Final Results from Air DH at Crankworx Whistler 2023

 no doubt! And I imagine he's such a mind-f*ck to anyone he races... *no pressure bro, I'm retired... oh, you got beat by a retiree? Damn son..."

 "you must be Doc Holliday... you retired too?"
"oh not me... I'm in my prime..."
"yea, you look it."

 Sorry for the accidental downvote. I remember watching her ride BMX 20+ years ago. She's an inspiration and a role model.

 If Minnaar & Kintner had a kid, would that kid win until he/she were 100 or what? dang

 Blenk, and you'll miss it!

 First he'll need a bike that actually works.

 I just wanna see a Kiwi on a team that really breeds winners like Santa Cruz or Specialized. Problem is you need to already be an elite guy to get on them. I feel like if Blenky or Brook had been picked up by Santa Cruz way back when then they'd have completely different results by now.

 @DrChaos: what's wrong with his bike?

 @bikes-arent-real: Macdonald rode for Trek right after Gwin, who basically won everything on that bike.

 @bikes-arent-real: Blenki was on Yeti back when they picked the best wildcards, then moved to Lapierre which was the current Specialised team on a different frame.

Didn't Danny hart have his best years at MS Mondraker?

I feel like Blenki being more or less everyone's favourite rider roughly 2008 to 201x was a good career.

 Tuhoto was finding pace last season, he got an 11th and a 13th.

 Yep, I hope they aren’t doing that to mess with us red/green colorblind people!

 we have a saying here in Australia that makes no sense.... but "we aint here to fk spiders!" as the saying goes.

 Home track advantage

 Are they taking over Whistler from the Australians?

 @Brasher: actually this has made perfect sense to me since time I first heard it. Somehow my fellow Canadians still give me weird looks when I say it though.

 @Brasher: We have a saying here in NZ that "kiwis moving to Aussie increases the average IQ of both nations"

 @Ritgut: and a sheep sighs in relief

 @Brasher: lol.

 Basically it's a scrub race

 One be doing good with a fast run. One be best with the fastest run.

 Well, basically you go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

 Well it's a downhill race, I believe the course is just A line (open to correction on that) although based on the one POV video I randomly watched it was quite wet and muddy this year.

I imagine the competitive edge is gained largely from scrubbing the jumps and pumping the transitions. You get good at that the same way you get good at almost anything else: practicing.

 @Vudu74: "...have you any idea what the street value of the mountain is?"

 @Vudu74: I want my two dollars

 Seriously though. What is the Air DH and how is it different from the Open DH or other DH? Especially since it's part of Crankworx. Can anyone race? Is it like PHAT Wednesday and just happens to have during Crankworx week? Serious here.

 @burnerAccount: We had an "Air DH" at Trestle (Winter Park, CO bike park) on the main jump line Rainmaker for years as well. A-Line is a jump/flow line. AKA a big BMX track vs. proper DH.

 @burnerAccount: a line is a flowy jump trail that's really popular and it is fun to have a race on it. Called air dh because there's lots of jumps, and other places can have an Air dh on their own jump trails. Canadian open dh and most other dh racing is on more technical trails.

 Stoked for Bailey not least because she is starting on a career as a team manager, and having strong race results is great for your overall credibility and gravitas in such situations.

 Finished first in our hearts.

First overall in Women's too.

...oh and approximately 9,527 places faster than you.

 @donaarblitzen: Welcome to the internet where someone reads shit and thinks you're insulting someone and rushes to their defense.

I was making fun of my fellow males who got smoked by a near 40 yr old bad ass who I've witnessed race since she was a teen.

I've got daughters. I root for the bad ass females.
Go start your war with some other villain.
Fokk off!

 @donaarblitzen: just read some of your posts. You're in my age group. Ridemonkey is still kicking if you wanna hump someone's posts over there.

 @blowmyfuse: Ok?

Glad to hear it wasn't a purposeful dig at the legend Kintner.

 His plate says king of crankworx but they assign an actual number for the timing system. Caroline is the same