After a full day of practise on friday, all riders were given a few other runs on saturday morning before the qualification session started.
All riders were equipped with the new IDF transponders, with the big screen at the start providing live results and racing information directly from the transponders to the riders and the public. The transponder system really lived up to expectations allowing for an early practice sessions then 2 separate timing sessions followed by a full Top Ten Shootout then further practice in the afternoon. It seems that long waits at the top of the hill are a thing of the past. For the second World Cup in a row riders got more runs than they could handle which we see as a big change for the sport and a long overdue improvement
Californian riders are clearly leading the way on what is a very tricky, technical and super fast track, with IDF points leader Kevin Reimer and Brazilian Douglas 'Dalua' Silva in trouble early on in this gnarly track! Kevin, though a bruised ankle after an early crash, rode one run in the timed session and placed 25th. Douglas, 2012 World Champion, hurt himself early in the event and will not race tomorrow. We hope he will recover for Maryhill Festival of Speed, as all other riders who had a tough time in the meat grinder that is Angie's Curves - it really is an elite track
After showing some great form early this year Californian Aj Haiby posted the fastest time at 1m 50.6sec and will be in the top position in the bracket on sunday, followed by James Kelly who won the Top Ten Shootout with a track record leaving Zak Maytum and Billy "Bones" Meiners respectively 3rd and 4th and challenging them during racing for sure. In the Womens Division, Marie Bougourd, aka Spooky, from France, will be also in top position, closely followed by Elena Corrigal (CAN) and Tamara Prader (Switzerland)
In the junior Division, nobody could beat Chance Gaul, who was even fast enough to sneak into the top 16 open ranking.
Racing will be spectacular on this very fast and technical track, avoiding misfortune might be hard for some leaving a few surprises and position changes as these riders challenge themselves to the limit to take out the Angie's Curves IDF World Cup. Follow us on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/InternationalDownhillFederation) for regular updates during the race.
Qualifications results
1 Andrew Haiby 01:50.6
2 James Kelly 01:51.5
3 Zak Maytum 01:51.6
4 Billy Meiners 01:52.0
5 Ricardo Reis 01:52.4
6 Louis Pilloni 01:52.8
7 Duke Degen 01:52.8
8 Riley Harris 01:53.3
9 Max Wippermann 01:53.4
10 Dillon Stephens 01:53.4
11 Scott Lembach 01:53.5
12 Byron Essert 01:53.9
13 Kyle Martin 01:54.1
14 Patrick Switzer 01:54.2
15 Matthew Kienzle 01:54.3
16 Chance Gaul 01:55.2
17 Roger Jones 01:55.3
18 Thiago Gomes Lessa 01:55.5
19 Patrick Schep 01:55.7
20 Ville Hietala 01:56.2
21 Nicolas Desmarais 01:56.2
22 Thiago Duarte 01:56.5
23 Jimmy Riha 01:56.8
24 Tyler Howell 01:57.0
25 Kevin Reimer 01:57.2
26 Kevin Bouaich 01:57.6
27 Spencer Smith 01:57.8
28 Alex Tongue 01:58.0
29 Rain Daley 01:58.1
30 Riley Irvine 01:58.5
31 John Barnet 01:58.6
32 Trevor Ovenden 01:58.6
33 Daniel Luna 01:58.8
34 Leon Ritter 01:58.8
35 Pedro Frangulis 01:58.9
36 Alex Dehmel 01:59.0
37 Justin Rouleau 01:59.0
38 Brett Ciabattini 01:59.5
39 James Ware 01:59.6
40 Adam Persson 01:59.6
41 Ethan Vinograd 01:59.8
42 Alysson Garcia 02:00.0
43 Maxwell Capps 02:00.1
44 Jackson Shapiera 02:00.1
45 Justin Dailey 02:00.2
46 Lee Cation 02:00.5
47 Micah Green 02:00.5
48 Max Gradlmiller 02:00.9
49 Rafael Sabella 02:00.9
50 Bernardo Paixão 02:01.1
51 Deen Mondt 02:01.8
52 Charles Ouimet 02:01.9
53 Jose Guzman 02:02.0
54 Drew Edwards 02:02.2
55 Mackenzie Yoshida 02:02.4
56 Juliano Cassemiro 02:02.6
57 Cole Kurtz 02:02.8
58 Ethan Lau 02:02.8
59 Chadwick Gibson 02:02.9
60 Travis Morris 02:03.1
61 Aidan Lynds 02:03.3
62 Brandon Sanchez 02:03.4
63 Caio Cezar Nunes 02:03.4
64 Justin Suryanata 02:03.5
65 Camilo Cespedes 02:04.1
66 Nicholas Hopper 02:04.5
67 Merrick Wildash 02:05.1
68 Dre Nubine 02:05.2
69 Marie Bougourd 02:05.9
70 Elena Corrigall 02:06.0
71 Elijah Vinograd 02:06.4
72 Caden Castellini 02:07.0
73 Timothy Del Rosario 02:07.1
74 Brent Dubendorff 02:07.3
75 Jeremy Banting 02:07.3
76 Fabián Gutiérrez Roa 02:07.3
77 Mark Barfield 02:07.8
78 Edward Avina 02:08.8
79 Scott Peer 02:08.9
80 Keenan Domerecki 02:08.9
81 Shaquille James 02:09.0
82 Daniel Caro 02:10.0
83 Christian Montoya Pradel 02:10.0
84 Tamara Prader 02:10.1
85 Jolanda Vogler 02:10.7
86 Fernando Bailleres 02:10.9
87 Jonathon Decker 02:11.0
88 Brendan Grant 02:13.1
89 Marek Vanourek 02:13.1
90 Georgia Bontorin 02:17.0
91 Connor Ferguson 02:17.3
92 Radek Lukes 02:18.1
93 Marcela Giraldo Vanegas 02:19.6
94 Ricardo Sabatovitch 02:20.7
95 Tyler Raffle 02:20.9
96 Jacob Gellatly 02:22.0
97 Craig Ellis 02:23.6
98 Luis Lins 02:24.1
99 Jordan Montoya 02:32.8
100 David Townsend 02:38.6
101 Douglas Silva 02:41.2
102 Francesca Rosario 03:20.2
103 Biker Sherlock 03:23.6
104 Carlos Lascoutx 04:29.0
105 Shaun Douglas 23:16.0
