Mountain Bike Personality Of The Year: Jackson Goldstone

Much like in his two race wins of 2023, Jackson Goldstone totally dominated the voting in this category. Fair play that lad.

From his first-year-in-Elite results alone Jackson Goldstone arguably deserves this award. He won two rounds in his rookie year. No one else won more than one round. He ended up a close second to Loic Bruni in the Overall.

The fact that he also spent so much time off-track in various medical facilities is insane (as Rob Warner would say). The guy had surgery at one point in the season – and had to miss being able to defend his Red Bull Hardline title – but this was only after struggling through a round of the DH World Cup feeling decidedly below par. The round in question? Val di Sole. Oof. Where he won. Wow.

And how about his/the final race run of the whole World Cup season at his home track of Mont-Sainte-Anne? Wow again. That was freaking amazing.

Even amidst all the changes that have happened in the post-Red Bull era of Elite Downhill racing, there’s no denying that the actual racing is the best – and most genuinely competitive – it has ever been and young Mr Goldstone is big part of it. 2023 Elite DH will probably be remembered for being Goldstone’s nearly year, not Bruni.

The fact the he will arguably head into the 2024 season as favourite for the Overall is – you guessed it – insane. But true. And deserved. He is the best male downhill racer on the planet right now.

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Ben Haworth

Orange Switch 6er. Stif Squatcher. Schwalbe Magic Mary Purple Addix front. Maxxis DHR II 3C MaxxTerra rear. Coil fan. Ebikes are not evil. I have been a writer for nigh on 20 years, a photographer for 25 years and a mountain biker for 30 years. I have written countless magazine and website features and route guides for the UK mountain bike press, most notably for the esteemed and highly regarded Singletrackworld. Although I am a Lancastrian, I freely admit that West Yorkshire is my favourite place to ride. Rarely a week goes by without me riding and exploring the South Pennines.

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