Video: Winning Runs from the Crankworx Rotorua Downhill

Mar 19, 2023
by Ed Spratt  

bigquotesThe French Downhiller won the 2015 and 2016 event back to back and after 7 years he has made his grand return to Crankworx Rotorua with a gold medal finish at Rockshox Taniwha Downhill.— Crankworx


bigquotesJess Blewitt snagged her first pro World Tour gold with a top finish at Rockshox Taniwha Downhill. In 2020 she won the junior category of Crankworx Rotorua Downhill and this year she certainly cemented herself amongst the pros.— Crankworx


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30 Comments
  • 40 1
 Loic was expected but Neko sending it on his run and holding onto the box for 16 riders was cool to see. Basically Rocky vs Drago in terms of budget and support.
  • 4 0
 Rocky 4. I got that. Must have been lifting logs in the woods
  • 17 0
 Surprisingly good drone footage following Loic.
  • 4 0
 Yes that's the way to go, hope there's more of it on the more open courses.
  • 6 0
 They did a few interesting things with the coverage:
- Drone footage. Agreed, this has to be part of the future, where terrain allows
- Picture in picture. A split view on occasion that showed a replay in a small window, while the live feed continued in a larger window
- Plenty of the course covered. Still had about a minute missing from the top section (seemed to happen in the WC DH last year), but good covered elsewhere. Except one corner where someone (?) crashed and we missed it because... blind spot
  • 2 1
 @highland-hippie: Yup, when they announced the extra coverage I wasn't expecting much but this was an insanely good event with good coverage. I cannot wait for the other stops. Screw Discovery.
  • 6 0
 Looks like they got some custom covers on that new demo. I bet he just runs it like that forever, like the shock cover on his old one, and we never actually see what's going on under there.
  • 10 0
 there is a really good photo of the bike here:

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  • 2 0
 @Brasher: I'm surprised it wasn't nicked, leaving it unchained outside the bike shop like that...
  • 2 0
 such an advantage to be able to firm the shock on the fly for the highway sections there´s always on DH tracks...
  • 1 0
 @Brasher: Looks ready for a long dropper and a motor. Seat angle doesn't look very slack for a DH bike either. It wouldn't surprise me if specialized has a motorized version in mind.
  • 6 0
 What's with the LED on the left of Bruni's bar?
An electronic lockout for that covered suspension?
  • 58 0
 Champagne ordering button. About halfway down a track when he is feeling the win he hits it to make sure they have the bottles ready.
  • 3 0
 @pisgahgnar: Salut!
  • 2 2
 Motor actuator.
  • 3 1
 firming the shock on the fly for the highway sections...
  • 6 0
 Bruni going Blenki style on those jumps!
  • 6 1
 Feel sorry for Blenki but he still did put on a show.
  • 1 0
 You can really tell Redbull has the "A-Team" working the broadcast now. Night & day difference! Camera work & of course Rob Warner & company are much better than the old broadcast crew .. no comparison.
  • 3 0
 Jess is the best!! Love her style. Track looks so slippery and wet.
  • 3 0
 LOIC is looking FAST. Gonna be a sick year!
  • 1 0
 Awesome track, awesome footage, awesome commentary. If they could bring this level of track design and coverage to the whole DH circuit we'd be in for a treat.
  • 2 0
 So is that new Demo still a prototype!?
  • 1 0
 Since when is Loic from Andorra? :O
  • 1 0
 Oh man, LOVE to see the season starting up again.
  • 1 0
 Holy crap they're FLYING
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