Crankworx Colorado 2011 - Intergalactic Pond Crossing

by Ian Hylands
Jul 31, 2011

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The water was cold but the competition was hot... Check out Anthony Mesere and Mitch Chubey's piggyback pond crossing attempt and see Tim Allen put it in the bag for his second year in a row!
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37 Comments

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flag Canadmos (Jul 31, 2011 at 13:39)
 Events like this one and the Whip Off contest are almost more exciting to watch than the same old tricks being done in the other competitions!
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flag JBinKC (Jul 31, 2011 at 15:13)
 I like how most of them have no chance, but they still try anyway just for the fun of it. Thats cool. Way more laid back than the other comps at crankworx.
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flag dudeimcool (Jul 31, 2011 at 15:35)
 These types of contests are much funnier to watch, love the enthusiasm!
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flag domino0 (Jul 31, 2011 at 15:48)
 Why cant we have these sort of things in the UK?!?!








Oh wait....Health and Safety
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flag cbit (Jul 31, 2011 at 16:01)
 this is like the wipeout of biking
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flag NAWL (Jul 31, 2011 at 18:23)
 to domino0, while we have crankworx u guys have amazing downhill races that get massive amounts of exposure, other than kokanee crankworx we have a very limited event news feeds
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flag domino0 (Aug 1, 2011 at 2:34)
 I wasnt meaning events like Crankworx or DH races, I was complaining that we dont have any silly events like the above video...
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flag Will-BrownGT (Aug 1, 2011 at 4:38)
 domino0, the waters too cold :/
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flag domino0 (Aug 1, 2011 at 12:00)
 Man up? haha
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flag insanus1 (Aug 2, 2011 at 1:31)
 danny macaskill would win this with ease... maybe that's why they don't do it in the UK?
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flag snowscoob (Aug 3, 2011 at 9:06)
 ^^^ that water is damn cold its all snow run off from 12,000 ft above sea level so dont think for a second its warm
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flag lloydie123 (Jul 31, 2011 at 12:52)
 That looks like awesome fun
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flag etiennecelery (Jul 31, 2011 at 12:46)
 Using the duck haha
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flag FastDHR (Jul 31, 2011 at 12:52)
 strategy...what strategy ???...just go with the flow or pin it !!!
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flag hampsteadbandit (Aug 1, 2011 at 12:05)
 mountain bike needs more of these types of event!

years ago (ok....mid 1990s) we had a huge bike event here in the UK called the "Malvern Classic" which featured XC, DH and Dual Eliminator

and after the racing was all done..on Sunday afternoon we had a LAKE JUMPING competition

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/5294039/

I would bring my BMX to the race, just for the lake jumping, SO much fun!

we would get race guys like Steve Peat, Darren Tapp and Will Longden down by the Lake watching all the lunatics hucking themselves into the water off the 1/4 pipe
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flag MrTeeGiant (Jul 31, 2011 at 13:17)
 i would pay to see a person try and manual the whole thing!
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flag nsfrench77 (Aug 1, 2011 at 9:38)
 this is rad. this reminds me of the goofey, just-have-fun events they had at the Texas Toast Jam. I think one thing mountain biking has to do is make sure it doesn't get too serious, stuff like this is perfect, i wanna see more of this at every slopestyle comp, dh race, jump comp, whatever. RAD!
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flag nsfrench77 (Aug 1, 2011 at 9:39)
 oh ya and chubey and anthony kill it haha
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flag nateb (Jul 31, 2011 at 14:47)
 That's awesome! I'd have more fun spectating that than watching a flippy double whippy thingamajig.
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flag sebs-i-think Plus (Jul 31, 2011 at 12:48)
 hahahha! i wana give it a go Big Grin
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flag VTwintips (Jul 31, 2011 at 13:05)
 i did NOT like seeing those bikes go into the water! Poor bearings....

"Not the pbike, not the pbike, huh? Huh? HUH? YAh! It made it!"
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flag amando96 (Jul 31, 2011 at 13:38)
 I was glad he made it, if it was the cromo frame it would suck getting it wet...
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flag brule Mod Plus (Jul 31, 2011 at 12:59)
 Looks like a great weekend at Crankworx Colorado!
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flag paulclarke (Jul 31, 2011 at 13:17)
 mitch and anthony... so good!
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flag chuk2rs (Jul 31, 2011 at 13:43)
 Looks easier than last year's. But at least they didn't have to deal with the tubes popping every other rider.
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flag fewnofrwgijn (Aug 1, 2011 at 22:38)
 I NEED to find a pond.
NOW.

Also,
Where the hell is Tippie?
He would complete this video!
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flag DaveC92 (Jul 31, 2011 at 15:41)
 Good to see some fine music.
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flag mikelevy Mod Plus (Jul 31, 2011 at 14:31)
 That looks like a blast! More of this sort of thing please!
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flag ssg1 (Jul 31, 2011 at 12:51)
 simply awesome ^^
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flag mtbfunfunfun (Aug 1, 2011 at 6:58)
 Bikes rule! We need to make up more creative things like this. So cool.
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flag dhjunkie (Jul 31, 2011 at 20:55)
 these events are what make bike contests so damn fun!
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flag shishka (Jul 31, 2011 at 21:45)
 Nice video, that looks like alot of fun.
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flag lightningskull (Jul 31, 2011 at 16:37)
 looks like so much fun
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flag pokalface (Jul 31, 2011 at 15:46)
 500 is so good!
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flag kforrest (Aug 1, 2011 at 17:32)
 that was awesome
B)
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flag bikeracer28 (Aug 1, 2011 at 18:48)
 no offense but that wasnt even very skinny. dont know why it was so hard for the people. anyway, looks like a ton of fun.
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flag BigDaddyE (Aug 4, 2011 at 7:26)
 It was 140ft across 8" wide and floating/moving around on you the whole way. Yep, that's cake....not! Was very fun though!
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