In BMX vert, Kagy won the event, ending Jamie Bestwick's season-opening AST Dew Tour winning streak at two. The 29-year-old Kagy, from Gilroy, Calif., earned 95.00 on his final run, which included a flatspin 540 double tailwhip and thrust him into first place. Bestwick, the only rider remaining, fell in his run to finish second at 94.17. Australia's Steven McCann finished third at 91.50. "The top of the podium is always your goal coming into a competition," Kagy said. "The first two events I was in second place behind Jamie. There was only one place for me to go and that's ahead of him."
Bestwick still holds the lead in the points standings, but Kagy is eager to surpass him. "Tightening up the points at the third stop means I've got two
Top 9 will meet up with last year's top 3 riders (Bestwick, Kagy, Tabron) who are automatically transfered into the finals. 1st McCann, Steven 92 2nd Walker, Jimmy 91 3rd McCoy, Dennis 88.83 4th Eggleston, Jay 88.5 5th Parker, John 88.33 6th Kraft, Koji 88.33
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In BMX dirt, Parslow was tied with Corey Nastazio going into the final run when he executed a technical run earning an average score of 92.25. Nastazio, of West Palm Beach, Fla. fell on his run and finished second with 91.09. Australian Corey Bohan was third with 90.75."I qualified last and while I was excited to get in, starting first is a tough spot," Parslow said. "My first run went well and then I put together the ride of my life." On his third run, Parslow landed
Baco-a-go-go is a go… In case you were wondering about the Baco jam this year, it is happening. The time is now for all of the rumors to be put to rest. For whatever reason people are thinking that there might not be a Baco contest this year but they are wrong. Dead wrong. DC hooked Mesh skatepark up big time as usual and along with their other sponsors they plan to help make this Baco-a-go-go the best one yet. If you like to have fun and you like to ride bikes you won’t want to miss this one.
On the road again. We're actually on our way to Hamburg right now trying to get that FAT Friday out on Friday instead of Saturday, or not at all. Of course this week was all about the Olympic BMX race and we have to say that it was good to see the biggest BMX race on TV even if it meant getting up at 3am for three nights straight. Maris Strombergs destroyed the American dream and grabbed to gold away from Mike Day who had been looking good since the start of the OG. Much respect to Donny Robinson as well. He has come a long