Crankworx 2012 - (Un)Offical Whip-Off World Championships

An exciting new addition to Crankworx Whistler’s event calendar is the UnOfficial Whip Off World Championships. The event took place on the Whistler Mountain Bike Park’s gigantic Crabapple Hits. There are no rules in this event; the biggest, most stylish whip takes home the $1,000 cash prize and American Tyler McCaul was the man to do it today.

Thomas Vanderham pulled the second best whip, MVP went to Brendan Fairclough and Cam Zink got an honourable mention. The “best whip not brought back” was Bernard Kerr and on the women’s side Lorraine Brancher came away with kudos. Other titles included in the grassroots event was “best AM whip” pulled by Chris Young, highest air to Jamie Goldman and “best scrub” to Ian Morrison.

2012 Crankworx Garbonzo DH

Garbanzo downhill. Men - 1. Steve Smith 2.Marcel Gutierrez Villegas 3. Chris Kovarik. Women - 1. Casey Brown 2. Miranda Miller 3. Claire Buchar. Video by: Matt Miles, Karl Heldt, Harrison Mendel, and Scott Secco.

2012 Crankworx Day 2 Speed and Style

Slopestyle meets racing in this battle for the first ever Crankworx Whistler Speed and Style.

Crankworx 2012 - Canadian Open Enduro

Canadian Open Enduro Podium: Men - 1. Jerome Clementz 2. Curtis Keene 3. Brian Lopes. Women - 1. Katrina Strand 2. Rosara Joseph 3. Katherine Short. Video by: Scott Secco, Matt Miles, Karl Heldt, and Harrison Mendel.

Crankworx Whistler Dual Speed & Style

On August 11, 2012 the Dual Speed & Style presented by AVID had it's Whistler debut. Britain’s Brendan Fairclough, a rider widely recognized as one of the most well-rounded racers on the DH circuit, ended up in the final with Spain’s Andreu Lacondeguy, one of the world’s best known freeriders. Lacondeguy, who actually has history battling the clock as a DH racer, gave Fairclough a run for his money but in the end pushed too hard and ended his race in a spectacular cloud of dust while the British World Cup racer sailed over the finish line.

In the battle for third place two freeriders were pit against each other; American Kyle Strait who qualified first yesterday, and Sweden’s Martin Soderstrom. Soderstrom was pulling out Joyride-worthy tricks in every heat but in the small final was bucked on a roller and fell, giving an easy finish to Strait.