Another find from deep in the vaults of Singletrack Towers. A quick history lesson. Chipps and Biff once published a photocopied Single Speed Zine called The Outcast. It was full…
This year was the first time that Crankworx Innsbruck hosted both a women and men’s speed and style event. Robin Goomes went all out and is the first woman to do a backflip in Crankworx history. After the events so far, here are the current standings for the King and Queen of Crankworx.
Speed & Style Replay
Robin Goomes’ Backflip
Robin Goomes has completed a run for the books against Kialani Hines by pulling off the first backflip from a woman in Crankworx history!
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Women’s Speed and Style Results:
- Jordy Scott
- Vaea Verbeeck
- Harriet Burbidge-Smith
- Robin Goomes
Full results here.
Women’s Gold Medal Run
I can see the tricks are just progressing, so I’m going to have to step up my game and switch things up. I’m looking forward to it getting harder and the progression growing. Hopefully one day we’ll have a final with dual backflips going on.
Jordy Scott
Jordy is now undefeated in speed and style, having won every event since the women’s category was introduced (Whistler 2019 and Rotorua 2020).
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Men’s Gold Medal Run
I felt a little bit slow, so I was like ‘ok, change the trick’. Until the end I was just focused on that, waiting for it and praying it’s gonna work. I’m still in shock. I’ve been doing a lot of double flips recently, but I’ve never done it in a race. It’s so stressful to go so fast and push so hard for it.
Tomas Lemoine
Men’s Speed and Style Results
- Tomas Lemoine
- Thomas Genon
- Tim Bringer
- Greg Watts
Full results here.
The slopestyle event has been changed due to the weather forecast. It will now go ahead at a new time:
- Slopestyle training: 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. CEST
- Slopestyle finals/broadcast start: 12.30-15.00 p.m. CEST
Here is the start list for the event. See the schedule here.
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