Downhill Presented by iXS, Crankworx Les Gets 2016 - Results

 yes Brendog !!!

 Guys, any podium pic?

 Yeeeehhhhh Brendog!

 IIRC, she got the rainbow stripes on a muddy course. Good job Morgane!

 I was in the woods, at the little gap right before the cannonball. Morgane was flying!! She's the only woman who didn't crash in that spot! Some very impressive riding in all that mud

 And nearly a hole minute between Jill and Casey

 Totally the worst!

 There was a live stream??!

 @gouty: i'd try to find out how to pronounce the names beforehand. At least for the riders on the stream. Sometimes there does not seem to be any effort in that respect.

 @Muckal: the hosts are not the most gifted with linguistic abilities

 @gouty: Most of them, yes. Or at least in a way that you would recognise I was making an effort to pronounce it the right way, adhering to heuristics of English pronounciation - which can be a quite daunting task at times, I know: "Trénité: The Chaos".

Please, do give me an example of an (North-)American name that is hard to pronounce. And, if you find ONE, as a commentator you could go and actually research how to pronounce this lonely outlier.

 @jts-nemo: also, when the hosts manage to mispronounce even Phil Atwill's name (aTWILL instead of ATwill) you can't really expect them to learn how to pronounce other European names.

 @cuban-b: Or any hosting ability? Man, this set new superficiality records... If someone would tell me these were standup comedians impersonating U.S. extreme sports commentators, I would believe it. I turned the sound off after one 'A-OK' too many. Please Crankworx, get us Rob & Claudio.

 @jeroenk: in another post someone was saying how these guys sound just like the commentators parodied in the movie Dodge Ball, only these guys aren't being like this to be ironic or funny. in the movie, they literally are standup comedians impersonating U.S. extreme sports commentators.

 @jts-nemo @Muckal You guys are right, announcers should definitely at least make an effort to figure out the pronunciation - for respect/professionalism/whatever.

But let's be honest.... Crankworx announcers have always been ass. In WC DH they get guys who actually know the sport and are familiar with the riders. For Crankworx they always seem to get generic extreme sports cornballs who have no clue.

 @jeroenk: google "inside so cal" and witness the genius of Kyle.

 @jeroenk: can't even give this post enough props!
It's just common sense, folks who share the passion will always be better hosts than guys who obviously don't. There is just nothing like Rob Warner and Nigel Page from the old freecaster times.

 Hell yeah. Hopefully itgives him some confidence leading into the next WC!

 What did he do to have that happen?

 @kleinblake: He cross the streamer before the last corner

 it's just the spirit of enduro getting to him...

 He cut the tape and straight lined a section right in front of us, missed 1 pole.

 The spirit of enduro was with him

 It's too funny to be real hahaha. I know how Canyon should call their next Enduro bike: "The Cutter". Sender, Cutter and Cheaper.

 The "frenchie line"

 So did he cheat intentionally... Or did he f*ck up and just roll with it?

 @kleinblake: he looked at it, took a deep hit of Galouise and said, Ffock it! I ouill dou diss my waye! I am a Legend!

 @kleinblake: No he did not cheat intentionally, he just slipped away in one corner and missed one pole. Propaply because it was near the finish line he did just go on and crossed the finish line/crashed in the finish area with the tape still on his bars So no cheating here...

 Finn won by 11 seconds. And like a champ he wheelie dropped the road gap to flat.

 @mitch1616: Nice! Thanks for the report.

 @mitch1616: any footage?

 Never did I think I'd see the day somebody quoted Dora on PB.

 He crashed twice

 1 Finn, 2 Joe Parfitt, 3 Kaos - not sure after that. Surprising how little coverage Crankworx gives the Juniors.
@endlessblockades

 @sooboyki: thanks! Attaboy KAOS - Dad musta been a punk rocka

 @sooboyki: YEAH PARFITT!!!!!

 He crashed... Twice I believe.