Proclaiming a G.O.A.T. in any sport is usually a contentious prospect. It typically sparks heated debates over such minutiae as weight classes, differing disciplines, or even the evolutionary leaps between a sport’s defining eras. This is no longer the case with mountain biking. At this point in our history, there is little question over who the Greatest of All Time is. It’s Brandon Semenuk.

Ask any pro, regardless of whether they’re a freerider, a slopestyler, a downhiller, an enduro ripper, or even a cross-country elite, and they’ll invariably say the same thing. Semenuk is not only the planet’s most versatile, progressive rider, but he’s made the biggest impact on the global perception of mountain biking—both with the core riding community and mainstream audiences.

The Canadian’s competitive accomplishments in freeride and slopestyle are unparalleled. He’s won Red Bull Joyride, slopestyle’s most hallowed contest and the crowning event of the annual Crankworx Whistler festival, a record five times (while placing second once and third twice)—far more than any other athlete. In seven years of traveling around the world to compete in the Freeride Mountain Bike (FMB) World Tour, he’s won the overall series championship three times. And when it comes to freeriding’s pinnacle event, Red Bull Rampage—the most death-defying spectacle in all of mountain biking—Semenuk sits in a category of his own with another record five victories.