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Fromet
03-12-2007, 01:38 AM
My friend in Colorado sent me a mtbr post about a crankworx event in Colorado. Anyone have any other info about it?
Here is the link.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=277102

ffonsok
03-12-2007, 11:24 AM
lol asking about crankworx?

lurk more.

edit- sry i thought you meant whistler crankworx.... never heard of the one in colorado

caputo1989
03-12-2007, 11:30 AM
Apparently the interawest buyout has plans to spread the sport.

PDB
03-13-2007, 02:07 PM
I've seen this thread as well - Haven't been able to find out too much (I'm in Colorado and Highly interested)
I know that the same Whistler trailbuilding guru's have been rumored to start work in 07 at Winter Park, Keystone and Vail - but nothing has been confirmed.

From having ridden at Winter Park, they certainly don't have the trail infrastructure to support the "off slope" activity (they do have the terrain) - but could easily bring in the dirt to build for the contests.

Mountain biking needs to be able to scale the success of Crankworx Whistler in order to move forward (economically and socially) - but major resort or park areas need to be on board before this can happen in order to provide the trail and liability baseline needed to start this kind of movement. Sure these huge events will spur more trail growth - but the current state of trails (lack of number of trails and lack of both "green" and "Double Black") will hinder the event's potential for success.
Failure for these events to succeed will mean another setback, and another generational waiting period for the industry's success to start to flourish.

Just my humble opinion

Full Trucker
04-04-2007, 10:09 PM
Press release on the Winter Park site:

http://www.skiwinterpark.com/media/Current_PR/03.07_Crankworxs.htm

Netguy
04-05-2007, 12:54 AM
I'm there.

fuzzycatnuts
04-05-2007, 01:51 AM
Same weekend as silverroxx :(. I think I will head to Idaho for that weekend and go to the real thing at whistler later in the month.