Adventure Magazine

Above: Dan Booker at the Whip Off - Image by Jay French

Left: Tomas Lemoine on practise day - Image by C Trahan

Bottom Left: Gareth Burgess at the Whip Off - Image by C Trahan

And that’s a wrap to the Crankworx 2022 season. If

Crankworx Rotorua, the final stop on the World Tour, could

be described in just a few phrases it would be mud showers,

rain showers and champagne showers. The atmosphere was

electric onsite with fans braving all weather conditions for a

chance to rub shoulders with their icons. Racers embraced

the turbulent conditions to put on one of the most impressive

performances of skills, spills and plenty of thrills seen in

Rotorua.

Director Ariki Tibble reflected on the past week of elite racing

and the contribution of the community in Rotorua. “It's been

20 months since we delivered the last full scale Crankworx

Rotorua event and it's hard to find the words to express how

it has felt to have so many international manuhiri back in our

midst...I think hosting visitors is part of our DNA, it brings out

the best in us, and we feel more whole when we are doing it.”

Crankworx may be over for this year, but you don’t need

to wait long for your mountain biking adrenaline hit. The

Crankworx Summer Series kicks off with four prime locations

from February 28 – March 12, 2023 with all roads leading

back to Rotorua for Crankworx in March 2023.

For more information on the Crankworx Summer Series and

Crankworx Rotorua 2023, check out the website:

www.crankworx.com

TREK Official New

Zealand Whip Off

Championships

presented by POC

1.Matt Begg (NZL)

2.Peter Kaiser (AUT)

3.Allan Cooke (USA)

Maxxis Slopestyle in

Memory of McGazza

1.Emil Johansson

(SWE)

2.Timothe Bringer

(FRA)

3.Max Fredriksson

(SWE)

King & Queen of

Crankworx

1.Bas van Steenbergen

(CAN) // Caroline

Buchanan (AUS)

2.Tomas Lemoine (FRA)

// Vaea Verbeeck (CAN)

3.Samuel Blenkinsop

(NZL) // Jordy Scott

(USA)

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