Crankworx Whistler 2012: Red Bull Joyride Slopestyle Video

Aug 19, 2012
by Julian Coffey  
Red Bull Joyride - Pinkbike Recap

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122 Comments
  • 75 7
 I feel bad for Semenuk. Never even got half-way down the course.
  • 47 2
 I also feel bad for the other riders that have crashed,never seen so much carnage during this comp.
  • 24 0
 Makes me really wonder what Semenuk's run would have looked like since he knew he had to score a lot of points to secure the win over Genon.
  • 22 1
 I feel bad for Zink. He had a killer run going until the 60 footer. He may have broken his back, he's going in for x-rays pretty soon.
  • 46 4
 I feel bad for Semenuk, although it might do him some good not to win for once. It will inspire him to train harder and push himself and means he won't take winning for granted next time around. It also gives Thomas Genon a turn in the lime light. The kid is really good and it's nice that he's gotten a win and to be fair he deserved it, he threw down some pretty big moves. A win at Joyride can really do things for you as a rider and it's cool that he got this opportunity. Semenuk is a great rider and he kinda already has it all - Sick sponsor, sick house, sick training area, rally car, his own tv show and he's already won Joyride once. It's nice that somebody else gets to experience some success...
  • 17 3
 It sucks for semenuk, but really it was cool to see somebody else come out up front for once. And I feel bad for Casey Groves more than anyone
  • 32 0
 im suprised noones mentioned cam mccaul yet super stoked for him coming back from such a bad injury and to podium at such a big event like joyride. not to mention tomas genon!!! 2 days ago i had no clue who this fella was!!!
  • 2 0
 yeah man i'm convinced he was able to show his best tricks back there!
  • 4 0
 1:37 to 1:40 ... watched it about 25 times, shot at a great angle ... gutted he didnt make a full run. Hope Zink is alright, usually gets up straight away, sadly it doens't look too good, hope he doesnt miss the rampage.
  • 5 0
 @Tom666 I think you are under the impression that he doesn't try. Train harder? Natural talent only takes you so far. It doesn't take you to first in the world.
  • 6 0
 I'm pretty sure Semenuk has worked harder than many riders in the game to be where he is now.
  • 6 1
 anybody else start yelling when semenuk crashed out the second time !):
  • 6 1
 Tomas Genon deserved that win! Absolutely crazy backflip step up onto the cabin!
  • 7 0
 Cam McCaul's new signature trick, tailwhip into padded wall Big Grin
  • 1 1
 Lol
  • 3 0
 Loved the song, fit very well surprisingly!
  • 1 0
 I feel bad for Leo Delfour his tricks were insane.
  • 1 0
 @scotttablot. No, not at all. Semenuk trains just as much or more than any other rider out there. That's why he's the best of the best. But everybody needs motivation, experiencing some disapointment should help him to push his riding forwards and so he can re assert his dominance.
  • 2 0
 semenuks flat drop cork flip was sick!
  • 37 2
 if your wheels still true by the time you make it to the bottom, means you wernt riding hard enough ...
  • 1 0
 that's why he won gold
  • 20 1
 BEST contest video I've ever seen. Awesome work, perfect incorporation of the announcing audio with the video, awesome editing. 10/10 to you filming/editing guys holding it down for pinkbike!
  • 9 2
 not to mention a great song choice
  • 6 2
 speakin the truth right there^
  • 4 1
 Amazing how they get perfect edits out so fast. It's what they do though.
  • 2 0
 Such a sick edit. So nuts.
  • 3 0
 Great Edit Guys!!! I was cringing waiting for it to turn into some dub step puke inducing remix, but it never did. Perfect song for the moments in the video.
  • 26 9
 am I the only one who finds the crankworx announcers incredibly annoying?
  • 8 5
 Nope, I had to mute the live version, he was driving me nuts!
  • 29 4
 the guy interviewing riders at the bottom needs to learn some synonyms for "jacked"
  • 19 4
 I gotta say, I really like Brad Jay's announcing, he's pretty fluid I think.
  • 4 1
 To be clear,Brad Ewen is the guy at the end of the run, Brad Jay is the guy in the tower.
  • 14 5
 Rob Warner FTW ! ! !
  • 10 6
 Bred Ewen and Brad J are legends. I think something would be missing without them!
  • 13 7
 Rob Warner would be wayyy better IMO Brad Ewen is the one that really bugs me.
  • 5 3
 Rob Warner wouldn't be able to drop the legendary "Look at the time" ... Yet I'd like him more often on the Redbull lives Smile
  • 3 0
 He could use "look at the score..." instead
  • 13 2
 As long as it's not Kyle Ebbett, I'm happy...too bad Cam McCaul was too busy stomping his run and getting third because I enjoy his commentary.
  • 7 0
 You can't compair Rob Warner to the Crankworx announcers,Warner is just world class but i think he doesn't whanna do it because Crankworx have their own announcers for the whole event & Warner sticks to be the announcer for the UCI DH world cups.It's fair to say that Brad Ewens '' Shut the front door'' & Rob Warners '' Look at the time'' are the famous quotes in the Mountain Bike world.
  • 3 0
 nahh, they sure got me jacked, LOLOLOL Facepalm
  • 9 0
 Morgan Freeman. That is all.
  • 2 1
 Morgan Freeman and James Earl Jones...nuff said.
  • 1 0
 Maybe he was a pretty big fan of his old dj bike, the trek jack. pretty jacked.
  • 1 0
 or the santa cruz JACKal
  • 6 0
 nice to see someone come over to north america and be a wild card against the others. just heard about him a little back, and seeing him in a couple of previous competitions, was not expecting him to be this big so soon. props to thomas!
  • 10 1
 Soderstrom is an absolute God!!!
  • 5 0
 Gotta say, from watching the live webcast Martin came up funky on the second to last hit and it clearly stole his speed. He would have had that double tail whip 360 in the bag... and possibly a victory.
  • 10 1
 So many junked wheels...
  • 4 15
flag Pabail (Aug 19, 2012 at 17:59) (Below Threshold)
 true.. whos building those shite wheels for them?
  • 4 0
 Man I think the crashes deserve they're own seperate video! what was landed was sick, and and what wasn't could've been even sicker! I can't believe how they walked away from some of that stuff, and I hope Zink's okay!
  • 6 0
 Anyone else notice Soderstrom had his goggles backwards on his helmet the whole time?
  • 9 3
 Easily the most anticlimactic Crankworx yet
  • 4 1
 I've been to the last 5 and have to say it totally agree. Understandably there were shitty conditions with wind and dust. Not to mention when the time got changed because of a possible "electrical storm"
  • 4 0
 Belgium, the tiny country without mountains...
Thomas Genon ruling the slopestyle on a bike, like Seppe Smits did on a snowboard Smile
  • 1 0
 hell yeah , proud to be a belgian !!!!! now start building bikeparks !!!!!!!!!
  • 2 0
 Yeah id like to see the wind conditions looked a bit more so many good riders crashed out due to being blown around and did any one else see how soft and dusty them landers were? maybe its just because I DJ but damn thrown some water down and pack them bitches in its joyride cant have soft dusty landes! Allt he riders that made down in one piece killed it and thomas killed it along with martin and Cam Def thing groves should have been 4th. Just good to see him back shredding this year.
  • 4 0
 This was pure carnage to watch live, really hope Zink is OK, he is the one who asked for the 60 footer too.. Could not of predicted the winners in this one..
  • 7 2
 clean editing awesome video !!!
  • 1 0
 Cam maccaul is the best,it doesn't matter how harder you practice,the thing matters is -- are you practicing for wining the event or practicing makes you fell good,that's why cam is the best, he ride to make himself feel good,he ride to enjoy.
  • 3 0
 Finally Martin gets up on the podium, all well deserved winners! To bad so many crashed, hope they all be back on the bike soon!
  • 2 0
 Several thoughts-
1. Love how the progression is happening...
2. "Wow look at all the 29ers out there"- said no one ever
3. somebody needs to design a waaaaay more bomb-proof rear wheel/tire system...geez...
  • 4 0
 I get goosebumps seeing this video
  • 1 0
 That comp looked like a lot of fun and really crazy. Hope the guys that went down get back up to healthy quickly and get back to riding hard. Looked like the set up was a killer for back wheels but fun to ride.
  • 1 0
 I don't think Martin Söderström had his head screwed on properly, I can't have been the only person to notice his goggles were on the back of his helmetSmile Sick riding to bad about that last drop though...
  • 3 0
 Soderstrom was killing it that last run, I wish I would of put down that 360 double whip, I think that would've won it
  • 2 0
 awesome run by genon. he flatted on that final drop. so lucky that wasn't sooner... lots of luck out there - good and bad - but genon deserved the W. congrats.
  • 2 0
 did Thomas just blew his tire at the last drop? man, that's riding for the win! he deserve #1 Big Grin
  • 4 1
 that was really quick for the video to be put up
  • 4 2
 Nice edit. so much carnage
  • 4 2
 Does anyone think that if semenuks wheel hadnt have tacod he wouldve ridden it out and got a full run in?
  • 2 0
 the boss would have handled it
  • 1 0
 for sure he is the machine
  • 2 0
 Branden Semenuk's backflip looked so freaking sweet from that angle, wish that he could have finished his run.
  • 2 0
 saw this guy working hard on practice session last tuesday. he deserve it! congrats thomas genon!
  • 1 0
 the 60' footer was such a big gap that i don't think anyone should have won unless they tricked it. Serious commitment. Granieri flip no hander on a hardtail was insane
  • 1 0
 smenuk will always be my number one i am sure he would have won if his wheel hadnt broke. but its cool to see cam and martin on the podium the definately deserved it
  • 2 0
 weres the group who ran down the coarse, one of them naked ?
  • 2 0
 Who did the flip off the first drop?
  • 6 0
 semenuk
  • 2 0
 My kid's in this video, 3:09!!!
  • 2 0
 Cant believe Genon thorough down that run on a hard tail!!!! WTF!!
  • 2 0
 really sick video and well done Thomas! Smile
  • 1 0
 thought genon trucked out of the sattelite.....after seeing this angle apparently i was wrong
  • 1 0
 congrats to Genon! its sick that suck a underdog won one of the biggest comps in the world!
  • 5 2
 Martin is such a champ!
  • 3 1
 i cant believe how many crashes there was yesterday, stupid wind
  • 3 1
 V. O. D. PERIOD. FOR THE REST OF ALL TIME!
  • 1 0
 Feel bad for all the riders that crashed, and im in the video at 49 seconds right next to the flag and on the hill
  • 1 0
 It's sad to see riders going down so hard but damn SAAN! They shred like gods.
  • 1 0
 We watching vid at the jumps today. Everyone say oooooooooooooo!!!!!carnage. Big props
  • 1 0
 Congratulations! Note event 1000. Congratulations to all participants. I'm a fan of all.
  • 3 1
 Semenuk, always #1 !
  • 2 0
 You betcha... but I have a feeling that young french kid Leo Delfour Barsacq is one to watch out for!
  • 1 1
 Hahaha boo hoo semenuk! Thomas Genon is such a legend and i was so stoked for the top three, nice to see different people up there. I was quite suprised semenuk still didnt get a 96 even though he didnt make it down going on the way he has been judged recently! Great result!
  • 1 0
 What was the song in the bud light commercial?
  • 1 0
 I hope these athletes get paid A LOT.
  • 1 0
 soderstrom forgot put his googles on his face
  • 1 0
 Sick a$$ run this kid put together. Much props to him!
  • 1 0
 1:38 omg! such a good shot!
  • 1 0
 i feel bad to thomas... Cam chipped his tooth with the bottle at the end
  • 1 0
 this video is soo sick but to see all of it in person was like porn !
  • 1 0
 does anyone know what happened to zink? after that crash?
  • 1 0
 Same old shit over and over again
  • 1 0
 SO, who won the overall?!
  • 1 0
 genon dident deserve 1st...
  • 1 0
 soo much crashes Frown
  • 1 0
 that was so sick
  • 1 3
 Great vid work, brutal choice of music. Way to turn a cool edit into a lullaby
  • 3 5
 who is the music?
  • 4 0
 Dream On- Aerosmith
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