Crankworx 2012 - Joyride Slopestyle Coursewalk
Aug 10, 2012
Joyride Bike Parks Inc have been hard at work creating the slopestyle course for this years Red Bull Joyride Event. Last year's course was good, and this year's is even better; by taking input from the riders and the judges the course has been built, shaped, and modified when needed, so that everyone is happy. The course features two main lines, a big line with 7 features, and the tech line with 11 features. By using input from the judges the lines have been built so that riders can achieve a similar score on either line. Of course riders on the tech line line will have to trick 11 jumps to achieve the same score as riders tricking the 7 big jumps.
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 The start is similar to last years, note that the ramp has been extended an extra 3 feet since this photo was taken to make it easier for riders to throw tricks such as front flips. |
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| After the drop riders go through a big right berm that sends them across the run towards the first line choice. |
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| This triangular ramp sends riders either right into a berm that crosses to the left and gaps over a rock section, or straight into another jump. |
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| If you take the straight line you go up and over and down into a left berm that sends you over a roller and a small jump. |
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| If you take the right line you go through a left berm and then over a small skip over the straight jump, and then over this jump over the rock pile. |
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| Both lines send you towards the same jump, the left line is a little bit bigger and more of a hip than the smaller straight line on the right. |
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| From there it's into this snowboard spine jump, you can land either left or right, or just go straight. |
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| The left line sends you into this smaller trick jump... |
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| ...while the right line goes into this giant hip. |
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| Both lines come together again into these satellite dishes, while the middle line is simply a 60 foot gap over the whole thing. (don't worry, those wooden posts in the middle will be a lot shorter come event time. |
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| Next up is the cabin, and this time it has two lines as well. One that goes up and over with a straight drop off the roof, and another on the left that has a kicker off the deck. No going through the cabin this year... |
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| The landing for both jumps runs straight down into the village as per usual. |
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| Paddy Kaye, the man behind Joyride Bike Parks, and co creator along with Chis Winter of the original Joyride Bike Festival back in 2001. That festival went on to become what we now know as Crankworx. |
