Kokanee Crankworx 2011 - Semenuk's Winning Run

 yea anthonys run was crazy

 I wanted that little bastard to win so bad I threw my bagel across the room.

 Trek is having it's year as well. Andy Schleck almost got it at Tour De France, Gwin has it sorted out pretty much, it's only XC left...

 Probably going to get neg'd for this, but that wasn't a super impressive run for 1st place. It was smooth and clean, yeah, but I blame the course for not letting the riders show what they can do. Semenuk can do this whole run in his sleep, that shouldn't win the biggest slope event of the year. That being said, his run was super sick and impressive, not to take away from him as a rider, just saying the course could've been built better. Either way, props to him!

 ^ You've got to be kidding me... Semenuk could do his run in his sleep because he's THAT good. That doesn't mean his run, or any of the other runs were unimpressive. Those features were really big but because they were so well built, with the exception of it being slightly too fast, the shock aspect was not shown well on camera. I would much rather see a rider throw down on a course like this than one, like last year's, that has features that are more impressive yet unnecessarily dangerous. In the end it's up to the riders to throw down, which they certainly did. Congrats to another successful year, the riders appeared to be loving the course.

 exactly, if the riders are loving the course its gonna show because they will throw down more than if the course was shitty.

 he barspun in and trucked out of the sattelite dish, and flip-whipped the last jump... no-one else came close to that. not to mention the 360 barpsin on the first drop

 I heard messere's run was bad ass. SOMEONE POST A VIDEO OF IT ALREADY!!!!

 Dye1721, go to freecaster, they should have the whole replay up.

As for this: " Messere's last run would have got him first place"

You don't know that. He was on fire, I will admit and it was looking amazing, but you don't know that. I was gutted when he fell on that hip, he looked crushed at the bottom, and understandably so. I can't wait to see what he does the next few years.

 The only person that had a problem with the course was Lacondeguy. He thought the jumps were to small.. Most everyone else said after the courses they've had over the years this one is the one that let the riders show there stuff the most without risking their life on some unnecessarily massive jump or drop. I loved this course. I would probably say it's the best one they've had. And to say that Semenuks run was "unimpressive", is idiotic. I dont know what you expected out of him. But that was pretty damn impressive to me..

 to peterman1234 he 3 x-upped the first drop but still a killer run

 Unfortunate that the guys who went all out on more gnarly stuff didn't hold their runs together to the end. Semenuk is always consistent, it might not be the most exciting or progressive thing to watch but it wins him comps.

 ohh, looked like a barspin while watching on freecaster. easily mistaken i guess

 mega spanswerz

 hes definatly not... word is messere would have gotten a perfect score if he finnished his run

 O nice.. so who won?

 Word is? Who's word? You know what, no nevermind, how can anyone with a sane grip on reality claim to know he would have gotten a flawless score if he finished his run? No judge in their right mind would say something like that.

Oh.... I get it. You got me tdoyle! You trolled me! Awesome work.

 Messere is definitely the future of slopestyle! He's 15 now, think what he is going to be doing when he reaches 20. SHITS GOING TO HIT THE FAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Yeah, his progression has been awesome, from local dirt jump shredder to international slopestyle superstar. Oh, and you know you've got talent if you can out-trick Cam McCaul.

 Pretty sure he won because he had the best run with the least amount of mistakes.

 He did when he was on the podium smart guy.

 yeah he does

 very true, zink does a basic run with a fronty out the end and a super seater flip that he slipped pedals on.

 I agree! okay brandon deserved to win... but anthony his run was the only one that got me wild behind the computer.. so bad he fucked up the landing on that hip jump... which again almost was to high to be real.. bit dissapointed about brandons super final run... okay , he knew he won but still..

 540 is not basic yo, and the frontflip off the drop was rad. definitely deserved second place.

 Zink's flip-nac was super clean as well.

 Didnt anthony do a flip whip too? Bcuz that was semenuks big trick

 not really a 540 actually , maybe its called that way but it's just a three and then landing slightly off
(don't get me wrong , i wouldnt pull it off)

and when we are talking about fronties... anthony his frontflip of the roll in putts zinks one in another perspective..

but hey , crankworx 2011 is over.. we will see how messere is riding next year..

 Ya he did but Semenuk tricked basically everything which definitely shows in the score.

 @spyk27 i dont think that was his "big trick" cause when i was up there i was talking to some of the people that were running the event and they said he had been practicing something no one else has seen, but because of this run i guess he had no reason to do it? Semenuk defiantly deserved to win! He was so smooth with every thing he did.

 Yeah Semenuk deserved to win but i thought that Messere shud have got 2nd

 @blasianbike: maybe cork 720 on the third or last jump?

 @pandaboy1 that would be pretty sick to see to bad he didnt do it.

 Lololol it was only flips and whips jump after jump, not really impressive. His finals run on the other hand had some variation and bigger tricks, thus it was way better IMO

 yea totally except for him going huge and landing tricks with the cleanest style -_-

 Not really, the only big trick he did was the flipwhip off the drop. Something everyone did in best trick. Cam mccauls superman frontflip was wayyy better IMO But he's brandon semenuk so he automatically gets like 5 points added to his score...

 There was some major tricks being thrown down, but Semenuk had a lot of style and he didn't slip any peds, all of his tricks were stomped perfectly. Of course Mccauls frontflip super man was soo sick as well, but the rest of his run didn't stand out as super, you know? The scores aren't based on one trick haha

 Nobble, the only big trick was the flipwhip? What about his corked flip on the spine?? tricking in and out of the satellite dish???? stomping everything else with perfect steeze so much that he made idiots like you think it was easy and unimpressive. semenuk is a Boss and he deserved the win at whistler.

 If semenuk is so great then how come zink and messere both had equally good runs? (and i dont mean in terms of score, judges are always biased. That's why i prefer DH, the clock dosent lie)

In my opinion messere deserved the win most because he was riding at the same level as the big guns and yet he's 15...

 Age doesn't affect the score, that would be just retarded. And Semenuk definitely deserved the win for the reasons already said above.

 Nobble, you just assumed that Semenuk got extra points for showing up, implying that it was unfair. Now your saying that Messere should get extra points for being 15, wouldn't that be unfair to all the other riders? But still major props to Anthony he killed it!

 where did I say anything about messere getting extra points? I said I feel he deserved the win...

And from all the events I've seen there's no denying the judges love semenuk... but that's just my opinion

 not at all.. his run had nothing that set him apart except the double flip. the rest of his run was not that good

 He would have podiumed for sure, maybe not first though.

 no i doubt he would have. anthonys run and brandons were for sure better. and honestly cam mccaul had a nicer run and only came 5th, double backflip was cool, but this isnt a best trick comp. the rest of lacondeguys run was not good, had he landed the flipwhip, i think he would have been 5th, because greg watts had a hell of a run