Chicago - April 28, 2008
Peanut Butter Knife Fight Takes No Prisoners
The event was held on a perfect sunny day on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Thirty riders were on hand to compete
in Jordie Lunn’s backyard ‘jam’, dubbed ‘Peanut Butter Knife Fight’. With nearly three-hundred spectators, it was a fun and
casual scene. Jordie Lunn changed ‘The Yard’ completely this year, and riders had a little surprise in store for them. The
yard was built
with a new, tricky pumptrack to start. The first day of practice really
took its toll on the athletes. Riders needed
all the key mountain bike skills for this competition...cornering, pumping and jumping. Jordie, Ryder Kasprick and Brandon
Semenuk made it look easy, as they pulled from their deep bag of talent. The rest of the dirt jumpers that ride foam pits and
straight jumps got schooled on the ‘squirrel catcher’.
The new DJ kids need to learn how to mountain bike! A couple picked it up by the end of the day but never had consistent
runs. Ryder put together two good runs with a couple of highlights (tuck no-hander, handplant, 270 spin out of the tree-ride).
Jordie rode exceptionally well despite have a couple of beers during the day. He says it keeps him loose and ready.
The final was whittled down to a 10 man ‘Super Final’ and the pressure was on. Semenuk put together a winning combo but
couldn’t quite pull it off. He tricked every jump, but on the last one, he over-rotated on a 360 X up and went down hard. It
was nice to see Ryder get a solid result after the crazy times he’s been through this year. Congratulations Ryder! Graham
Agassiz received the Most Improved Rider award, and took home a fresh new RockShox Argyle fork. He rode super smooth
and really brought some creative style this year.
Results:
1st Ryder Kasprick
SRAM, Rockshox, Avid, Truvativ, B-LABS and his baby
Jaden
2nd Jordie Lunn
Jamis Bicycles, SRAM, RockShox, Avid, Truvativ, Rockstar
Energy, Sombrio, E.13, Nike, Oakley, B-LABS, WTB
3rd Graham Agassiz
Kona, Marzocchi, Sombrio, Dakine, Oakley, Hayes, Maxxis,
Race Face, Giro, Bicycle Cafe
4th Dustin Greenall
Lavan, Transition Bikes
5th Eric Lawrenuk
Funn, Haro, Sombrio
photo credit to Harookz and Mike Reid.
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