Adventure Magazine

Above: Dan Booker at the Whip Off - Image by Jay French
Left: Tomas Lemoine on practise day - Image by C Trahan
Bottom Left: Gareth Burgess at the Whip Off - Image by C Trahan
And that’s a wrap to the Crankworx 2022 season. If
Crankworx Rotorua, the final stop on the World Tour, could
be described in just a few phrases it would be mud showers,
rain showers and champagne showers. The atmosphere was
electric onsite with fans braving all weather conditions for a
chance to rub shoulders with their icons. Racers embraced
the turbulent conditions to put on one of the most impressive
performances of skills, spills and plenty of thrills seen in
Rotorua.
Director Ariki Tibble reflected on the past week of elite racing
and the contribution of the community in Rotorua. “It's been
20 months since we delivered the last full scale Crankworx
Rotorua event and it's hard to find the words to express how
it has felt to have so many international manuhiri back in our
midst...I think hosting visitors is part of our DNA, it brings out
the best in us, and we feel more whole when we are doing it.”
Crankworx may be over for this year, but you don’t need
to wait long for your mountain biking adrenaline hit. The
Crankworx Summer Series kicks off with four prime locations
from February 28 – March 12, 2023 with all roads leading
back to Rotorua for Crankworx in March 2023.
For more information on the Crankworx Summer Series and
Crankworx Rotorua 2023, check out the website:
www.crankworx.com
TREK Official New
Zealand Whip Off
Championships
presented by POC
1.Matt Begg (NZL)
2.Peter Kaiser (AUT)
3.Allan Cooke (USA)
Maxxis Slopestyle in
Memory of McGazza
1.Emil Johansson
(SWE)
2.Timothe Bringer
(FRA)
3.Max Fredriksson
(SWE)
King & Queen of
Crankworx
1.Bas van Steenbergen
(CAN) // Caroline
Buchanan (AUS)
2.Tomas Lemoine (FRA)
// Vaea Verbeeck (CAN)
3.Samuel Blenkinsop
(NZL) // Jordy Scott
(USA)
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