Mongoose Jam Park Comp Goes Down in Camp Woodward Lot 8

Aug 17, 2013

Written by Bart de Jong

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The Mongoose Jam Park Comp went down in Lot 8 at Camp Woodward on Thursday. The second Mongoose Jam event featured 27 riders, including 21 of the world's best pros and all six amateur Woodward campers. Each rider was given 40 seconds and three runs, with the best session counting as their final score. Riders were scored by a panel of three judges that focused on the number and difficulty of tricks, along with the guys' unique ride style. It wasn't always about the trick, but the line the rider took to land it.

The Woodward campers showed that nothing about their riding style is amateur when they hit the park. Jamie Cooper-Ellis showed crazy skills when he landed a truckdriver to tuck no hander, a double truck to 540 bars and feeble to bar in one run. Twelve year old Ben Kavanaugh hit a truckdriver, alleyoop barspin and toothie hanger during his run.

Insane highlights from the pros included Dennis Enarson's dark side icepick to nose manual, and, though outside the time limit, Chad Kerley's nose manual and Mike "Hucker" Clark's Hang 5 to front flip. At the end of the Park session, it was Mongoose team captain Kevin Peraza that came away with the win - during his run he landed a huge 360 downside over the spine.

Mongoose Jam ends Friday with the Street Comp, in which it will be decided who takes home the $50,000 prize purse.

Park Comp Top Five Individual
1. Kevin Peraza (Team Peraza, Mongoose)
2. Dennis Enarson (Team Wallace)
3. Daniel Sandoval (Team McCann)
4. Jeremiah Smith (Team McCann)
5. Kyle Baldock (Team White)

Overall Team Standings (Day 2)
1. Team McCann and Team Peraza (tie)
3. Team Illingworth
4. Team Wallace
5. Team White
6. Team Ryan

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