Crankworx Whistler 2012: Jeep Canadian Open Results and Photos
Aug 19, 2012
Men Top 51. Steve Smith 2:44.80
2. Mick Hannah +4.64
3. Andrew Neethling +5.61
4. Marc Beaumont +6.14
5. Mark Wallace +6.25
Women Top 31. Casey Brown 3:15.28
2. Claire Buchar +9.81
3. Lauren Rosser +10.44
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 Men's Pro Podium (L-R) Beaumont (4), Hannah (2), Steve Smith (1), Needles (3), Mark Wallace (5). |
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| Women's Podium (L-R) Kovarik (2), Brown (1), Rosser (3) |
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| Final check: Ben Reid testing spoke tension before loading up for his shot at $10k. |
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| During the final practice on the DH track this morning, this stone crept out - right in the middle of a "must hit" berm. I just know this bastard gave someone a bad race... |
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| Rachel Atherton has been enjoying her time here in Whistler. She practiced on the Open track, but ultimately opted to not race... Possibly her shoulder has been bothering her? A week's worth of riding will tend to do that to anyone, let alone the one Rachel hammered the crap out of when she collided with that car during a training accident three years ago. |
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| Jared Graves sending it one last time before lunch, a nap, and game time for the Canadian Open. |
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| Casey Brown won the Canadian Nationals this year, and then won again here at the Open by a significant margin. It would have been interesting to see how she'd fared if the top WC women had decided to race. |
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| Claire Buchar |
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| What is not immediately apparent in this photo is that the rock Stevie is pinning it down is too steep to walk down. |
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| Sick Mick rallying into the blown out dust chute below Heckler's Rock. |
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| Mick Hannah |
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| Andrew Neethling |
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| Needles down Hecklers Rock |
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| Marc Beaumont dragging bike park smoke onto the crowd at Heckler's Rock. |
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| Marc Beaumont |
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| Mark Wallace, moving up in the ranks.... |
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| MS-Mondraker's Brook Macdonald keeping loose after his win at Val d'Isere. Bulldog has swapped out the zero stem of the Mondraker in favor of a 45mm stem, feeling that it gives him more control when things get wild. |
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| Strobel keeping it wide open through the roots and duff, and making it into 10th spot. |
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| Jack Reading ended up in 13th spot at the Open. |
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| Luca Shaw is killing it this year, and he may not even be 16 years old yet. Second place in slalom, and 21st in the Open DH. Watch out for this kid! |
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| Chris Del Bosco - Olympic and X Games Skier Cross racer for Canada and pretty fast on a DH bike. |
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| Dean Tennant showing just how loose the talcy track was. |
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| Unfortunately Myriam Nicole took a digger yesterday and was out of the Canadian Open that wrapped up the Crankworx week. She's sustained a broken collarbone--requiring surgery--and will be out for World Champs at the start of September (and likely Norway, too). |
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| Jack Ohare coming down early on in the Pro Men's event. When the sun was coming through the trees it was easy to see just how dusty it really was... |
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| Alastair Fowler came up a hair short on a gap jump near the bottom of the track during training and rattled his cage but good. The stunned rider from the UK was shook up but philosophical: "Looks as if I will need a new helmet." |
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| Nick Beer pinned for a cold one at the bottom. |
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| Luca Shaw getting to it during the Pro DH. |
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| Fairclough and sushi have a daily love/love relationship in Whistler Village. Likely Brendog's weeklong bill at Sushi Village looks like my monthly Pinkbike paycheck! |
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| Austin Warren slamming a crusty, dusty corner below the first road gap on the Open Track. Bubba ended up 29th on the day, a pretty solid result at the open. |
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| You want traction like the gods in this dusty, root and rock infested playground? Forget about durability. If it ain't 60 durometer rubber, it's toast after a proper vacation to Whistler--these tires are a week old. |
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| Whistler's hard on bikes. Suspension gets pounded to pieces, and brakes need bleeding. Especially after multiple days of full tilt Garbanzo Boogie! |
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| You want your bike worked on? 32C (90F) in the shade means the mechanics in the pro pits were treated to a never ending supply of slushy drinks to beat the heat from their riders. |
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| Steve Smith, Beer shower |
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| The Stevie Smith fan club at Crankworx. |
