We are back on Blackcomb mountain this evening for the Speed & Style Championships. A new challenging course has been scratched into the hillside and all the heavy hitters have come out to see where they stand. The Ladies category was stricken with injuries and high winds forcing organizers to go to a time trial format. However, the winds died down and the men were set for a great night of racing.
Navigating the flat grass turns at high speed was tricky.
Joey Gough takes 3rd place
Casey Brown fresh off a whip-off podium and finding herself on the gas again.
Jordy Scott throws a toboggan on her winning run.
Casey Brown on her way to a second-place finish
The ladies had a bit of bad luck and were battling strong winds the entire competition. A select few decided to push through.
Powering out of the start gate. It's time for the men's finals.
Kyle Strait through the grass corners
McCaul and Reynolds pitted through the turns
Garret Mechem
After the first step up the course transitioned onto the grass for a couple of hundred yards.
Spin to win
Flat grass corners and micro knobby tires. How does Lemoine keep traction?
S-berms.
Sam Reynolds laying out a big backflip.
Garret Mechem backflip one foot can and crossing the line with a .75 lead over Billy Meaclem
Tomas Lemoine walking to the start gate
Tom van Steenbergen goes for broke against Ropelato with a cork 720.
Clif Bar providing the goods times.
Full extension on the tuck no hander flip.
Martin Soderstrom looking to take the overall win for the season.
360 tailwhip over the last jump.
Matt Jones and Adrien Loron do battle but Laron will advance to the next round
Soderstrom, a veteran in the sport, uses his locked-down tail whips to his advantage.
Bas on the white course.
Kade Edwards is usually racing World Cup, but occasionally he likes to get upside down.
Martin Soderstrom uses his bag of tricks to advance into the next round.
Daryl Brown going up against the legend, Gregg Watts.
Ropelato absolutely on fire this week taking yet another win.
Your Speed & Style podium
Martin Soderstrom takes the Speed and Style World Championship.
@Myfianceemademedoit: manipulation of other countries democratic processes is nothing new. The US and the UK have been at it for years. The Muslim Brotherhood won an election in Egypt recently, but were overthrown. The UK and US interfered with the election in Ukraine during the Orange revolution a few years ago. Moscow had got trains to transport Russian troops who were able to vote to go and do so. From what I remember, the US and the UK left crate after crate of Vodka on the platforms of the stations the trains would be stopping at from what I remember.
How did that ball hugger tight pants Lemoine make it into the finals after blowing both feet straight foot brakes and crushing his tiny sack in the semi. Should have been an all USA finals. The judges are at Lemoines hotel putting baby powder on his butthole right now. Can't wait to see the slope travesty. Can we get some real judges, maybe mix it up sometimes, maybe non Canadians would give the event credibility because it's a joke at this point. I mean any jump contest on the planet 2 blown feet, foot braking and tiny balls crushed is immediate head to the showers, what planet are these morons from.
@bike2850: True of course, but pay can't be determined all by skill, otherwise slower categories would get paid less in races. The women are competing against each other, not the men.
Tomas Lemoine
Martin Söderström
Kyle Strait
Tom van Steenbergen
Adrien Loron