Update from Crankworx, 6am PST Saturday, March 24: We’ve added a Slopestyle Practice session to the schedule from 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., with the opportunity to go live from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday March 25 3:30 pm NZDT
Saturday March 24 7:30 pm PST
Sunday March 25 3:30 am CET
In the case that inclement weather prevents us from running the Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza on Sunday afternoon at the time above, we’ll aim for Monday morning Slopestyle practise from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., with a live show from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Monday March 26 10 am NZDT
Sunday March 25 2pm PST
Sunday March 25 10pm CET
SLOPESTYLE SCHEDULE CHANGE: Latest Update from Crankworx, 12pm PST Friday, March 23: With rain on the horizon, we’ve carved out a new time to launch into the realm of the extraordinary. Join us for the Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza:
Saturday March 24th 12:00 p.m. NZDT
Friday March 23rd 4 p.m. PDT
Saturday March 24th 12 a.m. CET
Update from Crankworx, 8pm PST Thursday March 22: With some weather issues on the horizon, we’re carving out the best window to pull off an amazing event for our athletes and fans. With that in mind, we’re opening doors early at Skyline. Come down from 8 a.m.
[Friday at 12 noon PST – Ed.] onward, with the Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza to go live sometime between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
[Friday at 2 pm PST - 7:30 pm PST – Ed.]The exact start time will be dependent on the weather. Plan to come early, enjoy the festival vibe. For those watching from home, webcast start time on Red Bull TV and
crankworx.com will be announced ASAP.
Watch the LIVE action from the Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza at Crankworx Rotorua.
Saturday March 24th – 3:30 pm NZDT
Friday March 23rd – 7:30 pm PDT
Saturday March 24th – 3:30 am CET
From the organizers:
| The Triple Crown of Slopestyle‘s first stop begins with an airborne symphony of flips and whips through the Redwoods of Skyline Rotorua Gravity Park. New Zealand’s grand master of the discipline, Kelly McGarry, and his building partner, Tom Hey, designed and built one of the best slopestyle courses in the world before McGarry passed away in 2016. The event was renamed in his honour.
The Rotorua event is a special one for many reasons. Like every Crankworx slopestyle, it is the marquee event of the festival but this particular event also marks the season opener for the Crankworx Slopestyle World Tour, and the launch of the Triple Crown of Slopestyle. The rider who places first in the Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza launches a quest among the upper echelon of the FMB to secure three Crankworx slopestyle titles in a single year.
There are four slopestyle events. It only takes three to win. The Triple Crown has never been awarded. |
MENTIONS: @officialcrankworx
Yeah, Tyler, if you are reading this, you’re an awesome commentator, you and Needles are bringing new quality to MTB, quite tired of Warner. Awesome to see you ride too. No vaseline, I promise
For the record, Joyride was moved to Sunday mornings because of a discovery from Joyride 2015, when Joyride was pushed to Sunday morning by a rain delay. The crankworx organizers realized that viewership was way higher when they broadcasted it in the morning because all the Europeans were able to watch.
Anyways, I've been attending Joyride for the last half decade, and was also super bummed out when it got moved - Its been noticeably less rowdy on the boneyard in the mornings