Well, Ortiz didn’t kid around, winning the contest and the Dew Cup, with P-Rod and Greg Lutzka close behind.  And our Mr. Sheckler?  Tenth.

Congrats on #1 Chaz — it must be great to be 14.

Video highlights below.

Watch highlights from the action below…

Check out the top highlights from the Saturday night contest in the video below.

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…

Adam Jones was the big winner Sunday at the PlayStation Pro, not only taking home the title for the individual contest, but also grabbing the Dew Cup and its $75K award.  Jones’ biggest competition for the Dew Cup, Aussie Blake “Bilko” Williams (who won one event this season) did not compete as expected.

Robbie Maddison was close behind Jones in second place, both for the contest and for the Dew Cup, while Metal Mulisha rider Jeremy Lusk was third in both races.

FMX was only a contest event in three of the five AST Dew Tour stops this season, and Jones won this event and last month’s Toyota Challenge in Salt Lake City.

For more about the final, check out AST.com.

FMX Final Results – PlayStation Pro
October 19, 2008 – Orlando, FL
1. Adam Jones, Minden, Nev., 93.67
2. Robbie Maddison, Australia, 93.10
3. Jeremy Lusk, San Diego, 92.57
4. Beau Bamburg, Gresham, Ore., 91.90
5. Jeff Kargola, San Clemente, Calif., 90.23
6. Mike Mason, Carson City, Nev., 88.03
7. Myles Richmond, Cherry Valley, Calif., 86.67
8. Wiley Fullmer, Corona, Calif., 86.10
9. Derek Garland, San Clemente, Calif., 85.10
10. Ronnie Faisst, Mays Landing, N.J., 84.33

One year ago, Chaz Ortiz was making his first appearance on the AST Dew Tour at Orlando’s PlayStation Pro having qualified for a wildcard thanks to taking the Free Flow Tour title.  At only 13, he was competiting as an amateur.  This year, he won it all.

“I wasn’t expecting to win,” Ortiz said. “I came in here just wanting to have fun and I mean it all came together. To win it is ten times better.”

Ortiz didn’t just win the PlayStation pro, he dominated it.  Yes, Paul Rodriguez Jr. and Greg Lutzka were in it to the end, but Ortiz couldn’t be beat after landing almost every trick cleanly in the seven-minute jam session.

Three-time Dew Cup champ Ryan Sheckler, who led the race going into Orlando, was off of his game finishing well out of the running in the contest at 10th place and 3rd for the Dew Cup.

For the season both Sheckler and Ortiz won two stops (the other was won by P-Rod) but Sheckler’s poor showing in two contests made the difference.

P-Rod finished second in the contest and in the Dew Cup Race, followed by Greg Lutzka in third for the contest (and fourth for the Dew Cup).

Timmy Knuth, 17, who won this year’s Free Flow Tour amateur title in Salt Lake City last month, finished in fourth place today.

For more about the final and about the tour, check out AST.com.

Skate Park Final Results – PlayStation Pro
October 19, 2008 – Orlando, FL
1. Chaz Ortiz, Chicago, 92.75
2. Paul Rodriguez, Tarzana, Calif., 91.25
3. Greg Lutzka, Milwaukee, 86.75
4. Timmy Knuth (A), Melbourne, Fla., 82.10
5. Austen Seaholm, Anaheim, Calif., 79.60
6. Carlos De Andrade, Brazil, 77.00
(the following did not qualify for six man jam session)
7. Chris Mendes, Moreno Valley, Calif., 79.50
8. Rodolfo Ramos, Brazil, 78.75
9. Danilo Do Rosario, Brazil, 78.75
10. Ryan Sheckler, San Clemente, Calif., 78.00

It was supposed to be easy for Bucky — he was first in the points standing and needed a first or second-place finish (depending on where everyone else placed) to win his third Dew Cup.  Instead, he fell and ended up in last place, opening the contest up to Bob Burnquist, Andy Macdonald and Pierre-Luc Gagnon, who trailed him in the Dew Cup standings.

PLG took advantage by winning the contest with a huge 96.00 run — Andy Mac finished in second for the contest (and  only 13 points behind PLG in the Dew Cup race) and Danny Mayer came in third.  Burnquist ended up in sixth-place.

For PLG, the win comes three years after coming close to getting the Dew Cup in 2005 (he lost it when Lasek won it in the final contest).  PLG’s season has been a remarkable one outside the AST Dew Tour, with wins at the X Games and the Maloof Money Cup.  And while he has won at the Dew Tour before, this was his first win of the season (he had three second-place finishes).

Skate Vert Final Results – PlayStation Pro
October 18, 2008 – Orlando, FL
1. Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canada, 96.00
2. Andy Macdonald, Boston, 87.00
3. Danny Mayer, Omaha, Neb., 86.00
4. Sandro Dias, Brazil, 85.25
5. Adam Taylor, Cocoa Beach, Fla., 81.00
6. Bob Burnquist, Brazil, 80.75
7. Anthony Furlong, Tampa, Fla., 79.50
8. Buster Halterman, Wellsville, Calif., 75.25
9. Jean Postec, France, 71.75
10. Bucky Lasek, Baltimore, 45.75

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

Tim “Fuzzy” Hall in 2006 at the Toyota Challenge.

It’s the final stop of the AST Dew Tour for 2008, and the action sports stars plan to send it off with a bang. Meanwhile, BMX dirt has become the Tour’s sensation, with outrageous air and even more outrageous tricks.

Fuzzy Hall designed and built the Dew Tour BMX dirt course for the final stop, the PlayStation Pro in Orlando. Now he will also ride it as a competitor. “He got a wild card to get in,” says Utah rider Eddie Buckley, the BMX coordinator for the Tour. Buckley is also a rider, but here, “I’m just the hired help.”

The previous stop was in Salt Lake City, where blazing heat made it uncomfortable for riders. “It’s only about 80 degrees in Orlando now, but the humidity is about 89 per cent. It sucks” Buckley says

He adds that the Florida course is big. “The Salt Lake course had a lot of hips, (jumps at an angle). This one is more of a straight course, the drops go down in a straight line. They are really big, there was huge air in prelims,” Buckley says.

He adds, “Everybody’s up and ready for tonight because of how close the points are. After the prelims, the first, second, third and fourth place riders were all within a few points of each other. To win, they’ll all need something new. You also saw that a lot yesterday in park and vert. They are going to have to bring their newest and best.”

That means that the level of skating and riding has once again been ratcheted up another notch.

Buckley says that after the Saturday night BMX dirt contest under the full moon, they and the other action sports stars of the Tour will party hearty, but not with the gaggle of groupies who present themselves for availability by the finish area.

“It’s definitely going to be a great party tonight, we’re going to celebrate a great season, and hopefully no one will get hurt. When we hang out, we’re just all friends. We’re not looking for chicks, but just to hang out with the boys,” Buckley says.

- by Wina Sturgeon, AdventureSportsWeekly.com

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