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The Official Kokanee Crankworx Whistler thread

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Jun 26, 2009
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Crankworx in Whistler is about to kick-off, so here's the official thread for everyone to discuss the event, post photos, blogs, videos and anything else your little hearts desire.

Fraser Britton, Patrick Branch and David Waugh are going to be in Whistler covering the event for Ridemonkey, and will be everyone keeping up-to-speed in this thread along with the news on the home page on all the happenings at one of the biggest and sickest events of the year.

Hope to see some of you there!
 

FlipFantasia

Turbo Monkey
Oct 4, 2001
1,659
492
Sea to Sky BC
and if I see anyone dropping their monster cans off the lift, expect a beatdown, or if I'm on the chair with you, you might be following it down....
 

FlipFantasia

Turbo Monkey
Oct 4, 2001
1,659
492
Sea to Sky BC
ugh, the glc was raging last night already, this is going to be a long week! off to shoot valley trails with barham for his deep summer submission.....
 

MinorThreat

Turbo Monkey
Nov 15, 2005
1,630
41
Nine Mile Falls, WA
Rolling out of Spokane tonight with an overnight stop in Bellingham. Will be up tomorrow morning to hit registration check-in and then training runs for Garbo. I'm psyched!
 
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Bicyclist

Turbo Monkey
Apr 4, 2004
10,152
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SB
Heading up on the 11th, 2 days in Vancouver w/ the family, then Whistler goodness until the 19th! Can't wait to ride Whistler for the first time and hopefully ride with some of you guys.
 

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My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
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Towing the party line.
Kyle Strait and Jill Kintner have won the Crankworx Slalom. The big dog crushes lopes in back to back runs in the final, including the utter destruction of the second berm. Face shot!

Kyle Strait, WAY out in front in an earlier heat.


Kintner on her way to victory
 

Straya

Monkey
Jul 11, 2008
863
3
Straya
Damn this thread makes me miss that place. I vollied for 10 days straight last year and loved every second and this year I'm thousands of miles away.

Keep the photos coming and if anyone sees Seb Fremont say hi to him from Dave the Aussie from last year.
 

stiksandstones

Turbo Monkey
May 21, 2002
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Orange, Ca
Slalom day images:







Sam and Brendan having a pow-wow with race officials. It appears the timing for qualis may have been 'off' causing the 2 monster riders to race each other in the first heat, Sam eventually taking out brendan in that heat.




 
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rayhaan

Monkey
Oct 18, 2007
522
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ireland
nice shots stik, particularly like the last one of Sam, I see he is back wearing his D2, guess because of the launch of the D3 this friday.
 

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My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
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Towing the party line.
Just a quick note - Filip Polc was medevaced to Vancouver and possibly has a broken neck after slipping on a wooden bridge and slamming his head into a log. Send positive vibes, he will need them.
 

mccdh

Monkey
Sep 9, 2008
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Comox
Just a quick note - Filip Polc was medevaced to Vancouver and possibly has a broken neck after slipping on a wooden bridge and slamming his head into a log. Send positive vibes, he will need them.
:eek:hopefully thats just the speculation of the injury. either way thats horrible news. get better
 

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My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
18,040
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Towing the party line.
:eek:hopefully thats just the speculation of the injury. either way thats horrible news. get better
Well, it's speculation from the doctors in Whistler who had him sent to Vancouver to a better trauma center. Info is from Stevie Smith who went with him (to Whistler Med Center) and is keeping me updated via text.
 

P.T.W

Monkey
May 6, 2007
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christchurch nz
Is it just me or is the MS team cursed???? even back with Kovarik in the intense days they had more than their fair share of bad injurys...an it seems to be getting worse:think:
Hope Polcs ok!!! any news on Matti?
 
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FlipFantasia

Turbo Monkey
Oct 4, 2001
1,659
492
Sea to Sky BC
Sven's pics are amazing, really capture the gnarness of that course! I ended up 8th in masters with a crash 6 corners from the end....bah, silly mistakes....
 

ska todd

Turbo Monkey
Oct 10, 2001
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Thanks for the love and support for Filip everyone. He is in good hands down in Van. Gabe is at the hospital now. When I have some more news I will post it for everyone. If you twitter, send your support to @polcster and keep him in the best spirits possible.

-ska todd
 

- seb

Turbo Monkey
Apr 10, 2002
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UK
Any news on whether Polc is paralysed or not? I surely hope not, seems odd to mention that he's broken his neck and leave that VITAL (pun definitely NOT intended) detail out!

Get well soon fella :(
 

stiksandstones

Turbo Monkey
May 21, 2002
5,078
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Orange, Ca
Is it just me or is the MSC team cursed???? even back with Kovarik in the intense days they had more than their fair share of bad injurys...an it seems to be getting worse:think:
Hope Polcs ok!!! any news on Matti?
It's the MS racing team, not MSC...2 different teams.