My new stuff from Trial-Inside!

          Today arrived my new T-shirt and the magazines from Trial-Inside what Franky promised me. He also sent me some stikers and two postcards with the Coustellier brothers which was a very big surprise for me. The magazines are very cool and the posters too, congratulations Franky!
Thank you very much!!!
Video coming soon :D

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Red Bull Video Shooting Nov.12.2010

          The whole thing came very spontaneously, one morning at 11 o’clock my manager Alex Ilie called and asked me if I want to come to Bucharest to make a video shooting. I had taught a bit and I said “ok, why not?” . Then I took the train and on November 11 I arrived in the capital. To be honest, I didn't taught that, I will go back there this year. It was a cool day, I went to the hotel and immediately after I checked in, we went to search for riding places in the city. We tried to focus on the theme “Construction Yard”, I think we managed well.
          The next day I woke up with little emotions, I started to feel the adrenaline just thinking about the spots and imagining the jumps that I could make there, I was like “let’s rock!”. At 9am we reached the first spot and at 10 we started the shooting, I worked together with three cameramen, one of them Gabi Petrescu (who made the edit), the team proved to be very pro and our collaboration was also excellent. The guys were very cool, I had fun and laughed a lot with them, (from the uncut footage I could easily make a short comedy xD). The shooting kept until It was nearly dark outside. In the end of the day I was increasingly pumped, even though I was very tired after 5 hours of hard training, I even managed to overcome some of my records, Red Bull gave me wiiings!

I hope you like it:

Some record heights:

Riding the Construction Yard Nov.08.2010

Interview for Trial-Inside.com by Frank Chastel

          Recently I met Frank Chastel on facebook, who liked my photos from my last photoshooting with Red Bull and he came up with the idea to make an interview about that, for www.Trial-Inside.com and post it, in the news area. I was very excited when I heard that and I accepted immediately :D. 
          To be honest, I don't know him too good but from what we talked, he knows all the history of biketrial and he did a lot for this sport. It's an awesome guy and I respect him a lot! Special thanks to you Franky and to Trial-Inside for promoting me! 

Here is the post on Trial Inside

And also the interview:

• Trial Inside: Could you present yourself for Trial Inside?

Robert Kovacs: My name is Robert Kovacs, I'm 19 years old, born on October 25th 1990 in Oradea, Romania.

• TI: Could you speak about your bike? What parts are you using?

Robert Kovacs: My current bike, I think it's the best of all I ever had so far, it's so rigid, perfect geometry, pretty good weight (only 9,3 kg), but I'm still working on it to make it lighter. My bikes' configuration is: Yaabaa Stinger frame with Try-all fork, Trialtech handlebar, Reset titanium bb, Try-all CNC cranks, Wellgopedals, TMS rear and Trialtech front rim, Try-all Shift and Sticky Light tires, Hope and Magura HS 33 brakes...

• TI: Where did you make your last photo session?

Robert Kovacs: My last photo session took place in Bucharest, on the top of two buildings at Minerva and Metropolis Center, with Mihai Stetcu, Red Bull Photofiles photographer.

• TI: Are you sponsored by Red Bull? What are they using those photos for?

Robert Kovacs: Yes, I started the collaboration with Red Bull 1 year ago and this summer I became a Red Bull athlete. Well, they use these photos for media and stuff like that. All the pictures with the Red Bull athletes are available on a photo database names Red Bull Photofiles.

• TI: You competed at BiciCooltura where you got second place, that means you had a good day.

Robert Kovacs: Yes, I had a really good day, I won second place in elite class there, even if the weather wasn't the best, it was raining and the tracks were all slippery, but I enjoyed the contest and the racing. I think I did it well.

• TI: Do you think it's possible for you to race next year in the world cups?

Robert Kovacs: Hmm, as a first step I will race in the European cups... I don't know, we'll see my evolution and the results there. I think everything is possible, especially with Red Bull that gives me wiiings xD.

• TI: Are there any other trial riders in your town?

Robert Kovacs: Of course, there are like... approximately 10 riders.

• TI: Who is your favorite rider?

Robert Kovacs: Well, I like a lot the Coustellier brothers, my favorite is still and it will be Giacomo.

I hope you like It!

Red Bull Photoshooting Oct.12-13.2010

"Riding the top of Bucharest"

          On October 11 I arrived at Bucharest directly from Iasi city, where I had a contest, the "BiciCooltura 2". Because the contest was very hard and the travel by train was exhausting too, I decided to go to the hotel, where I took a break and relaxed a bit. Later, I went out with my manager and the photographer, to estabilish the battle plan for next day, beside a pizza. Basically we planed and talked about the places where we had to shoot. They said, I have to ride on the top of some huge buildings what was a total surprise for me, but when I heard that, I was like... OK let's do it!
          The next day I woke up early, to prepare myself for the big shooting and to be honest, I was a bit nervous about the locations, because I did not know what to expect exactly. We had two locations, two buildings at Minerva and Metropolis Center.
          First day at Minerva: The building was wery oldschool and inspiring, the ride wasn't like an everyday training, I was soo "high" and full of adrenaline. I had a lot of funn with the photographer and our collaboration was very good.
          Second day at Metropolis Center: This time it was a 10 floor building. When I saw it, I was a bit nervous, but in the same time exited too, to get on the top. Up there was incredible to see the whole city around, the landscape was soo beautiful, that realy pushed me to the limits. I recomand to all of you to try this if you have the oportunity xD, it was such a great experience.
          I realy enjoyed this photoshooting, I had a great time and lot of fun with Mihai Stecu, who is a pro Red Bull  photographer with whom I like to work very much, because he always makes the things soo funny.

         I hope you like the photos:

Action at Minerva:

Lifestyle:

Action at Metropolis Center:

Lifestyle:

Contest BiciCooltura 2’nd edition Oct.10.2010

I arrived with the train in Iasi city on Saturday evening on October 9, where was very cold and raining, which gaved me little emotions about the contest.  When the contest started Sunday morning the situation was the same, the rain did not stop and the tracks were all wet and slippery, but the organizers have thought about the competitors safety and they camed up with a brilliant idea to put on the dangerous places wire mesh for extra grip. By the way the difficulty of the tracks wasn’t too high, but their were tehnical.

I competed in Elite category,  where were only 3 tracks, which had to be passed 3 times. I started the race very good, I managed to control my emotions very well.  The first two rounds I was leading the category, but unfortunately in the third one I began to have trouble with my concentration, In fact I finished second place.

The contest was great, I had a very good time during the race, the atmosphere was very competitive and full of adrenaline.

The premiere was a very great feeling, when they began to sprinkle us with champagne, I felt like guys in the Formula 1, It was a truly new experience.

Video:

Photos:

Results:

1 Alexe Ioan Baiesiu

2 Kovacs Robert

3 Levente Janosi