Watch Live: Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle – Delayed, New Start Time

Action scheduled to start Friday at 4PM (PDT) / 7PM (EST)

Terry McKall March 23, 2018

After a week of downhill races, enduro competition and various dual slalom, pump track, and speed and style events, Crankworx Rotorua is ready for the main event. Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza, honouring the late freeride legend form New Zealand, Kelly McGarry, takes place Saturday March 23, and will live streamed on Red Bull TV.

UPDATE: Due to heavy rain, organizers have pushed the Slopestyle event back to Sunday afternoon. Rotorua Downhill will now have an earlier start time, and Slopestyle will run in the afternoon in New Zealand.

In an attempt to find the best possible weather window for competition, organizers have moved the event to an earlier time of day. That means that Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle is now scheduled to start around 4:00 PM (PST) or 7:00 PM (EST). Perfect Friday night viewing for those of us back at home in Canada. Slopestyle superstar Brandon Semenuk is not scheduled to start the Slopestyle event in Rotorua.

Tune in to the live stream at Red Bull TV for all the action. There is even a helpful countdown clock set to your local time zone, which should update if there are any last minute weather delays or changes.

Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle — Nicholi Rogatkin on his way to winning 2017 Crankworx Rotorua Credit: Fraser Britton / Crankworx

As for who to watch, Brett Rheeder of Mount Albert, Ont. will be the second last to start, just ahead of last year’s winner, Nicholi Rogatkin. Other Canadians among the 14 competitors scheduled to start are Anthony Messere of Surrey, B.C. and Logan Peat from the Sunshine Coast.