The Crankworx Colorado All-Mountain Downhill, Super Downhill, Downhill, and
Best Trick are are in the books - with my hero (and friend) Ross Schnell winning 3 of the 4. Cam McCaul won best trick with a Superman Backflip on the jai-normous stepdown. I guess Trek finally has some capable bikes eh?
Ross won the All-mountain DH despite showing up top the race just minutes before the race began! Hours later he also won the Super DH against some pretty good competition, which included "flyin" Brian Lopes, Wade Simmons, and me (I'm kinda a big deal). BTW, Brian Lopes showed his true colors by blatantly cheating the course and cutting virtually every corner that wasn't taped (including two huge switchback turns at the beginning of the race). Ross stayed on the course and still managed to stuff him (and pass him not once, but twice) on couple of corners to win the race.
I had a tangle-up with Jesse Swift as he tried to pass me and we both ate dirt. He was nice enough to stop and let me borrow his multi-tool so I could straighten my handlebars. Once I got my bars straight I pinned it to the bottom of the course hoping to pass at lea;st one person. I ultimatley failed in that pursuit, but I managed to finish ~2:30 minutes back from 1st despite the off the bike crash and subsequent handlebar realignment.
My gal Nancy Morlock won the women's pro field in the Super DH. Amy Schreb (?) came in Second and combined with her first place All-Mountain DH finsh won the overall. Big props to the organizers who paid CASH for the top finishers in the men and womens divisons (MSC and NMBS take note, bitches).
The Downhill was for me quite a let down as I snapped my hanger mid-way down a pretty solid run. I had convinced Ross to race on Thursday and he ended up winning that event as well, against some pretty good competetion (PRO DHers!). Jackie Harmony won the womens field.
On the non-racing side, Cam McCaul won the best trick with the aformentioned Superman-backflip. Greg Watts should get honorable mention with his backflip-tailwhip. Andrew Taylor and Tyler McCaul showed they are up-and-comers, both putting in MANY great runs (including opp-tailwhips and flat-flips).
Tomorrow holds for me the Super-D state championships and the Slopestyle finals. Check out the website for the full video in a couple of days!
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