Course Preview: Rotorua Crankworx DH with Mick Hannah

 some freakin scary looking off camber sections in there. hope it doesn't rain, or else all hell will break loose

 i walked the track this morning and your exactly right! its ridiculously steep and the off camber is crazy

 its a good job josh bryceland isn't competing! look at all those wooden bridges!

 when i saw he would be racing here this past weekend i thought it was strange for him not to be in NZ, but then again, you have awesome spot's here and great weather,and probably you train better without that much competition look's awesome the track, wish i could ride it

 Was that a bus parked under that last tabletop. HUGE.

 Was the guy with the red bull helmet at 1:54 Martin Söderström!?

 UCI take note, this is a worthy DH course. That line at 1:26 doesn't look possible... damn.

 Rain Rain Rain Rain Rain

 Loving the use of that last right hand berm as a pre-jump into the dip for the take off for the final jump

 I swear it looks like he "ghosted" that tree at 0:58 - 0:59....that was unreal.....I thought he went through it.

 @DHMF

Mostly likely He was riding the practice sessions, then got later told off for not having a plate.

 Why is this listed as a blue track on Trailforks? All the commentary above indicates to me its worth of Grade 6 Double Diamond status.

 I concer!!!

 You mean "concur" ?

 @Matchboyphotos Ok, thank you^^

 Some of the forested parts of this resemble the Cairns track in Australia, but this track is definitely much faster than Cairns with far less flat/pedally sections. The UCI needs to check this track out and consider it. Its a beauty.

 Probably because we are so far away from Europe and North America, it costs a lot to move the whole circus down here unfortunately.

 Cairns when it is dry is a fucking sick track, hopefully wet season is over in 2016 because last year did not do it justice. After last year everyone is talking shit about it and Aus won't see a champ for years again.

 what DemoB said...its been well documented that the travel to the southern hemisphere is taxing and expensive

 Pretty sure they are doing a double header in 2016. Cairns and then Rotarua.

 ^ And again in 2017

 ^ Great way to mitigate the cost.

Cairns tracked looked class last year, would love to see Rotarua no the WC circuit as well.

 Some of the South Island tracks would probably be just as good if not better.

 All it takes to host a WC is for someone to step up and host one... in addition to the UCI approving it. As long as you fit the criteria that the UCI puts in place, you could host a world cup. Location also plays a factor in it, as I think the officials like to keep races somewhat central. There have been many, many bids put in by Canadian and American promoters that have, for one reason or another, been turned down by the UCI. Even though all criteria were met and succeeded, another bid was just a little bit better. There have been multiple bids to host one at Sun Peaks, as well as other mountain resorts here in BC. Some have stuck, some haven't. Just the way it goes I guess... All things being equal, YOU reading this can host any race you want to. You just have to step up and do it. Costs and logistics are staggering, but some cities and towns have funding in place for such big events. There is actually a lot of untapped funding for large sporting events, at least here in BC. Some cities will actually not only help with funding it, but providing the infrastructure to run it.

 Wayne..as far as i understand it Cairns was supposed to (and the city had stepped up with the funding too) - and the UCI had even approved a three year run in to their worlds in 2017.....but there was some complaining by the teams and their 2015 slot was removed...I'd be interested to know if im wrong or not...maybe someone from cairns can enlighten me (and us)

 how a lot of places on earth don't see more World Cup races is beyond me.

 because the season is so short... one day we will have a 15 races calendar i hope

 I understood that both Cairns and NZ was possible for 2015 but Cairns couldn't put the funding together in time so they said no for 2015. 2016 is a go ahead for sure because they need to run 2 World Cups before hosting the world champs in 2017 (uci requirement). So everything got pushed back a year. As far as hosting a WC we'd love to here up in Nth east Victoria but it's too far away from an international airport to even get on the list

 wooohoooo getting Rowdy off that sucker!

 I really want to see Claudio preview this course, he'd be screaming the whole way down!

 watch Georges run at Nats off that so sic and at race pace

 OR that full speed on the offcamber, damn that track looks awesome!

 That was on another level compared to Micks

 Ha, so right, like watching two different types of mtbking! Can't wait for this to kick off, go George B!

 ooooh wat. That was awesome.

 Dope!

 and if it rains A LOT, it's like Cairns

 No way

 read it on facebook from his account. he's not majorly injured, but unable to compeat.

 www.facebook.com/jaredgravesmtb/posts/908723469148195

 That BOS suspension must be good.

 Sony action cam, eerie smooth

 That's all mic. Watching the bottom of the frame shows no sign of OIS or post stabilization.

 Actually it only gets hard if you don't link everything together in the run into it. If you nail the off camber section and then nail the step-down then you generally have enough speed with maybe a couple of pedals. If you make a mess of the step-down before hand then life gets hard and consequential. It's a great track. The Empire of Dirt guys really added to what was already there from the '06 Worlds track. If people are wondering why so many bridges lower down,they are crossings over the luge track.

 mmm that's why ! man I still believe that they made that jump bigger for the race (possible?). I watched Brunis course preview run and he made a huge crash on that jump by casing hard... here is the link: www.zapiks.fr/loic-bruni-dh-rotorua-new-ze.html at 3:15

 The jump's the same as it was for Nationals last month. It claimed plenty of people then as well. It is a big jump for sure but the landing is hipped so you don't have to try and get all the way to the left hand side. It's a Nationals track and Crankworx man. Shit should be big especially if they are trying to get a World Cup round held here. Need something to keep the big boys honest.

 No doubt! If it rains this track will be crazy!

 I think they would have some serious trouble clearing som of those jump. Mick almost cased that last stepup!

 Love the crash near the end. All in a days works ...

 Yep.

 Yeah 8" of travel, soft dirt & POV tends to make it look that way. Looked like he cased 'em all to me. :s

 RYDA!

 MAKE WAY FOR THE DISCIPLE!!!!!