{"id":4324,"date":"2018-03-18T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T11:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:42:51","slug":"crankworx-rotorua-2018-blenkinsop-pushes-for-the-win-in-all-new-redwoods-downhill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/events\/2018\/crankworx-rotorua-2018-blenkinsop-pushes-for-the-win-in-all-new-redwoods-downhill\/","title":{"rendered":"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">International downhill racing season kicked off today with Sam Blenkinsop (NZL) taking the win in the all-new Redwoods Downhill at Crankworx Rotorua.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/crankworx-rotorua-2018-redwoods-downhill-sam-blenkinsop.jpg\" alt=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" title=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" width=\"1050\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Sam Blenkinsop<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">His time of 2:53:44 edged out some of the discipline\u2019s top riders including fellow Kiwi Brook MacDonald (NZL), who finished in 2:56:26, and Mick Hannah (AUS), who crossed the finish line in 2:58:28 after a signature suicide-no-hander. It also pushes Blenkinsop to the front of the pack in the battle for King of Crankworx with a total of 300 points ahead of Keegan Wright (NZL) who sits at 275 after winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/events\/2018\/crankworx-rotorua-2018-casey-brown-takes-blinding-win-in-giant-toa-enduro\/\">Giant Toa Enduro presented by CamelBak<\/a> yesterday and coming in fourth today.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/crankworx-rotorua-2018-redwoods-downhill-brook-macdonald.jpg\" alt=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" title=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" width=\"1050\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Brook MacDonald<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Blenki said riding the edge on the top half of the course is likely what made the difference.<\/p>\n<h5>Sam Blenkinsop:<\/h5>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">I\u2019m always really slow at the top so I thought &#8220;I\u2019m just going to smash the top really hard and push beyond my limits and out of breath&#8221;. So I just rode the top really fast, then I feel like I just cruised the bottom. It\u2019s a switch from what I normally do, and it obviously worked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/crankworx-rotorua-2018-redwoods-downhill-mick-hannah.jpg\" alt=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" title=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" width=\"1050\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Mick Hannah<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">On the women\u2019s side, the reverse approach helped Vaea Verbeeck (CAN) emerge today as an early threat in the Queen battle.<\/p>\n<h5>Vaea Veerbeck:<\/h5>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">In practice this morning I had two crashes. Same corner. So for my race I was like \u2018Just do it slower. You don\u2019t need to front wheel drift into your first corner. Just go slow.\u2019 So I did, and I felt pretty slow at the top but I realized it and I picked it up.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<em>Vaea Verbeeck<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Verbeeck\u2019s time of 3:32:19 bested Brown\u2019s 3:32:42, as well as 2017 Queen of Crankworx Jill Kintner\u2019s 3:39:67. It now brings Verbeeck just behind Brown in the points battle, with 265 points to Brown\u2019s 325. Kintner earns 75 points for her third place finish today as Crankworx gets set to stage the events in which she\u2019s renowned for: Dual Slalom and Pump Track.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/crankworx-rotorua-2018-redwoods-downhill-casey-brown.jpg\" alt=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" title=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" width=\"1050\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Casey Brown<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Today\u2019s Pro Women\u2019s champ says it took a lot to earn today\u2019s points, but that it was well worth it. She summed up the track conditions in one word: \u201cMint.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5>Vaea Verbeeck:<\/h5>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">Such a fun track. A track where you can push for speed is just my style. If it had been a really gnarly, steep track that was super physically demanding, I don\u2019t know if I would have been super stoked right after the Enduro, but because this track was so fun I just lapped, lapped, lapped and got to learn it, then pushed for speed. It was awesome.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/crankworx-rotorua-2018-redwoods-downhill-jill-kintner.jpg\" alt=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" title=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" width=\"1050\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Jill Kintner<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Taniwha Trail (also known as the National Downhill) in the Whakarewarewa Forest was originally built in 1994 by Rotorua\u2019s mountain bike pioneers, bringing a mix of rooty tech, steeps, big jumps, and drops to the table. The event\u2019s addition to the roster brought many downhill racers out into the famed forest for the first time.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">For Blenkinsop, who hails from Wanganui on the North Island, sharing the track with his fellow racers was like sharing a piece of his history. It was the site of his first New Zealand National race when he was 13.<\/p>\n<h5>Sam Blenkinsop:<\/h5>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">It\u2019s like a home trail for me&#8230; The dirt\u2019s always good. It\u2019s definitely a different feeling than other tracks where you\u2019re trying to find traction. This one\u2019s big hit\u2019s, you can go as fast as you want and the traction\u2019s really good. It\u2019s fun.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/crankworx-rotorua-2018-redwoods-downhill-podium.jpg\" alt=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" title=\"Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in all-new Redwoods Downhill\" width=\"1050\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Crankworx Rotorua 2018: Redwoods Downhill podium<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Up next at Crankworx Rotorua 2018, the next gen are getting their time in the spotlight as the Professionals Rotorua National Schools Cross Country Championships takes to the trails of the Whakarewarewa Forest on Monday, March 19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nOfficial website: <a href=\"http:\/\/crankworx.com\/\">crankworx.com<\/a><br \/>\nPhotos: Fraser Britton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International downhill racing season kicked off today with Sam Blenkinsop (NZL) taking the win in the all-new Redwoods Downhill at Crankworx Rotorua. Sam Blenkinsop His time of 2:53:44 edged out some of the discipline\u2019s top riders including fellow Kiwi Brook MacDonald (NZL), who finished in 2:56:26, and Mick Hannah (AUS), who crossed the finish line<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[866,12,23,1012,88,33,28,189,140,24,89,1009,90,154,107,1010,1011],"class_list":{"0":"post-4324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events","8":"tag-866","9":"tag-43ride","10":"tag-bike","11":"tag-blenkinsop","12":"tag-crankworx","13":"tag-dh","14":"tag-downhill","15":"tag-event","16":"tag-festival","17":"tag-mtb","18":"tag-new-zealand","19":"tag-redwood","20":"tag-rotorua","21":"tag-sam","22":"tag-series","23":"tag-vaea","24":"tag-verbeeck"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crankworx Rotorua: Blenkinsop pushes for the win in Redwoods Downhill<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blenki takes win at first Crankworx DH event of the season, while Vaea Verbeeck steps it up for second Crankworx podium of the weekend. 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