Nasty Rankings

1. (-) Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders

Doing the most to curb CO2 emissions by blocking pipelines while getting brutalized by the RCMP, something that obviously shouldn’t happen. Respect to them. For a good summary description, see here. See here and here to read info coming from the Indigenous peoples themselves.

Gitxsan legal defense donate link: here

Tiny House Warriors (TransMountain Pipeline resistance) legal defense donate link: here

2. (-69) Genviève Lalonde

Not quite a 30s win to cover the spread (as predicted) but going Secretariat mode to take the triple crown is still deserving of #2 nasty. Three straight BABY.

3. (-420) John Gay

The guy went bedtime mode and was absolutely lights out for the dub. I warned people to watch out for JG because he might have things to say and holy, turns out he had an absolute thesis defense ready. I should have picked him to win. Now he’s #3 nasty. Respect.

4. (+2) Mitchell Ubene

Buddy prevented a Laval gold medal sweep. I guess he hammered enough cakes (update, it’s never enough cakes). Honestly I don’t think this is going to slide all the way off the rankings anytime soon. It was too epic and I’m a little biased.

5. (-109) Thunderbirds Elite

These guys talked a big enough meme game to name every letter of the alphabet and then focused in on L to send Laval and The Bandits home DEVASTED by racing to a massive W in Ottawa. To be honest, I did not know they had it in them. T Dozzi is officially the sandbag master, call this guy if your community has a flood risk in effect, and John Gay is #3 nasty. Shoutout to Nobbs for turning the handle around a week later and Broatch for coming in at the egg carton position. Unbelievable really. We’re never going to hear the end of this, but an unforseen meme battle that carried them to victory is truly epic. Hard Rock Nick baby.

6. (-) Laval Lave-Auto

The Laval boys may not have won but they continue to execute this move to perfection on the dance floor. Anyone who can pull this off multiple weeks in a row deserves to keep their spot. Those country hockey players had no freakin clue what was going on, but I guess I wouldn’t expect people wearing tuques on the dance floor to fully grasp the concept of the lave-auto. Les boys also still snagged second in the senior team competition, plus the women utilized their stacked sandwich to go back to back. Pretty nuts. Pretty noix.

7. (-10,213) Maria Bernard-Galea

I knew she was nasty but I DID NOT know she was “make Gen Lalonde quake in her boots for 7k” nasty. She hung on for a very long time before Gen was able to pull away. I’m not sure I would be confident enough to do that, would probably opt to go “whoever made calendars” mode and call it a day.

8. (-6,999) Cameron Proceviat

With the chirping of the Tbirds taking up all the coverage, some of the other BC guys went stealth mode and flew under the radar. If you would have told me this guy was going to medal at #ACXCtime I would have told you to smarten up. Clearly the dumb one is me. How nasty will Cam be over 1500 this coming season 😱😱😱???

8. (-1,000 / -5,037) Sadie Sigfstead / Nolan Turgeon

Well you have to give the Juniors (u20) credit for their wins but Sadie especially, she absolutely dusted the field like a spring lampshade and she’s only 18!!! Was third as a 16-year-old two years ago. Someone has been eating their wheaties. Nasty indeed. Wow.

10. (-19) Ben Flanagan

Manchester road race W but guy seems to be too scared of XC after a traumatizing 7th at Fort Henry in Kingston in 2018. Benny and his Jets are motoring, but I wish he would come back here to send some mud.

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