Crankworx Slopestyle Course Video Tour With Graham Agassiz!

by Mike Levy
Aug 11, 2010 at 12:05

With unique features and a mandatory man-sized step up and step down, this years Crankworx Slopestyle course is looking sicker than ever! Don't fret if you can't be here in person, we've got Kona sender Graham Agassiz to give you a video tour of this years mayhem. Inside you'll also find photos of each and every hit from top to bottom.

Read on...

Watch the video and let Kona's Graham Agassiz give you a personal tour of the 2010 Crankworx Slopestyle course!
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Crankworx Slopestyle Top To Bottom

The 2010 Crankworx course starts with this drop-in step down onto a transition that shoots you out toward the next feature..
The 2010 Crankworx course starts with this drop-in step down onto a transition that shoots you out toward the next feature..

..which is the Kokanee trailer. Riders will step up to the top of the blue trailer and have only a second or two before dropping off the opposite end: a 10 x 20 foot distance that should see some burly moves.
..which is the Kokanee trailer. Riders will step up to the top of the blue trailer and have only a second or two before dropping off the opposite end: a 10 x 20 foot distance that should see some burly moves.

Next up is the Race Face quarter pipe. Keep your eyes peeled for 540's and flairs!
Next up is the Race Face quarter pipe. Keep your eyes peeled for 540's and flairs!

It may be pink, but there is nothing girly about the whale tail!
It may be pink, but there is nothing girly about the whale tail!
The whale tail step-up step-down was at the end of the course last year, but gets moved to a mid track position for 2010. Hidden beside the pink beast is the Mavic booter that may attract the big mountain riders, braaap!
The whale tail step-up step-down was at the end of the course last year, but gets moved to a mid track position for 2010. Hidden beside the pink beast is the Mavic booter that may attract the big mountain riders, braaap!

The course splits briefly after the whale tale, with a choice of either a wooden kicker into the fruit bowl, or a big 'ol super booter for riders who want to leave the ground for an extended period of time.
The course splits briefly after the whale tale, with a choice of either a wooden kicker into the fruit bowl, or a big 'ol super booter for riders who want to leave the ground for an extended period of time.

The fruit bowl and mega booter lines converge again as the riders make their way towards the course's monster sized feature.
The fruit bowl and mega booter lines converge again as the riders make their way towards the course's monster sized feature.

Riders will step up to the top of the judges tower via a rather large wooden booter..
Riders will step up to the top of the judges tower via a rather large wooden booter..
.. and then get their shit together for the 20 x 25 drop off the end. Did I mention that it is also a hipped step down? Rowdy!
.. and then get their shit together for the 20 x 25 drop off the end. Did I mention that it is also a hipped step down? Rowdy!

The Monster satellite dish/wall ride is up next.
The Monster satellite dish/wall ride is up next.

It will be interesting to see the rider's take on the Kona Ride The Mustache feature. Who will boost off the end and who will pull out a little street action from another angle?
It will be interesting to see the rider's take on the Kona Ride The Mustache feature. Who will boost off the end and who will pull out a little street action from another angle?

Once you make it to the SRAM Catchers Mitt you're almost home free. This badass green step-up into a banked step-down will test both the riders creativity and courage.
Once you make it to the SRAM Catchers Mitt you're almost home free. This badass green step-up into a banked step-down will test both the riders creativity and courage.

Riders will exit the catchers mitt and get their sprint on towards the course's final stunt...
Riders will exit the catchers mitt and get their sprint on towards the course's final stunt...
... which is a dirt to dirt ender sender!
... which is a dirt to dirt ender sender!


Lets hear what you guys think about this years Crankworx slopestyle course, tell us below!

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118 Comments

  • + 27
flag iambike4lyf (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:07)
 that is sweet!
colarado had nothing on this!
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flag devin-m (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:05)
 so stoked!
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flag mtbtyrrell (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:08)
 monster wall is too sick!!
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flag xxxDAVExxx (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:10)
 f*ck what a park !!
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flag tacobell123 (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:21)
 Go fogel!!!!
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flag epicmountainvideo (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:25)
 Crankworx DAY 4 Action Video Blog http://www.pinkbike.com/video/153454/
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flag TBRADS (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:39)
 Absolutely ridiculous
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flag Antron (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
 That's such a cool course, but all I heard that kid say was, "Uuuhhh like, uuuuhh fersure, like uuuhhh"
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flag northwestdhdad Plus (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:04)
 The claw tweeted that the course was 'sub-par' and he wasn't impressed. Wonder how he's gonna do?
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flag RaleighVoid (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:25)
 it should finish with a 100ft drop into a foam pit and the riders have to cram as many tricks in as they can while they fall Big Grin lol
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flag eleventyfive (Aug 11, 2010 at 15:13)
 Yeah some of the pro's don't seem too stoked on the course this year..
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flag mackdaddy55 (Aug 11, 2010 at 16:31)
 I feel bad for Cam McCaul! That looks like a sick course to ride! I agree it looks like it will be harder to pull of banger tricks because there aren't really any regular jumps, however I think it just gives riders a chance to get more creative about the tricks they pull and where they pull them.
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flag hendu (Aug 11, 2010 at 17:15)
 that looks amazing!
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flag KyleBigHit06 (Aug 11, 2010 at 18:00)
 Anyone else get shivers down their spine when they saw the judges tower stunt? O-O
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flag suicidedownhiller (Aug 11, 2010 at 19:57)
 Hip step down in a Slopestyle contest? It adds flow to trails and stuff...but I don't think it belongs in a SS contest, makes it hard to trick...Which could be the point...I like the course though, maybe take out one of the weird features for a normal double though. That ender sender looks like top speed death if you crash.
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flag callumpyoung (Aug 11, 2010 at 22:01)
 nah only 2 pedal strokes from starting after last feature...
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flag ridemoto157 (Aug 12, 2010 at 0:11)
 these guys are nuts!
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flag SHADOWcranks-N-bones (Aug 12, 2010 at 3:38)
 SHIT that course is HUGE! your balls must be at least THIS big to ride this course haha
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flag mike-1 (Aug 12, 2010 at 9:52)
 definitely not digging the sram and step down last jump. I know lots of riders were not liking the course this year either. and the big sender judge drop is definitely going to see some gnar crashes.
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flag SHADOWcranks-N-bones (Aug 12, 2010 at 10:19)
 personally i like those two features but the judge drop is just TOO big for my liking, lets see how the hardtail riders like it . . .
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flag lewboy30 (Aug 12, 2010 at 14:08)
 the course looks absolutely packed its gunna be awsome
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flag anarchistx (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:10)
 Looks pretty awesome! Looks like you can go SUPER TECH or MAHOOSIVE! Or you can be Semenuk and do both.......
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flag nzstormer (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:29)
 Sometimes these courses are too feature oriented and the rider can't really pull tricks, sometimes they are too boring and it is the same old stuff, but this course is an awesome combination of interesting features while still giving riders a chance to try big tricks.
Seeing what people will throw off that last booter will be interesting if the competition is close at the end.
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flag rigodon777 (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:08)
 Looks like there will be only one main line but much more creative than last years..
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flag moongose (Aug 12, 2010 at 8:53)
 i prefered the days where there was lke 3 different lines a big one a dj one and some other one cant really remember
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flag natewynanscreations (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:14)
 sick, but i was really hoping it would finish with the kokanee box again...
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flag MattHoffman (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:58)
 Looks like they 're aiming to keep the K-Box, Boner and Sender for us regular riders after the Big show. After seeing the boys pull some nice stuff off the first drop in Colo, it will be interesting to see whats gonna come off the judging tower. 7-drop?? Dbl Whip?? Tuck-3 If Timo was here he'd probably try to gap over the tower (remember '04)

SSSSSSTOKAGE!!!!!!!!

HAVE FUN
Thanks for the walk through Aggy.
  • + 1
flag cdavis (Aug 12, 2010 at 13:25)
 I will pay you if someone 7's that drop. $20.
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flag Smells (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:10)
 my plane leaves to BC in 3 hours to be there for these events
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flag dirtmonkey1 (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:11)
 now that hurts
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flag RaleighVoid (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:22)
 1 hour to go!
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flag Budi-san (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:31)
 And I thought life was unfair enough. But nooooooo.
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flag Smells (Aug 12, 2010 at 0:34)
 I'm here!! Ha I'm so pumped up now! Lol sorry budi-San everything is coming up milhouse for me today
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flag Jashman (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:05)
 sick course, does anyone agree that graham has enough sponsers or do u think he should hav one for every single part on his bike lol
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flag lux-freerider (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:39)
 mothertrucker!! holy shit-ake mushroom that course is HUGE :O
can't wait to see what they're gonna be doing on the mustache on the ender sender Razz
Also O really hope no one took a hardtail thinking it would be fine ^^
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flag xAngryPiratex (Aug 11, 2010 at 23:12)
 the track this year is sick, the moster satellite looks amazing... but whats up with the ending jump, u cant relly pull the big tricks off it like they were doing on the kicker in the past
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flag oldhound (Aug 11, 2010 at 23:16)
 agree, last jump won't be too sick, I guess all that is going 2b higher up
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flag scriz (Aug 12, 2010 at 9:05)
 Big whips?
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flag willsoffe (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:31)
 He seems Stoked. The course looks Sick and Gnarly. I think alot of people will Kill It.
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flag mvonhollen (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:38)
 Not enough big dirt jumps to do the banger tricks on!
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flag bullitxl (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:05)
 I like the boner to mitt line. Pun intended.
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flag Unhallowed (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:10)
 This looks epic. Good to have some creativity in the line choice and features built.
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flag Swamp-in-a-van (Aug 12, 2010 at 2:56)
 Pah, I've done bigger....IN MY DREAMS!!
What an awesome course!
I'm loving the Judge step up idea, talk about pressure to perform.
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flag mattdennison (Aug 11, 2010 at 18:32)
 so yeah we got this ramp here and uh ya it should be pretty sick and ya it goes into this other ramp here and uh ya im stoked and ya we got this thing here and it should be fun to watch people on this and uh ya im stoked
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flag maxxisHacksis (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:17)
 Holy shit... That course is HUGE. Cant wait to see what riders do on the moustache...
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flag oldhound (Aug 11, 2010 at 21:45)
 good to c they added the safety features for the monster jump, sucks to see guys hurt
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flag jjfjoel1 (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:34)
 this course has me stoked to get out and ride and plus the riders are gona step up and ride past the judges and then hit a massive step down that going to be insane
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  • + 2
flag stever (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:54)
 Cool to see a walk through of the course, but uhg, that interview was painful to listen to. Was Graham stoned?
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flag reallybigmantis (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:22)
 i would be stoned if i was him
i would be stoned if i was me, actually.
i AM me, and i'm stoned. got that off my chest. ok.
  • + 5
flag b3n-dov3r (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:36)
 ^^LOL the jamaicans stoned
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flag jaime95 (Aug 11, 2010 at 15:43)
 funny thing hes not really jamaican hes a fake
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flag buhgina (Aug 12, 2010 at 0:33)
 That is one gnarly course. I would be nervous too. What would you know about gnarly living in Alberta though. That's why there is the hurtin' Albertan gap on Harper...
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flag reallybigmantis (Aug 12, 2010 at 1:37)
 not really jamaican
no fakin just waken baken
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flag stever (Aug 12, 2010 at 7:28)
 Guys, the "stoned" remark was just a joke about the whole, "whoa dude, gnarly, killer, sick" way that Graham was speaking in the interview. Nothing more. Insert smile and laughter....here.
  • + 1
flag reallybigmantis (Aug 12, 2010 at 12:39)
 spicoli
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flag stephenlw (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:27)
 the booter to the judges tower looks sketchy.. they should have made the whole thing wider
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flag thevish Plus (Aug 11, 2010 at 20:35)
 wow, that track is scary..
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flag ride-801 (Aug 12, 2010 at 1:16)
 those are some huge features. its going to be interesting to see what goes down.
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flag burns114 (Aug 12, 2010 at 20:09)
 People are going to be to tired by the time they get to the end of the course, so siiiiiiiiiick
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flag konastar10 (Aug 11, 2010 at 23:41)
 sick corse but shity cam mcaul isnt in there i uess you can kill it next year
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flag dirtbagbiker (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:22)
 i think my favorite feature out there is the boner drop or whatever he called it.
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flag Loopishred (Aug 11, 2010 at 19:45)
 YEA Graham! Good luck this weekend!
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flag downhillbmxican (Aug 11, 2010 at 19:45)
 excited to ride the end piece Big Grin
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flag NUNONS (Aug 11, 2010 at 15:29)
 best crankworx slopestyle course ever Big Grin
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flag glory00 (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:55)
 this is way better than colorado
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  • + 1
flag Eclipsed (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:26)
 That's really sick. It's going to be awesome to see what the riders do with it.
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flag winko (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:04)
 It will be worth to wait till 2am in the Europe to see this event. Live on pinkbike ofc Smile
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flag revyrules (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:16)
 big and burly for sure, should be a good one this year
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flag animalbiker (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:33)
 what i think? suicide for normal people xD but so cool, cant wait to see the rides
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flag starcbiker (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:02)
 holy hell, the organizers aren't holding any punches this year! that course is large!
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flag oneill-kid123 (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:17)
 got my spot picked out for whatching.....
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flag Miker246 (Aug 11, 2010 at 22:24)
 It's to bad slopestyle courses can mostly be rode on a hardtail. time to put mountain back in mountain bike slopestyle. I can't wait for Rampage.
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flag scriz (Aug 12, 2010 at 9:09)
 I Don't think many pros will be running hardtails on this course. I'd say it's way more 'mountain bikey' than last years.... bigger lines, more variety.... though I do prefer Rampage & Chatel over the typical SS comp.
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flag Miker246 (Aug 12, 2010 at 11:53)
 They have to to hit the 25ft step down other then that not much need. If your gonna make a big bike course then make it all big. If not don't make it a DJ course
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flag stoken (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:33)
 that ender sender is so huge ppl r nuts !!
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flag rider243 (Aug 11, 2010 at 20:10)
 wat happened to the kokanee thing at th end
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flag oldhound (Aug 11, 2010 at 21:46)
 The kokanee trailer?
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flag Ty1er (Aug 12, 2010 at 1:30)
 I just went to watch the video and it was a trailer for brighter...???
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flag sunnypruit (Aug 12, 2010 at 14:33)
 This course is amazing, I would love to see more of this stuff.
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flag chrisbrown (Aug 12, 2010 at 14:41)
 this course is insane looks so fun to ride so many awesome features
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flag Slopestyle669 (Aug 13, 2010 at 8:13)
 best slope course to date!
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flag Joebohobo (Aug 15, 2010 at 14:39)
 hmm, true but i wish it had the feature they had a claymore challend which was like a left satalite dish to a right satalite dish cus it was sickk
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flag PaulaMoreton (Aug 12, 2010 at 13:39)
 when is the slopestyle on please?
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flag AlexRuther (Aug 13, 2010 at 11:24)
 yea i need to know what time its on too...
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flag srh2 (Aug 12, 2010 at 6:38)
 Nice work on the course walk through Graham...Good luck on Saturday!
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flag volkswagen (Aug 11, 2010 at 17:51)
 the park is sick but all i heard him say was thing or im so stoked
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flag el-nombre (Aug 12, 2010 at 11:42)
 you forgot sick. He said that a lot.
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flag SubstancePhil (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:11)
 looks quality
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flag blkmrkt78 (Aug 12, 2010 at 1:21)
 the course is sooooo much better then last years !!
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flag bikermanic123 (Aug 11, 2010 at 19:02)
 easily the best and longest course yet
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flag bdalt (Aug 11, 2010 at 15:17)
 You might need a parachute for the judges drop!
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flag pepper8 (Aug 11, 2010 at 15:46)
 THAT'S THE SICKEST CRANKWORKS TRACK EVER!!!!!! LOVE IT
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flag fireballtom (Aug 11, 2010 at 15:04)
 i don't think u could build a better park it's insane!
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flag prettyfast (Aug 11, 2010 at 17:26)
 i'd giv my left nut to ride this, then bust the right one trying to do so.
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flag primodevil01 (Aug 11, 2010 at 15:02)
 the drop by the judges is massive.... wow!
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flag mikyleee (Aug 11, 2010 at 16:08)
 gnar track! that monster wall looks like alot of fun Smile
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flag chippy001 (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:35)
 holly sweet fawkin so stoked to go watch this!!!!
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flag dicer (Aug 11, 2010 at 16:50)
 soooo much better then colarado
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flag fantaman (Aug 11, 2010 at 16:36)
 That is the sickest slopestyle course ever made,whistler is like heaven
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flag asmodeuss (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:08)
 This is going to hurt! can't wait to see this!
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flag samboardman (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:35)
 I think he might be stoked....
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flag babolat2727 (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:45)
 so sick
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flag bebbob (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:22)
 it's amazing
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flag Vicce (Aug 17, 2010 at 1:30)
 looks like soo much fun!
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flag xtr3m3 (Aug 12, 2010 at 2:27)
 really amazing....
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flag Rayzerwolf (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:38)
 I am so pumped for this
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flag dirtmonkey1 (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:09)
 thats massivesauce
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flag recklessness (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:16)
 So sick.
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flag ryannock (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:46)
 sick park
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flag Adrienn (Aug 11, 2010 at 14:22)
 daaamn.:O
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flag wes101 (Aug 11, 2010 at 18:16)
 thats sick!!!!!!!!!!
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flag daugherd (Aug 11, 2010 at 16:49)
 Shivers down my spine.
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flag jontheseatpost (Aug 11, 2010 at 12:22)
 interesting
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flag tom666 (Aug 11, 2010 at 13:18)
 Looks awesome. That final jump is HUGE. Looks amazing from the bottom.
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flag Link92 (Aug 12, 2010 at 0:55)
 sick trail!
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flag majki2901 (Aug 12, 2010 at 2:05)
 someone is going to end in hospital for longer time
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flag RinkyDinkyStinky (Aug 12, 2010 at 8:12)
 gay
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flag MattHoffman (Aug 12, 2010 at 11:19)
 U Fail
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