Sunday, August 28, 2011

crankworx 2011

We undertook the annual pilgrimage to Whistler to see the Slope Style competition at Crankworx - a festival of carnage and ball crunching.




This 15 year old kid was a local wild-card entry, and we are thankful that he survived the event to ride another day! A few seconds after this video was taken, he had an almighty crash. When asked how he felt over, he responded "my balls hurt".





















Leighton and ro in amongst the crowd



















A short gondola ride away above crankworx is an amazing panorama of mountains, still with snow....and yes, skiers. A cool summer has meant that the snow is still around in abundance.




















A black bear eating grass - not an unusual sight on the slopes of Whistler.
We did see a much rarer but sadly unphotographed animal on the same trip - a Bobcat: on the prowl, roaming between wooded areas.

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