Bearclaw Invitational - Semenuk wins!

Aug 6, 2011 at 20:25
Aug 6, 2011
by Ian Hylands
 
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Top 3

1. Brandon Semenuk
2. Anthony Messere
3. Darren Berrecloth

Full results at bottom

Drop at the end of the skinny NORTHSHORE X-TREME Line
Geoff Gullevich dropping off the North Shore skinny...
Darren Berrecloth with a super clicked turn down over the hip
Darren Berrecloth with a super clicked turn down over the hip.
Ryan Howard with a super steezy flat 360.
Ryan Howard with a super steezy flat 360.
Sam Pilgrim killing it on his first run with a nice stretched out flip tuck no hander.
Sam Pilgrim killing it on his first run with a nice stretched out flip tuck no hander.
Semenuk with what looks like a stretched out whip the reality is that this is the first part of the double whip at the end of his first run...
Semenuk with what looks like a stretched out whip, the reality is that this is the first part of the double whip at the end of his first run...
Cam McCaul came here to have a good time and ride his bike. Mission accomplished
Cam McCaul came here to have a good time and ride his bike. Mission accomplished!
Table out of the boner log
Geoff with a nice table off the boner log...
Justin Wyper with a front flip off of the boner log. He stuck it on his first run but couldn t land it on his second.
Justin Wyper with a front flip off of the boner log. He stuck it on his first run but couldn't land it on his second.
Inward Table on hip.
Ryan Howard was styling it up all day. Inward table over the hip.
Anthony Messere was the first one to 360 off the drop and consistently hit it smooth on every run.
Anthony Messere was the first one to 360 off the drop and consistently hit it smooth on every run.
Pilgrim coudn t commit to the boner...
Sam was looking to improve on his first run score and throw down a sick 2nd run. Unfortunately it ended on the boner log...
Semenuk on his way to first place 360 off the drop...
Semenuk on his way to first place, 360 off the drop...
Anthony won the Adidas Evil Eye high jump contest. He was the only one to make this height and even after he d won he still tried to go higher...
Anthony won the Adidas Evil Eye high jump contest. He was the only one to make this height and even after he'd won he still tried to go higher...
The Podium left to right Anthony Messere 2nd Brandon Semenuk 1st Darren Berrecloth 3rd.

DAY 2 BEST SCORE
 
1 Brandon Semenuk                90
2 Anthony Messeres                87.3
3 Darren Berrecloth                 85.67
4 Sam Pilgrim                          84.67
5 Yannick Granieri                    83
6 Jamie Goldman                     82.67
7 Cameron McCaul                    79.67
8 Kurt Sorge                            77.67
9 Greg Watts                            76.67
10 Justin Wyper                       73.67
11 Ryan Howard                       67.3    
12 Erick Lawrenuk                    59
13 Geoff Gullevich                   58
14 Bret Rheeder                      52.3
15 Cam Zink                             48.67
16 Jordie Lunn                         45
17 Sam Dueck                          40.3
18 Mitch Chubey                      36.67
19 Graham Aggasiz                  DNS
20 Casey Groves                       DNS
21 Kyle Strait                           DNS

Winning run: BRANDON SEMENUK; bar spin the drop/ tuck no hander/ tail whip on the boner/ bar spin to table on the hip/ opposite 360 on sky deck/ reg 3 off/ back flip first set/ double tail whip second set/ 540 on the QP
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123 Comments

  • + 74
flag carterwills (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:34)
 in my opinion this contest was alot better then Redbull Joyride and any of the other contests this year! amazing course and awesome riding gave for a great day! good job to Semenuk, Messere and The Claw
  • + 18
flag amacdonald (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:54)
 The course looked sick can't wait to see some videos
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flag kachow (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:11)
 cause the claw made it Big Grin
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flag westsyderider (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:19)
 Anthony has major boost skills and the course was amazing props Darren. wish all slopestyle courses were more like this one. I feel this is more of a freeride course

PS full results?
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flag westsyderider (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:26)
 why didnt aggy ride?
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flag Andrew-Taylor (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:31)
 He bailed trying to spin off the drop
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flag brandoncoughlin (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:37)
 anthonys so flippen good hes my age and getting second on the gnarliest slopestyle course of the year
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flag carterwills (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:41)
 Aggy didnt ride because in practise something happened when he spun off the drop and he did somthing to ankle
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flag Da-Moose (Aug 6, 2011 at 23:06)
 What happened to zink?
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flag carterwills (Aug 6, 2011 at 23:18)
 he didnt have the greatest first run then he had to ditch his bike right before the second booter cause he cased the first one
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flag no-ah (Aug 7, 2011 at 0:12)
 i think aggy would have had a chance in the high jump if he didnt hurt himself
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flag carterwills (Aug 7, 2011 at 0:27)
 no way Messere boosted so high!!
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flag bikerboywill (Aug 7, 2011 at 1:50)
 Sam has the worst luck
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flag simzz (Aug 7, 2011 at 2:24)
 If he came 4th with not even finishing his run, than he could of even got a podium i reckon
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flag jumpingman (Aug 7, 2011 at 5:41)
 What no video?????
  • + 1
flag jd529 (Aug 7, 2011 at 10:59)
 anthony is gonna be such a powerhouse, 3's off huge drops in competition and boosting as high as he does? he's killing it
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flag samunderwood (Aug 7, 2011 at 11:58)
 Sam Pilgrim has had the worst luck this year Frown, but semenuk and messere are f*cking killing it this summer!.
  • + 1
flag brett236 (Aug 7, 2011 at 16:04)
 what are you talking about? i beleive he was on a big winning streak earlier in the year, and he is still placing well in these contests.
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flag tom666 (Aug 7, 2011 at 16:33)
 samunderwood is clearly on crack. Pilgrim is doing pretty well over all. He's winning almost all of the euro competitions and scoring in the top 5 fairly consistently on the american/canadian scene. I think sam would actually be suited better to a smaller course, major props to anthony messerre though, i'm the same age as him. Can't help but feel behind the game.
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flag dezim (Aug 7, 2011 at 18:05)
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flag samunderwood (Aug 8, 2011 at 12:41)
 yeah i know hes doing well this year but this summer in america its just all gone downhill for him :/, hes still in the top 3 though Smile
  • + 1
flag brett236 (Aug 8, 2011 at 13:00)
 only at whistler, he killed it in colorado and at this comp. he had bad luck at one comp, you have no idea what your saying.
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flag samunderwood (Aug 8, 2011 at 14:01)
 yeah id call that unlucky in america, out of 3 competions he got back luck in whister did really well in colorado but he should of come second and he ghosted on the second run at bearclaw, pretty unlucky, even he said hes had back luck in america on his facebook, if you believe that hes not having bad luck in america you must be off your face, even he thinks he is...
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flag brett236 (Aug 8, 2011 at 16:26)
 He got bad luck in whistler, good luck in colorado. ghosting your bike isnt bad luck, he messed up and to me thats not luck. but i know that you think you are right about everything from previous conversations so there is no point arguing with you.
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  • + 38
flag jaketinnelly (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:29)
 Anthony - Brett Bananasandwich on 26" wheels
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flag brett236 (Aug 7, 2011 at 16:02)
 way more style, brett just does banger tricks. messere does slighlty less banger tricks but with mad style and huge boosts.
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  • + 15
flag nickevans (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:01)
 Anthony Messere seems to be an unstoppable force at the moment. The kid has so much talent it's unreal! I say good luck to him and all future comps he enters! Also, go Sam Pilgrim! Show the rest of the world what us Brits can do!
  • + 16
flag dh0023 (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:21)
 Like how to ghostride your bike!!
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  • + 12
flag conair (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:59)
 stoked to see a full canadian podium
  • + 16
flag sickdj17 (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:51)
 u meen full bc podium
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  • + 11
flag MountainBikerSpecialized (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:43)
 and is it just me or does semenuk always look stoned?
  • + 17
flag jeffrupert (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:47)
 haha he probly is, coming from bc
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flag elgoogyug (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
 Omg...lol
  • + 1
flag pedro4me (Aug 7, 2011 at 9:09)
 stoners show emotion sometimes though!
  • + 1
flag samunderwood (Aug 7, 2011 at 11:59)
 hahah he does, although ive tried riding stoned and its pretty hard haha, if he can be this good stoned imagine him not stoned hahah
  • + 8
flag angrynipples (Aug 7, 2011 at 12:14)
 Idk if riding slopestyle stoned would go very well, but I ride xc and all mountain baked almost every time I go. Makes riding an even more blissful sport.
  • + 1
flag ferney (Aug 8, 2011 at 13:46)
 hahaha YAAH KIRK ! keeping pinkbike informed !
  • + 2
flag bunkey (Nov 1, 2011 at 17:07)
 Cruising about town on your bike high as shit with your headphones on at 4am is a feeling which just cannot be beaten!
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  • + 11
flag Andrew-Taylor (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:26)
 It was SO SICK!!
  • + 30
flag specilizedkicks (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:39)
 ya Brandon semenuk should be scared of Anthony in the future.!!!
  • + 7
flag i-ride-on-dirt (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:54)
 he should already be scared!
  • + 2
flag deannec Mod Plus (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:41)
 Super good kid too. Chatted with him and his friends a bit in Whistler. Just got to keep his head on straight and not let the ego get to him and he'll have sponsors lining up at his door.
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  • + 10
flag LondonCowan Plus (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:31)
 semenuk went to hogwarts
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flag NorCrew09 (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:30)
 Wypers front flip off the boner log was sick!
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flag Miker246 (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:06)
 This is what slopestyle should be. We stood course side and I mean course side less then 10ft from landings and take offs. the vibe was amazing, riding was sick. If your going to go see an event this is it. Beer garden course side! Mt Washington and The Claw put on an amazing event. It's only going to get better.
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  • + 7
flag crazymac1 Plus (Aug 7, 2011 at 0:31)
 lol so bearclaw is paying himself for getting third place? lol
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flag paddyv (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:17)
 It's good to see The Claw get money back after he put so much time, effort, and cash into making this event!
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  • + 7
flag frozenfire (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:57)
 I wanna see video!!
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flag White-Chocolate (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:24)
 I'm beginning to think that Semenuk made a deal with the Devil.
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flag MountainBikerSpecialized (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:43)
 Wow 3rd in crankworks and now 2nd at bearclaw invitational thats amazing messere is going to go far and deffs redefine mountain biking
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  • + 4
flag DeepInTheForest (Aug 7, 2011 at 0:50)
 so ... how do they get the boner log to say up? how is it built? .... and don't tell me it's viagra
  • + 1
flag dezim (Aug 7, 2011 at 18:16)
 they shove it reeeally far into the ground
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flag KTutty (Aug 6, 2011 at 23:35)
 I think hes just humble and has what was said as social anxiety around others.. Super nice guy if you talk to him though.
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flag hoolydooly (Aug 7, 2011 at 2:52)
 I wonder what Anthony is doing with all this cash. I'd buy a block of land and build trails on it...
  • + 1
flag amacdonald (Aug 7, 2011 at 9:38)
 I'm guessing he is gonna have one nice car when he turns 16....
  • + 6
flag mpathic (Aug 7, 2011 at 9:53)
 To afford to buy land in BC he would have to win this comp about 80 times.
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flag goober6801 (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:28)
 Congrats Semenuk on the win and the Claw!!! Messere is no joke kids A beast!!!
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flag jonny5star (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:06)
 Awesome event again Bearclaw!! Great viewing and no hassles. Everyone had a good time.
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flag downhiller33 (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:50)
 nice work semenuk and messere! good to see claw back up on the box!
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  • + 3
flag onel (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:55)
 sick cours claw !! yeah anthony !!
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flag mcgyver (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:49)
 Got chills watching Wypers front flip and run... the event just keeps getting better and bigger each year!!
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flag PaddyD (Aug 7, 2011 at 2:12)
 Yeah Pillhead!!! Sam is stepin' his game up this year.... Doing us pround my friend!!!
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flag dylanfromcanada (Aug 7, 2011 at 22:36)
 Super fun day. I posted some photos on my website a href="http://www.dylanmiles.com/sports/bearclaw-invitational-2011/">Bearclaw Invitational 2011/a>
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flag dylanfromcanada (Aug 7, 2011 at 23:00)
 Bearclaw Invitational 2011 ***fixed the link***
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flag justinhartney (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:53)
 of course anthony won the high jump contest
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flag louiscritchie (Aug 7, 2011 at 9:52)
 I can't wait to see the edit of Semenuk's run!
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flag hamncheez (Aug 7, 2011 at 8:16)
 anyone know the link where we can watch it again?
  • + 1
flag IanHylands Mod Plus (Aug 7, 2011 at 19:39)
 You can watch highlights here and Freeride will be creating a vid of the whole event.
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  • + 2
flag akosituper (Aug 7, 2011 at 7:12)
 semenuk is getting richer
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  • + 0
flag trailstar2danman (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:05)
 What wrong with Semenuk? he never looks happy when he win, show some emotion thing anything but a long face at every event, just saying. ;()
  • + 12
flag spankthewan (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:30)
 He might have social anxiety. Some people are just more reserved than others. I guarantee you he's happy. Don't hate on the guy.
  • + 0
flag trailstar2danman (Aug 7, 2011 at 7:11)
 i'm not a hater, i suffer from post depression myself, I'm just observing
  • + 8
flag pedro4me (Aug 7, 2011 at 9:15)
 just definitely needs to loosen up and eat whatever the mccauls eat
  • + 4
flag angrynipples (Aug 7, 2011 at 12:19)
 Cocaine^^
  • + 3
flag CamHowell (Aug 7, 2011 at 12:37)
 "Yeah man.... So stoked.... Zzzzzzzzzzz......"
Semenuk is in my top three riders. But he doesn't exactly have a happy go lucky personality.
Same with Sam hill, I'm sure he's a great guy and he is an unbelievable rider. But he isn't too energetic.
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  • + 2
flag nightfox (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:32)
 Anthony is breathing down on Semenuk's neck lol
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flag spyk27 Plus (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:27)
 semenuk needs skinnier pants!
  • + 3
flag kickerofelves (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:03)
 And a better shirt. Ugh.
  • + 16
flag mvonhollen (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:09)
 This is pinkbike.com not femininefashionfreaks.com, please leave. LOL
  • + 4
flag spyk27 Plus (Aug 6, 2011 at 23:34)
 mvonhollen mine was just a joke if he had skinnier pants he might not be able to bike
  • + 1
flag trailstar2danman (Aug 7, 2011 at 7:17)
 touchy
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flag mvonhollen (Aug 7, 2011 at 17:37)
 Mkaaay
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flag shastafarian (Aug 7, 2011 at 10:32)
 dude semanuk is a monster he wins everything but i didnt get to see it somebody tell me where to find it please
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flag longgully-freerider (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:19)
 thats the kind of podium i like to see!
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flag CharlieDirt (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:47)
 Killin it again semenuk and messere he jus doesn't stop doing soo good. Plus the course was sick so it made one insane comp.
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flag love2freeride (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:30)
 Awesome course Claw!
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flag el-nombre (Aug 7, 2011 at 3:32)
 Has he officially changed his name to Claw now? Otherwise he's going to have trouble cashing that cheque Big Grin
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flag sugar (Aug 7, 2011 at 19:25)
 So cool to see Ontario local Brett Rheeder ripping it up with the biggest names in the business! Congrats Brett!
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flag Silverrider (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:30)
 Can't wait for Vids!
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flag evan-pelham-rider (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:45)
 sickk!! anthonys killing it!
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flag Orange28 (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:27)
 Knew he was gonna win
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flag Miker246 (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:30)
 Great time so fun to watch
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flag sngltrkmnd (Aug 8, 2011 at 13:01)
 why's semenuk look so poopy pants in the last pic?
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flag reecewallace Plus (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:37)
 Yeah boys!
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flag pokalface (Aug 6, 2011 at 23:08)
 semenuk must share his bucks,haha!
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flag blkmrktcarter (Aug 8, 2011 at 15:27)
 Solid riding Justin... good job!!!
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flag neallynberg (Aug 7, 2011 at 20:39)
 anthony's evil eye high jump, POD
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flag sushimami (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:30)
 good job semenuk good job Messere
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flag trailstar2danman (Aug 7, 2011 at 7:14)
 and...Bearclaw
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flag brett236 (Aug 7, 2011 at 16:02)
 and... Pilgrim
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flag Straner Plus (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:30)
 Messere on the podium again!
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flag gnarshredr (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:16)
 first time ive seen semunuk not flow somethn was on that height contest-RARE occasion
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flag FilipStarcevic (Aug 7, 2011 at 12:27)
 ????????
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flag komodo1 (Aug 7, 2011 at 19:18)
 Kurt Sorge is the best
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flag dennis9 (Aug 7, 2011 at 8:22)
 why does casey groves always gets "hurt" before to contest even begin?
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flag brett236 (Aug 8, 2011 at 13:15)
 Because he goes big in practice and goes down. By the looks of your profile when someone told you to go big or go home you went home, don't be a bitch. If you wanna talk shit about Casey you can ask him why you think he is faking injuries. cgroves.pinkbike.com go ahead
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flag dennis9 (Aug 9, 2011 at 13:03)
 lol thats funny im lookin at ur pics looks like u went home and need to learn to make decent jumps and ps those pics r from years ago i dont take pics no more cuz i dont brag about stuff i just ride my bike for the love
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flag dennis9 (Aug 9, 2011 at 13:12)
 and im not hattin on casey i no he cant get into the states but for crankworks u see him bouncin around at the end of everyones run he looked fine to me
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flag dennis9 (Aug 9, 2011 at 13:13)
 hes one of the best riders
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flag rider1999 (Aug 7, 2011 at 13:33)
 why didnt casey ride
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flag rockin-itis (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:21)
 Yah Darren. Way to go!
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flag Jumanji123 (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:50)
 wheres Mike Montgomery?
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flag Miker246 (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:55)
 bikes stolen didn't ride
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flag brodythummpper (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:33)
 atta boy anthony
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flag torypowers (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:32)
 yeahh messere killin it! brandon never looks stoked about a win.
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flag carterwills (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:42)
 because hes so used to winning Razz
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flag trailstar2danman (Aug 7, 2011 at 7:14)
 triple Canadian win!!!
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flag kooper (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:30)
 YEAAA BUDDY!!!
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flag JesseBMXs (Aug 7, 2011 at 1:25)
 yahhhhh semenuk!!
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flag konafox14 (Aug 6, 2011 at 22:35)
 anthony messere ftw!
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flag syml (Aug 6, 2011 at 20:28)
 again..awesome
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flag spyk27 Plus (Aug 6, 2011 at 21:26)
 woot fave 3 riders won!
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