Crankworx Cairns Viewer's Guide

This week, Crankworx returns to Cairns, Queensland. Red Bull will broadcast multiple events from the festival for free on their YouTube channel.

See a broadcast schedule for Crankworx Cairns below.

Please note that the events take place in Australia, so due to the dateline, the broadcast date in North America may not match the date of the competition in Cairns. Though the events will be broadcast live, the replays will also stay up on YouTube, so there is no need to worry about waking up to catch the broadcast in the middle of the night.

Thursday

After two days of practice and qualifying in various events, the Specialized Dual Slalom finals will be the first televised event at Crankworx. Racers will be placed in a bracket based on their qualifying time and race against each other. After two head-to-head runs, the faster rider will advance to the next round.

Tune in to the broadcast of the head-to-head racing action live on Red Bull’s YouTube channel at 4:00 pm locally or 2:00 am EST.

Friday

On Friday, Crankworx will host the RockShox Downhill.

Though fewer pro downhillers will race in Cairns than did in Rotorua due to conflicts with the World Cup, downhill action is always a must-watch, especially when the fan-favorite duo of Eliot Jackson and Rob Warner are in the booth.

The downhill will broadcast live on Friday, May 24th at 2:30 pm locally or 12:30 am EST.

Saturday

Saturday will feature two televised events televised events from Cairns. In the morning, racers will compete in speed and style, a head-to-head race where riders can have time to take off their run depending on how many technical tricks they throw.

Speed and style races always seem to have exciting moments. Watch Martha Gill sacrifice her body to snake around the final gate of the speed and style in Rotorua below.

Related: Martha Gill Sacrifices Body To Somehow Snake Around Final Gate

The Cairns Speed and Style will be aired at 1:00 PM locally or 11:00 pm EST on Friday.

On Saturday evening Red Bull will air the finals from the Pump Track Challenge. In the pump track race, riders will race head to head chainless around the pump track, relying only on their pumping ability to generate speed.

The Pump Track Challenge will be broadcast live at 6:00 pm locally or 4:00 am EST.

Sunday

Sunday will feature the long-awaited Crankworx Slopestyle. Cairns will be the first time this year that the male slopestyle athletes will compete after they went on strike in Rotorua.

The slopestyle at Crankworx Cairns could be wide open for the taking if Emil Johansson does not compete. Emil broke his collarbone a little over a month ago putting the window for his recovery close to Crankworx. If he is not ready to go, Crankworx will see someone other than Emil win the slopestyle event for the first time since 2022.

Additionally, the women compete in Crankworx for the second time ever. Teenage phenom Patricia Druwen will be in the mix after an injury kept her out of Rotorua.

The Crankworx Slopestyle will be broadcast at 10:30 am locally or at 8:30 pm EST on Saturday.

See preliminary start lists for each event below.

Related: Crankworx Cairns Releases Preliminary Rider List

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