Saturday would be a pretty calm day BMX wise, the only thing going down was Park Prelims which would begin at 2:30pm. So still being pretty warn out on BMX Park I headed out to the FMX course to watch the guys practice a little bit, somehow I always seemed to get sucked into the Moto X events, I don't know what It is about them, maybe it's the fact that the majority of the riders in FMX (all but one that I've encountered) have been beyond nice and conversational with the fans. They opened the gates at noon on Saturday so being the anti-social person I was feeling like that day, before they let the crowds in I headed back to Park to find a seat to watch the prelims go down.

Heat 1, Run 1 highlights included Mike Escamilla who started off with a 360, 360 table top, tail tap, and a shaky flair which earned him a score of 74.00. Next up was Chris Gerber who pulled a 360, tail whip, tail whip 360, flip whip, and a tail whip to earn a score of 84.50. Chris Doyle comes next with a can-can, tail tap spin to peg stall to earn a score of 79.75. Diogo Canina pulled a huge 720, 360, 720, turn down, flair, turn down, tail tap, wall ride, tail whip earning a score of 84.25. Dennis McCoy comes next with a flair, wall ride, tail tap, 360 tail tap, he fell attempting something, 360 tail tap to earn a score of 83.50. Dave Mirra comes out next with a huge flair, tail tap, back flip, x-up bunny hop, turndown and flair earning a score of 88.50. Mike Laird hit's the course next with a tail whip, turn down, wall ride, and ice pick to earn a score of 88.00. Ali Whitton was next with a superman, back flip, 360 turn down, another 360 turn down, 360, turn down, 360 and then something else to earn a score of 88.00. Ryan Nyquist, the hometown boy, came out on first with a wall ride, turn down, bar spin, 360, another 360, 360 turn down, another 360 to something to earn a score of 86.75. Rounding out Run 1 is Scotty Cranmer who pulled a tail whip, ice pick, front flip, 360, tail whip, 360 flair, 360 turndown, wall ride to tail whip earning a score of 93.75. Run 2 began with Escamilla pulling a bar spin, tail tap, 360, front tire tap, bunny hop to stalling earning a score of 73.50. Gerber's second run was a 360, tail tap, back flip, and then attempted a flair whip but fell earning a score of 73.50. Doyle's second run was a tail whip tail tap, turn down fakie, 360 tire tap, ice pick and ice pick fakie earning a score of 81.00. Canina's second run was a 720, 360, another 360, another 720, front flip and a no-handed front flip earning a score of 74.50. DMC's second run was a bar spin, wall ride, fell on a 360, got up and did a 360 something to earn a score of 83.00. Mirra's second run was a 1-footed flair, backflip turn down, wall ride, turn down, tail whip and something else big earning a score of 90.00. Laird's second run was a bar spin, double tail whip attempt, front tire tap, wall ride, and then overshot a 720 attempt to earn a score of 77.75. Whitton's second run was a superman, back flip,
360 turndown, opposite 360 turndown, wall ride, foot touch on the wall, back flip turn down, 180 and another 180 to earn a score of 88.25. Nyquist's second run was a wall ride, 360, flair, double bar spin, back flip, 360 but clipped his back tire earning a score of 87.00. Rounding out Run 2 is Cranmer with a back flip, tail whip tail tap, ice pick, front flip, 360, double tail whip, tail whip 360 which he fell on then got up and pulled a flair earning a score of 89.25.

Heat 2 Run 1 highlights include Cameron White pulling a turndown, barspin, backflip turndown, turn down, 360 and tail tap earning a score of 77.50. Dave Dillewaard pulled a tire tap, something, 360 turn down, 720, flatty, 360, tail whip, tail tap, turn down, flatty, table top earning a score 87.00. Morgan Wade pulled a 720 but fell, and then decided to pull about 6 flairs in a row haha, and then a look back to earn a score of 79.50. Mike Aitken pulled a 180 fakie, flatty, turn down, 360, 360, foot touch on the wall, 360 to earn a score of 84.25. Chad Kagy's first run was a tail whip, barspin turndown, fell, flair, 360, tail tap.earning a score of 80.50. Allan Cooke's first run was a back flip, peg grind, tail whip, wall ride, no handed backflip, peg stall, wall ride, turndown to peg grind earning a score of 85.25. Rounding out the first runs is Guettler who pulled a 360, 720, wall ride, 360 whip, turn down, flair, turn down, 360 tail tap, tail whip, 360, flair, 360, tail whip, wall ride, 360 turn down to earn a score of 88.75. Run 2 began with White pulling a turn down, double barspin, double tail whip, superman, tail tap earning a score of 77.25. Dillewaard pulled a bar spin, 360, barspin turn down, 720, tail whip tire tap, 360 turn down, turn down, bar spin, 360, wall ride, tail whip tail tap earning a score of 87.25. Wade's second run was a flatty, 360, ice pick, turn down, 360, tail whip can-can, wiped out earning a score of 78.50. Gary Young pulled a bar spin, flatty, wall ride, 360, tail whip, flatty, turndown, wall ride, tail whip 360 earning a score of 81.75. Aitken pulled a turndown, wall ride, fakie, can-can, 180 fakie, flatty, wall ride, tail tap, 180 turndown and then fell earning a score of 85.75. Kagy's second run was a barspin, tail whip, 360 turndown, tail tap, backflip whip, flair, wall ride, 360, can-can earning a score of 86.75. Cooke's second run was a backflip, wall ride, peg grind, tail whip 360, wall ride, no handed backflip, x-up, turndown, wall ride, 360, can-can, front tire tap. Rounding out Heat 2 is Guettler with a 360, 720, wall ride, 360 tail whip, turndown, flair, turndown, double tail whip, wall ride, 360 tail tap, tail whip, foot touch on wall, turndown, 360 earning a score of 87.25.

At the end of it the riders advancing onto the finals from 10th to 1st are: Nyquist (87.00), Delaware (87.25), Darden (87.50), Laird (88.00), Harrington (88.00), Whitton (88.25), Guettler (88.75), Haugen (89.75), Mirra (90.00), and Cranmer (93.75).

Cathy

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