Gallery: Freestyle BMX on the Moon? No, Something Very Much Like It
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*Competitors explore the moonscape of Campo de Piedra Pomes, an Argentine pumice field.* Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Campo de Piedra is as remote as it is inhospitable. Tobias Wicke and Sebastian Keep were among the 10 competitors Red Bull invited to what had to be one of the coolest freestyle events ever. Although there were countless cans of Red Bull, there was but one oxygen mask. Odd, that.* Photo: Rutger Pauw/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Tobias Wicke making maximum use of the terrain.* Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Wicke, practicing on the pumice. When's the last time you heard that?* Photo: Luis Vidales/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Aaron Ross, soaring.* Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Daniel Dhers prepares to perform as fellow competitors kick back in the shade.* Photo: Luis Vidales/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Daniel Dhers once again making it look so easy with a tuck no-hander. The high heat and even higher altitude required riders to pace themselves.* Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Unusual terrain brings unusual maintenance and repairs, like cleaning volcanic ash out of bearings.* Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Kevin Kalkoff, cutting loose with an invert. The terrain was is varied as the riders, and no two formations are the same.* Photo: Rutger Pauw/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Ben Hennon takes a breather. Riders said riding at more than 13,000 feet above sea level left them breathless, literally and figuratively.* Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
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*The natural terrain provided no end of awesome moves, like Aaron Ross' barspin..* Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
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*Video highlights of the action out on the pumice.* Video: Red Bull Content Pool
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