Whistler, August 18th – Andreu Lacondeguy proves once again why he is one of the best freeriders in the world. The 20year old Kona rider from Spain won the VW Best Trick at Whistler’s Crankworx Slopestyle event. He impressed not only the judges, but more than 20,000 people with a 360flatspin seatgrab indian air, a trick that was shown the first time in mountain bike history! The victory was honoured with 6,000 Dollars. Greg Watts wins the Crankworx Slopestyle with the strongest run of his career.

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Andreu Lacondeguy got metal

Barcelona, Spain, June 19th – Last year’s Crankworx Whistler slopestyle winner Andreu Lacondeguy recently broke the scaphoid bone in his right hand during a training session. The Spanish young gun already had surgery and got a small screw implemented to fix his bone. But Andreu won’t be off the circuit for too long.

Andreu’s new season started pretty well, winning the White Style winter slopestyle comp in Leogang at the beginning of this year. Afterwards, Andreu and his brother Lluis rode their own spot called “Laconland” a lot, as well as Andreu had some FMX sessions with his buddy Edgar Torronteras, too. When you ride and train a lot, it also means you crash sometimes, of course. Andreu is used to that: “I have had some problems with my hand for a few weeks now. But it wasn’t that bad. I mean, it didn’t hurt that much, so I didn’t go to the doctor. But man, after a really hard crash a few days before, I knew that it is broken and had to do something about it. I’m just back from the doctor now and had surgery on my scaphoid bone, it went perfect. My hand is not at 100% at the moment, but it will be in a few weeks. I will ride a lot of trails before doing my biggest tricks again. I will also ride the moto track before I hit the ramps again. I think that I’ll be back for the ANTI Days of Thunder. After that event everyone will see the craziest Lako ever! (laughing)”

So let’s see, if Andreu is already able to ride the 26TRIX, which is scheduled just one week after the ANTI Days. The best option to meet Andreu again is probably the BIG IN BAVARIA during the BIKE EXPO tradeshow in Munich at the last weekend of July (for free tickets and detailed information, please visit www.bike-expo.com and www.myspace.com/biginbavaria). Let’s see which tricks Andreu is thinking of, when he promises to show himself as the “craziest Lako ever”.

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Zurich, Switzerland, February 27th, 2009 – Andreu Lacondeguy is the latest member of the Oakley mountain bike team. The recently signed contract marks the beginning of a long-term partnership.

Andreu now joined a team that features some of the biggest names in mountain biking: Brian Lopes, Cedric Gracia, Thomas Frischknecht, Trond Hansen, Wade Simmons, Timo Pritzel, Robbie Bourdon, Kyle Strait or Gee Atherton. A perfect fit for Andreu, winner of the Kokanee Crankworx Slopestyle 2008 and the White Style 2009. The Kona Clump Team rider can’t wait to pull the trigger for the upcoming mountain bike season.

The 20 years old Spaniard practiced a lot on his motorbike during the winter to be well prepared for the upcoming key contests. But Andreu’s ‘09 season is not only packed with competitions. The young gun is also traveling all around the world for filming sessions. One highlight will be his part in the tenth anniversary of New World Disorder.

Andreu is now prepared for all this in a perfect way: the newest Oakley goggles for his longest distance jumps and some high speed descents, as well as Oakley Performance Eyewear like the RADAR for some dirt jump or bike park sessions in Whistler and allover the world.

Oakley and Andreu’s management wish him just the best for 2009!

To see Oakley’s whole product line, please visit: www.oakley.com