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{{short description|Canadian mountain biker}}
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'''Darren Berrecloth''' (born October 30, 1981), nicknamed "The Claw",<ref name=Redbull>{{cite web |first=Kim |last=Kurowski |url=http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stories/1331695035356/what-s-up-with-the-claw-mtb-rider-darren-berrecloth |title=What’s up with The Claw?! We catch up with freeride pioneer Darren Berrecloth. |website=Red Bull.com |date=January 5, 2015 }}</ref> is a professional [[freeride]] [[mountain bike]] rider from [[Parksville, British Columbia]].
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Darren Berrecloth
| nickname = The Claw
| nationality = {{flag|Canada}}
| image_size =
| birth_date = October 30, 1981
| birth_place = [[Parksville, British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
| height = 5'9 ft
| weight = 182 lbs|
| website = http://darrenberrecloth.com/
| sport = [[Freeride (mountain biking)|Freeride]] Mountain Bike
| event = [[X Games]], [[Gravity Games]], [[Crankworx]], [[Red Bull Rampage]], [[Red Bull Joyride]] }}


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'''Darren Berrecloth''' (born October 30, 1981), nicknamed "The Claw",<ref name=Redbull>{{cite web |first=Kim |last=Kurowski |url=http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stories/1331695035356/what-s-up-with-the-claw-mtb-rider-darren-berrecloth |title=What’s up with The Claw?! We catch up with freeride pioneer Darren Berrecloth. |website=Red Bull.com |date=January 5, 2015 }}</ref> is a Canadian professional [[freeride (mountain biking)|freeride]] [[mountain bike]] rider. Born in Parksville, British Columbia, Berrecloth is famous not only for his success in competitions, but also as one of the pioneers to the sport of freeride. He appeared in the freeride scene with a third-place finish at the 2002 Red Bull Rampage, and is one of the most prominent exponents of the discipline.<ref name="Redbull" />
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He went pro when he was 20<ref name=Crave>{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Miller |url=http://www.craveonline.com/culture/658953-darren-berrecloth-getting-back-to-the-bike |title=Darren Berrecloth: Getting Back To The Bike: The comeback of a Red Bull mountain biker who's broken nearly every bone in his body |newspaper=Crave |date=March 12, 2014 }}</ref> and was a pioneer of Slopestyle;<ref name=Redbull/><ref>{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Berard |url=http://www.redbull.com/us/en/bike/stories/1331732580765/evolution-of-the-mountain-bike-darren-berrecloth-the-cycle |title=Witness the Evolution of the Mountain Bike |website=Red Bull.com |date=September 15, 2015 }}</ref> in 2005 he placed 2nd in Crankworx Slopestyle in [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.crankworx.com/history/2005 |title=Crankworx History: 2005 highlights |website=Crankworx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305040927/http://www.crankworx.com/history/2005 |archivedate=March 5, 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
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He went pro when he was 20, in 2001 he competed in Dirt BMX [[Gravity Games]] placing 8th overall.<ref name=Crave>{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Miller |url=http://www.craveonline.com/culture/658953-darren-berrecloth-getting-back-to-the-bike |title=Darren Berrecloth: Getting Back To The Bike: The comeback of a Red Bull mountain biker who's broken nearly every bone in his body |newspaper=Crave |date=March 12, 2014 }}</ref> and would become a pioneer of Slopestyle;<ref name=Redbull/><ref>{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Berard |url=http://www.redbull.com/us/en/bike/stories/1331732580765/evolution-of-the-mountain-bike-darren-berrecloth-the-cycle |title=Witness the Evolution of the Mountain Bike |website=Red Bull.com |date=September 15, 2015 }}</ref> in 2005 he placed 2nd in Crankworx Slopestyle in [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.crankworx.com/history/2005 |title=Crankworx History: 2005 highlights |website=Crankworx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305040927/http://www.crankworx.com/history/2005 |archivedate=March 5, 2015}}</ref>

In 2010, he placed third receiving bronze in [[Red Bull Rampage]].

In 2013, X Games Munich had its first Slopestyle Mountain Bike event. Darren would place 5th out of the initial 16 riders in prequalifiers round. In the finals he placed 4th overall.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=L'Heureux |url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/events/2013/munich/article/9407467/x-games-munich-2013-brett-rheeder-wins-inaugural-x-games-mountain-bike-slopestyle |title=Brett Rheeder wins Mountain Bike Slopestyle |website=X Games |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=June 30, 2013 |access-date=July 18, 2017 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306023612/http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/events/2013/munich/article/9407467/x-games-munich-2013-brett-rheeder-wins-inaugural-x-games-mountain-bike-slopestyle |url-status=dead }}</ref>


He hosted the Bearclaw Invitational on Mt. Washington until putting it on hiatus after the last competition in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.pinkbike.com/news/bearclaw-invitational-postponed-2015.html |title=Bearclaw Invitational - Postponed until 2016 |website=Pinkbike |date=July 17, 2015 }}</ref> a year when he had many injuries.<ref name=Redbull/> He broke his back in 2011<ref>{{cite web |first=Oli |last=Woodman |url=http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/darren-berrecloth-breaks-his-back-30141/ |title=Darren Berrecloth breaks his back: Freeride star set to make a full recovery |website=BikeRadar |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref> and had spinal surgery in 2014.<ref name=Crave/> {{As of |2015|10}} he is part of the Canyon Factory Freeride Team.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bicycleretailer.com/international/2015/10/13/freerider-darren-berrecloth-joins-canyon-factory-team#.VpizVU-h1kg |title=Freerider Darren Berrecloth joins Canyon factory team |newspaper=Bicycle Retailer |date=October 13, 2015 }}</ref>
He hosted the Bearclaw Invitational on Mt. Washington until putting it on hiatus after the last competition in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.pinkbike.com/news/bearclaw-invitational-postponed-2015.html |title=Bearclaw Invitational - Postponed until 2016 |website=Pinkbike |date=July 17, 2015 }}</ref> a year when he had many injuries.<ref name=Redbull/> He broke his back in 2011<ref>{{cite web |first=Oli |last=Woodman |url=http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/darren-berrecloth-breaks-his-back-30141/ |title=Darren Berrecloth breaks his back: Freeride star set to make a full recovery |website=BikeRadar |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref> and had spinal surgery in 2014.<ref name=Crave/> {{As of |2015|10}} he is part of the Canyon Factory Freeride Team.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bicycleretailer.com/international/2015/10/13/freerider-darren-berrecloth-joins-canyon-factory-team#.VpizVU-h1kg |title=Freerider Darren Berrecloth joins Canyon factory team |newspaper=Bicycle Retailer |date=October 13, 2015 }}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 05:09, 18 October 2024

Darren Berrecloth
Personal information
NicknameThe Claw
Nationality Canada
BornOctober 30, 1981
Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
Height5'9 ft
Weight182 lb (83 kg)
Websitehttp://darrenberrecloth.com/
Sport
SportFreeride Mountain Bike
Event(s)X Games, Gravity Games, Crankworx, Red Bull Rampage, Red Bull Joyride

Darren Berrecloth (born October 30, 1981), nicknamed "The Claw",[1] is a Canadian professional freeride mountain bike rider. Born in Parksville, British Columbia, Berrecloth is famous not only for his success in competitions, but also as one of the pioneers to the sport of freeride. He appeared in the freeride scene with a third-place finish at the 2002 Red Bull Rampage, and is one of the most prominent exponents of the discipline.[1]

Career

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He went pro when he was 20, in 2001 he competed in Dirt BMX Gravity Games placing 8th overall.[2] and would become a pioneer of Slopestyle;[1][3] in 2005 he placed 2nd in Crankworx Slopestyle in Whistler.[4]

In 2010, he placed third receiving bronze in Red Bull Rampage.

In 2013, X Games Munich had its first Slopestyle Mountain Bike event. Darren would place 5th out of the initial 16 riders in prequalifiers round. In the finals he placed 4th overall.[5]

He hosted the Bearclaw Invitational on Mt. Washington until putting it on hiatus after the last competition in 2014,[6] a year when he had many injuries.[1] He broke his back in 2011[7] and had spinal surgery in 2014.[2] As of October 2015 he is part of the Canyon Factory Freeride Team.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kurowski, Kim (January 5, 2015). "What's up with The Claw?! We catch up with freeride pioneer Darren Berrecloth". Red Bull.com.
  2. ^ a b Miller, Ed (March 12, 2014). "Darren Berrecloth: Getting Back To The Bike: The comeback of a Red Bull mountain biker who's broken nearly every bone in his body". Crave.
  3. ^ Berard, Mike (September 15, 2015). "Witness the Evolution of the Mountain Bike". Red Bull.com.
  4. ^ "Crankworx History: 2005 highlights". Crankworx. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015.
  5. ^ L'Heureux, David (June 30, 2013). "Brett Rheeder wins Mountain Bike Slopestyle". X Games. ESPN. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  6. ^ "Bearclaw Invitational - Postponed until 2016". Pinkbike. July 17, 2015.
  7. ^ Woodman, Oli (May 6, 2011). "Darren Berrecloth breaks his back: Freeride star set to make a full recovery". BikeRadar.
  8. ^ "Freerider Darren Berrecloth joins Canyon factory team". Bicycle Retailer. October 13, 2015.
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