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NEWS: CRANKWORX WHISTLER FANS CHOOSE BEN HAGGAR FOR PHOTO FAN FAVE Samsung Deep Summer Photo Challenge draws a different winner in every category and Dirt Diaries brings dark comedy to the shred-fest     THE GOOD PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT BROUGHT OUT THE EMOTIONS OF CRANKWORX (AND MOUNTAIN BIKING ITSELF)! The votes have been tabulated, the judges

NEWS: HIPLOK KICKSTART FIRST HIGH SECURITY BIKE HANGER INTRODUCING THE AIRLOK     British bike security brand, Hiplok, launched a Kickstarter Campaign to bring the world’s first high security bicycle storage hanger, Airlok, to market. Combining Gold Rated security, effortless practicality and design elegance, AIRLOK is the ultimate way to display and protect your bike at home, outside

NEWS: AUSTRALIANS SWEEP CANADIAN OPEN DH presented by iXS Troy Brosnan returns to top the podium, Tracey Hannah and Jack Moir take home series wins   (Troy Brosnan pulls in for the win in the Canadian Open DH presented by iXS at Crankworx Whistler in one of the biggest events of the 10-day Crankworx festival.)

NEWS: CRANKWORX ANNOUNCES A FOURTH TOUR STOP FOR INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA Home of freestyle snowboarding takes on freeride mountain biking     The Crankworx World Tour, born out of Whistler’s 10-day celebration of gravity-mountain biking, will grow to add another international location for summer 2017: Innsbruck, Austria.   4th STOP AT AUSTRIA! Innsbruck is the only

NEWS: CANADIAN BRETT RHEEDER SECURES WELL-EARNED RED BULL JOYRIDE WIN After two years of anticipation, Brett Rheeder dethrones reigning Red Bull Joyride champ Brandon Semenuk     The largest slopestyle mountain biking competiton in the world, Red Bull Joyride, closed out the final day of the weeklong Crankworx Whistler festival today at Whistler Blackcomb Mountain. 

NEWS: SRAM CANADIAN OPEN ENDURO PRESENTED BY SPECIALIZED DRAWS INTERNATIONAL RACE SCENE TO WHISTLER American Richie Rude bests hometown hero Jesse Malemed on the day’s last run   (Richie Rude, 21, of Redding, USA, coming down Top of the World during SRAM Canadian Open Enduro presented by Specialized, Round 6 of the Enduro World Series.)  

NEWS: CRANKWORX ACTION HEATS UP WITH SMOKING FOX AIR DH WIN Bas Van Steenbergen steams through 30 riders in the hot seat, while Jill Kintner risks it all on a trail bike   (Jill Kintner pins it down A-Line in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park on Wednesday afternoon, delivering a blistering 4:22.74 minute time and a

NEWS: UPSET IN THE ULTIMATE PUMP TRACK CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY ROCKSHOX AT CRANKWORX Day 7 of Crankworx Whistler brings in a win for the home town hero and a man who once dominated    (Finn Iles brings it in with a wicked 45-degree whip of the bike on Crabapple Hits in the Whistler Mountain Bike