REPLAY: Crankworx Rotorua Downhill

The 10-year anniversary of the iconic Crankworx Rotorua mountain bike festival opens with the RockShox Taniwha Downhill race in the Whakarewarewa and Tītokorangi Forests.
Riders Runs:
0:00 Martha Gill
5:01 Kalani Muirhead
9:29 Bellah Birchall
14:00 Sacha Earnest
18:30 Shania Rawson
23:00 Jess Blewitt
32:00 Eliana Hulsebosch
45:20 Tuhoto Ariki
48:50 Richie Rude
49:50 Ryan Gilchrist
53:20 Tegan Cruz
57:02 Elliot Jamieson
1:00:18 Hayden Stead
1:03:48 Lucas Cruz
1:07:19 George Brannigan
1:10:50 Oli Clark
1:18:51 Alex Storr
1:22:22 Charlie Makea
1:25:51 Dan Booker
1:29:21 Tyler Waite
1:33:21 Sam Blenkinsop
1:36:49 Christian Hauser
1:40:50 Jakob Jewett
1:44:45 Brook Macdonald
1:48:50 Lachie Stevens-McNab
1:52:50 Bernard Kerr
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[@RedBullBike]

What a rowdy way to kick off Crankworx Rotorua 2024!!! We hope you enjoyed. Riders: 0:00 Martha Gill 5:01 Kalani Muirhead 9:29 Bellah Birchall 14:00 Sacha Earnest 18:30 Shania Rawson 23:00 Jess Blewitt 32:00 Eliana Hulsebosch 45:20 Tuhoto Ariki 48:50 Richie Rude 49:50 Ryan Gilchrist 53:20 Tegan Cruz 57:02 Elliot Jamieson 1:00:18 Hayden Stead 1:03:48 Lucas Cruz 1:07:19 George Brannigan 1:10:50 Oli Clark 1:18:51 Alex Storr 1:22:22 Charlie Makea 1:25:51 Dan Booker 1:29:21 Tyler Waite 1:33:21 Sam Blenkinsop 1:36:49 Christian Hauser 1:40:50 Jakob Jewett 1:44:45 Brook Macdonald 1:48:50 Lachie Stevens-McNab 1:52:50 Bernard Kerr

[@MancunianManxman]

Loving the seek stamps, thank you 🙏

[@onsight2822]

So good to have Rob commentating 👍 DH is dull without him .

[@onesquirrel2713]

"PIVOT BIKES: now with more pivots than ever before!" - marketing headline writes itself.

[@ignaciosevil2157]

dont do them like that aye mang

[@shoutout.kokain8713]

Tylers run was crazy! 16yrs old WOW!

[@bad1080]

i like how the drone shots look like 240p brings me back in time 20 years

[@CalQaida]

The good ole days! 1995 VHS camcorders.

[@paulmakesthings]

It's really interesting the difference in quality between the drone shots on the big screen at the event vs the same identical drone shots here on the YT broadcast. I think there's a bitrate bottleneck somewhere in the system

[@donwilson6007]

Lucky it wasn’t hardline roadgap for Bernard.

[@sidekicksjn]

Maybe Hardline is where the damage was done.

[@Talismant8te]

These 2 as commentators is priceless

[@Talismant8te]

Eliot came a long way commenting I’m really enjoying it

[@duroxkilo]

it's a great combo, both insight and excitement.. as much as i enjoy mr Rob's style (and i respect his huge contribution over the years), w/o a little complementary help, it was getting a bit repetitive for me.

[@crateinvader8572]

Love the Rob/Elliot commentary, GWS BK

[@GrumpysGarageDave]

Rob yes .. Eliot Jackson not even close .. I could go the rest of my life without hearing his lispy cringe mouth again .. this will be the last program I watch that he is involved with

[@kieranbrain3733]

Hope Bernard is ok.

[@benjy288]

Never seen a head tube snap like that in a race before

[@liamrmorgans921]

Timestamp?

[@TeddyParker]

@@liamrmorgans9212:17:00 final run

[@liamrmorgans921]

@@TeddyParkerthank you

[@benjy288]

@@liamrmorgans921 2:17:00

[@liamrmorgans921]

@@benjy288🤙

[@gurdevsingh4503]

Tyler waite run was awesome🤟🤟

[@hobmarg]

insane pace

[@CalQaida]

One the razors edge the whole time. Wild stuff!

[@scott8277]

its not a dowhill race with out you Rob W . good to hear ya on the mic

[@marc7214]

Tyler I'm speechless. What a star

[@RedBullBike]

Bossed it!

[@Chris8F3R]

Don't know if it's new but the having the riders respective runs tied to the chapters on KZbin is so convenient! ❤ Thank you Red Bull tv.

[@mikeg2939]

94k views only 2.6k likes. Come on people, show the Bull some love.

[@philipjelley4777]

TBF I usually watch this on RBTV

[@keepon239]

Music was on point the whole broadcast 👏

[@dmitriy.sukharevf7056]

Огонь🔥🎉

[@user-tv5hj1eh6x]

This is absolutely my new fave sport!

[@RedBullBike]

Welcome ❤️

[@_chipin]

Red Bull please come back to dh wc ⛳

[@christianobermeier7862]

what a hell of a race...winning run was insane from top to bottom just incredible. BK's crash is for the books so mad !

[@casehulsebosch]

31.52 and Bosch is the Boss! So proud.

[@LiveToRideMTB]

Epic result for the union !

[@Fantic156]

Great race, good win for Lachie, but Jacob, showing style and speed ... the youngsters are showing up! Hope BK is OK ... 😜

[@ashleytombs]

Wow no better to wake up on a Sunday morning then Coffee and Rotorua DH I hope your boy BK is OK you never expect the front end to break like that that was gnarly Congratulations. to Eliana hulsebosch and all the other 16yo that smashed it the youth of today is an absolutely insane but rider of the day for me was Taylor White his run would’ve been insane without those mistakes he made

[@roddas26]

Shout out to Louis Hamilton coach of the year? 🤙

[@joshuaanothereraseddad]

Kerr is a "cracking" lad on a bike... :) Hope he is alright!

[@luisgutrod]

just posted he is fine somehow

[@octodadmtbmartyrichards2862]

Lucky Steve Macca is the 👑

[@marc7214]

The girls had some cranked up runs. Great to watch mighty impressive

[@columbiaindieband4717]

Damn BK hope you all good , bikes replaceable, you ain’t #bksport

[@TeddyParker]

I've not really been a fan of the tubing design of these prototyping bikes using that Atherton-esque design. I know catastrophic failures are flukey but I didn't like that one. I feel like the HT snapped before the fork even fully compressed. More so the second the front wheel touched the ground. Almost like it didn't resist at all. And, for clarity, we saw other riders make more or less that same 50/50 case... And ride out of it. So. I dunno I hate that. Hope BK is okay and ready to go for round 1 wc

[@benjy288]

Be interesting to see where exactly it snapped, where the carbon meets the metal head tube, or the metal head tube itself, I'm picking where the carbon meets the head tube.

[@TeddyParker]

@@benjy288Absolutely. Don't wanna jump to assumptions but it seems like a classic strong component attached to a stiff but fragile component issue and there's no gradient or reinforcement (or weld like alloy) to reduce failure or at least make it less catastrophic. Sometimes a bike or fork breaks 'slowly' and it reduces the 'whip' of the fall. this bike didnt even try, looked like cardboard.

[@Tony_P]

@@TeddyParkerI wonder how much riding this frame has done ? Most likely the same frame from Tas Hardline , where BK landed the container gap hard before they modified the landing for the race. He bent the pedals on that landing.

[@TeddyParker]

@@Tony_PFor sure. Considering the construction. These frames shouldn't be seeing another event after a hardline or after an entire wc season, etc. Or at least they should replace the carbon if they can reuse the lugs. New carbon, new epoxy/glue/adhesive.

[@mej6519]

maybe a little hardline stress fracture. unfortunate for bk tho. part reason why pivot signed bk up was that he has a nack for breaking bikes in the most unusal ways.. pivot will build a v.2.0 once theyve sussed out what happened.

[@dansharpie]

the down tube has a bend in it before it goes into the headset, why use carbon anyway ?

[@fabosackskanal]

Danke danke danke! Mtrfckr❤

[@Kalani-jz4qw]

Yeah kalani epic 🤙🤙 way to go girl's 👍

[@samblenkharn8099]

Brilliant. Great track. Great riders. Rob and Elliot are THE BEST. Best wishes to BK. Horror crash that.

[@MarkieMTB]

What a shame for BK man !

[@duroxkilo]

v exciting track and the image quality/angles were great. excellent riding, the 'youngsters' were something else, incredible performance levels. i'd enjoy a bit more background on the athletes, hardware used and especially their techniques, like mr Eliot is noticing line choices, braking segments, weight balance, etc... explain to the ppl what's going on w/ the rider, the bike, the track...

[@HWAFFI]

Early days in this format but how goods the track 🤙

[@gopre518]

Blenki!!!

[@SuperOrcy]

At least kerr wasnt on winning pace. Would have sucked if he was 3 seconsd up

[@clkark2500]

Soooooo nice to hear Rob again , Not These two other guys from the worldcup, this was the sadest Thing ever happened to this sport

[@BBoyBiff]

Hope brendan was ok , that was vicious ❤

[@mtbalpinecounty]

💪

[@glennbroad2543]

That’s a tough landing for Kerr, hope he is ok 1:57:36 Did the bonding glue give way?

[@ryanbuchan3158]

Pivot bikes have left the chat 😂

[@mclaren44]

if that bike snapped at hardline he could have been seriously injured

[@ethanstevenson1265]

people laughing at kerr when he crashed is out of order

[@garythereet8577]

they were shocked by the crash then all of a sudden it was them on the big screen., thats why they were laughing lol

[@dr3iii]

@@garythereet8577pftt kids

[@richmondstar4354]

Probably most frame will break very similar if landed the same way or length BK jump.

[@MxCraven]

Missing the pre-shows on the YT footage :(

[@RedBullBike]

Pre-Show is available on Red Bull TV! 💪

[@russcoaus2043]

😎✌️

[@aidanmcguinness9901]

Where is Richie's run???

[@laertepappalardo5336]

Hope BK is finest sad for him.....#BKSPORTS

[@dannybeck4339]

Well done for showing people laughing at BKs crash over and over again, whoever was on shot choice needs talking to.

[@JamieMcilreavy]

Not really happy with the lad that was laughing at bk crashing

[@o.zzzzzz]

Yes, I found that disgraceful

[@beardedmtb]

Looked shocked initially, then the big screen they were watching on switched to them. They are not laughing at Bernard.

[@o.zzzzzz]

@@beardedmtb you might be right

[@lostwithasmile485]

Worst situation for a bike manufacturer...having your frame snap is not too encouraging...

[@JEJEMONSLAYER]

looks like the 'pivot' didnt work well on that headtube lol

[@augsburger5714]

All the best for Bernhard, but I will cancel the order for my new Pivot, the part is dangerous !!!!!

[@Happy_Biker]

Was your order for the prototype bike like Bernard was riding? I don't think that's even available to buy, and not their normal design. Just saying.

[@duroxkilo]

oh come on..

[@loamsomerider4846]

@1:54:39 wtf are they laughing?!!!!

[@sKiiTs8]

yeah i thought the same, not very sportsmanlike

[@beardedmtb]

Probably because they were watching on the screen that switched to the view of them. Looked real shocked initially.

[@user-gg1lt8nd8i]

12:45

[@mikeg2939]

Not a good advert for pivot bikes🤕

[@pl4free]

Good luck selling bikes after that catastrophic failure!

[@obsidian....]

44:34 Start of Men's

[@Lorenzo-nl2nh]

1:54:30 That's what you're looking for

[@stevematthes4325]

That head stem Dude! Looks like it's back to the drawing board with this bike. So much time and money wasted.

[@imperiumgodgaming]

Wtf is up with these kids!!! Tyler !!!!

[@brian6speed]

Seeing those kids laughing at Bernards crash makes me sick.

[@jackcamier]

They were laughing because they saw they were on the camera

[@asapcg3546]

Looks like they start laughing because they came up on the big screen

[@ChristopherWoods]

They were just laughing as they were suddenly cut up on to the big screens and none of them were expecting it. Their reaction to the crash was the same as everyone else's.

[@ejb2937]

They are both junior elite downhill riders so I highly doubt they are laughing at the crash.

[@octodadmtbmartyrichards2862]

Elite little shits 😂

[@whatyoudo9773]

oh good diversity and equity is announcing so I can get some sleep while watching such a boring sport

[@GrumpysGarageDave]

Lol .. i like the sport just not eliot jackson ... can you imagine being dum enough that g floyd is the hill you're going to stand and fight on .. I mean cmon multi time felon..Drg dealer who died while high as hell resisting arrest .. ya that's definitely NOT the hill I'm gonna choose to make a stand on .. 0 respect for him .. common sense isn't common anymore .. I personally won't be watching any further programs he is part of

[@Tingley19]

Bro the women look like they go so slow compared to the men it’s like watching a different sport or a run on a different track. 😂 Martha Gill’s first run was like they had to do shakey cam purposely just to make her look faster.

[@chris8456]

You must be new to the sport. Bet all those ladies will stomp you on any trail. Wake up “bro”. There’s a reason for different classes in abilities, age, and sex.

[@yomommastupid]

why people were laughing when Bernards frame snapped and he felt hard....that aint funny

[@ollialanko699]

Blenki just proved that pedalling efficency of belt drive & gearbox is right up there with conventional drivetrain by winning Richie Rude on the pedalling.💪🦿