Best trail and best trail name. Five minutes from my house but always in the back of my mind.
So even though Crankworx is all wrapped up for another year and everyone has moved on to new pastures, I’ve just been reunited with my camera which contained my poor attempt at going behind the scenes of the world’s biggest MTB show.
This first photo is of the first trail I showed some of my house guests during a one-hour pre-work power ride. It sort of set the tone for the week. Here’s some more halfwit’s attempt at wit.
The slopestyle course before the storm hit. Six days after this photo was taken 30,000 people crowded into the field of dreams to witness Kelly McGarry flip tuck no hander the huge jump.
We had the A-team of Abby and Ariel from the Santa Cruz bikes demo program staying with us. Unfortunately they couldn't get the demo bikes through customs from the US and into Canada, but they had a full quiver of bikes for their own missions.
Sven Martin is the fastest photog down the mountain, even with a full backpack of gear. He is a gorilla on a bike so he probably just forgets that he has a pack weighing 40 lbs and worth 10G on his back.
I had the role of housing and showing Sven around for a few days. He is one of those larger than life characters that are sometimes so rare. It was always hilarious to be around Hurricane Sven as he tried juggling so much.
In Spoke issue 37 I wrote about the much anticipated LifeCycles movie. Well at Crankworx, a select few supporters of the project got the opportunity to watch an almost finished version of the epic masterpiece. They are taking pre-orders now and it is due to be released in October all going well. If you want to know how good it really is then just know that I have ordered a BluRay player just to really enjoy the movie over and over again. I don't have a home or a TV set but I want a BluRay player so I can come round to your house with my player and copy.
This is Kelly McGarry just hours before he took 5th place at the Slopestyle contest. We stood around chatting about boobie signings (or lack of), the mega huck, and the growing success of his signature 'pointy finger at the camera' photo pose.
A custom coloured Speccy Enduro belonging to Brandon Sloan of Specialized. I want the capacity to have a custom coloured one of carbon machines, but alas I am not, nor will I ever be, as powerful as the BIG RED S.