In just three weeks the Vienna Air King (2/3 April) will attract some of the world’s best riders travelling from across 14 different nations not only to try and secure a spot on the podium of the Air King, but also to be off to a perfect start into the 2011 Freeride Mountain Bike (FMB) World Tour.

The biggest names in the dirt jump universe were invited to Vienna and are ready rock the new course before the eyes of the 100,000 expected visitors on the city square.

As an official silver event of the World Tour, the Vienna Air King also draws several riders from overseas to the Austrian capital. Cameron Zink, winner of last year’s FMB World Tour, is intent on securing himself the perfect start to the Tour at this year’s kick-off event.

Last year’s winner of the Vienna Air King Sam Pilgrim  is not planning on letting go of his title easily and will be sure to try to repeat his victory. However, the invited riders are not the only ones with a chance to take home part of the prize money.

As usual, there was a flood of applications from young talents keen on butting heads with the biggest and best