Crankworx Cairns continues with the second event of the week, Speed & Style. After some incredibly close racing, Harriet Burbidge-Smith and Garret Mechem take home the top honors. Garret Mechem proved he has more than just style after his Whip-Off win and took a career-best finish beating the reigning King of Crankworx in the final race. After his run Garret Mechem said: “Might be the loosest run of my life, my bar got stuck on my knee.
“My plan was to not to go for the corky at the bottom, but Bas was ahead so I had to throw it down.”
Taking a back-to-back Speed & Style win Harriet Burbidge-Smith made her 27th birthday extra special as she bested Caroline Buchanan with in a close battle for the gold medal. Following the racing Harriet Burbidge-Smith said: “Doing flips on my birthday is probably my favourite thing. This was after all, my first birthday doing flips, so yeah, it went pretty good.
“The course was fast and it got faster and faster. It was a bit slow and inconsistent on some sides (yesterday), but it got faster throughout the day.”
The next event of the week is the bar-to-bar excitement of dual slalom.
Results:
1st. Garret Mechem (USA) // Harriet Burbidge-Smith (AUS)
2nd. Bas van Steenbergen (CAN) // Caroline Buchanan (AUS)
3rd. Mike Ross (AUS) // Jenna Hastings (NZL)
