Bearclaw Invitational - Day 2 Photos and Recap
Bearclaw Invitational RAINED OUT. The caps made this seem really stressful I bet, hey?
It's not cancelled, the towel just got thrown in early on day two during the pro seeding and resulted in a giant train down the course, which in all honesty was one of the coolest things to happen all day.
Regardless of that shattering news (I'm sure things are still horrible in Egypt, but Island Life has taken its toll) there was a solid amateur comp that went on (Went Off -Jordie Lunn). It was in fact so "Off" that The Claw Himself invited the top six placements to ride in the pro contest tomorrow.
In no particular order, here is who made it in:
Maximillian (From Eurpoe)
Eric Lawrenuk
Wink Grant
Liam Wallace
Carsen Storch
Logan Peat
Those six am's took some some rad prizes, along with a chance to compete with the pros tomorrow... Which viably can lead to much larger prizes as well.
Other things to note:
There are wild blueberries on course, so basically sweet Mother Nature has catered the event... If you're into having a blue mouth.
The riders are super pumped on the course reconstruction, and the best possible quote from Andreu was something in regards to riding mountain bikes on actual dirt, and not gravel or sand.
Not too many people are thrilled with the big jump on the left side on the course, most likely because the right side has two smaller jumps so it's basically a 2 for 1 deal. The big jump will be used for the whip-off, and is still very rad.
Since there aren't many other major happens to talk about (Unless we describe everything that happened to talk your ears off) here's a dump of more images.
-- And Jordie Lunn said so.
It's not cancelled, the towel just got thrown in early on day two during the pro seeding and resulted in a giant train down the course, which in all honesty was one of the coolest things to happen all day.
Regardless of that shattering news (I'm sure things are still horrible in Egypt, but Island Life has taken its toll) there was a solid amateur comp that went on (Went Off -Jordie Lunn). It was in fact so "Off" that The Claw Himself invited the top six placements to ride in the pro contest tomorrow.
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 Blasting the hip before the rain rolled through. |
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| Riding out of the cannon log and staying swaggerous and lofty. |
In no particular order, here is who made it in:
Maximillian (From Eurpoe)
Eric Lawrenuk
Wink Grant
Liam Wallace
Carsen Storch
Logan Peat
Those six am's took some some rad prizes, along with a chance to compete with the pros tomorrow... Which viably can lead to much larger prizes as well.
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| Claw's convincing faces of "Everyone back to the top for one more seeding run?!?" |
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| Lorny inspecting his muscles during the rain-out that went down. |
Other things to note:
There are wild blueberries on course, so basically sweet Mother Nature has catered the event... If you're into having a blue mouth.
The riders are super pumped on the course reconstruction, and the best possible quote from Andreu was something in regards to riding mountain bikes on actual dirt, and not gravel or sand.
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| Deep Summer selfie application |
Not too many people are thrilled with the big jump on the left side on the course, most likely because the right side has two smaller jumps so it's basically a 2 for 1 deal. The big jump will be used for the whip-off, and is still very rad.
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| The "one more run thing" didn't work out so hot so the tarps came out. |
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| Hiking up during the rain. |
Since there aren't many other major happens to talk about (Unless we describe everything that happened to talk your ears off) here's a dump of more images.
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| We out here. |
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| The event is named after Claw but there are lots of people who work their asses off to make it happen and keep it happening. The work never ends. |
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| Lorny, big whip, am comp. |
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| TMC makin some time for the fans. |
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| Two of the 'ams' choppin it up between runs. Carson Storch and Eric Lawrenuk. Ams... |
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| The amateur contest was going off. Calling it an amateur contest is almost disrespectful. The field was full of dudes who can compete in the pro ranks. |
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| More proof that the ams were goin' off. Front flip bail out. Also proof that even if you're just trying to win yourself a contest and follow your dreams... |
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| Richie Schley at his first ever invitational, Brett Tippie at his first ever not talking moment.. |
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| Another one of the Adidas guys was half shelved today, McGazza took a nasty one at Joyride last week and is still feelin' the effects. |
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| Gully rung his bell today. Full lights out bell ring. I know he was shook up because he asked me about six times 'Did you see what happened?' |
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| Deep Summer Dix. |
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| Jordie Lunn has been killing it lately. For real. The dude has a renewed drive and it shows. Super stylish toboggan off the big boy drop. |
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| One of the rad things about the invitational is that it's a million times more chill than a lot of the other comps. Kids can just hang out on some scaffolding while rubbin shoulders with their favorite riders. |
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| Wink G was the first am-qualified rider to drop in, and in true Wink form he wasted no time also dropping some style. Nose tap hitch post. |
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| Yannick is never one to say no to a big drop. Knockin' out an X in his first seeding run. |
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| During seeding runs the rain moved in and after a good few handfuls of group yells nearly the entire pro field trained the course top to bottom. Gangsta. |
-- And Jordie Lunn said so.
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Eric Lawrenuk
Wink Grant
Liam Wallace
Carsen Storch
Logan Peat
And can we get some more coverage of the train?