Watch Jackson Goldstone's winning 2022 run from the world’s toughest downhill MTB race – Red Bull Hardline
Relive the young Canadian's winning run from the eighth edition of Red Bull Hardline
Canadian downhill mountain bike racer Jackson Goldstone was born to ride, his mountain biking family from Squamish, British Columbia had him riding by aged two, BMX racing at four, and he even became an internet sensation by six when a video of him throwing tricks on his way to kindergarten went viral.
A rider with natural talent, he already has an impressive list of achievements on his riding CV including an honourable mention at his inaugural Crankworx Whip-Off competition in 2015. He has claimed multiple podiums since, including a win at Crankworx Whip-Off in Rotorua in 2020.
In 2021, seventeen-year-old Goldstone set his sights on World Cup downhill mountain bike racing. As a first-year junior, he blasted onto the circuit with three world cup wins and six consecutive podiums. At Les Gets, he won the junior category with a time faster than any of the elite racers and would finish the season with both the overall World Cup and Junior World Championship titles.
The success would continue in 2022 and he would pick up where he left off with a World Cup win in Lourdes, he would win a further four rounds in the season but would lose his rainbow jersey to British rider Jordan Williamson.
In September, he would head to Dyfi, Wales and in an insane run in a time of two minutes and twenty seconds, Goldstone would win Red Bull Hardline, finishing six and a half seconds clear of Joe Smith in second place. At 18-years-old, he would be the event’s youngest winner.
For 2023, the upward trajectory continues as the Santa Cruz Syndicate rider eyes another World Cup series title and a crack at the World Championships in Scotland. Relive Jackson's winning run at Red Bull Hardline below, where he also chats about his thoughts on the event, and check out his highly entertaining TikTok channel.
Paul Brett joined BikePerfect as a staff writer in 2022. He has been an avid cyclist for as long as he can remember, initially catching the mountain biking bug in the 1990s, and he raced mountain bikes for over a decade before injury cut short a glittering career. An award-winning photographer, when not riding a bike, he can be found at the side of a cyclocross track or a downhill mountain bike world championship shooting the action. Paul was the founder, editor and writer of Proper Cycling magazine, and he's traveled the world interviewing some of the biggest names in mountain biking and writing about some of the biggest cycling brands.
Current rides: Canyon Inflite, Specialized Diverge, Marin Alpine Trail 2
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