News Gauntlet of Death

The Gauntlet of Death technically wasn’t open today but people definitely gave it a go. A lot of people failed but Cory Walsh eventually made it through and Ride BMX happened to be there to watch it all happen.

The Gauntlet doesn’t officially open until Sunday so that should give us plenty of time to make things harder :)

Video from Vital BMX

The Gauntlet of Death has been a Texas Toast Jam staple since the very beginning. This year we toned the course down a little bit thinking more people will make it through but in the end, only a handful ever got a crack at the curved wall to curved wall obstacle. Honorable mentions include Morgan Wade (last year’s winner) who made it to the double curve multiple times and to Chris Childs who was actually TRICKING obstacles as he made his way through the gauntlet. When the dust settled, the ultimate victory went to Gary Young (credit karen here). Watch him conquer the course above in this video from Vital BMX.

Ride BMX has a handful of photo galleries up from our Texas Toast Jam. Some of the more recent ones include Street and Flatland Finals and one for the Gauntlet of Death and Dirt Qualifying. For their full coverage of the event, click HERE.

Very few people made it through the Gauntlet of Death during our Texas Toast Jam but lucky for us, Gary Young strapped on the GoPro to give everyone a taste of victory.

Originally shown during the credits of our Texas Toast Jam Coverage.

For this episode of ODSY Vision, we bring to you our favorite clips from the Texas Toast Jam and a quick trip with George Boyd. He lives a few hours north of Austin so we met up with him a couple days prior and filmed a handful of clips along the drive.

Thanks to everyone who flew, drove, walked and pedaled to the Texas Toast Jam. You guys helped make it a good time with plenty of fun in the sun. Hope to see everyone again next year!

For a full, comprehensive look at the Texas Toast Jam, make sure to click HERE to view all of the photo galleries and videos we have gathered of the event.

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Enter the Fox's Gauntlet of Death

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Gator up across The Peddler's treacherous water pits.

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Go up and down the purple teeter.

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Balance across a pair of Oakleys.

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Wallride your way through Liquor Bikes' martini glass

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Monster truck over VClub's pink taco

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Test your luck with Credence's Wheel of Misfortune

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Take a breather in the shade, you're one third of the way through

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Get your hops ready for the G-Sport and Blacken van

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Then onto the Quintin hat

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After the hat is the Credence and FBM vans

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After the vans, you hop into a giant Vans shoe.

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One of the deadliest obstacles in the Gauntlet - the Treeter Totter

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Make it to the top and then wait for the plank to drop.

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Cruise around the berm

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Pedal through the LiveStrong wrist band

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Enter the vortex of Empire's Curved Wallride

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Face the Odyssey Dragon to make it up the Castle

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If you've made it this far, congratulations, the only thing left is a little drop to freedom!!!

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Texas Toast Jam is almost ready. Here’s a quick through the Gauntlet of Death.