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...
| Man, it's so hard to do tricks, and race at the same time. - Conor MacFarlane |
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| All 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 |
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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.
sigh
If you want to win with tricks, you should race the slopestyle. This is speed and style. Not speed and tricks
And the winner of the "You have the shittiest job in the world goes too...."