Cannonball MTB Festival Day 1…
Posted on 10 Dec, 2016 in Festivals & Events
Day 1 at the Cannonball MTB Festival is done and dusted with over 500 plus riders populating the Thredbo Mountain Bike Park trails with death defying speed and enough airtime to show skiers and snowboarders a thing or two.
With rainfall across Thursday evening and the sun arriving just in time for Friday morning it provided perfect conditions for all riders to test their skills on the All-Mountain, Downhill and Flow trails before getting stuck into competition mode.
The Canyon All Mountain Assault was the first event to kick off the festival and the 500 plus field of competitors all flew down the 7km long track at high speeds navigating their way through tight trees, rocks and a variety of berms and tight turns all the way to the finish line.
There was an awesome and friendly vibe in the air for the first day of competition with families, riders, kids and some of the best pro’s in the world all enjoying the mountain biking festivities in competitors area accompanied by tunes blasting from Red Bull’s specialised DJ booth.
It was tight competition between the competitors but Benjamin Forbes in Pro Men’s category came out on top crowning himself the Canyon All-Mountain Assault 2016 champion. Claire Whiteman won the Pro Women’s category of the Canyon All-Mountain Assault showing off her years of experience and skill on All-Mountain style terrain.
As the sun begun to set and the riders itch to ride set back in again after a few hours off, the masses of people relocated to the Village Green for the RockShox Pump Track Challenge. With a BBQ setup, Red Bull DJ and the biggest crowd the Cannonball Festival has ever seen, it set the perfect stage for riders to put everything on the line to take out the Pump Track event.
The times throughout the Pump Track Challenge were tight, with riders having to either complete one lap or a figure 8’ish double lap of the insane course. Coming out on top was Daniele Beecroft in the Pro Women’s category narrowly followed by local ripper and Thredbo rider Tegan Molloy. In the Pro Men’s category it was Remy Morton who took out the 2016 Rockshox Pump Track Challenge for the second year in a row.
That’s a wrap for Day 1 of the Cannonball MTB Festival…checkout the rest of the photos below and stay tuned for all the action for tomorrow!
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