“I cannot express the level of competition over the years, what a contest! I’m very proud and I just want to say thanks to everyone in Great Britain and around the world and on Twitter for supporting me!” said an ecstatic Bestwick. Last year’s bronze medalist Vince Byron edged out Simon Tabron for silver after sticking a Double Tailwhip Five to come out on top with a score of 72.00.
“Pretty much out of a few runs they were all similar I just wanted to pull them to get the points,” said Byron. “Unfortunately I couldn’t pull a banger any of the times, I had
about three tricks I wanted to pull, I got two of them and that put me in second.” Simon Tabron who lead Heat One over Jamie Bestwick pulled some of the biggest airs in the contest and stomped tricks like a No-handed 540 and multiple 900 variations.
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