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No Swatch Rocket Air 2021, but an outdoor event in Thun

Patrick Bardelli
20.4.2021
Translation: Eva Francis
Pictures: Thomas Kunz

No dirt bikes will be flying through the Thun ice rink this year. Just like last year, the Swatch Rocket Air 2021 had to be cancelled again due to Covid. However, an outdoor event is planned to take place in Thun in September.

The world's best MTB freeriders have been flying through the Thun ice rink on their bikes every year since 2010. Having said that, the riders are actually rarely on, but mostly next to, under and above their wheels. Or rather: they used to. Like last year, the Swatch Rocket Air, Switzerland’s largest MTB freestyle event, had to be cancelled again this year.

The competition in the Bernese Oberland celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2019. It’s become one of the most important events on the FMB World Tour since 2010.

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