
Paul Stevens’ CWX Photo Blog
Paul Stevens has nominated himself as our man on the ground for Crankworx 2011. Here’s his look at the first three days of madness.
Friday July 15th
The circus rolls in to town. This could be a pile of boxes for any of the many set ups that were going up today, but “mixed parts” wins the award for the most vague label of the day
The Sram team prepares for the onslaught of servicing, questions and carnage for the week to come
Mason tells me what position he is predicting for his deep summer photo challenge team this week
The rental army rolls out for an assault on crank it up
Possibly the busiest guy in crankworx: Alan golds, one man, two phones, three companies to organize logistics for, one bar (GLC) to run, all on the busiest week of the year. good luck buddy!
Local boy Matt Ryan tears round the one gravel corner in the fat tire crit, that was catching a few people out.
4th and 5th place local riders Charlton Durie and Dylan Wolsky put up a strong fight
But no one could match the power of “flyin” Brian Lopes, straight from the BC bike race to a win on Crankworx day one. He’s still got it!
Saturday July 16th
The rain was relentless today. It never looked like letting up, I don’t think anybody left the park dry.
Undeterred by the sheets of rain, hoards of people were still milling through the village checking out the show
Riders take a break from the rain underneath the road
The dual slalom track held up surprisingly well considering how much rain fell over the course of the day, but parts began to get pretty rutted and difficult towards the end.
Last year’s dual slalom winner Kyle Strait was on form again, and took third spot on the podium behind Mitch Ropelato and Mick Hannah, and with Marosi crashing out in round 1, he threw a 360 and a huge shoulder buzz table in the second round of the small final!
Sunday July 17th
Today it was all about the canadian open, it wasn’t as wet as yesterday, but it was sure greasy!
Hecklers rock began as a small but committed gathering of shirtless fans.
…and soon turned into a crazed mob, just yelling at everything that moved!
Of course there was a barrage of home-made signs
Heckle fest seemed to be the subject of almost every finish line interview. Here some of the fast guys enjoy the action on the way up
Brett Tippie, getting amongst it in true Tippie style
Until next time!
Paulo
That’s the way Paul saw the first three days of Crankworx. What did you see?
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