The Red Bull Elevation contest is the best dirt jump contest of the year. A team of professional dirt jump builders spends weeks in Whistler prepping a course that the riders actually enjoy riding. Things looked terrible weather wise. Some outdoor events had already been cancelled earlier in the year and the forecast said rain all weekend. It did rain but it also stopped. The trails could handle the rain drops and qualifying on Saturday might turn out to be the final score if Sunday would be a grey rainy day. Fortunately the sun showed up on Canada day and it gave all finalists the chance to ride the trails one more day.
It was windy though which made things difficult on the last set. Each rider had five runs with the best three scores counting towards an overall score.
Jay Miron was at the bottom of the course and interviewed the riders after each run.
Paul Roberts was commentation on top. Both did a great job informing the big crowd what BMX is all about.