diff --git a/r2/r2/config/routing.py b/r2/r2/config/routing.py
index d97873764..b69edeafd 100644
--- a/r2/r2/config/routing.py
+++ b/r2/r2/config/routing.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def make_map():
 
     mc('/', controller='hot', action='listing')
 
-    listing_controllers = "hot|new|randomrising|comments"
+    listing_controllers = "hot|new|rising|randomrising|comments"
 
     mc('/:controller', action='listing',
        requirements=dict(controller=listing_controllers))
diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/__init__.py b/r2/r2/controllers/__init__.py
index 8eabd0f8a..8ba31ab9e 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/__init__.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/__init__.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def load_controllers():
     from listingcontroller import ListingController
     from listingcontroller import HotController
     from listingcontroller import NewController
+    from listingcontroller import RisingController
     from listingcontroller import BrowseController
     from listingcontroller import MessageController
     from listingcontroller import RedditsController
diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py b/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
index 2129eccca..6ed6eff1c 100755
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from r2.models.query_cache import CachedQuery, MergedCachedQuery
 from r2.config.extensions import is_api
 from r2.lib.pages import *
 from r2.lib.pages.things import wrap_links
-from r2.lib.menus import NewMenu, TimeMenu, SortMenu, RecSortMenu, ProfileSortMenu
+from r2.lib.menus import TimeMenu, SortMenu, RecSortMenu, ProfileSortMenu
 from r2.lib.menus import ControversyTimeMenu
 from r2.lib.rising import get_rising
 from r2.lib.wrapped import Wrapped
@@ -398,10 +398,6 @@ class NewController(ListingController):
     where = 'new'
     title_text = _('newest submissions')
 
-    @property
-    def menus(self):
-        return [NewMenu(default = self.sort)]
-
     def keep_fn(self):
         def keep(item):
             """Avoid showing links that are too young, to give time
@@ -425,24 +421,27 @@ class NewController(ListingController):
         return keep
 
     def query(self):
-        if self.sort == 'rising':
-            return get_rising(c.site)
-        else:
-            return c.site.get_links('new', 'all')
+        return c.site.get_links('new', 'all')
 
-    @validate(sort = VMenu('controller', NewMenu))
-    def POST_listing(self, sort, **env):
-        # VMenu validator will save the value of sort before we reach this
-        # point. Now just redirect to GET mode.
-        return self.redirect(request.fullpath + query_string(dict(sort=sort)))
+    def POST_listing(self, **env):
+        # Redirect to GET mode in case of any legacy requests
+        return self.redirect(request.fullpath)
 
     @require_oauth2_scope("read")
-    @validate(sort = VMenu('controller', NewMenu))
     @listing_api_doc(uri='/new')
-    def GET_listing(self, sort, **env):
-        self.sort = sort
+    def GET_listing(self, **env):
+        if request.params.get('sort') == 'rising':
+            return self.redirect('/rising')
+
         return ListingController.GET_listing(self, **env)
 
+class RisingController(NewController):
+    where = 'rising'
+    title_text = _('rising submissions')
+
+    def query(self):
+        return get_rising(c.site)
+
 class BrowseController(ListingController):
     where = 'browse'
 
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/menus.py b/r2/r2/lib/menus.py
index 6cf672f85..8eeecdfb9 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/menus.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/menus.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class MenuHandler(StringHandler):
 # selected menu styles, primarily used on the main nav bar
 menu_selected=StringHandler(hot          = _("what's hot"),
                             new          = _("what's new"),
+                            rising       = _("what's rising"),
                             top          = _("top scoring"),
                             controversial= _("most controversial"),
                             saved        = _("saved"),
@@ -495,23 +496,6 @@ class RecSortMenu(SortMenu):
     default   = 'new'
     options   = ('hot', 'new', 'top', 'controversial', 'relevance')
 
-class NewMenu(SimplePostMenu):
-    name      = 'sort'
-    default   = 'rising'
-    options   = ('new', 'rising')
-    type = 'flatlist'
-    use_post  = True
-
-    def __init__(self, **kw):
-        kw['title'] = ""
-        SimplePostMenu.__init__(self, **kw)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def operator(self, sort):
-        if sort == 'new':
-            return operators.desc('_date')
-        
-
 class KindMenu(SimplePostMenu):
     name    = 'kind'
     default = 'all'
diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index f022ebe3d..1f5859a10 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ class Reddit(Templated):
         else:
             main_buttons = [NamedButton('hot', dest='', aliases=['/hot']),
                             NamedButton('new'), 
+                            NamedButton('rising'),
                             NamedButton('controversial'),
                             NamedButton('top'),
                             ]