Crankworx Colorado Course Walkthrough in Photos
Jul 28, 2010
The course for this years 2010 Colorado Crankworx looks very large to say the least. Such big stunts and a ton of riders to shred all weekend long! Riders that I've already seen here are Semenuk, Watts, Soderstrom, Pilgrim, and many more. If this course works and the weather treats us good, it's going to be a good weekend!
Look inside for some gnarly pics of the course!
Look inside for some gnarly pics of the course!
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| This is the starting point! That's Nick Simcik checking it out! Pretty gnarly! |
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| Then riders will be skidding down this rock and spiraling into the 18ft high by 22ft out drop! |
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| The drop! Miller and other chilling at bottom! The hip looks sick! |
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| The Hip! Going be awesome to see what comes out of here! |
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| The Hip! |
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| The more laid back wall ride! Should be seeing some spins, t-whips, and maybe some flairs! |
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| Into this spin hand/foot/air spine feature! |
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| Right into the kicker for the double whale! Pretty crazy if you ask me! |
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| YUP! Going to be sick! |
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| Make sure to watch live on Pinkbike to see the action! hahahah |
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| Getting down is not going to be as easy as getting up! Here Miller has to give it his all, hahha! |
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| Decent size double right after the landing of the second whale tail! |
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| The ender! Very cool course if it all works out! Good luck to the riders! |
Also check this video of a course preview!
And stay tuned for some DH action this weekend as well! Check out a cool course preview in this video below!
WATCH THE EVENT LIVE ON PINKBIKE
THURSDAY July, 29, 2010
1:15pm-3pm Slopestyle Qualifiers
FRIDAY July 30, 2010
3:30pm-5pm Best Trick Competition
SATUDAY July 31, 2010
1pm Slopestyle Semi-Finals, immediately followed Slopestyle Super Final
Stay tuned for some riding action tomorrow!
-JB
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59 Comments
Whoever narrated the photos needs to cut back on the caffeine.
Anyways, course looks gnarly, but the double whales seem to be a bit redundant...They look too close together to have any tricks thrown...
Now, if it was a 5 ft drop PLUS a 10-15 ft gap onto the second whale tail, then it might be interesting...
Anyways, course looks gnarly, but the double whales seem to be a bit redundant...They look too close together to have any tricks thrown...
Now, if it was a 5 ft drop PLUS a 10-15 ft gap onto the second whale tail, then it might be interesting...
i agree about the whales, defo should be a decent sized stepdown between them... it would make tricks like a flip in between them both more likely and more gnarly, and also more fun for the riders.
for the first time crankworx colorado is gonna have a better slopestyle than the original crankworx. not cool as in whistler crankworx is supposed to be bigger (atleast i think so, why else would they have it after)
i agree with the first two comment, im thinking they could have put some alternative lines in there. it looks really short.
I think the course designers are trying too hard. Same for Whistler last year, too many cool looking features that the riders can't do anything off - e.g. Wallrides, how much can you do off a wallride?. The best slopestyle courses are the ones with lots of big jumps that have easy take offs and landings so the riders can show their stuff.
mr-eric is right, this course is looking way better than the one in Whistler right now, although the dual slalom course here in Whistler is looking amazing!
Yeah but nzstormer, if you build a line of dirt jumps with easy take-offs and landings, all you have is a dirt jump line, that contradicts the whole idea of slopstyle. although this course seem a bit bare.
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Holy crap this course looks insane..... especially the start and that hip.. More big freeride than slopestyle, Semenuk has the win here, he has no trouble tricking huge stuff unlike some of those dirt jump dudes
i might be able to see the qualifiers but then im away 
i guess there will be a sik edit of the finals on here by next week though!
i guess there will be a sik edit of the finals on here by next week though!
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seems really short. not sure if I like that. riders cant do all of their tricks, and runs will be like not even 30 seconds. might be good during the competition tho, we will have to wait and see
That double whale looks interesting. The tranny off of the second whale looks a bit just a touch far off, considering the momentum loss on the whales. I'm curious to see if anyone is going to case the landing.
The DH course looks great. I love that it's got a few gnar sections mixed in with some wicked high-speed open sections. Looks like fun.
The DH course looks great. I love that it's got a few gnar sections mixed in with some wicked high-speed open sections. Looks like fun.
course looks short and not very forward thinking. I'm kind of disappointed, but we'll see what the riders do with it.
i agree dude, i think their runs are going to blend into similar runs also. needed more lines. only one double bro! strange
Here is a video walk through
http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Crankworx-Colorado-Slopestyle-Course-Walk,3273/Simcik,104
http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Crankworx-Colorado-Slopestyle-Course-Walk,3273/Simcik,104
anyone else think the riders are going to have way too much speed out of the hip into that tiny wall ride? nothing worse than having to pound the brakes before a feature
Not enough options, not a big enough course in my opinion, if they gave it mroe options like the claymore challenge and had a nice big booter at the end, THAT would make it good.
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nah the wideness is algood, the mellow lip and considering its a step up means people are gunna be more focussed on making it over it than tricking it big
I think the best part about this course being shorter is that the riders will have to throw something crazy/stupid on the last trick booter if they want a good score...
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Pretty awesome! Phil-rides-a-bike is right!
From my perspective, the drop in is the most sketchyest thing on the whole track. Gnarly like it has to be!
From my perspective, the drop in is the most sketchyest thing on the whole track. Gnarly like it has to be!
Quote from Claws twitter page: "One of the builders for the course was riding it on his bmx..... need I say more? or have we really just went that far backwards?"
Highland had the right idea with there slope-style course,
Highland had the right idea with there slope-style course,
im thinkin mccaul has the win on this one. but wasnth there going to be the contest like last year where we put in the top 10 for crankworx and whoever gets it right wins a bunch of stuff
If some guy was riding it on his BMX, then he's just a G, especially if he rode that first rock and into the 18' drop.
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Does anybody know how to build any of this like the wallrides or whale tails? or a smaller version? if so you should post the build plans!
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