Event: 2008 Crankworx Slopestyle
Andreu Lacondeguy – mid-double backup – Slopestyle winner
Saturday was the big Slopestyle finals at Kokanee Crankworx. The crowd was large and the tricks were larger. Several riders had some vicious crashes but those that kept it on two wheels put on a show. Andreu Lacondeguy took the win with a great final run sticking a double backflip he’d been trying to hit all day. Check inside for a full report, results, and pictures.
Finalists
Andreu Lacondeguy – #1
Lance Mcdermott – #2
Brandon Semenuk – #3
Cam McCaul – #4
Jamie Goldman – #5
Cam Zink – #6
Greg Watts – #7
Trond Hansen – #8
Honorable Mention
Darren Berrecloth – #9 Qualifier
Ben Boyko – #10 Qualifier
Event Report by Crankworx/Whistler PR:
LACONDEGUY TAKES HOME $15,000 FOR TOP SPOT IN MONSTER ENERGY SLOPESTYLE
@ KOKANEE CRANKWORX 2008
2009 Kokanee Crankworx dates set for August 8-16
WHISTLER, BC, August 16, 2008 – The Monster Energy Slopestyle @ Kokanee
Crankworx dominated the Boneyard Slopestyle course in the Whistler
Mountain Bike Park today. Every year this event draws the biggest crowd
of the festival, watching the best athletes in the world of mountain
biking compete for $30,000 in prize money.
With the live webcast on Crankworx.com and Go211.com keeping those
watching at home glued to their screens, as well as the massive crowd
seeing the action first-hand, this year’s Monster Energy Slopestyle was
witnessed by tens of thousands worldwide.
KONA team rider Andreu Lacondeguy of Spain took top spot and $15,000 in
the finals with a score of 94.3; second place and $8,000 went to Lance
Mcdermott of the UK with a score of 91.5; third place went to Whistler’s
own Brandon Semenuk, walking away with $4,500 and a score of 89.8. All
the riders in the top eight took home cash for their amazing efforts
today.
Lacondeguy’s winning run consisted of a long list of impressive tricks.
He started out with a double back flip off the first table, a trick that
has never been seen before in competition. He followed that up with a
foot plant off the Monster Snake, a back flip X-up, flat spin 360,
topside nac-nac, can-can step-down, superman, and finished off with a
back flip onto the final Kokanee feature and superman off into the
village.
“I just kept trying the double back flip,” says Lancondeguy. “It was
that trick that did the job, it was gnarly you know.”
This year’s Slopestyle course was designed by John Cowan and as usual
the course was nothing but perfect. With huge tables, dirt jumps, wooden
spins, the Giro box and the always insane Kokanee drop as the last
feature, the riders had their choice of line to impress the judges in
the two-run format to advance to the eight man final.
“Slopestyle contests are about the all around impression, and all the
guys in the finals had clean smooth runs,” says Head Judge Colin Duncan.
With tricks like the double back flip, back flip tail whip and the back
flip up onto the Kokanee box and a front flip off, it was an incredibly
tough contest to judge. In the end, Lacondeguy’s stylish run, and the
insane double back flip, just won out.”
The Monster Energy Slopestyle @ Kokanee Crankworx was the highlight of
Day 8 at Kokanee Crankworx 2008. Day 9, the final day of the festival
includes the Canadian Open DH, Pro and Amateur categories taking place
from 11:30am – 5:00pm. The TELUS concert series finishes off tomorrow
with DJ Science playing a set from 10:45-11:30am.
For more event results, videos and recaps of the of the Monster Energy
Slopestyle, VW Trick Showdown and the “Giant Slalom” check out
www.Crankworx.com and www.Go211.com
Mark the calendars now for Kokanee Crankworx 2009, as organizers have
just announced next year’s dates. Next year’s Kokanee Crankworx will
take place August 8 to 16, 2009.
[2008 Crankworx Slopestyle Gallery] [2008 Crankworx Coverage]
