2026 Whistler World Cup Downhill

9/26/2026 3:39pm

What happened to Jackson?

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Zaeius
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9/26/2026 3:40pm

Aletha is going to slot right into elites next year but that course is drying out by the minute and getting faster.  Juniors dropped 1.5 hours after Q1 elite.

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9/26/2026 3:58pm Edited Date/Time 9/26/2026 3:58pm
Zaeius wrote:
Aletha is going to slot right into elites next year but that course is drying out by the minute and getting faster.  Juniors dropped 1.5 hours...

Aletha is going to slot right into elites next year but that course is drying out by the minute and getting faster.  Juniors dropped 1.5 hours after Q1 elite.

Based on that, I would have expected Q2 women to be faster than the Juniors then. Aletha is going to kick butt next year. 

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9/26/2026 4:15pm
Zaeius wrote:
Aletha is going to slot right into elites next year but that course is drying out by the minute and getting faster.  Juniors dropped 1.5 hours...

Aletha is going to slot right into elites next year but that course is drying out by the minute and getting faster.  Juniors dropped 1.5 hours after Q1 elite.

Based on that, I would have expected Q2 women to be faster than the Juniors then. Aletha is going to kick butt next year. 

We all know the pressure is different in Elite, but that girl has kept her game wired tight this year. 

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9/26/2026 4:43pm

Could be no Jackson, no Finn

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9/26/2026 4:45pm
63expert wrote:

Could be no Jackson, no Finn

Wow, both are out.

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9/26/2026 4:46pm

Dude. Following live q2 timing. Gwin just sniped Jackson out of the top ten. Wild. 

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9/26/2026 4:46pm

Both out of their hometown WC 😢

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9/26/2026 4:48pm

Dane Jewett crushed it

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9/26/2026 4:56pm

Gonna be a whole bunch of former WC winners watching from the sideline tomorrow 

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9/26/2026 5:16pm Edited Date/Time 9/26/2026 5:33pm

Thank you Cahal for live streaming Q1 that was epic to listen as it happened live 

Can't believe jackson and Finn got skunked in their hometown.  Go find a rage room boys 

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9/26/2026 5:48pm
Bananamoon wrote:
What i got from that interview was that he thinks it would be more fun if he had the time to learn how to put all...

What i got from that interview was that he thinks it would be more fun if he had the time to learn how to put all the bits and pieces of trails together. I don't know what tracks he rode but maybe he's not that into jumplines and stuff.

You’d be surprised how many DH racers don’t really love riding their bikes and just like to race. 

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9/26/2026 5:49pm

How much closer does quali results out Asa to Jordan? Bug freaking day tomorrow for the overall. 

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9/26/2026 6:42pm
Bananamoon wrote:
What i got from that interview was that he thinks it would be more fun if he had the time to learn how to put all...

What i got from that interview was that he thinks it would be more fun if he had the time to learn how to put all the bits and pieces of trails together. I don't know what tracks he rode but maybe he's not that into jumplines and stuff.

hogfly wrote:

You’d be surprised how many DH racers don’t really love riding their bikes and just like to race. 

In fairness to the park, a DH bike set up for racing is dead on all the park features. I got to ride a bunch of high end bikes at Whistler & the ones set up to race were sluggish. The ones set up for the park were just a giggle fest!!! 
Park setup you boost stuff. Race setup you just mush every face.

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9/26/2026 6:44pm
hogfly wrote:

How much closer does quali results out Asa to Jordan? Bug freaking day tomorrow for the overall. 

I read somewhere today that Asa needs 7th or better tomorrow to contend for the overall next weekend

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9/26/2026 7:16pm

@Sugarbrad  Giant Team squeezed ALL the fellas into finals!!! Congrats.  The home crowd is gonna be so gassed up for the Jewetts!!!

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9/26/2026 7:41pm Edited Date/Time 9/26/2026 7:41pm
bizutch wrote:

@Sugarbrad  Giant Team squeezed ALL the fellas into finals!!! Congrats.  The home crowd is gonna be so gassed up for the Jewetts!!!

Cheers boys, spirits are high in the GFORT pit for sure!

 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇨🇦🇫🇷🤙.

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9/26/2026 7:50pm Edited Date/Time 9/26/2026 7:50pm

What a day, what a sport. 

Big fan of Johnny Helly now. He did an amazing move in the zone I was watching that blew my mind. There were two lines and he decided to split the middle hucking off a rock in the middle 3 feet in the air. Amazing to watch.

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9/26/2026 8:36pm

Gnarly!

9/27/2026 1:18am
Bananamoon wrote:
What i got from that interview was that he thinks it would be more fun if he had the time to learn how to put all...

What i got from that interview was that he thinks it would be more fun if he had the time to learn how to put all the bits and pieces of trails together. I don't know what tracks he rode but maybe he's not that into jumplines and stuff.

hogfly wrote:

You’d be surprised how many DH racers don’t really love riding their bikes and just like to race. 

I've heard of this before, Most of them will only do riding to keep them sharp for the big bike when required, otherwise its gym, sponsor ebikes and moto's etc
 

9/27/2026 3:54am Edited Date/Time 9/27/2026 7:59am

Jackson on his quali day.

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9/27/2026 7:42am Edited Date/Time 9/27/2026 7:44am

By my count:  26 North American men / women and juniors qualified.  Out of a total of 75 spots.  Is this a record?

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9/27/2026 8:28am

Crowd should be nuts today. Apparently it was the busiest day ever for the bike park yesterday. Seems like a lot of people planned their trip to ride Saturday watch Sunday 

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9/27/2026 9:37am
lawn dart wrote:

By my count:  26 North American men / women and juniors qualified.  Out of a total of 75 spots.  Is this a record?

Americans dropping last in two of the classes!

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9/27/2026 10:18am
ZAKBROWN! wrote:

Bummer for Finn getting sick this weekend

https://youtube.com/shorts/nRIbOMXXIrU?is=v48wGKOGBjhXXQ1p

Great sportsmanship from Jackson cheering on the Jewett bros

https://youtube.com/shorts/ss1Sz5QNfNE?is=lS2NYg5nwXrglupl


 

Jackson is best friends w the bros so makes sense, but I've always seen him cheer for everyone out there and I think that's beautiful

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9/27/2026 10:19am

Worst case scenario crash for Burke (skip to 11min) in Q1, and he still qualifies in Q2. Well done lad!

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9/27/2026 10:22am Edited Date/Time 9/27/2026 10:27am

the morning is already buzzing. going to be a crazy day! (some pics from track just now with more to come). 

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