Photo Epic: Canadian Open DH - Crankworx Whistler 2018
The last day of the 2018 Crankworx World Tour ended with style and smoke - local wildfires made conditions testing for the some of the world's best on the Canadian Open DH presented by iXS track. Despite the moon dust, and a seriously blown out track the Aussie racers managed to make sense of the Australian-style dry conditions - Tracey Hannah took the win in the ladies race and Troy Brosnan was triumphant for the fourth time in a row, nailing the 'fourpeat'.
The 2018 Crankworx season has now been put to bed and whilst the Aussies won on the day, Kiwi rider Sam Blenkinsop took the overall world tour win and was crowned King of Crankworx getting the most points out of any other rider. Although Jill Kintner wasn't racing the DH, she took the Queen of Crankworx title.
Until we meet again in Rotorua next year!
Trail conditions were extremely dry which caused excessive dust buildup on the steep rock sections
Loose, dry and dusty
Zink was on hand to try his luck at tackling the rough Canadian Open course
The Canadian Open course has many granite slabs and technical rock features
Caleb airing over the rock
Nikolas taking the fast line for the fans before entering the steep section after Heckler's Rock
Coming out of the light and into the shadow
Dedication
#longlivechainsaw
Whistler Bike Park, now offering serenading vuvuzela lift rides
Casey absolutely sending the jump and going larger than most of the guys
Danni Beecroft had an amazing race win last night at dual slalom, and thankfully her bike was all ready for today's race
Third place women's finisher would like to remind us that the hecklefest never dies
Tracey put down a smouldering time today and was able to take the lead after Casey Brown was in the hot seat
Tracey was the only female elite rider taking the inside line on Heckler's Rock. Maybe that had something to do with her winning time
Bas is more know for his freeride ability, but that didn't stop him from taking on the challenging Canadian Open track
Eliot Jackson looking fast through the tight turns
Kona Factory rider Connor Fearon has a hard time finding the podium in the World Cup series, but today he came away with a shiny silver medal
The smoky skies of Whistler were casting an ominous light over the course
Alan Cooke trying to back up his Whip Off win on the DH track
The roots were dry and relatively sticky today thanks to the heat
The fans were out in force #longlivechainsaw
Is it dust or smoke? Whistler is as dry as a tinderbox so the trails are dusty and the sky is smokey from near-by wildfires
Tracey Hannah must've been enjoying the dry trails - she took the win
Blenki style for Henry Fitzgerald
Ultimate light!
Entering the last heckler area and one of the steepest sections on the track
Jure Zabjek in the midst of the crowds
Sik Mik ploughing a line through the moon dust
Sik Mik hugging the inside line
Troy got the crowds going
Bernie Kerr is slowly coming back on form - 12 place at Whistler
Eliot Jackson steezing out of the woods
Dani Beecroft racing DH on her DS bike - yes she did both competitions on the same rig!
Brosnan has won this event four years in a row now. Who will be the one to take him down next year?
BC local Mark Wallace put down a clean run which set him into fifth place
Anthony Poulson with the epic light thanks to the midday sunset and wildfires
Full attack
The man of the hour Troy Brosnan
Winner winner chicken dinner
The Canadian Open winner's podium which marks the end of Crankworx Whistler
Results
Women
1. Tracey HANNAH
2. Casey BROWN
3. Vaea VERBEECK
4. Carolin GEHRIG
Men
1. Troy BROSNAN
2. Connor FEARON
3. Magnus MANSON
4. Samuel BLENKINSOP
Full Results
Mentions: @officialcrankworx @cameronmackenzie @trevorlyden
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Weirdly I did not see any article about blenki and Jill K bringing home the overall crankworx victory and the 20K$ prize money that comes with it, congrats to them !
i wanna see women busting into the men's times! i see weak skinny dudes whippin the bike around its not a muscle thing.... maybe a balls thing? haha