The residents of Rochester, NY will have to look out for more than ghouls, goblins and pedophiles in the streets this Halloween because on October 25th, more than 30 of the best BMX riders in the country will gather at the Rochester Main Street

Armory for a contest that will be full of tricks, and for the best riders, some much deserved treats.  And we’re not talking about crappy treats like pennies, toothbrushes, or raisins, we’re talking about that good stuff that sends you to the dentist with hundred dollar visits.  I love Halloween! 
 
 
Red Bull Trick or Treat will feature Halloween themed obstacles, like a grave stone wall ride gap and a massive coffin shaped wedge. Taking place inside the historic Rochester Main Street Armory (next door to the haunted House of Pain), the event is free for all ages. For those who are not easily spooked, they will get to see some of the biggest names in BMX, including recent X Games BMX Street gold medalist Garrett Reynolds, 2006 X Games Park gold medalist Scotty Cranmer, Edwin DeLaRosa, Corey Martinez, Chris Doyle, Aaron Ross, Chase Hawk, Brian Kachinsky and Sean Sexton.

These riders will battle it out for $4,000 in prize money against Rochester locals like Jay Roe, Tony Hamlin, Tom Dillon and Steve Debusk. The jam session format will feature heats of riders throwing down runs until it is whittled down to the best 10 for a final jam that will take guts, skills and some good luck from the dark side to win.

The event will also feature an after party at the Armory. In partnership with Kink Bikes, there will be a world premiere of their new team video Safety First and performances by The Isotopes and DJ Tim Tones. Costumes are encouraged for both spectators and riders.
 

Red Bull Trick or Treat info
Date: Oct 25, 2008
Time: 7pm-9:30pm

Venue: Rochester Main Street Armory
900 East Main Street, Rochester NY

Free for all ages

Sounds like it was a huge party and it was nice to see that Stephen Murray made an appearance, handing out Dirt Jumper of the Year to Corey Bohan.

Check out the results below and go to FAT BMX for some cool pix (one of which we appropriated here — give the credit to Andy Z for the pic).

2008 NORA Cup Awards Results

• Flatland rider of the year: Terry Adams
• BMX Racer of the year: Mike Day
• Video of the year: End Search
• Dirt Jumper of the year: Corey Bohan
• Ramp rider of the year: Daniel Dhers
• Video part of the year: Sean Burns
• Street rider of the year: Garrett Reynolds

Daniel Dhers kept his hopes for a perfect season on the AST Dew Tour alive by winning the Toyota Challenge BMX Park finals Sunday in Salt Lake City.

Dhers had some strong competition from his constant companions on the podium, Mike Spinner (who finished less than a half a point behind Dhers) and Garrett Reynolds.

At this point Dhers appears to be a lock to be the first athlete ever to win all five events in a season for a particular sport.

See the full results below.

Dhers in action. cr. John Swenson
BMX Park Final Results – Toyota Challenge
September 14, 2008 – Salt Lake City, UT

1st – Dhers, Daniel – 93.33
2nd – Spinner, Mike – 93.00
3rd – Reynolds, Garrett – 92.00
4th – Mast, Craig – 91.83
5th – Guettler, Ryan – 91.50
6th – Kiraly, Kevin – 91.00
7th – Darden, Rob – 90.33
8th – Young, Gary – 90.00
9th – Bezanson, Drew – 89.33
10th – Whitton, Alistair – 88.17
11th – Toohey, Jaie – 88.00
12th – Hunt, Brian – 87.33

BMX Park Prelim Results – Toyota Challenge
September 13, 2008 – Salt Lake City, UT

1st – Reynolds, Garrett – 91.83
2nd – Mast, Craig – 91.67
3rd – Kiraly, Kevin – 91.33
4th – Bezanson, Drew – 90.83
5th – Young, Gary – 90.83
6th – Guettler, Ryan – 90.83
7th – Whitton, Alistair – 89.17
8th – Hunt, Brian – 89.17
9th – Toohey, Jaie – 88.83
10th – Nyquist, Ryan – 88.67
11th – Klinger, Seth – 88.67
12th – Foster, James – 88.50
13th – Tooker, Marcus – 88.33
14th – McCann, Steven – 88.33
15th – Dosch, Brandon – 88.00
16th – Wirch, Scott – 88.00
17th – Mirra, Dave – 87.83
18th – Napolitan, Anthony – 87.83
19th – Mackay, Colin – 87.33
20th – Enarson, Dennis – 86.33
21st – Wade, Morgan – 86.33
22nd – Harrington, Josh – 86.17
23rd – Barbero, Alessandro – 85.00
24th – Perry, Joshua – 85.00
25th – Sieg, Dan – 84.83
26th – Cooke, Allan – 82.83
27th – Thompson, William – 81.50
28th – Coleman, Austin – 71.33
29th – Canina, Diogo – 70.17
30th – Smith, Jeremiah – 70 .00

Garrett Reynolds | cr. ESPN/Shazamm

This year’s X Games kicked off with a new event, BMX Freestyle Street, and Garrett Reynolds edged veteran Van Homan to take the gold.  Reynolds (pictured in practice, above) took full advantage of the street course, including the double set of stairs.  Reynolds has won the gold at three international X Games events, but this marks his first gold at the main event.  The podium was rounded out by Sean Sexton.

Read the full recap below, including full results.

New Jersey’s Reynolds Continues His X Gold Streak in BMX Freestyle Street Final The Veteran Homan Faces Off Against the Rookie Reynolds

LOS ANGELES – X Games 14 kicked off this afternoon as two of New Jersey’s finest BMX Street riders dominated the Event Deck at LA LIVE street course in the BMX Freestyle Street Final. Rookie rider Garret Reynolds bested the veteran Van Homan to win the debut BMX Street final.

Reynolds has been on an international X Games winning streak, topping the podium at X Games Brazil 2008, X Games Dubai 2007 and X Games Mexico 2007.

“I just ride my bike, it’s what I love to do.” Reynolds shrugged humbly as he took the podium. “This course is everything I like to ride and the energy of the crowd was awesome.”

Reynolds threw out an unbeatable 180 bar-catch-bar down the double set of stairs that helped him clinch the title. As usual, Homan came out blazing with over-the-top combo set, including a manual to tire ride to bar spin combo.

“Garrett is a hard guy to beat. To get the silver I’m not disappointed,” said 28-year-old Homan about taking silver behind fellow New Jersey native Reynolds, who is 10 years his junior.

Homan added, “I’ve been around awhile, my first X Games was 10 years ago and I’ve never won a medal until today. I’m so psyched.”

Sean Sexton respectfully took the bronze but not before giving Homan a run for the silver throughout the final as he lofted into multiple impressive flares on the quarterpipe and put together a truckdriver no-handed 360 over the gap section.

The BMX action continues Friday with the Freestyle Big Air Final starting at 5:45 p.m. PT.

BMX FREESTYLE STREET FINAL
Results from ESPN X GAMES 14 at the Event Deck at LA LIVE in LOS ANGELES on Thursday, July 31, 2008. (Final Standings)

Name / Hometown / Score

1. Garrett Reynolds / Toms River, N.J. / 91.33
2. Van Homan / Pennsville, N.J. / 90.44
3. Sean Sexton / Tempe, Ariz. / 88.88
4. Brian Kachinsky / Chicago, Ill. / 87.55
5. Dakota Roche / Huntington Beach, Calif. / 85.11
6. Nathan Williams / Hartselle, Ala. / 85.11

BMX FREESTYLE STREET ELIMINATION
Results from ESPN X GAMES 14 at the Event Deck at LA LIVE in LOS ANGELES on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (Final Standings)

1 – Garrett Reynolds – 89.00 – 92.66 – 90.00 – 90.55
2 – Van Homan – 89.66 – 90.00 – 89.33 – 89.6
3 – Sean Sexton – 86.00 – 87.00 – 87.33 – 86.77
4 – Brian Kachinsky – 86.33 – 87.66 – 86.00 – 86.66
5 – Dakota Roche – 85.66 – 84.66 – 86.33 – 85.5
6 – Seth Kimbrouch – 82.00 – 89.00 – 84.66 – 85.2
7 – Nathan Williams – 81.66 – 84.00 – 89.00 – 84.88
8 – Brad Simms – 82.66 – 81.33 – 87.66 – 83.88
9 – Aaron Ross – 85.33 – 80.33 – 85.00 – 83.55
10 – Rob Wise – 84.33 – 83.00 – 83.33 – 83.55
11 – Corey Martinez – 77.33 – 81.00 – 82.33 – 80.22
12 – Josh Harrington – 76.00 – 70.00 – 1.00 – 49.00

Ryan Nyquist | cr. AST

Ryan Nyquist topped a tight nine-man field in the Right Guard Open BMX Park prelims Friday, as a little over three points seperated the top from the bottom.

Nyquist led the field with a 93.83, comfortably ahead of Garret Reynolds (92.00) and Craig Mast (91.83), but four riders tied in the middle of the pack with a 91.17, including James Foster, who is better known for his strong dirt skills.

Missing the cut were Morgan Wade, Dennis Enarson, Diogo Canina and local Anthony Napolitan, but that allowed some fresh faces to make the contest exciting, including Alessandro Barbero and Drew Bezanson.

Steve McCann also made the finals, meaning for the first time in AST history someone will be competiting in the finals of BMX Dirt, Vert and Park (he has made the finals of all three in the past, but never at the same time).

Already qualified for the finals are Daniel Dhers,  Ryan Guettler and Mike Spinner.

The finals will take place Sunday and be shown live on NBC from 4-6 p.m. ET.

Here’s the lineup for Sunday’s final (in order)

12. Alessandro Barbero
11. Drew Bezanson
10. Marcus Tooker
9. James Foster
8. Rob Darden
7. Steven McCann
6. Craig Mast
5. Garrett Reynolds
4. Ryan Nyquist
3. Mike Spinner
2. Ryan Guettler
1. Daniel Dhers

BMX Park Prelim Results – 2008 Right Guard Open
July 18, 2008 – Cleveland, OH
(Top Nine Advance)

1st    Nyquist, Ryan    93.83
2nd    Reynolds, Garrett    92
3rd    Mast, Craig    91.83
4th    McCann, Steven    91.67
5th    Darden, Rob    91.17
6th    Foster, James    91.17
7th    Tooker, Marcus    91.17
8th    Bezanson, Drew    91.17
9th    Barbero, Alessandro    90.5
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10th    Young, Gary    90.33
11th    Enarson, Dennis    90.17
12th    Kiraly, Kevin    89.5
13th    Hunt, Brian    89.33
14th    Wade, Morgan    88.83
15th    Harrington, Josh    88.67
16th    Wirch, Scott    88.33
17th    Napolitan, Anthony    88.33
18th    Dosch, Brandon    88
19th    Thompson, William    87.17
20th    Whitton, Alistair    86.67
21st    Perry, Joshua    86.5
22nd    Watkinson, Anthony    86.17
23rd    Canina, Diogo    85.33
24th    Smith, Jeremiah    85.33
25th    Vasquez, Eric    85.17
26th    Sieg, Dan    84.83
27th    Snowden, Ben    84
28th    Toohey, Jaie    83.5
29th    Coleman, Austin    83.5
30th    Mackay, Colin    82.5
31st    Klinger, Seth    77
32nd    Cooke, Allan    73.5

Andy Macdonald- photo by Charlie Xia

Andy Macdonald shredded the Skate Vert competition Friday in Shanghai at X Games Asia, defending his ‘07 title at the event. Silver went to 16-year-old Josh Stafford, with Renton Millar taking bronze and Neal Hendrix one off the podium.

The BMX Park finals were a little closer, as Garrett Reynolds edged Spaniard Sergio Layos for the gold, 92.67 to 91.00. Aussie Chris O’Donnell took the bronze.

The Asia X Games wrap up on Saturday with Skate Park and demos for Moto X Best Trick and Step Up.

For more about the games check out the official site for the Asia X Games. Check out the press release at the end of this post for all the results from the other sports at the event.

Skate Vert Final Results

1. Andy Macdonald – 95.00 ($6,000)
2. Josh Stafford – 86.67 ($4,000)
3. Renton Millar – 84.67 ($2,000)
4. Neal Hendrix – 82.00 ($1,000)
5. Seiya Sano – 77.33 ($1,000)
6. Marcelo Bastos – 76.67 ($1,000)
7. Gen Ogawa – 76.67 ($600)
8. Nicky Guerrero – 76.00 ($600)
9. Jan Tomsovsky – 72.00 ($500)
10. Sergie Ventura – 71.00 ($500)

BMX Park Final Results

1. Garrett Reynolds – 92.67 ($6,000)
2. Sergio Layos – 91.00 ($4,000)
3. Chris O’Donnell – 89.67 ($2,000)
4. Kiattichai Wanitsakul – 89.33 ($1,000)
5. Vince Byron – 88.67 ($1,000)
6. Ben Snowden – 87.33 ($1,000)
7. Chokchai Wanitsakul – 87.00 ($600)
8. Koji Kraft – 85.33 ($600)
9. Greg Illingworth – 84.67 ($500)
10. Prachaya Iamsa-ard – 84.33 ($500)

Josh Stafford – photo by Charlie Xia

Andy Macdonald Wins his Second Straight Gold Medal Convincingly at KIA X Games Asia 2008

Indonesia Continues Its Domination of Speed Climbing on Day Two

Shanghai, China – High-flying action continued on day two of competition at KIA X Games Asia as more than 15,100 fans cheered on their favorite athletes at KIC Jiangwan Sports Center. The day was packed with thrilling contests by some of the world’s best athletes competing in Skateboard Vert, Speed Climbing and BMX Park.

“We’re thrilled to see the raised excitement as well as the growth in the understanding of action sports from the Chinese fans since we were last here a year ago,” said Rick Alessandri, Senior Vice President and X Games Franchise Managing Director. “The success of today’s events only helps reinforce our commitment to China as well as recognize the potential and possibilities for our X Games consumer products throughout the Asian region.”

Skateboard Vert

American skater Andy Macdonald showed Chinese fans why he has 16 X Games medals to his name as he dominated the field, scoring nearly 10 points better than the nearest competitor in the Skateboard Vert competition Friday afternoon. As the defending X Games Asia skateboard vert champion, Macdonald won back-to-back golds with his trademark consistency, skating cleanly in all three of his runs in a best of three format. Fellow San Diego, Calif. native Josh Stafford put in a solid performance as well, edging out Melbourne Australia’s Renton Millar for silver.

“It felt great to come back to Shanghai and win again as I noticed a difference this year in the level of education about the sport,” said Macdonald. “The crowd was really responsive, but this year they know the name of more tricks and they are cheering for all the right ones – they understand which tricks are harder, and they are cheering louder when a skater sticks it.”

When asked what he thought it would take for China to produce world-class skateboarders, Macdonald replied, “I think China has all the elements for producing great skaters. The first is access to good places to skate, and China is building more skateparks all the time. You have here in Yangpu District of Shanghai what is in my opinion the best skatepark in the world, the SMP Skatepark.”

Men’s Speed Climbing

The Indonesian men picked up where the women left off yesterday by winning the gold and bronze medals in the speed climbing competition. Although the Chinese climbers started off strong, one-by-one they began to make mistakes when it counted most as several of them slipped right at the finish. The closely contested final race was won by Indonesia’s Abu Dzar Yulianto as he just squeaked out the victory by the slimmest of margins past Kazakhstan’s Alexsandr Nigmatulin. Yulianto had never finished higher than sixth at the Asian X Games prior to his gold medal finish today. Fellow Indonesian teammate Galar Pandu Asmoro rounded out the podium with the bronze.

“I’m thrilled to win my first KIA X Games Asia gold medal after three tries,” said Yulianto. “The Chinese athletes were very strong and quick, but I think they were quite unlucky today. It was tense from the semi-finals onwards, but I think my efforts to stay focused and relaxed helped me.”

BMX Park

Day two of competition was concluded with the BMX Park finals in which the United States’ Garrett Reynolds won his first X Games Asia gold, beating out Spain’s Sergio Layos and Australia’s Chris O’Donnell. Reynolds, who overcame his luggage and bike being lost by the airlines for two days, had minimal time to practice, and as such, decided to take a more spontaneous approach to his runs.

“I planned a little bit of my run in advance, but when I got out there I just went with what I was feeling,” said Reynolds. “I didn’t think I got first place. Sergio, who I really admire, was riding really well, but I’ll take it,” he added.

Tomorrow KIA X Games Asia fans can anticipate an exciting final day of events, featuring competitions in Aggressive In-line Vert, Skateboard Park, demonstrations in Moto X Best Trick and Step Up and musical artist performances. Headlining once again in the Aggressive In-Line skate final will be the renowned Yasutoko brothers, who will again defend their gold and silver medals respectively.

About KIA X Games Asia

The KIA X Games Asia 2008 will showcase more than 200 of Asia’s and the world’s best action sport athletes from more than 20 countries and five continents as they compete in BMX freestyle, Aggressive In-line Skating, Skateboarding and Sport Climbing. In addition to the competitive events, Shanghai, China will also enjoy Moto X demonstrations by some of the world’s best riders in Best Trick and Step Up.

X Games Asia was first held in 1998 and is the most prestigious multi-event competition for action sports in Asia. Between 1998 and 2001 the event took place in Phuket, Thailand. From 2002-2004, the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur was home to the Asian X Games. In 2005, the event was hosted in Seoul, Korea before returning to Kuala Lumpur in 2006. Last year’s KIA X Games Asia marked the first time an X Games event was held in the People’s Republic of China.

Considered the pinnacle of global action sports competition, the KIA X Games Asia 2008 will be televised live from May 1 – 3, 2008 on ESPN Asia Networks from the KIC Jiangwan Sports Center, Yang Pu District. Visit the official websites www.Kiaxgamesasia.com and www.espnstar.com for more information.

In Skate Street, it was all Brazil as Lucas Carvalho took first, Rodolfo Ramos second and Paulo Correa third. It was all Americans, however, who dominated the BMX Street contest, led by Garrett Reynolds, followed by Sean Sexton and Aaron Ross. Full results for all events at the end of the post.

Day one action concluded with the Moto X Best Trick final where Todd Potter finished first thanks to his Cliff Hanger Backflip. Greg Hartman was second and Brice Izzo third.

You can watch all of Sunday’s action from 12 noon to 5 p.m. ET on EXPN.

Here are the full results from day one:

BMX STREET
1. Garrett Reynolds
2. Sean Sexton
3. Aaron Ross
4. Dakota Roche
5. Van Homan
6. Seth Kimbrough
7. Leandro Moreira
8. Corey Martinez
9. Brad Simms
10. Nigel Sylvester

SKATE STREET
1. Lucas Carvalho
2. Rodolfo Ramos
3. Paulo Correa
4. Daniel Vieira
5. Rodil de Araujo
6. Carlos de Andrade
7. Willian Domingues
8. Diego Oliveira
9. Dayne Brummet
10. Marcelo Amador

MOTO X BEST TRICK
1. Todd Potter
2. Greg Hartman
3. Brice Izzo
4. Ronnie Faisst
5. Derek Garland
6. Gilmar Flores
7. Matt Buyten
8. Kyle Loza
9. Cyro de Oliveira
10. Giancarlo Bergamini
11. Jonatan Azevedo