When Speed Beats Style: Mons Royale Speed & Style, Crankworx Rotorua 2016 - Photo Epic

Mar 10, 2016 at 4:13
by Jay French  
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Rotorua turned it on for the Mons Royale Speed & Style this year. Last years reigning champion, Martin Soedestrom, was back to retain his title, after coming back from a string of injuries, but would unfortunately go down in his quarter final against Kyle Strait. Jill Kintner fought off Casey Brown for the ladies win, blazing a path for more ladies getting into this event. The final word on the day was speed trumped style, as Strait narrowly missed out on the top step with his double tail whip on the last feature.

There was controversy as well, where Adrien Loron was disqualified in his semi-final for a false start, which meant he had to miss out on the finals. Tomas Slavik took the win against 2014 winner Kyle Strait, in his return to a Crankworx event after a 5 year absence...

Start gate onto the Speed and Style track.
  The start gate onto the Speed and Style track.

Conor MacFarlane pushes hard to try to get into the quarter finals. Man it s so hard to do tricks and race at the same time
  Conor MacFarlane pushes hard to try and to get into the quarter finals.

bigquotesMan, it's so hard to do tricks, and race at the same time. - Conor MacFarlane

Foot out flat out. Reon Boe tries to fend off Phil Atwill however Phil ends up taking the win and moves onto the 1 4 final.
  Foot out flat out - Reon Boe tries to fend off Phil Atwill, however Phil ends up taking the win and moves onto the 1/4 final.

Mons Royale Speed amp Style Crankworx Rotorua 2016

There were two lines in the slalom section of the course one was a grippy grass line the other was loose gravel and caught a lot of the riders out.
  There were two lines in the slalom section of the course, one was a grippy grass line, the other was loose gravel and caught a lot of the riders out...

Ryan Howard wants to get that king of Crankworx title.
  Ryan Howard really wants to get that king of Crankworx title.

Phil Atwill tweaking it over the final roller
  Phil Atwill tweaking it over the final roller

Matt Walker just won t stop this week Competing in every event so far
  Matt Walker just won't stop this week! Competing in every event so far.

Tyler McCaul pushing through the fever. Waking up with a flu and still managing to pull it together.
  Tyler McCaul pushing through the fever after waking up with a flu and still managing to pull it together here - this guy is rad.

Tyler McCaul was feeling a bit under the weather but gave it everything anyway. You can see it written on his face.
  T-Mac gave it everything anyway, you can see it written on his face.

Martin S derstr m wasn t able to retain his title but he was stylish all day.
  Martin Soderstrom wasn't able to retain his title, but he was stylish all day none the less.

Martin Soderstrom clicked 360 Table trying to defend his last years win but crashed out one of the last heats.
  Martin Soderstrom popping a clicked 360 Table while trying to defend his title from last years win, but crashed out one of the last heats.

Martin S derstr m goes down in his 1 4 final against Kyle Strait on that tricky section of slalom track.
  Martin Soderstrom goes down in his 1/4 final against Kyle Strait on that tricky section of slalom track.

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Silhouette styles
  Silhouette styles...

Kyle Strait is pinned on his way to second place.
  Kyle Strait is pinned on his way to second place.

Tom hiking back up for finals
  Tomas hiking back up for finals

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Tomas put leads on everyone he came up against throughout the event
  Tomas put leads on everyone he came up against throughout the event

Casey Brown discussing with Jill Kitner how her Mons underwear is so comfy because its like guys underwear
  Jill Kintner and Casey Brown kicking it at the start gate.

Jill Kitner is 100 focused on the task at hand as she pushes to the top of the podium.
  Jill Kintner is 100% focused on the task at hand as she pushes to the top of the podium.

bigquotesAll speed, maybe no style. They didn't judge style for girls, but it's enough to get a few of us out here and I was proud that Brown and I could represent the females out here, hitting some kickers... We pioneered it - had a race. It's slalom-esque, which is my jam - I've been looking forward to this one all week! - Jill Kintner

Jill Kintner only inches from the gates.
  Jill Kintner only inches from the gates.

Mons Royale Speed amp Style Crankworx Rotorua 2016
  The boys await the final decision.

Jill Kintner stoking out the groms.
  Jill Kintner stoking out the groms.

Mons Royale Speed amp Style Crankworx Rotorua 2016

Taste of winning.
  Taste of winning.


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52 Comments
  • 65 3
 It's great to see 26" bikes in action!
  • 17 1
 but i was told they aren't good for racing
  • 6 30
flag MaxDeutsch (Mar 10, 2016 at 10:37) (Below Threshold)
 @adrennan
dude go away
for riding styles that don't have rooty or technical terrain, 26 will always be superior. Dirt Jumping, Slopestyle, 4x(even though its bumpy), Dual Slalom, and Speed and style will always be 26 because cornering and handling advantage.
27.5 and 29 have their uses for DH and trail disciplines because they roll better over roots and stuff.
  • 3 4
 @MaxDeutsch - hahaha, that course is extremely technical, I assure you. But don't worry, you are not the only one mistaking "technical" course (indicating that you need technical skills to ride it) with bumpy terrain (that any idiot can ride on if given the bike with enough travel)
  • 3 0
 come on @WAKIdesigns you're better than this...
  • 1 0
 I wasn't trying to rag the guy, rather have a go at the term "technical trail". I have no problem getting down Val Di Sole DH track, almost any idiot can ride it if given a bike that is big enough and two days of practice. But give the guy a BMX and put him at the start of BMX track or 4X bike on 4X course and he'll kill himself. If 26vs275 holds someone back/gives him wings then he has no bigger clue what is going on. So when they say: I ride technical, I get intrigued, what techniques is the lad using to grt through it, other than hanging on.
  • 37 0
 GO ON PHIL ATWILL
  • 1 0
 Probably my favourite rider at the moment. Such style and absolutely zero fucks.
  • 30 3
 You shouldn't be able to win a speed and style with out any style
  • 17 1
 Agreed They should introduce a rule saying you have to do a trick on each jump.
  • 14 7
 I'd like to have "no style" as slavik has.
If you want to win with tricks, you should race the slopestyle. This is speed and style. Not speed and tricksWink
  • 9 3
 and he has no style, only speed, strait had speed AND style so should have won.
  • 4 1
 Speed and style literally relates to speed and tricks. That's why riders are given points for doing tricks, and none for straight airs.
  • 4 1
 Some here are equating tricks with style. It's possible to have tricks but no style, or style with few tricks. I'd love to see Kris Fox compete. Do a search for him - he's a BMX rider. He's got lots of videos on high speed bowl riding and whatnot. Great style.
  • 1 0
 well, look at his ride from top to bottom and compare to the others. It is a stylish ride itselves . He doesn't need to put extra tricks into it. Check it again and enjoy Wink
  • 25 0
 Ah felt so sorry for ma man Soderstrom! Easily the steeziest guy out there..
  • 5 0
 Impressive how much time he made up too, but it just wasn't enough.
  • 20 0
 MacFarlane's Endorphin with shorter shock and fork and XC tires on DH wheels, me gusta !
  • 2 3
 I know its so sick!
  • 15 1
 Was a pretty predictable result, after watching two or three races of the first round. Seems like the maximum speed gap should be capped at 2 seconds, as that is the maximum that can be received for style. Seems like the announcers were surprised when someone -3 seconds back couldn't make up the difference in style points...
  • 15 1
 Yeah I think a revision in the rules is in order, the racers can just gun down as fast as possible with no tricks, make over a 2 second gap and win. Either tricks need to earn more time back or penalize for dead sailors.
  • 13 0
 When speed beats Kyle
  • 1 0
 I see what you did there. nice!
  • 8 1
 Loose gravel on top of hard pack? Sounds like ....almost every trail Arizona.
  • 9 2
 Kyle Strait deserved that win...
  • 6 2
 Man, it's so hard to do tricks, and race at the same time. - Conor MacFarlane

And the winner of the "You have the shittiest job in the world goes too...."
  • 5 1
 I still think they need to weight the style a bit heavier. If you could get up to 1.5 or 2 seconds for each trick, everyone would have to throw something.
  • 2 0
 Pinkbike has the title 100% correct. Speed did beat style (Kyle) and it shouldn't have. Instead of a 1 second bonus per jump feature the Crankworks organisers should set it at 2 seconds (4 seconds total per race).
  • 4 0
 Why are they having issues with the gate? BMX solved this years ago. Use a proper gate with a random start.
  • 1 0
 King of crankworks is an awesome idea. There are unsung heroes in our sport who don't specialise in any discipline, but they are great all rounders. This is a great way for them to get some publicity.
  • 3 0
 What bike is Kyle riding? A slopestyle fully by Commencal?
  • 4 0
 Looks like something new. He was using a Meta 4X for slalom type races last year.
  • 2 0
 I was about to ask the same question! You get a bit better view in the Pinkbike video at 4:02. I want to know more about this bike...
  • 2 0
 i haven't watched it yet because the replay doesn't work...
  • 1 0
 Where can you watch the replay ?
  • 3 0
 this player is the worst ever, it works for 5 minutes and then just quits which means that you have to reload the video and look for the spot you were just watching...
  • 1 0
 i'm on the very poorly optimised eversport website (the website that broadcasts the replay) and it isn't even playing ffs.
  • 1 0
 Try other browser than chrome, Firefox works for me.
  • 3 0
 #straitgotrobbed
  • 3 1
 What happend to Trish ?
  • 1 0
 According to her Instagram she ended up sitting out the race itself after a crash, which is a shame. It would have been good to see her in the mix
  • 2 1
 It's so sad, she would have killed it. It's speed AND style and Trish can do Tricks on jumps, she's the real girls representer
  • 2 0
 Can't wait for Les Gets ! I want to give a shot at theses two events !!
  • 1 0
 what bike is Jill riding ?? Noroco Alu-Proto?
  • 2 1
 Did any girls get their tires off the ground?
  • 2 0
 Speed and/or Style
  • 1 0
 Lamentable. Speed and Style MY ASSSSSSSS!!!! Kyle got robbed!!!
  • 1 4
 La partie des fille est une grosse blague ! Il est ou le mérite pour jill kintner de gagner et d'avoir un prix avec seulement une seule adversaire..
  • 1 1
 Come on Barry Nobles
  • 1 1
 dah f*ck?







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