Crankworx Whistler 2014 - Bernard Kerr So after windham we re boxed all the bikes and pinned it out to whistler for the biggest event / festival of the year! Unfortunately after seeing a doctor in Vancouver Micayla was advised she could not race or ride in any events due to a concussion...devastating as she loves the events her in front of a home crowd and has a great track record of lots of podiums! The first event up for us was the air dh...one which we couldnt quite bring the right bike for so Eliot and myself decided to do a train for the crowd and media attention..we also had a couple of our friends tag along the back...crowd went wild and some good coverage below! Next up was by far our favourite event...the whip off!!!! Eliot and myself both pushed hard and smashed out as many runs as possible in the heat! After both making it to the finals and feeling like our whips were up there we were both a bit disappointed not to make the top 5...I still got crowd Faveiroute at the event along with Brendan Fairclough and we gained some great online exposure as you can see below! Another super fun event was the slalom for me and after feeling great in the opening rounds I found myself up against Barry nobles pro bmxer and the pump track winner from the night before. I put up a strong fight but he just nudged me out leaving me finishing. The last event was the big one...the Canadian open DH with $10,000 at stake! The track started off with moist dirt and in perfect condition but with sun coming in strong and riders putting in runs it soon became extremely dry and rough!! Eliot put down a solid run to come in 15th ahead of some good riders in a strong field. I have always felt good on this track and new I could do well...after a few mistakes in the top i pushed hard and put down a near perfect bottom section coming down into the hot seat and finishing in 4th just 2.5 seconds off the win! Another great year at crankwrox and all due to your support and commitment so thanks!!! Sat in YVR about to fly for france for the last round of the world cups which Micayla is now healed up for so lets hope for a good one! I also just found out that I received the official invite to compete at the REDBULL RAMPAGE so Im stoked for that and cant wait to get there and see what I can do! Cheers Bernard
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 06:00:01 +0000
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