Crankworx Colorado Course Walkthrough in Photos

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freerider1057 (Jul 28, 2010 at 0:18)

I'm not to sure how I feel about Cowan's course design...

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bikerdude012 (Jul 28, 2010 at 0:29)

If you ask me it looks kind beat...there's only like 6 stunts or something?

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dvp8 (Jul 28, 2010 at 7:29)

i agree with the first two comment, im thinking they could have put some alternative lines in there. it looks really short.

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nzstormer (Jul 28, 2010 at 8:48)

I think the course designers are trying too hard. Same for Whistler last year, too many cool looking features that the riders can't do anything off - e.g. Wallrides, how much can you do off a wallride?. The best slopestyle courses are the ones with lots of big jumps that have easy take offs and landings so the riders can show their stuff.

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dirtjumpin (Jul 28, 2010 at 9:24)

mr-eric is right, this course is looking way better than the one in Whistler right now, although the dual slalom course here in Whistler is looking amazing!

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nouser (Jul 28, 2010 at 12:25)

wow thats pretty gnarcore i must say

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MattJones94 (Jul 28, 2010 at 14:51)

Yeah but nzstormer, if you build a line of dirt jumps with easy take-offs and landings, all you have is a dirt jump line, that contradicts the whole idea of slopstyle. although this course seem a bit bare.

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wildkard726 (Jul 28, 2010 at 2:33)

seems really short. not sure if I like that. riders cant do all of their tricks, and runs will be like not even 30 seconds. might be good during the competition tho, we will have to wait and see

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eball (Jul 28, 2010 at 17:56)

Quote from Claws twitter page: "One of the builders for the course was riding it on his bmx..... need I say more? or have we really just went that far backwards?"

Highland had the right idea with there slope-style course,

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snickkers (Jul 28, 2010 at 0:03)

I'll be there tomorrow!

So stoked to see this go down

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D-ponko (Jul 28, 2010 at 0:29)

your in colorado??

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snickkers (Jul 28, 2010 at 0:55)

I will be tomorrow

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bikerboywill FL (Jul 28, 2010 at 4:15)

who put the wahles the wrong way around in the computer generated model

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K3ano (Jul 28, 2010 at 7:48)

what time zone are those times for? I don't want to miss out over here!

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washingtonoutdoorfamily (Jul 28, 2010 at 8:05)

Mountain Standard Time Zone, MST

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K3ano (Jul 28, 2010 at 9:00)

Cheers!

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joeljsh (Jul 28, 2010 at 10:08)

those double whales look gnarly cant wait to see what gonna be thrown down on them

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suicidedownhiller (Jul 28, 2010 at 13:37)

Whoever narrated the photos needs to cut back on the caffeine. Anyways, course looks gnarly, but the double whales seem to be a bit redundant...They look too close together to have any tricks thrown... Now, if it was a 5 ft drop PLUS a 10-15 ft gap onto the second whale tail, then it might be interesting...

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BRRider (Jul 28, 2010 at 16:27)

i agree about the whales, defo should be a decent sized stepdown between them... it would make tricks like a flip in between them both more likely and more gnarly, and also more fun for the riders.

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5chmaus FL (Jul 29, 2010 at 1:01)

Yeah, just to let you guys know i too noticed the backwards whales in the CAD preview video.

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stever (Jul 28, 2010 at 6:55)

That double whale looks interesting. The tranny off of the second whale looks a bit just a touch far off, considering the momentum loss on the whales. I'm curious to see if anyone is going to case the landing. The DH course looks great. I love that it's got a few gnar sections mixed in with some wicked high-speed open sections. Looks like fun.

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daugherd FL (Jul 28, 2010 at 7:57)

course looks short and not very forward thinking. I'm kind of disappointed, but we'll see what the riders do with it.

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pedro4me (Jul 28, 2010 at 8:33)

i agree dude, i think their runs are going to blend into similar runs also. needed more lines. only one double bro! strange

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shssquirrelufo (Jul 28, 2010 at 14:08)

I think the best part about this course being shorter is that the riders will have to throw something crazy/stupid on the last trick booter if they want a good score...

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tabletop666 (Jul 28, 2010 at 1:53)

Holy crap this course looks insane..... especially the start and that hip.. More big freeride than slopestyle, Semenuk has the win here, he has no trouble tricking huge stuff unlike some of those dirt jump dudes

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dirtjumper771 (Jul 28, 2010 at 20:33)

what about mccaul or watts? i say mccaul, semenuk, watts

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sagetthegreat (Jul 28, 2010 at 10:41)

Not enough options, not a big enough course in my opinion, if they gave it mroe options like the claymore challenge and had a nice big booter at the end, THAT would make it good.

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dirtjumper771 (Jul 28, 2010 at 20:36)

im thinkin mccaul has the win on this one. but wasnth there going to be the contest like last year where we put in the top 10 for crankworx and whoever gets it right wins a bunch of stuff

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FireBeast (Jul 28, 2010 at 17:32)

Pretty awesome! Phil-rides-a-bike is right! From my perspective, the drop in is the most sketchyest thing on the whole track. Gnarly like it has to be!

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milanboez (Jul 28, 2010 at 1:54)

i might be able to see the qualifiers but then im away

i guess there will be a sik edit of the finals on here by next week though!

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simcik (Jul 28, 2010 at 8:48)

Here is a video walk through

www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Crankworx-Colorado-Slopestyle-Course-Walk,3273/Simcik,104

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ride-801 (Jul 28, 2010 at 8:57)

anyone else think the riders are going to have way too much speed out of the hip into that tiny wall ride? nothing worse than having to pound the brakes before a feature

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phil-mclean (Jul 28, 2010 at 16:06)

Needs more straight jumps! Can't have a slopestyle comp with 1 jump in it.

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mikyleee (Jul 28, 2010 at 16:27)

True that.

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SpEcIaLiZeDpRo1 (Aug 7, 2010 at 19:00)

Does anybody know how to build any of this like the wallrides or whale tails? or a smaller version? if so you should post the build plans!

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Tom-moT (Jul 28, 2010 at 0:43)

That setup looks gnarly. Can't wait to see some riders hit it.

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midwest-mtb FL (Jul 28, 2010 at 8:03)

It needs more doesnt seem like enough

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steezysam FL (Jul 29, 2010 at 9:56)

If some guy was riding it on his BMX, then he's just a G, especially if he rode that first rock and into the 18' drop.

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kroonpk (Jul 30, 2010 at 9:59)

this is a sick course and i hope that everybody does good on it and that it is a sick comp bk

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conshow3 (Jul 28, 2010 at 0:14)

any big name dhers there for the dh?

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j-brantley (Jul 28, 2010 at 0:15)

I saw Melissa Buell!

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PEDA (Jul 28, 2010 at 2:16)

I really like the first part of the course! That's Freeride at its best!

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RoyalT523 (Jul 29, 2010 at 8:09)

holly shit a sprial to a 18 ft drop!!!!!!!!!

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natewynanscreations (Jul 28, 2010 at 8:16)

isnt that the same start point as last year?

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nouser (Jul 28, 2010 at 10:42)

that corse is gowing to be relly narley and funn i wish i was gowing this year errr

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roadrasher (Jul 28, 2010 at 12:55)

the key will be to triple trick on,in the middle and off of the whale.

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specialized116 (Jul 28, 2010 at 13:48)

im thinking flip on, 3 the middle and flipwhip the last....but thats just me

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phil-mclean (Jul 28, 2010 at 16:06)

would be damn awkward 3ing that middle 1 man.

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specialized116 (Jul 28, 2010 at 16:41)

true, that....but the thing definatly is wide enough, and the riders are more than capable

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phil-mclean (Jul 28, 2010 at 17:30)

nah the wideness is algood, the mellow lip and considering its a step up means people are gunna be more focussed on making it over it than tricking it big

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Slopestyle669 (Jul 30, 2010 at 11:06)

The course is alot smaller than last year... but it still looks sick!!!

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D-ponko (Jul 28, 2010 at 0:29)

is Fogelquist doing this, or is he still in whistler?

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faultlinetv (Jul 28, 2010 at 1:05)

The famous Jake Fogelquist will be in attendance yes.

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j-brantley (Jul 28, 2010 at 8:03)

YUP

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ktmpaul111 (Jul 28, 2010 at 5:45)

boomstick gnarly...

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vineet (Jul 28, 2010 at 9:50)

this is one ill track

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PhoS FL (Jul 28, 2010 at 12:40)

i'll be there!

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dudak (Jul 28, 2010 at 6:17)

holyshit!