course in order to lay down the run of day.
Covering more than a three-block radius, with the Bay Bridge as a backdrop, the riders sent themselves down the course in order to become the second ever streetstyle winner. However, last year’s winner Garrett Reynolds came prepared and ready to throw down on the unique course in order to defend his title and following his display on the street course yesterday where he maintained his title there his chances were looking good.
Early on in the event we saw Drew Bezanson make his way up there and throw a giant truckdriver down the gap in the middle of a smooth run. Cranmer also took advantage of the new path and threw another tailwhip down to refresh the memories from the year prior.
Last year one of the big stories from the event was Scotty Cranmer and how he threw his bike on
top of the shipping container in order to throw a tailwhip off onto the Toyota Corolla, so this year the Dew Tour planned accordingly allowing riders a smooth passage to the top to see what they could throw down. Cranmer's best scoring run from top to bottom was filled with a tailwhip on flat, truckdriver of the first ramp, tire ride on the barrier to tailwhip, Abubaca on the car, feeble 180 on the bench, fufanu on the back rail of the hip, tailwhip down the container, 180 bar up the wedge and then an ice pick down the rail at the end - this run earned him the third place spot overall. “Just got third place for the second year in a row. For me it’s such a big accomplishment," said Cranmer after he hopped off the podium. "For a guy that is known as a park rider, it’s always nice to come out in Streetstyle. I don’t want to say to prove that I can ride the ramps and stuff because my whole entire BMX career, even as a kid I loved riding street as well. It’s just good to go out there and give everyone a reminder that this is where my heart is too.”
On the side of the shipping container was a ramp to a rail, something that Ty Morrow was quick to take to and was the only rider of the event to grind it successfully.
Morrow made his run with it a few times but during his third and final run he busted a 180 out which helped bump his score high enough to take a podium position. His entire best run included a switch tooth to over tooth on the first rail, 180 on the manual pad to full cab off, then did grind to hard 180 on the up rail, tooth hanger on the bench, tailwhip on the hip, rail hop to out rail to hard 180, 360 up the euro gap, switch hanger across the flat rail and the gap and then half cab off the trailer. “I’m pretty surprised to make the podium, I was definitely nervous watching Garrett, Chad, Scotty and everyone that went after me," said the humble Morrow following the award ceremony. "I feel like anyone could’ve won this thing, so I’m psyched to haven’t gotten second.”
Then, the San Diego, California native Chad Kerley took to the course in his recognized technical fashion. Kerley cruised the course and hit about every object in order to rack up the highest score of the event. One of Kerley's craziest tricks of the event was his nose manual across the top of the brick pyramid to barspin out - a trick most BMX professional riders struggle with, but Kerley showcased his comfort with it multiple times throughout the event.
Kerley's best run consisted of a 540 over the first wedge, to hop whip, to bar manual feeble hard 180 on metal ledge, double peg up to no hander on uprail, then ice bar picnic bench, nose to bar the brick bank, then 180 the handicap rail, 540 up the dock then truck off.
Although Reynolds had the final drop of the day to unseat Kerley, after he pulled a double truck driver off the top kicker he slipped his pedal when trying to tailwhip on flat. An uncharacteristic miss for Reynolds, but even if he would have pulled it he would have needed to pull something unseen in order to unseat Kerley.
Rightfully so, Kerley claimed the top spot on the podium and he couldn't have been any happier. “It’s so unreal, I had one run under my belt and I just wanted to send it on the last one," and send it Kerley did. "I thought I did as good as I could on the first run, so I was just going to try the 540 and maybe the nose bar on the last run, and I’m just thankful for the way it worked out. I’m stoked!”
Results 1st Place – Chad Kerley 2nd Place – Ty Morrow 3rd Place – Scotty Cranmer 4th Place - Drew Bezanson 5th Place - Garrett Reynolds 6th Place - Van Homan 7th Place - Jeremiah Smith 8th Place - Dan Lacey 9th Place - Gary Young 10th Place - Corey Martinez
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