Rheeder and Rogatkin slopestyle rivalry continues at Crankworx Innsbruck

After crashing in practice, Rheeder still flies to second in Innsbruck

Terry McKall June 17, 2018

Innsbruck Crankworx 2018 Brett Rheeder — Brett Rheeder on the Innsbruck Crankworx slopestyle course Image: Fraser Britton / Crankworks

Nicholi Rogatkin stole the second round of Crankworx World Tour slopestyle competition after Canada’s Brett Rheeder crashed hard during practice in Austria.

2018 Crankworx Innsbruck Rogatkin — Nicholi Rogatkin flies into first at Crankwox Innsbruck. Image: Fraser Britton / Crankworx

Despite missing most of the scheduled practice time, and riding with an injured wrist on competition day, Rheeder still walked away from the Innsbruck round of Crankworx with a second place finish. The Canadian slopestyle specialist left some of his newer, higher scoring tricks out of his run, but still scored enough points to beat out Diego Caverzasi in third, and still threw in a big flat drop back flip tailwhip.

Rheeder 2018 Innsbruck Crankworx Slopestyle — Brett Rheeder in practice on the Innsbruck Crankworx slopestyle course. Image: Fraser Britton / Crankwox

Crankworx concludes today with the iXS Crankworx downhill race. The four stop series then heads to Les Gets, France before the final round in Whistler, B.C.

Earlier in Innsbruck, Casey Brown of Revelstoke, B.C. won another whip-off competition, winning the Oakley Alpine Whip Off on a huge sender high in the Austrian alpine.

2018 Innsbruck Crankworx Brown — Casey Brown whips her way to a win in Austria. Image: Fraser Britton / Crankworx