People will tell you that winning an event back to back is a lot about luck... It's not normally the winners that make that claim, however, and considering the power, precision and wizardry required to rule the dual speed and style, luck can only be a small piece of the puzzle. This afternoon saw Crankworx Rotorua's winner, the Czech slopestyle extraordinaire, Jakub Vencl, take a hard-fought victory over last year's number one here in Les Gets — the UK trickster, Daryl Brown. The Big Swede, Martin Soderstrom, was skillful and aggressive as ever and took some big scalps on his way to 3rd spot, while Ropelato took one big risk too many in the scrap to make the final after an amazing display of pace and flare on the bike. With the familiar faces of Nobles, Kerr, Slavik, Chubey, Van Steenbergen, Watts, Godziek and more all in it to win it, the event proved quite the showdown under the full heat of the summer sun here in the Portes Du Soleil.
brutal.. that ankle looked like it had folded over.