Sunday, September 14th, 2008
PLG isn't a happy man. After some questionable judging he has found himself on the outside looking in too many times at the Dew Tour -- is it really worth $3K to go through all that stress (and BTW, what happened to those $15K payouts -- or is this a ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
The incredible Mr. Dhers made it four-for-four on Sunday when he won the BMX Park title -- looks like he's a good bet to be the first guy to win all five contests in a season. The great thing, though, is Mike Spinner is right on his tail and won't ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
The AST Dew Tour loves SLC -- and SLC loves it back. The tour drew 63,481 fans this year according to tour officials -- about 1,500 more than last year's record turnout of 61,910. In case you haven't been reading our coverage, a full press release follows with all ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
There are definitely some young guns ready to take on Andy Mac, Bucky Lasek and Bob Burnquist and a few of them were on display Sunday at the Free Flow Tour finals at the Toyota Challenge in SLC. Ending up on top was 15-year-old Paul Luc Ronchetti, who will now ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Skate Vert podium. cr. John Swenson
It took four years but Andy Macdonald has finally won an AST Dew Tour event, taking the Skate Vert finals at the Toyota Challenge in SLC on Sunday.
Macdonald edged Pierre-Luc Gagnon by a quarter-point to take the win, throwing a monkey wrench into the Dew ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
BMX Park Podium cr. John Swenson
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 ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
If you can get past the electro-new wave soundtrack to the video below, you will catch some pretty sick skating from Chaz Ortiz on his way to winning the Skate Park finals in Salt Lake City's Toyota Challenge. You also get to see one of Ryan Sheckler's (at least) three ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Adam Jones won the contest, but there was a lot of great riding going on Saturday at the FMX finals at the Toyota Challenge, the fourth stop of the AST Dew Tour (but only the second official FMX contest). While this video gets most of the highlights, it doesn't show ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
We already told you all about the wins by Chaz Ortiz and Adam Jones, but check out the official release below that gives a little more info, including the fact that nearly 26,000 people were on hand to watch all the action.
Of course, the release doesn't mention anything about the ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Nic Long cr. John Swenson
BMX Supercross made its Olympic Debut a month ago in China and Mike Day and Donny Robinson were among the favorites to compete, leaving with a silver and bronze. They returned stateside to compete at the AST's special BMX SX event at the Toyota Challenge in ...
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