Claymore Challenge

[TOU93]

Last weekend i went to Highland mountain bike park for a ride and to watch the Claymore Challenge. The claymore challenge is a slope style freeride comp, it's only in its 2nd year but it drew several hundred people. The course was BIG but not as big as crankworx. All the big name freeriders were there, throwing down huge tricks off the Red Bull ramp at the bottom of the course.

These were the top 10 riders

1. Brandon Semenuk
2. Cam McCaul
3. Logan Peat
4. Casey Groves
5. Darren Barrecloth
6. Aaron Chase
7. Paul Bass
8. Yannick Granieri
9. Adam Hauck
10. Eric Lawrenuk

Here are the photos of the weekend

Bottom bit of the slope style course
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Brandon Semenuk
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One of the two NZ riders competing, There wasn't any aussies there :(
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Brandon Semenuk
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Brandon Semenuk
http://users.on.net/~TOUGE/highland/claymore13.jpg

Cam McCaul
http://users.on.net/~TOUGE/highland/claymore15.jpg

Cam McCaul
http://users.on.net/~TOUGE/highland/claymore16.jpg

Brandon Semenuk getting thrown in the lake(Happened last year just as fun but they now have made it a tradition.
http://users.on.net/~TOUGE/highland/claymore17.jpg

[felixR]

nice coverage Tim! thanks for sharing

[keviny]

Nice one!....

[Jing]

we have our own canada reporter now :D

[TOU93]

we have our own canada reporter now :D

I won't be making it to Crankworx :( i would LOVEEEEEEE to go but flights are too expensive and it's a 4500km drive one way. :(

I will be going to the world champs tho!!!!! :D

[Iceman]

I will be going to the world champs tho!!!!! :D

Me too! ;)

[TOU93]

Me too! ;)

Where will you be staying? Quebec city or up in the mountains near Mont ste-anne?

Should catch up for a beer or 4.

[Iceman]

Where will you be staying? Quebec city or up in the mountains near Mont ste-anne?

Should catch up for a beer or 4.

I will be staying in Melbourne...
(UCI Road World Champs... >:))

[ADAM7935]

Nice pics ,

i thought this was a challenge to ride through claymore.. Lol

[Comic Book Guy]

Lol.

[crank]

i thought this was a challenge to ride through claymore.. Lol

Nice. I thought the same. Get dropped in and try to make it out with your bike, phone, wallet and shoes!;)

[Comic Book Guy]

I've ridden through Airds at 10pm does that count as the "Airds Challenge". And, yes I pedalled f'ing fast.

[ADAM7935]

Nice. I thought the same. Get dropped in and try to make it out with your bike, phone, wallet and shoes!;)

Should be a reality show.

[crank]

I've ridden through Airds at 10pm does that count as the "Airds Challenge". And, yes I pedalled f'ing fast.

Along the picturesque Riverside Dr or along the firetrail behind? Either one could be considered a challenge!

We could organise a Tour de Scrambelltown with our own HC sections, although the HC has nothing to do with climbs! Link Macquarie Fields, Min(t)o, Airds, Claymore and Roseghetto and come back to a finish down Queen St or Blaxland Rd.

[taibo]

Lol@Crank!!!

[ADAM7935]

I would win the macfields section hands down as it's my old hood since a tacker