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Kokanee Crankworx is a week-long celebration of mountain biking

Mountain biking

Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.Mountain biking can...

held each summer at Whistler-Blackcomb

Whistler-Blackcomb

Whistler Blackcomb is a major ski resort located 125 km north of Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. By many measures it is the largest ski resort in North America; it is 50% larger than its nearest competitor in terms of size, has the greatest uphill lift capacity, and until 2009, had...

in Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...

at Whistler Mountain Bike Park. In the six years since its inception Kokanee Crankworx has become one of Whistler’s biggest annual events.

Festival

A central aspect of Crankworx is a village-wide celebration of mountain biking. Many events happen throughout the week including demonstrations of bicycle tricks, music, and other entertainment. There is also a collection of manufacturer's booths, and the festival serves as a cycling industry gathering. The festival has attracted major sponsors including Kokanee beer

Kokanee beer

Kokanee is a beer brewed at the Columbia Brewery in Creston, British Columbia. Columbia Brewery began brewing Kokanee lager in 1959 and was purchased by the Labatt Brewing Company in 1974.-The Beer:...

, Monster Energy

Monster Energy

-Distribution :Though it is not widely advertised in the media, Monster receives a large amount of recognition from its sponsorship of various sporting events, including motocross and car racing. Hansen Natural Corporation announced a distribution agreement with Anheuser-Busch in the U.S. and Grupo...

, Volkswagen

Volkswagen

Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

, Dose.ca, SRAM Corporation, Norco

Norco Performance Bikes

Norco Bikes is a bicycle manufacturer founded in 1964 and currently headquartered in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. Norco designs and distributes more than 140 bike models to more than 21 countries.-History:...

and the Kona Bicycle Company

Kona Bicycle Company

Kona Bikes is a bicycle company in Ferndale, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. It specializes in high-performance mountain bikes, racing and touring bicycles. The company name comes from the owners' love of Kailua-Kona in Hawaii....

.

The slopestyle competition was webcast on crankworx.com

Competitions

The events held in 2009 were: Dual Slalom, Monster Energy Garbonzo Downhill, Quon Memorial X/C Race, Womenzworx, Air Downhill, VW Trick Showdown, GIANT Slalom, Kidsworx, Canadian Open Enduro, Trailsworx, Canadian Cheese Rolling Championships, Monster Energy Slopestyle, and the Canadian Open Downhill presented by Kona.

2010 Results

Gender	Competition	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
-	Slopestyle	Cameron Zink	Mike Montgomery	Casey Groves

2009 Results

Gender	Competition	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
-	Slopestyle	Greg Watts	Brandon Semenuk	Martin Soederstrom

2008 Results

Gender	Competition	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
M	Dual Slalom	JD Swanguen	Nico Vink	Chris Herndon
F	Dual Slalom	Anneke Beerten	Rachel Atherton	Fionn Griffiths
M	Monster Energy Garbonzo Downhill	Gee Atherton	Sam Hill	Marc Beaumont
F	Monster Energy Garbonzo Downhill	Rachel Atherton	Fionn Griffiths	Danice Uyesugi
F	Womenzworx	Lorraine Blancher	Stephanie Nychka	Casey Brown
M	Jim Bean Air Downhill	Brian Lopes	Greg Minnaar	Chris Kovarik
F	Jim Bean Air Downhill	Rebecca McQueen	Micayla Gatto	Stephanie Nychka
M	VW Trick Showdown Session 1	Casey Groves
M	VW Trick Showdown Session 2	Greg Watts
M	Slopestyle	Andreu Lacondeguy	Lance Mcdermit	Brandon Semenuk

2007 Results

Gender	Competition	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
-	Slopestyle	Ben Boyko	Anderu Lacondeguy	Brandon Semenuk
M	Biker X	Cedric Gracia	Michal Marosi	Andrew Neethling
F	Biker X	Jill Kinter	Fionn Griffiths	Joanna Petterson
M	Dual Slalom	Greg Minnaar Greg Minnaar Greg Minnaar is a South African World Champion mountain bike racer competing in downhill cycling. Greg first started to get noticed as a world class downhill racer at the age of 17, in 1999, racing select World Cups on a local shop team, aboard a Kona Stab Dee-Lux bike with a...	Sam Hill	JD Swanguen
F	Dual Slalom	Tracy Moseley	Joanna Petterson	Lisa Myklak
M	Air Downhill	Brian Lopes	Nathan Rennie	Greg Minnaar
F	Air Downhill	Tracy Moseley	Micayla Gatto	Fionn Griffiths
M	Canadian Open Downhill	Fabien Barel	Sam Hill	Greg Minnaar
F	Canadian Open Downhill	Tracy Moseley	Claire Buchar	Jennifer Ashton
M	Enduro Downhill	Sam Hill	Justin Leov	Andrew Neethling
F	Enduro Downhill	Tracy Moseley	Fionn Griffiths	Joanna Petterson
F	Women's Worx	Claire Buchar	Gale Dahlager	Kathy Pruitt

2006 Results

Gender	Competition	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
-	Slopestyle	Cameron Zink	Cameron McCaul	Kyle Strait
M	Biker X	Jared Graves	Cedric Gracia Cedric Gracia Cédric Gracia is a French mountain biker.Cédric Gracia is a French mountain biker who now lives in Andorra. He started his career as an athlete at 6 years old as a BMX rider and then a freestyle ski pro. Cedric Gracia, years later, became a mountain bike rider...	Mick Hannah
F	Biker X	Jill Kinter	Fionn Griffiths	Leana Gerrard
M	Air Downhill	Brian Lopes Brian Lopes Brian Thomas Lopes is a professional mountain bike racer who specializes in four-cross. Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old....	Cedric Gracia	Bryn Atkinson
F	Air Downhill	Jen Ashton	Fionn Griffiths	Danika Schroter
M	Super D	Adam Craig
F	Super D	Charlotte Klein
M	Enduro Downhill	Sam Hill	Steve Peat	Chris Kovarik
F	Enduro Downhill	Mio Suemasa	Fionn Griffiths	Danika Schroeter

2005 Results

Gender	Competition	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
-	Slopestyle	Paul Basagoitia	Darren Berrecloth	Cameron Zink
M	Biker X	Brian Lopes	Cedric Gracia	Bas De Bever
F	Biker X	Jill Kintner	Anneke Beerten	Fionn Griffiths
M	Air Downhill	Cedric Gracia	Brian Lopes	Steve Peat Steve Peat Steve Peat , nicknamed "Sheffield Steel" or more commonly just plain "Peaty", is a professional downhill mountain biker who was born and lives in Chapeltown, Sheffield, England. Prior to his career as a professional downhill cyclist Peat was employed as a plumber by James Lamb...
F	Air Downhill	Sabrina Jonnier	Jennifer Ashton	Fionn Griffiths
M	Enduro Downhill	Brian Lopes	Steve Peat	Nathan Rennie
F	Enduro Downhill	Marla Streb Marla Streb Marla Streb is a professional mountain bike racer. She currently rides for the professional trade team Luna Women's Professional MTB Team and Red Bull. Marla is most known for racing downhill, however, she does race XC events and wins such races often. She has twice won the Single Speed World...	Fionn Griffiths	Lisa Myklak

2004 Results

Gender	Competition	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
-	Slopestyle	Paul Basagoitia	Timo Pritzel	Kyle Strait
M	Enduro Downhill	Cedric Gracia	Tyler Morland	Nathan Rennie
F	Enduro Downhill	Kathie Pruitt	Anka Martin	Angela Tang

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