My favorite part was listening to TJ Lavin and Jamie Bestwick debate what people should have been scored or how a run went down.  Classic.  While you won’t hear that in the video below, you will get to see some highlights…

Corey Bohan, who came into the day third in the Dew Cup race, pushed hard and ended up second at the contest and second in the race after Luke Parslow, second in the Dew Cup standings, was unable to crack the top three.

Enarson won the contest thanks to two huge runs that gave him the top spot going into the third and final run.  White was in first after one run but stumbled on his second, opening the door for the 17-year old from San Diego to grab his second win on the tour.

White came close to taking the Dew Cup in 2007 but lost it to Ryan Nyquist after crashing on his final run.  This year, with the Dew Cup lead his going into Orlando, he had a comfortable lead and didn’t need to finish first to take home the overall honor which has a payout of $75K.

BMX Dirt Final Results – PlayStation Pro
October 18, 2008 – Orlando, FL
1. Dennis Enarson, La Mesa, Calif., 93.33*
2. Corey Bohan, Australia, 93.17
3. Cameron White, Australia, 93.09
4. Rob Darden, Greenville, N.C., 92.59
5. Chris Doyle, Pittsburgh, Penn., 92.42
6. Luke Parslow, Australia, 91.00
7. Nate Berkheimer, Las Vegas, 90.33
8. Ryan Guettler, Australia, 87.34
9. Anthony Napolitan, Youngstown, Ohio., 86.67
10. Ryan Nyquist, Los Gatos, Calif., 85.92
* Score is average of best two out of three runs

Bohan and White both scored a 91.92, but thanks to a higher second score Bohan took second-place.  Top qualifier Dennis Enarson and last year’s Toyota Challenge winner James Foster rounded out the top five.

The course was radically different than most AST Dew Tour courses and was designed by Stephen Murray, who was paralyzed after crashing at the 2007 Panasonic Open in Baltimore.   Tim “Fuzzy” Hall, a SLC local, built it.

Ryan Nyquist entered the day on top of the Dew Cup race but two crashes landed him in 11th place and in fourth-place in the Dew Cup standings, 27 points behind Cameron White.  Luke Parslow and Corey Bohan are almost even with Nyquist.

The final stop in BMX Dirt for the 2008 AST Dew Tour takes place on Oct. 17 in Orlando.

Check out the full results below.

Corey Bohan at the 2008 Toyota Challenge

BMX Dirt Final Results – Toyota Challenge
September 12, 2008 – Salt Lake City, UT

1st – Aitken, Mike – 92.08
2nd – Bohan, Corey – 91.92
3rd – White, Cameron – 91.92
4th – Enarson, Dennis – 91.84
5th – Foster, James – 91.50
6th – Ellis, TJ – 90.09
7th – Parslow, Luke – 90.09
8th – Napolitan, Anthony – 88.59
9th – Dosch, Brandon – 88.34
10th – Nastazio, Cory – 88.25
11th – Nyquist, Ryan – 85.50
12th – Guettler, Ryan – 84.33

AST Dew Tour: Dew Cup Current Standings
BMX Dirt Points

1. Cameron White, 303
2. Luke Parslow, 279
3. Corey Bohan, 278
4. Ryan Nyquist, 276
5. James Foster, 264
6. Dennis Enarson, 262
7. Cory Nastazio, 202
8. Ryan Guettler, 201
9. Rob Darden, 172
10. Diogo Canina, 158

BMX Dirt Prelim Results – Toyota Challenge
September 11, 2008 – Salt Lake City, UT

1st – Enarson, Dennis – 93.00
2nd – Aitken, Mike – 92.00
3rd – Guettler, Ryan – 91.83
4th – Bohan, Corey – 91.67
5th – Dosch, Brandon – 91.50
6th – Foster, James – 91.17
7th – Nastazio, Cory – 91.17
8th – Napolitan, Anthony – 91.00
9th – Ellis, TJ – 89.83
10th – Darden, Rob – 89.50
11th – McCann, Steven – 89.33
12th – Cooke, Allan – 87.67
13th – Gerber, Chris – 87.33
14th – Gethard, Brad – 85.50
15th – Bowers, Charlie – 85.33
16th – Canina, Diogo – 84.50
17th – Hall, Tim – 83.00
18th – Wade, Morgan – 81.00
19th – O’hara, Kyle – 80.33
20th – Wirch, Scott – 79.00
21st – Berkheimer, Nate – 78.33
22nd – Mackay, Colin – 75.33
23rd – Aloise, Adam – 74.83
24th – Hult, Josh – 74.17

The first video features highlights from the BMX Dirt finals, including parts of Cameron White’s winning run and those of Ryan Guettler and Ryan Nyquist.  The second has some shots from Friday’s FMX Demo, which replaced the full contest this season.  Judging from the almost-empty stands, it’s understandable.  Of course, the Red Bull X-Fighters contest in Madrid could have something to do with it, too.

Cameron White has won the BMX Dirt final at the 2008 Right Guard Open in Cleveland, OH.  Ryan Guettler placed second while the winner of last month’s Panasonic Open, Ryan Nyquist, placed third.  The win means White and Nyquist are tied in the race for the Dew Cup — the top honor awarded to the best athletes in each sport of the AST Dew Tour.  Nyquist won the honor in 2007.

Despite White’s close finish to Nyquist in last year’s Dew Cup race, White hasn’t won a AST Dew Tour final since the Vans Invitational in Portland in August 2006.

For Guettler, the second-place finish is all the sweeter since he missed the finals last month in Baltimore.  James Foster. Steve McCann and Dennis Enarson rounded out the top five while top qualifier Corey Bohan (last month’s top three finalists were pre-qualified) ended up in 8th place.  Hometown hero, Anthony Napolitan, who won the Dew Cup in 2006, finished a disappointing 12th place.

Keep reading for some more details from the AST about his win.  Otherwise, here are your final results:

BMX Dirt Finals Results – 2008 Right Guard Open
July 18, 2008 – Cleveland, OH

1st – White, Cameron – 93.92
2nd – Guettler, Ryan – 92.50
3rd – Nyquist, Ryan – 91.59
4th – McCann, Steven – 89.58
5th – Enarson, Dennis – 89.34
6th – Parslow, Luke – 89.34
7th – Darden, Rob – 89.25
8th – Bohan, Corey – 88.75
9th – Foster, James – 88.58
10th – Dosch, Brandon – 88.08
11th – Berkheimer, Nate – 86.92
12th – Napolitan, Anthony – 86.00

Cameron White Wins AST Dew Tour BMX Dirt event in Cleveland

CLEVELAND -Cameron White established his dominance on the dirt course and won the BMX Dirt event in the Right Guard Open on Friday night.

The 24-year old White, of Australia, landed his signature trick, a backflip barspin tailwhip, to secure the victory with a 93.92 score.  Fellow Australian Ryan Guettler finished second at 92.50 and Ryan Nyquist of Greenville, N.C. was third at 91.59.

The 90-minute final was full of technical tricks, with a 1080 from Guettler and a double backflip from Luke Parslow, who finished sixth.

White is the current points leader in the quest for the Dew Cup but he doesn’t dwell on the standings.

“If you start looking long term it’s just added pressure,” White said. “I try to alleviate all the pressure I can and just compete against myself every run. Those runs I did today were the best I can do. I gave it everything and landed it and that’s all you can ask for.”

Check out some video of highlights from the action.

Full results are below plus check out some photos on RideBMX.com.  We’ll post photos as soon as we get ‘em.

One note — Gary Young apparently missed the finals and Mike Clark took his place ending up in sixth overall.  Not bad!

2008 Red Bull Elevation Final Results
1. Cam White ($10,000)
2. Ryan Nyquist ($6,000)
3. Corey Bohan ($4,000)
4. TJ Ellis ($3,500)
5. Chris Doyle ($2,500)
6. Mike “Hucker” Clark ($1,500)
7. Rob Darden ($1,000)
8. James Foster ($500)
9. Dennis Enarson ($500)
10. Anthony Napolitan ($500)
11. Dane Searls
12. Brian Foster

Best Trick: Ryan Nyquist, cannonball double barspin. ($5,000)

Corey Bohan, Cameron White and Ryan Nyquist topped the semifinal results at Red Bull Elevation on Saturday, with only 0.3 separating the three riders. The top 12 riders from the field of 30 advanced to Sunday’s finals.

Check out the full press release below to see how everyone ranked.

RED BULL ELEVATION
International BMX Dirt Jump Competition
May 10th, 2008

A take off without precedents

It’s impossible to imagine, but today Red Bull Elevation turned the Parque Metropolitano into a runway. Thirty bicycles rolled for more than three hours over tons of dirt that give shape to the most impressive BMX Dirt Jump track.

The best riders of the world jumped up to three meters of height with only one thing in mind: to perform the best and most perfect tricks such as tailwhips, barspins and frontflips.

After each contestant had four opportunities to take over the course, the judges (Tim ‘Fuzzy’ Hall, Nuno Oliveira, John Povah, Ryan Barrett and Matt Beringer) revealed the semifinal’s results:

Name / Score
1. Corey Bohan 91.1
2. Cam White 91.0
3. Ryan Nyquist 90.8
4. TJ Ellis 89.7
5. Chris Doyle 89.7
6. Gary Young 89.1
7. Rob Darden 89.1
8. James Foster 88.5
9. Dennis Enarson 87.3
10. Dane Searls 87.3
11. Anthony Napolitan 86.3
12. Brian Foster 85.7

13. Mike “Hucker” Clark 85.1
14. Josh Stead 84.9
15. Adam Baker 84.4
16. Colin MacKay 84.0
17. Héctor García 83.1
18. Markus Hampl 82.7
19. Adam Aloise 82.3
20. Ryan Jordan 82.1
21. Ricardo Laguna 81.7
22. Alistair Whitton 81.5
23. Romuald “Bibi” Noirot 81.5
24. Jed Milden 81.2
25. Heath Pinter 79.9
26. Luke Parslow 79.7
27. Erick Soto 79.5
28. Fernando Sabat 75.3
29. Matt Beyers 75.0
30. Kym Grosser 71.4

Just the best twelve riders passed to the big final, which promises to be breathtaking.

“The course was challenging and I feel good on it”, said the Red Bull Athlete Corey Bohan (Australia), who obtained the best score during the semifinal. On the other hand, ‘El Baisa’-who today experienced his first international Dirt Jump competition- mentioned that spite he didn’t qualify to the final, he is very happy of having participated in this event; “to ride on a course like this is a motivation for me to keep practicing BMX”, said the Mexican rider.

Tomorrow at noon everything will be ready for the finalists to challenge gravity and show what they are able to do on two wheels.

May 11th: live transmission on www.redbullelevation.com.mx