstone and Asa Vermette, the first generational battle, the full list offers up another front. The addition of numerous iconic names in downhill will keep the youth on their toes in Tasmania.<\/p>\n

For Gwin, it\u2019s a rare appearance outside of either World Cup racing or local, U.S. events. It should be interesting to see how the U.S. racer adapts to the freeride elements of Hardline racing.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s list also revealed the addition of Troy Brosnan to the list. While younger riders like Vermette and Goldstone are pushing for more top World Cup riders to branch out beyone the series, the slightly older group of top riders, like Brosnan, Loic Bruni and Amaury Pierron, rarely do.<\/p>\n

A quartet of women take on Maydena<\/p>\n

Hardline Maydena was practically made for Gracey Hemstreet. Growing up with Coast Gravity Park as a back yard, the young Sunshine Coast racer is helping lead the women\u2019s World Cup scene into bigger airs and faster jumps. Hemstreet made history by becoming the first woman to complete a Hardline course when the Tasmanian course made its debut. She\u2019ll be back for a third year chasing a third win.<\/p>\n

Challenging Hemstreet are a trio of accomplished racers and freeriders. A Scottish duo of Hardline vet Lou Fergeson and rising World Cup talent Mikayla Parton will be joined by New Zealand\u2019s free-racer, Jes Blewitt.<\/p>\n

2026 Red Bull Hardline Tasmania takes palce from February 7-8, 2026. As always, it will be broadcast live on Red Bull TV.<\/p>\n

2026 Red Bull Hardline Tasmania full rider list<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aaron Gwin (USA)
\u2022 Gee Atherton (UK)
\u2022 Asa Vermette (USA)
\u2022 R\u00f3n\u00e1n Dunne (IRE)
\u2022 Kaos Seagrave (UK)
\u2022 Th\u00e9o Erlangsen (SA)
\u2022 Bernard Kerr (UK)
\u2022 Jackson Goldstone (CAN)
\u2022 Charlie Hatton (UK)
\u2022 Troy Brosnan (AUS)
\u2022 Dan Booker (AUS)
\u2022 Sam Hill (AUS)
\u2022 Luke Meier-Smith (AUS)
\u2022 Brook Macdonald (NZ)
\u2022 Darcy Coutts (AUS)
\u2022 Connor Fearon (AUS)
\u2022 Edgar Briole (FRA)
\u2022 Matteo Iniguez (FRA)
\u2022 Kade Edwards (UK)
\u2022 Matt Jones (UK)<\/p>\n

Gracey Hemstreet (CAN)
\u2022 Lou Ferguson (SCT)
\u2022 Mikayla Parton (SCT)
\u2022 Jess Blewitt (NZ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The full roster for Red Bull Hardline Tasmania reveals a generational battle for the men. Iconic names like…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[143254,81835,49,48,635,80423,143255,70094,62722,143256,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-323701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-2026-red-bull-hardline","9":"tag-asa-vermette","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-cycling","13":"tag-gracey-hemstreet","14":"tag-hardline-tasmania","15":"tag-jackson-goldstone","16":"tag-mtb-news","17":"tag-red-bull-hardline","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}