Slopestyle Randoms - Crankworx Rotorua 2016
Slopestyle practice is kicking off here in Rotorua with a fairly similar course to last years, just with a few adjustments to minimize pedaling while also adding a bit more flow to the whole run. Riders are still taking it a bit easy and only doing a handful of runs per day. Today the wind did pick up a bit halfway through and cut runs short for the afternoon. With lots of time here to dial everything in, we're in store for a great show come Saturday.
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 Cam Zink putting on some fresh Sensus grips for the day. Edit- Cam brought the whole crew fresh grips and even put them on for Martin Soderstrom before his Speed and Style run. |
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| You know it! |
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| Semenuk checking tire pressure. |
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| Brett Rheeder taping up for the morning session. |
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| Brandon Semenuk and Drew Bezanson catching up. Drew was down here for a BMX contest, but received a bike recently from Trek and is planning to compete at an upcoming Fise event. |
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| Drew Bezanson with his Trek Ticket S that he will be riding on this week here, just having fun with the riders but not officially competing. He is hoping to mix up his bike riding and try to get into Red Bull Joyride later this year. |
 | What really intrigued me to ride was the slopestyle courses - they are exactly what I want to ride on a BMX bike, but we just don't have it unless I build it somewhere. - Drew Bezanson |
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| Bass Pro certified: Logan Peat. |
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| Tom Hey, who is the lead builder of the course, puts some touch ups on the course with a few small tweaks and changes this year. Tom and Kelly McGarry were behind this build to an amazing course and have put a lot of hard work into making it perfect. |
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| Logan Peatzza. |
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| Tough guy Cam Zink taking his first run as a 30-year old. Fresh off shoulder surgery and still having a tough time riding, but using the old-man strength to push through. |
| Maybe my birthday miracle cured my shoulder because I wasn't about to even be back on a bike here - Cam Zink |
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| Martin Soderstrom is only here for Speed and Style and unfortunately didn't get the result he was looking for. Wish we could see him out there riding on the slope course, but due to so much injury over the last few years, he is taking the time to keep healing and stay strong. |
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| Fischer Price mustache anyone? |
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| Ride or Die! |
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| Yannick Graneri - all style over the hip. |
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| Anthony Messere flat spit over the bottom kicker. |
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| Anton Thelander in the trees. |
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| Louis Reboul, tuck no hand over the hip. |
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| Up and down and all around... Slopestyle is the real deal! |
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| Anton Thelander. |
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| Brett Rheeder tailwhip off the boner log. |
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| Carson Storch 360 over the hip. |
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| Brandon Semenuk flip drop. |
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| Anton Thelander. |
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| There's just something truly awesome about a slopestyle course in the trees... |
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| Anthony Messere. |
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| Semenuk Flip drop. |
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| Brett Rheeder pops a Cork 720 in the dead of practice. Wind came through halfway during practice and most riders went home for the day. The few that stuck around had the course to themselves for the afternoon. |
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| Brandon Semenuk boner log flip. |
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| Thomas Genon expanding wings for liftoff. |
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| Nicholi Rogatkin sails under the canopy above. |
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| Semenuk and Louis Reboul off the shuttle and onto the next run. |
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| Semenuk throwing a Truck Driver off the start drop. |
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| Carson Storch boosting to the sky off the third hit on the course - 5 feet above the rest would be a minimum guess. |
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| Anton Thelander - pan shot Friday, although it's still Thursday. One for the bank... |
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YT doesn't have a full suspension slopestyle bike in their range, so maybe he got this one while waiting for YT to make one ?
Oh and it clearly can't be Rogatkin's bike because he has different graphics, runs Spank bars and stem and doesn't ride X-Kings in the front and Dt Swiss not hope wheels. Jeez...
I think i took it too far..
m.pinkbike.com/news/carson-storch-barcelona-video-2016.html
Rocky answers that in the comments.