CrankWorx Results and Ramblings

You know what makes mountain biking cool? Well, besides the obvious two wheeled lovin', it's the fact that the average joe/jane can ride and hang with the sport's biggest stars. While making the walk across Whistler Village to write this, I witnessed an amazing cross section of the sport. From the likes of Jeff Lenosky, Kirt Vories and Cedric Gracia to the sport's future gravity stars, to travellers from distant continents, to cross country riders and even some Mom and Pop recreational riders. Riding, chatting, signing autographs or just plain watching. There's no question that all of them have come to Whistler to see what all the hype is about. It's about bikes dammit! All kinds of them...
In the women's final, Sabrina Jonnier crashed hard in the whoops while attempting to overtake Kintner.

Pro Women

1. Jill Kintner
2. Claire Buchar
3. Leana Girrard
4. Sabrina Jonnier
5. Gail Dahlager

Pro Men

1. Eric Carter
2. Brian Lopes
3. Cedric Gracia
4. Brian Schmith
5. Chris Powell
6. Kyle Strait

Junior Men

1. Taylor Sage
2. Cameron McCaul
3. Dan Csonkay
4. James Mcskimmings
5. Gabe Randall
6. Tyler Gorz

Amateur Men

1. Mike Zgund
2. Brian Gerrard
3. Joao Ludolf
4. Greg Nunnikhoven
5. Daniel Nezil

Wheel Chair

1. Stacey Kohut
2. Johnny Therrien


Pro Men

1. Nathan Rennie - 4:15.40
2. Cedric Gracia - 4:16.20
3. Jared Rando - 4:18.99
4. Adam Cook - 4:21.03
5. Eric Carter - 4:21.21
6. Tyler Morland - 4:21.70
7. Brian Lopes - 4:21.85

Pro Women

1. Claire Whiteman
2. Brook Baker
3. Claire Buchar
4. Katie Holden
5. Angela Teng

Amateur Women

1. Kim Saprunnoff
2. Marilyn Manso
3. Pascale Vaiani
4. Courtney Mattock

Amateur Men

1. Will Spencer
2. Jeff Leigh
3. Mike Zgund
4. Nick Quinn
5. Sean McClendon

Junior Men

1. Ross Measures
2. Connor Macleod
3. Marcus Jaheny
4. Alex Prochazka
5. Tyler Gritt

Junior Women

1. Shannon Smith

In Slopestyle qualifying, it was Paul Bassagoita's tailwhip to backflip sewing up the first of 4 available positions. Also earning spots for tonight's competition were Jordie lunn, Cory Derpak and Ryder Kasprick. Riders who were vying for positions in the event were kept to the course's smallest features hoping to keep the excitement building for tonight's main feature. Competition was tough with Steve Romaniuk pulling a sweet manual along the big box but losing precious points for falling on a no hander lander. Robbie Bourdon is missing what would be his first competitions since his car accident last summer due to a broken hand suffered when Bourdon was bucked launching off the Tower of Power teeter.


Aaron Chase
Andrew Neething
Cameron McCaul
Cameron Zink
Cedric Gracia
Eric Porter
Gareth Dyer
Jeff Lenosky
Joe Schwartz
John Cowan
Kirt Vories
Kyle Ritchie
Kyle Strait
Matt Hunter
Randy Spangler
Richie Schley
Kyle Ebbett
Thomas Vanderham
Timo Pritzel
Tyler Klassen
Wade Simmons
Ryder Kasprick
Paul Basagoita
Mike Kinrade
Jordie Lunn
Cory Derpak