The Cannonball Festival - Day 2

A monumental field of over 350 riders took on the Flow challenge today. A record that will hopefully only hold till next years event. The dusty course had many riders on their toes, with clouds of dust spraying from many a turn up the mountain. Thomas Crimmins backed up his win from last year in dominant fashion with Graeme Mudd in second. Chris Panozzo was third on his downhill bike after a big bingle aboard his trail bike the previous day. Tegan Molloy inches ever closer to the overall crown for the weekend with another win ahead of Sarah Booth and Lisa Mathieson

With the Flow Motion Cup concluded riders and racers headed for the hillside as the Downhill Seeding got underway. With no points, nor money on the table it was a relaxed attitude most riders took to seeding with trains and numerous accounts of holding back on the pedals floating about. Troy Brosnan however put in a display of force with almost twenty seconds on his nearest rival, setting the stage for an all out assault tomorrow. On her home trail Tegan Molloy is virtually unstoppable and with top seed and two wins behind her that looks set to continue.

As the afternoon wound down the action turned up for the final event of the day. The ODI Whip Wars. With the crowd on the hill beginning to get into a few drinks and festivities, the athletes let loose on the final tabletop. There were 360 attempts, bar spins (from one brave hardtrail), landed backflips and of course whips. With five successful whips required for judgement, riders were trying their best to get past 90. After an intense hour showdown Connor Fearon took home the cheque with his unbelievably clicked whips.