Crankworx 2012 Joy Ride Final and Canadian Open DH

August 20th, 2012 12:50pm

The celebration know as Crankworx has wrapped up its ninth edition with two monster events to close out the circus; The Canadian Open Downhill and its infamous hecklers rock and the slopestyle showdown on the big JoyRide hill.

Steve Smith clearing Hecklers Rock

Smith takes third win of the week at Canadian Open Downhill

While the Slopestyle event has always been the signature event, Crankworx has grown into much more than simply slopestyle. Crankworx has something for everyone from gravity hounds to pump trackers and jumpers. And with nine events now making up the week you got to give it up for Steve Smith who managed to win three events including, Garbonzo DH, A-line Air DH and wrapping it up with a win in the Canadian Open Downhill. In every race Smith managed to set course records in the dry conditions. Timing could not have been better for Smith's confidence as he heads into the World Championships. Smith crushed everyone in his races including fending off Brian Lopes by three seconds in Brian's signature A-line race.

The win by Smith gave him the very well deserved King of Crankworx Crown.

Final results

1) Steve Smith

2) Andew Neethling

3) Mick Hannah

4) Marc Beaumont

New Names take the top prizes in Joy Ride Finale

All the big names were there along with a some new faces. The format meant the current top ten FMB points jumpers go straight into the finals with eight more qualifiers joining them.

Here was the a list of finalist competitors.

Top eight qualifiers:
    •    - Brett Rheeder (Mount Albert, ON) 88.60 points
    •    - Antoine Bizet (France) 81.20 points
    •    - Casey Groves (New Zealand) 80.40 points
    •    - Kelly McGarry (New Zealand) 75.80 points
    •    - Sam Dueck (Chilliwack, BC) 70.40 points
    •    - Jack Folgelquist (USA) 67.60 points
    •    - Andreu Lacondeguy (Spain) 66.00 points
    •    - Leo Delfour Barsacq (France) 63.80 points

Ten athletes pre-qualified:
    •    - Brandon Semenuk (Whistler, BC)
    •    - Cam Zink (USA)
    •    - Anthony Messere (Surrey, BC)
    •    - Greg Watts (USA)
    •    - Geoff Gulevich (North Vancouver, BC)
    •    - Cam McCaul (USA)
    •    - Martin Söderström (Sweden)
    •    - Sam Pilgrim (Great Britain)
    •    - Thomas Genon (Belgium)
    •    - Yannick Granieri (France)

We are not going to bore you with our description of the contest when you can watch the actual event on line over on Redbull TV - so we are just going to give you the overall results below and the link for you to watch at your convenience. But we want to give it up for the riders who threw down in extremely windy conditions. It was hairy, but the best CrankWorx JoyRide I have seen in years with riders having to actually make a competitive runs in the Super Final to win it.

First Place:        Thomas Genon (Belgium)        $25,000
Second Place:   Martin Söderström (Sweden)     $10,000
Third Place:        Cam McCaul (USA)              $5,000

You can watch the entire replay of the 2012 Crankworx JoyRide finals here.