Sunday, August 24th, 2008
As we've mentioned here more than a few times FMX has been downsized in this year's AST Dew Tour. Instead of being at all five stops, it will only be in three (Baltimore, Salt Lake City and Orlando). Portland, being an indoor venue, was always a difficult sell because riders ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
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Daniel Dhers came into Sunday trying to be the only athlete left who had a perfect record this season on the Dew Tour (FMX notwithstanding) and Mike Spinner did his best to change that. But in the end, it wasn't only Dhers on top again, but for the second month ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Each month at the AST Dew Tour one event gets the short stick and doesn't get any TV coverage -- there's only so much time in a TV broadcast, after all. Of course, the tour did drop FMX as an event from the Right Guard Open and Wendy's Invitational, so ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
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Chad Kagy has been in Jamie Bestwick's shadow for the last two AST Dew Tour events and it was only a matter of time before he would get an edge. That happened Saturday as Kagy came through with a huge final run to score a 95.00, edging Bestwick's 94.17 (Bestwick ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Rob Darden led a crowded field trying to make Sunday's BMX Park Finals at the Wendy's Invitational in Portland, OR, the third stop of the 2008 AST Dew Tour. Anthony Napolitan, known best as a dirt rider, was a surprise second-place qualifier while Brandon Dosch was third. Garrett Reynolds, fresh ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Just in case you couldn't find the Skate Street Park finals on USA Network last night (they were preempted about 7 hours thanks to the Olympics) the AST folks were kind enough to send through some highlights to check out.
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
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Pierre-Luc Gagnon found some redemption Saturday at the Wendy's Invitational in Portland OR, after a tough showing last month in Cleveland's Right Guard Open but it was veteran Bob Burnquist who ended up taking the top spot. AST Dew Cup points leader Bucky Lasek had a tough day, coming in ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Nastazio, Parslow, Bohan | cr. AST
Aussie Luke Parslow held off a strong comeback bid by veteran Cory "Nasty" Nastazio to take the BMX Dirt title at the Wendy's Invitational in Portland, OR on Friday night. Going into his third and final run, Parslow was tied with Nasty before landing a ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
P-Rod, Ryan Sheckler and Greg Lutzka | cr. AST
Ryan Sheckler had something to prove after a fall last month knocked him out of a top-three finish in the AST Dew Tour for the first time ever. He came back today with a win at the Wendy's Invitation on a street-style ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
The AST Dew Tour rolled out a special street plaza course this month at the Wendy's Invitational and made a big deal about bringing in legend Eric Koston to take part in the contest, which normally lacks many street-focused skaters. But Koston wasn't anywhere near the top when the skating ...
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