[Transcend]

I leave for crankworx later on today, so figured I would get this thread all ready to go. I'll be updating daily starting Friday with full reports, interviews and photo galleries on Transcend.

I'll also be posting photos from my fancy new camera phone (with flash!) from the parties and shenanigans all day long. It should be a good time.

 

[sanjuro]

sticky this one!!!!

 

[FlipFantasia]

was up riding tonight....sweet conditions, the trails are fast fast fast! did a couple top to bottoms....and then some techy low....isss'all good! saw lars out tonight shredding too.....

 

[Transcend]

Talked to Beatty today and he said the same, mint conditions! Super stoked for the weekend. Gonna rip off some practice runs Friday for nats and then a run or 2 on garbanzo. Following this, I intend on damaging my liver. You in?

 

[-dustin]

bitches

 

[FlipFantasia]

Talked to Beatty today and he said the same, mint conditions! Super stoked for the weekend. Gonna rip off some practice runs Friday for nats and then a run or 2 on garbanzo. Following this, I intend on damaging my liver. You in?

I'm hiking up wedge friday night...think coming down sat. but not sure yet.....I may be doing laps saturday night......I'll wear the orange hawaiian, ya can't miss it.....

 

[wysiwyg]

im press passed up and ready to rock!

 

[Supa8]

I am leaving early Sat morning. Should be a damn fun week.

 

[LOOnatic]

I hate you guys...........But keep it up:trophy_br

 

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Giddie Up!

I too will have daily coverage and photos starting tommorrow (Friday)! (blatant thread hijack )

Let the CrankWorx overload begin!

I have a dedicated section here: www.johnnyboy.ca

Also find me and get some stickers.....White Commencal Bike, Blue Dropmachine Jersey, Bad Ass Helmet

 

[jon-boy]

I was riding there yesterday, spoke to Lars, saw Rennie and Kovarik may have even seen the elusive Mr. DW in the morning.
The trails are fast right now, there was a little sprinkling of rain late afternoon that would halp keep the dust down. Garbanzo is just stupidly good fun and it's good times all round. I'll be there on Weds for the Air DH and possibly on the weekend.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

I'll be up Sunday early....sportin' a bright green jersey with an orange Rotec....it's a pretty bad ass combo.....emphasis on ass......

 

[Transcend]

Sounds like a ton of people should be there, should be good. Just a heads up, I'm gonna probably empty out this thread except for Johnny's post when i start to post updates.

If someone wants to start a "i'll be wearing...come ride with me" type thread, I'll be glad to sticky it.

BTW John...those are some snazzy graphics you got there...

 

[JohnnyBoyDH]

BTW John...those are some snazzy graphics you got there...

LOL, hey I am no Web Dude, I will admit that Mr. Fancy Website Pants. I just have lots of free time when I pretend to work.

 

[Transcend]

LOL, hey I am no Web Dude, I will admit that Mr. Fancy Website Pants. I just have lots of free time when I pretend to work.

Free time is a killer at the office. I did up mine last night while eating pudding.

http://www.transcendmagazine.com/live_coverage.phtml

 

[coma13]

Is there a list of registered athletes up for the various events anywhere? I'm mainly looking for slopestyle and jump jam competitors.

 

[Transcend]

I don' think there will be until just before the events. Seems like reg is open until the day before each event.

 

[coma13]

dang... i know with sportsbaseonline registrations you can see the currently registerred athletes but i couldn't find anything like that on their registrar's website.

 

[Transcend]

Karelo is a little behind the times.

 

[CBJ]

When I was there last week there was a total of 1500 registered for all events. Somebody also hit the back flip thing next to the old road gap.

 

[trumbullrider]

Dang I get there the day it ends.... Oh well

 

[Heavy C]

When I was there last week there was a total of 1500 registered for all events. Somebody also hit the back flip thing next to the old road gap.

Benton Henning cork flipped the feature last weekend on his way to winning the Airprentice.

Check it here on NSMB

 

[CBJ]

Yes, I saw them in there pretty green shirts. Impressive group of riders. Why no pictures from the event?

 

[Transcend]

The internet access here blows from the press center, so everyone will be a bit thin on pics i think until they can get that sorted out.

The dh course for nationals is super fun, but dusty and slippery. Practice starts in 30 mins, and seeding runs are at 1.

Rennie, Kovarik, Neethling etc were all tooling around th ebike park yesterday having a blast.

 

[Heath Sherratt]

Go Haderer!!!!!

 

[Heavy C]

Yes, I saw them in there pretty green shirts. Impressive group of riders. Why no pictures from the event?

Check this Link off NSMB for some pics.....more are sure to be posted up on the main page.

 

[Heavy C]

Ya just have to scroll down one entry.

 

[funkendrenchman]

Unofficial DH results - 1st Andrew Mitchell, 2nd Tyler Moreland

 

[DHDror]

What is the best way to get race results quickly.
The crankworx site is not updated yet...

 

[JohnnyBoyDH]

LOL....our internet just got fixed, so Fraser if you can't find one, the Tantalus lodge is like a 3 minute walk from the village. Was going to see if the Westin had a hotspot in their lobby as well. Gonna try and shoot more pics today.

 

[hellonasty]

For story and results:
http://www.canadiancyclist.com/default2.html

Course was dusty, race went on fine, but the story of the day is this:

Michelle Dumaresq, transexual (former men, now a women) won the Elite Women category and some girls (2nd place Danika Schroeter) protested with a hand written t-shirt telling some truth... on the podium ceremony!

Here are the results:

National DH Championships Whistler BC

Junior Women
1. Micayla Gatto (BC) Rocky Mountain Busininess Objects 3:58.940
2. Brittany Wood (BC) BC Provincial Team 4:32.698

Junior Men
1. Steve Smith (BC) Cove Bikes/Sram 3:11.662
2. Hans Lambert (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Iro 3:16.825
3. Dan Csokonay (BC) NorcoFactoryTeam/Oak 3:22.098
4. Adam Mcconaghy (BC) BC Provincial Team 3:25.403
5. James Mcskimming (BC) 3:25.586
6. Lee Boeyen (QC) Privateer Racing 3:27.446
7. Geoff Briggs (AB) Calgary Cycle 3:27.863
8. Matt Zdriluk (ON) Team Dropmachine/Com 3:30.895
9. Marcus Jaheny (BC) Spy Optic/Kelowna Cyle 3:31.791
10. Nick Woods (BC) Full Boar Bike Store 3:34.138
11. Arnaud Dulude (QC) Martin Swiss Cycles 3:35.137
12. Lorne Trousdell (BC) AKA The Bike Shop 3:35.671
13. Riley Percheson (BC) BC Provincial Team 3:38.836
14. Mike Patychuk (BC) Calgary Cycle 3:40.226
15. Dilon Standidge (BC) Gerricks/Nelson 3:42.545
16. Tyler Gorz (BC) NORCO / FOX / UTOPIA 3:42.783
17. Dean Tennant (BC) BC Provincial Team 3:47.161
18. Kyle Lockyer. Cycle Solutions/Home 4:05.294
dns. Quinn Lanzon (QC) Primary/Wrex

Elite Women
1. Michelle Dumaresq (BC) Santa Cruz/nsmb.com 3:37.856
2. Danika Schroeter (BC) Cove Bikes/Sram/TLD/ 3:38.876
3. Adrienne Miller (BC) Devinci Daredevil 3:43.335
4. Claire Buchar (BC) Evolution/Specialized 3:48.364
5. Katrina Strand (BC) 3:56.506
6. Brook Baker (BC) Giro/Sombrio/Michelin 4:00.818
7. Marie-Eve Marcotte (QC) Equipe du Quebec 4:14.039
8. Amber Zirnhelt (BC) Brodie Bikes 4:30.990
9. Claudia Paquin (QC) 5:00.647
dns. Sheila Morris (ON) Race/Momentum/Gravity

Elite Men
1. Andrew Mitchell (BC) Cove Bikes/Sram 3:06.358
2. Tyler Morland (BC) Cove Bikes/Sram 3:09.425
3. Charles-Alexandre Dube (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Giant 3:09.823
4. Connor Macleod (BC) Cove Bikes 3:10.249
5. Geoff Pendrel (BC) Devinci Daredevil 3:12.584
6. Jamie Biluk (BC) Cove Bikes/Sram 3:13.822
7. JS Therrien (BC) tean dincus 3:13.881
8. Dominick Menard (QC) Equipe du Quebec 3:14.607
9. Eric Goss (NB) Giant Canada 3:15.693
10. Nick Quinn (AB) 3:16.248
11. Derek Cowell (BC) Norco Factory Team 3:19.671
12. Kurt Lindemark (BC) Red Shreds Bike Shed 3:20.417
13. Stuart Couper 3:20.621
14. Justin Brown (BC) Norco Factory Team 3:20.952
15. Ross Measures (BC) Sram Ironhorse 3:21.008
16. Jonathan Aliard (QC) Sports Aux Puces 3:21.587
17. Michael Jones 3:22.168
18. Evan Irvine 3:22.324
19. Ryan Yastremsky (BC) 3:23.434
20. Antoine Larose (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Com 3:23.963
21. Kyle Ritchie 3:24.884
22. Neil Mckinnon 3:27.502
23. Olivier Laprade (QC) 3:27.756
24. Mathieu Laurin (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Dev 3:30.779
25. Robbie Davidson (ON) Privateer Racing 3:30.911
26. Benoit Rioux (QC) 3:32.902
27. Derek Chambers. Pinkbike/NRG Enterpr 3:34.790
28. Ondrej Neumann (ON) PRIMARY/WREX/DEVINCI 3:38.488
29. Josh Decloet (ON) Dropmachine/Commencal 3:43.327
30. Brandon Cassell (ON) Dropmachine/ Commencal 3:44.952
31. Steve Smith (BC) Full boar/Sun Peaks 3:45.955
32. Josh Mead (ON) 3:46.925
33. Louis-Philippe Leonard (QC) Dhracer Ironhorse 3:54.564
34. Peter Appleton (ON) Team Dropmachine/Com 3:54.917
35. Patrick Bisson (QC) impactdesigns.ca/MSA 3:58.982
36. Sean Manara. Dodge City Cycles 4:08.624
37. Fraser Britton (QC) Transcend Orange 4:14.084
38. Matthew Jackson. Fox/esfr.ca 4:18.839
39. Chris Dufault (ON) Dropmachine/Commencal 4:24.279
40. Jeff Beatty (ON) NRG/Orange/Dincus 4:43.701
41. Luke Kitzanuk (BC) GIANT 5:01.176

 

[Transcend]

Finally online in the press room. Uploading pics now to Transcend. The course was SUPER fast, sketchy and loose. 2 of the top hopefuls (Beatty and Kitzanuk) were knocked out with mechanicals (luke) and a wicked crash (jeff). Jeff is still at Vanacouver General after a CT Scan and possibly requiring surgery. Hopefully I'll get an update on this soon.

Mitchell was a stress case all weekend, so good to see him get it done.

Open practice all day so I'm off to hit up garbanzo a bit and then relax. Still 100+ here in Whistler.

 

[jon-boy]

but the story of the day is this:

Michelle Dumaresq, transexual (former men, now a women) won the Elite Women category and some girls (2nd place Danika Schroeter) protested with a hand written t-shirt telling some truth... on the podium ceremony!

You'd think by now they'd let it rest.... sure you might not agree with it but everyone that matters has ruled that Michelle can race. To take you opinion like that to the podium in the middle of Whistler village with non-biking people looking on does not look at all professional, not helping the image of the sport.

Back to Crankworx... got any photo's of people trying the last feature on the slopestyle? They were still finishing it off last week when I was there. What's the though for the trick of choice off the end? Front flip?

 

[Mani_UT]

To take you opinion like that to the podium in the middle of Whistler village with non-biking people looking on does not look at all professional, not helping the image of the sport.

Do you think having a transexual be the national champion helps anymore? It may help the cause of transexual but not the image of DHing. Regardless what the UCI might say I think for Michelle to race the girls is showing disrespect to all these girls working hard to be successful.

Anyway.. I know dead horse..

 

[OGRipper]

Mani, I disagree. Personally I want the "image" of DH to be of a sport that welcomes everyone, instead of being exclusive based on personal bias. Whatever, yeah dead horse.

 

[sanjuro]

Mani, I disagree. Personally I want the "image" of DH to be of a sport that welcomes everyone, instead of being exclusive based on personal bias. Whatever, yeah dead horse.

This is one of the hardest debates for me. Make any comment you want, but I am open minded about sexuality. And to make any nasty comments about any person, transexual or not, one will pay a price.

I admire Michelle Dumansque's struggle to compete on the dh circuit, knowing that she has very few friends, must be amazingly hard.

But, I also know she does have a size and strength advantage. Maybe it equals out, maybe not. I don't know if she should compete knowing that she has that advantage, and that is my debate.

 

[black noise]

Anyone have info on the Bikercross course?

 

[jon-boy]

The Bikercross course is big, will hopefully allow for some passing and is dry and dusty. I'll try and get photo's later this week.

 

[Heath Sherratt]

Mani, I disagree. Personally I want the "image" of DH to be of a sport that welcomes everyone, instead of being exclusive based on personal bias. Whatever, yeah dead horse.

Why can't we love him as a "girl" racing in the mens races? I think Marla put it best-"Michelle has the advantage of seeing the aggresive lines down the hill simply because that's how men see things. I as a woman have had to train myself for years to see what men see instinctivly" He has more advantages than just his size, strength and physical prowess.
I love him, but I don't think what he is doing is right, fair or decent.
kick, kick

 

[black noise]

This is a thread about Crankworx guys. Revive the thread about Michelle if you care enough.