SRAM Canadian Open Challenger Enduro presented by CamelBak: Crankworx Whistler 2016 - Recap
Not to be mistaken for the EWS Enduro, the SRAM Canadian Open Challenger Enduro presented by Camelbak (and henceforth in this post to be referred to as the "Challenger Enduro") was more of an EWS "Lite" event. It was composed of 4 stages, rather than the EWS Enduro's 5 monster stages. Stage one was similar to the stage one of the EWS race, but was cut off before racers hit the bottom of the hill. Stage two of the Challenger was stage three of the EWS, and stages three and four of the Challenger Enduro are stage 5 of the EWS race. Still confused? Simple: this was the Enduro race held for the racers unable to get into the EWS Enduro for one reason or another. Basically, it's an appetizer for the main event. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the undercard event before the main event on Sunday.
Tha-tha-tha-tha-that's all folks!
MENTIONS: @meagerdude
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 Headspace can be hard to come by 15 minutes before go time. |
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| Josh Reilly on stage one of the "Challenger" Enduro. It was a fun romp down Una Mas and into Blue Velvet. |
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| San Clemente, CA must seem like a distant memory for John Levey as he ripped through the bike park on stage one of his race. |
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| Keren Warehem of the UK on course. Short of Ft William in Scotland, they simply don't have trails like what she rode in Whistler today--maybe a bit of gnar here and there, but not the sheer, sustained technically challenging vertical. |
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| Bo McCarther of Santa Cruz, CA dropping in on stage 3 of the Challenger Enduro. |
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| Tom Lynch-Watson dropping in on the iconic "Top of the World" stage of the Challenger Enduro. |
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| His friends call him Danny; Taiwan's Sheng Shan Chiang dropping in and ripping the hill hard enough to take home second place. |
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| Views in the office today sucked. |
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| Warren Bower coming in hot. |
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| Shannon Hewetson looking into the next couple of corners. And down, down, down. |
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| Andrew Daly swore so loud when he flatted this tire--and dashed his hopees for a win--that very likely the tourists on the Top of the World proper heard him. |
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| Garret McGurk swirling down the trails and into the Whistler Bike Park. |
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| Callan Ridge mere seconds away from taking the plunge. |
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| Callum Rostron walking the line on one of the slightly more exposed sections of TOW. |
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| Spectating while one waits for one's start time ain't such a bad thing. |
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| William Weatherwill gunning it on the fire road climb on stage 3 of the Challenger Enduro. It may not look like much but it feels as if you're breathing broken glass when you're racing this line. |
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| Fejola Stepanka Nestlerova shoving a tube into her wheel before getting on with the final stage of the Challenger Enduro. |
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| Men's and Women's shared the podium on the Challenger Enduro; left to right: Shend Shan Chiang and Emma Wareham (2), Shannon Hewetson and Camille Balanche (1), Michelle Chang and Tom Doran (3). |
Tha-tha-tha-tha-that's all folks!
MENTIONS: @meagerdude
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