There are some riders who manage to pull off a kind of graceful style, and then there are riders like Chris Kovarik. The guy is an absolute animal on a bike, I pity any set of wheels beneath him, but with that raw power and speed comes an undeniable form of beauty. It may not be pretty in the traditional sense, but that’s what we love about Kovarik’s style of riding, it’s just balls to wall, flat-out. He’s one of those riders that you always wanted to make sure you spotted on course, and he was always unmistakeable.

Kovarik getting his drift on at Thredbo…