Photo Epic: Garbanzo DH - Crankworx Whistler 2015
World Cup racers and Enduro World Series racers locked horns on Whistler's famously technical Garbanzo DH race course yesterday. Marcello Gutierrez would reign supreme for the third year running in the Pro Men's race while Claire Buchar would take the top step of the Pro Women's category for the second year running.
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 There's not much shade at the top of the Garbo chair, but the elite of the pro women's field made use of every square inch of that shade. |
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| Ines Thoma in the gate and focused. |
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| Emelie Siegenthaler has been injured at the last two world cups but you'd never know based on her sprint out of the gate--full gas to the first corner. |
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| Miranda Miller on fire this year and stepping up her game. |
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| Tracey Hannah put in a solid effort but would fall short of the podium today. Look for her to shine later this week in Air DH and Canadian Open. |
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| No rest for Anneke Beerten who raced the EWS on Sunday and then came 3rd in Garbonzo DH today. |
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| Claire Buchar showing off her local skills down No Joke. |
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| Casey Brown DNF'd, hope all the best to her no matter what happened. |
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| Once again it was Claire Buchar who would reign supreme for the women. |
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| In the junior race Aussie Remy Morton lost time on the pedaling sections and would slip to second after a long stay in the hot seat. |
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| A word he lives by: Chris Kovarik with some semi fresh ink on the knuckle bones. He took second place so there must have been some slideways action on the Garbo DH trails for the Karver. |
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| Kirk McDowell snaking through the bridges on Duffman. The course is new this year and due to all the dry trails. In Deep was too blown out to physically take the pain of that many riders racing through it. |
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| Dylan Wolsky |
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| Chris Kovarik knows these trails better than anyone else as a Whistler local and held the lead for quite some time. |
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| Fresh off a 3rd place at the World Cup in Windham it was good to see Loris Vergier in the mix. |
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| Blenki taking the time to shred up the Garbo DH hot on the heels of the Windham World Cup. It's always nice to see the World Cup riders racing here at Crankworx. It's a mini vacation for them, and the park pretty much vibrates with the energy when these riders are in town. A Line? Nothing like getting passed by three riders mid jump on A Line to keep you on your toes during Crankworx week. |
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| Deja-vu all over again for many of the EWS racers who are still in Whistler; Adam Brayton opted to switch it up, though, rocking a proper DH sled for today's shred on the Garbo DH/ Stage 5 of the EWS. |
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| Wynn Masters pinned through the rocks on No Joke. |
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| Current King of Crankworx points leader Bernard Kerr would finish just out of the points today after a nagging back injury slowed him down a bit. |
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| Josh Carlson pumped only two extra PSI into his tires today--"just in case."; no repeats desired of Sunday's stage five flat. "It really was a fluke. I've run those tires in the park all season; same psi, same trails, same riding style, and that was my first flat. So yeah, only 2 extra psi." |
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| Homeward bound to do a bit more salmon fishing tomorrow, but full race face today: Marco Osborne taking the rerun of Sunday's stage 5 of the EWS course with a stab at the Garbo DH. |
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| Dylan Crane on cruise control in the Garbo DH. |
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| Yoann Barelli rallied his enduro bike into 4th |
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| Yoann Barelli looks on as his teammate knocked him out of the final podium position. |
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| Harry Heath coming in for the finish. |
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| Mark Wallace bringing some heat. |
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| Blenki |
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| Blenki |
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| Bernard Kerr. |
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| Three wins in three years for Marcelo Gutierrez. |
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| Chris Kovarik sat in the hot seat for a long time until Marcelo came down and put down a winning time riding his trail bike. |
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| Marelo pedaling with some power to claim his win. |
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| Marcelo takes a look back at the time. |
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| Whistler local and legendary shredder, Chris Kovarik kept the World Cup boys honest by taking 2nd. |
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| Happiness is... Marcelo has won the Garbo DH a few times now and with a new course this year it shows he can endure the longest DH run of the week. |
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Check full Results: Garbanzo DH - Crankworx Whistler 2015
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Dave spent the bulk of the past 17 years racing professionally before realizing that despite qualifying for the random World Cup final here and there, the next generation was just way too fast and way more talented. Upon hanging up his racing boots in 2010, it would be a few years until Dave picked up a camera and started shooting the odd race here and there as a way to stay in touch with all the friends he had made over the years, and the rest as they say is history. In just a few years time his photos have graced the pages of just about every MTB magazine and major media outlet, while his commercial client list includes a who's who of the cycling industry, and he is lucky enough to shoot regularly with some of the best riders on the planet. Currently at Pinkbike, Dave shoots the Downhill WC and the Enduro World Series as well as contributing to the occasional editorial story.
Colin Meagher is professional photographer based in Hood River, OR. He started out shooting film, a quaint analog medium now threatened with extinction, before making the jump to digital in 2004. He documents a variety of outdoor adventure sports for a diverse folio of commercial and editorial clients, but his home base is firmly anchored to anything related to bicycle culture. If he’s not shooting bikes, Meagher can most likely be found spinning the roads or trails in and around Hood River, OR.
Based in Bellingham, Washington, Paris graduated from the Commercial Photography Program at Seattle Central and has pursued his passion of documenting the characters and culture of mountain biking. First as a rider, then a photographer, Paris has long studied the interplay of movement, light and landscape in the mountains. From behind the lens, he translates those stories for his audience through images crisp with authenticity. His work is routinely featured in major publications commercial ad campaigns. Shooting a wide variety of disciplines, Paris' work grasps the raw emotion in World Cup Downhill Racing to big mountain freeriding, trail riding and dirt jumping.
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