Whistler’s Crankworx: World’s Greatest Freeride Festival Held July 15-24, 2011

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Whistler’s Crankworx: World’s Greatest Freeride Festival Held July 15-24, 2011

In less than a decade, Whistler’s Crankworx has become the premier freeride events in the world. Whistler’s Crankworx is considered to be one of the pinnacle events in the international freeriding circuit.

During this nine-day event, Whistler is supercharged with energy as the festival features the world’s best riders, hundreds of exhibits, tons of events, free giveaways and some of the finest freeride mountain biking in the world.

Crankworx attracts the finest athletes and massive spectator crowds and is organized to ensure success. Virtually all aspects of this festival is charged with energy and endless activity. Everything from the exhibits to demonstrations in the pedestrian zone to the events themselves to the nightlife has a youthful and exciting energy.

There are over 1,200 competitive athletes competing in:

- The Fat Tire Crit (Fri, July 15)
- Dual Slalom (Sat, July 16)
- Garbanzo Downhill (Sun, July 17)
- Canadian Open Downhill (Tue, July 19)
- Jeep Air Downhill (Wed, July 20)
- Deep Summer Photo Challenge (Wed, July 20)
- Red Bull Joyride Qualifying (Thur, July 21)
- Teva Best Trick Showdown (Thur, July 21)
- Ultimate Pump Track Challenge (Thur, July 21)
- Giant Slalom (Fri, July 22)
- Canadian Cheese Rolling Championship (Sat, July 23)
- Red Bull Joyride (Sat, July 23)
- Canadian Open Enduro (Sun, July 24)

The athletes fly up and down the rough exterior of Whistler’s infamous mountain freeriding. Freeriding is a discipline of mountain biking closely related to downhill biking and dirt jumping but focused on tricks, style, and technical trail features. It is now recognized as one of the most popular disciplines within mountain biking. The term freeriding was coined by snowboarders but has a slightly different meaning in mountain biking than in boarding. In mountain biking, freeriding means that the rider attempts the most creative line for style, amplitude, control and speed.

In 2010, there were more than 20,000 spectators lining the Monster Energy Slopestyle event and numerous media to document it.

If you’re interested in more than watching the mountain biking events, Whistler is infamous for its superior downhill trails. There’s everything from beginner to epic trails. Most notably, the International Mountain Bicycling Association has labeled only 43 trails in the world as epic trails and one of those is Whistler’s legendary Comorftably Numb trail. This long and challenging singletrack ride was designed by Chris Markle who is Whistler’s trail-building legend) and is a must-do ride for technically advanced cyclists. The trail offers long climbs, challenging rock faces, elevated bridges and spectacular views.

The Kokanee Crankworx mountain biking festival offers something for everyone. Be sure to check it out.

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