Martin Soderstrom Leads Bar To Action At Crankworx Whistler Dual Speed & Style And Gets Gold Again 2

WHISTLER, BC August 10, 2013 - The Dual Speed & Style, the first event webcast from Crankworx Whistler, saw Sweden's Martin Soderstrom take his momentum from a win at the GT Dual Speed & Style at Crankworx Les 2 Alpes last month and put it to good use today to take gold in Whistler as well. He edged out Cam Zink (USA) in the finals while Kyle Strait (USA) beat out Tom Van Steenbergen (CAD) in the small final to take third. The tricks were big and technical and Soderstrom played his cards right with strategy and speed. "The course is really fast and loose in the berms so staying on the bike was important," says Soderstrom. "The game plan was always changing; you needed to see who you are going against. If it was a slope rider I knew it would require bigger tricks and if it was a racer I knew it would require a smaller trick and more speed." Soderstrom's Cork 440 on his first run in the final was impressive, but in the end it all came down his speed to take the win away from Zink who was also throwing impressive tricks, including a high consequence front flip on the step down. However, Zink wasn't able to dial in his speed and had a couple of pedal slips.

Dual Speed & Style is proving to be a very popular event with both racers and slopestyle specialists. The athletes race through a dual course head-to-head for time and today earned .68 second time advantages for the most stylish tricks pulled on two mid-course booters. This year the Dual Speed & Style course integrated some of the features to be used in the new slopestyle course for the Red Bull Joyride event on Saturday, August 17. The Dual Speed & Style is in its second year in Whistler, and has become a highlight of Crankworx's first weekend of action. The Bud Light Crankworx Concert Series will go on tonight with Mother Mother and Daniel Wesley on the Crankworx Main Stage in Whistler Olympic Plaza at 8pm. The Bud Light Crankworx Concert Series is partially funded by the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) through the Province of British Columbia's Resort Municipality Initiative grant. Tomorrow Crankworx has a full day of sport and music lined up with the SRAM Canadian Open Enduro, presented by Specialized which is the fifth stop on the newly created Enduro World Series tour. The race will see riders around the Whistler Mountain Bike Park and on tracks all through the Whistler Valley's famed trail network. For more information about the SRAM Canadian Open Enduro, presented by Specialized and all other Crankworx Whistler events, visit www.crankworx.com.  The Bud Light Crankworx Concert Series Main Stage will play host to HUMANS and Nightbox for one last night of music on Sunday starting at 7:45pm. Online Results: http://www.crankworx.com/whistler/results.php Current event photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crankworx/

Live Streaming Webcast Schedule Crankworx Whistler - August 10-18, 2013 The webcasts are live streamed at www.crankworx.comand www.redbull.com/bike Google Hangouts featuring athletes and their perspectives and thoughts about the event will follow each event streaming live at www.crankworx.com or at https://plus.google.com/+Crankworx/.

• Saturday, August 10
  • Dual Speed & Style - http://www.crankworx.com/whistler/videos.php
  • Google Hangout Replay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7T2gJoh-ao
• Sunday, August 11
  • SRAM Canadian Open Enduro, presented by Specialized - 4:15pm-7:00pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
  • Google Hangout - 7:15pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
• Tuesday, August 13
  • Garbanzo DH - 4:15pm-7:00pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
  • Google Hangout - 7:15pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
• Wednesday, August 14
  • Fox Air DH  - 3:15pm-5:30pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
  • Google Hangout - 5:45pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
• Thursday, August 15
  • Teva Best Trick Showdown - 3:45pm-6:00pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
  • Google Hangout - 6:00pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
  • Ultimate Pump Track Challenge - 7:45pm-9:15pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
• Friday, August 16
  • GIANT Dual Slalom - 5:45pm-8pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
  • Google Hangout - 8:15pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
• Saturday, August 17
  • Red Bull Joyride - 4:00pm-7:00pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
  • Google Hangout - 7:15pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
• Sunday, August 18
  • Canadian Open DH - 2:30pm-5:00pm PDT / UTC -7 hours
  • Google Hangout - 5:15pm PDT / UTC -7 hours

Stay tuned to www.crankworx.com and connect with Crankworx through Facebook.com/crankworx, Twitter.com/crankworx or Instagram.com/crankworx. August 9-18, 2013, the world's best downhill, slopestyle and enduro riders will migrate to the Whistler Mountain Bike Park for the 10th Annual Crankworx Whistler. Crankworx Les 2 Alpes will take place July 6 - 14, 2013 and is the only Crankworx event to take place outside of North America. High-summer's convergence of all things freeride, Crankworx is a 10-day festival of epic endurance, supreme flow, monster air and vertical-dropping riding. A time-tested stage for gravity-fed mountain biking, Crankworx has forged the future of freeride, launched careers and raised up a spectacle out of dirt, sweat and cheers. Feel the impact. Embrace the amplitude. Experience the awe that is Crankworx Whistler 2013.