Crankworx Colorado Roadtrip - Day 5: Slope Style Finals

Slopestyle Finals:

The contest came down to the 2nd runs of Cam McCaul and Jamie Goldman, after the first run they were seeded one, two, and clearly were riding at a clip no one else in the field could touch. Goldman started out with a no can on the big mtn step down at the top, Mccaul countered with a lazy barspin. Jamie one foot x-uped onto the step up to ladder bridge, while Mccaul threw another barspin. On the first jump in the 4 pack, Jamie threw a tailwhip, while Mccaul tossed a tilt flip. The 2nd jump went to Mccaul as he threw down a nosed in 360 x-up while jamie just had a standard 3. Jamie flipped the next wood step up, while Mccaul tail whipped it. After this stunt it was clear that it was going to come down to the last stunt for both of the riders. In Goldmans run, he threw down a flip. Cams run was after Jamie's, so he knew he had to step it up with a nosed in 360. He stomped it clean and the judges decided to award the win to the Aptos local. The two riders rode clean all afternoon and never laid a foot on the soil during their runs. This put them ahead of everyone else who had runs filled with dabs and crashes.
Paul B, Andrew Taylor and Alex Pro rounded out the top 5. These 3 riders rode well, but never really had a fully clean run like the top 2. Highlights from these 3 included Paul trying to flip whip the big middle jump, Alex Pro trying to 3 up the wood step up after flipping the big double, and Andrew Taylor flipping the final step down for the 3rd time in his life. In total there was 26 runs, each providing excitement and carnage.


In the end the contest turned out to be a solid slope style in a year where there is only a few major events like this. The riding was excellent all around and the event ran very smooth. The weather was very good, with no winds, or rain until after the last run of the afternoon. Hopefully this is just a small preview of what is to come at Crankworx in whistler.


1 Cam Mccaul
2 Jamie Goldman
3 Paul B
4 Andrew Taylor
5 Alex Pro


-Ross Measures

Photos by Mike Reid

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