Crankslides with Jim Cielencki

So, you want to learn crankslides? Well watch this video and learn how to do them. Let me give you some major pointers first. Ride absolutely parallel with the rail. If you have any momentum going into the rail then chances are you will go over the bars. Learn to stall the trick on a low rail first. There's no sense in trying to slide a trick that you can't even hold. To land on the rail just bunnyhop and turn between 45 and 90 degrees. Put about 90% of your weight on your foot. Land on the pedal and crank arm. Don't lean back. You'll loop out. Just stay centered over the bike. Don't pull the brakes. You won't be able to adjust your positioning. To ride away just go off the end of the rail and ride away. It's not too hard. Use a sprocket guard because chances are you will break a chain if you don't. Odyssey MDS sprocket works the best. Once you've figured them out, then take them to bigger rails, up rails, do them jump over, switch, barspin in it, 180, frontside, pop out early and do trick into and out of them. For more crankslide footage, go check out the I Like Crankslides video from last summer.

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Steve McCann Wins BMX Big Air

McCann throws solid run of double front to double whip to earn gold

Unfortunately, one of the best riders to do it on the mega ramp and last year's champion, Chad Kagy, came down hard on his leg and would only complete a run worthy of third place earning him the bronze medal. This made the race for gold quite exciting, however, as it seemed to be anyone's game with Kagy only completing a "safety run" (a run to secure a solid score, usually as a first run, to allow for a back-up score in case of not landing more difficult runs).

And so that race..