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Asa Vermette and Gracey Hemstreet win Red Bull Hardline Tasmania
Weather called the final, but Red Bull Hardline still crowned its champions. Asa Vermette went fastest in Tasmania to make history, while Gracey Hemstreet dominated again on the world’s hardest track.
Red Bull Hardline Tasmania 2026 seeding runs now available on Youtube.
Sometimes Red Bull Hardline decides the result before race day even arrives.
After Saturday’s seeding runs on the brutal Tasmanian track at Red Bull Hardline Tasmania, the wet weather rolled in hard enough that Sunday’s final was called off with deteriorating surface conditions from top to bottom. Rider safety came first - and that meant the stopwatch from seeding would tell the story.
And what a story it was.
Asa Vermette reacts during seeding at Red Bull Hardline Tasmania
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Aaron Gwin performs during practice at Red Bull Hardline Tasmania
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Kaos Seagrave performs during seeding run at Red Bull Hardline Tasmania
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Jess Blewitt and Lou Ferguson at Red Bull Hardline Tasmania
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Asa Vermette rode like he knew exactly what was at stake. The American laid down a near-perfect run - fast, calm, and on the edge in all the right places - to stop the clock at 3:15.805 and take the win. It was the kind of ride that doesn’t scream for attention, but quietly confirms the young riders dominance.
Ireland’s Rónán Dunne came closest, just over two seconds back, while Tasmania local favourite Troy Brosnan delivered under pressure to lock in third on home dirt (his second consecutive placing at Red Bull Tasmania).
For Vermette, this one means more than a trophy. At just 18, he’s now the youngest rider ever to win two Hardline events, backing up his Wales victory last year and confirming what everyone in the pits already knew - this kid isn’t the future anymore, he’s the present.
On the women’s side, Gracey Hemstreet showed once again that Tasmania suits her just fine. Attacking where others looked defensive, she controlled the course top to bottom to post a 4:08 run that no one could touch. Scotland’s Louise Ferguson chased hard but finished just under five seconds back.
Hemstreet’s win makes it back-to-back Hardline Tasmania victories - and two Hardline titles overall - a first in the women’s field and another chapter in a career that keeps rewriting the history books.
Check out the seeding race times and splits below;
Bib
Name
Nation
Time
Diff
2
Asa Vermette
USA
3:15.805
-2.132
10
Rónán Dunne
IRL
3:17.937
+2.132
3
Troy Brosnan
AUS
3:18.098
+2.293
4
Bernard Kerr
GBR
3:21.918
+6.113
11
Aaron Gwin
USA
3:22.330
+6.525
29
Carter Sloan
AUS
3:22.470
+6.665
5
Connor Fearon
AUS
3:23.211
+7.406
26
Oli Clark
NZL
3:23.537
+7.732
1
Jackson Goldstone
CAN
3:23.590
+7.785
8
Luca Shaw
USA
3:23.827
+8.022
13
Ryan Gilchrist
AUS
3:24.560
+8.755
20
Darcy Coutts
AUS
3:28.270
+12.465
27
Will Hynes
AUS
3:29.925
+14.120
18
Dan Booker
AUS
3:38.080
+22.275
21
Sam Hill
AUS
3:40.278
+24.473
30
Sascha Kim
AUS
3:40.321
+24.516
25
Kaos Seagrave
GBR
3:40.470
+24.665
19
Edgar Briole
FRA
3:41.356
+25.551
28
Hudson Tarling
AUS
3:44.542
+28.737
9
Luke Meier-Smith
AUS
3:44.588
+28.783
22
Matteo Iniguez
FRA
3:57.988
+42.183
14
Gracey Hemstreet
CAN
4:08.534
+52.729
16
Louise-Anna Ferguson
GBR
4:13.378
+57.573
12
Roger Vieira
BRA
4:24.334
+1:08.529
7
Théo Erlangsen
RSA
4:37.721
+1:21.916
23
Brook Macdonald
NZL
DNF
24
Mikayla Parton
GBR
DNS
15
Jess Blewitt
NZL
DNS
Elsewhere on the hill, style and speed were rewarded too. Edgar Briole claimed the Mophie Fastest Charger after sending the Creek Gap faster than anyone else, while Mikayla Parton earned Rider of the Week, voted by the riders themselves - the kind of award that actually means something in this paddock.
Red Bull Hardline doesn’t always give you the race day you expect. But even when the weather has the final say, it still delivers exactly what it promises: proof of who’s willing to ride the edge when the track bites back.
