Ailo Gaup (motocross rider)
Ailo Gaup (Ailo Mikkelsen Gaup, nickname: Iceman ; born January 22, 1979 in Tromsø ) is a Sami - Norwegian Freestyle Motocross (FMX) rider. Alongside Mathieu Rebeaud , he has dominated the European freestyle motocross landscape for the past two years. He started his motorsport career at the age of five with snowmobile races . He switched to the motocross machine in 1993 before switching to freestyle motocross in 2000. He is now a professional and can live from the prize money and entry fees paid. In 2005 he was the first rider to jump an underflip, a mixture of 360 and backflip. He was the first European to be invited to an X-Games competition in the field of freestyle motocross.
His mother Laila Stien is a well-known Norwegian children's author (My brother the champion).
successes
- 2nd IFMXF Night of the Jumps Tour 2005
- 8. X-Games Best Trick 2005
- 5th Dew Action Sports Tour 2005
- 1st IFMXF World Ranking 2003 & 2004
- 5. Global X-Games 2003
Web links
- Ailo Gaup's website (Norwegian)
- IFMXF driver profile for Ailo Gaup ( Memento from August 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gaup, Ailo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian freestyl motocrosser |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tromso , Norway |