8th: Another rider that we've been seeing regularly in the finals is Craig Mast. A 1080 gone wrong in his first run meant everything would ride on his second. In that run he pulled a perfect triple-whip over the box and a front-flip-flair on the quarter. But the coolest thing was his 360-tailwhip-to-can-can.7th: Allan Cooke was really fun to watch with amazing lines and flow. He was the first one to throw down a big tailwhip transfer from the big box lip to the spine/bowl quarter. His fast riding and great style got him into seventh.
6th: Known for destroying the streets, Garrett Reynolds came out and showed the park course what was up
and gave the judges a real test to see how fast they could take notes. He does so much back-to-back stuff like a 360-no-hander over the big wedge-to-wedge straight to a 540-barspin-no-hander. Garrett is really fun to watch. 5th: Scotty Cranmer came out swinging with a double-tailwhip-backflip, double-whipping the big box with ease, and front-flipping that monster, too. It's so good to see Scotty back to his old self. I can't wait to see more of him at the next contest.
4th: The big box jump was where Mike Spinner started his run-he triple whipped it! Mike also triple-whipped the quarter and 1080'd the box jump. In his second run he went for a quad-whip and fell and hurt his knee. I saw him a little later and he seemed to be all right.
3rd: You will be hearing a lot more about Andy Buckworth in the near future. He has the moves to stay in the top like double-downside-360-tailwhips, decade airs, huge front-flips over the big box jump and backflip-handplants over the spine. Andy has a great attitude and style to do great this year. 2nd: The man everyone wanted to beat ended up in second place. Daniel Dhers' runs were packed with the hardest things you can imagine; 720-barspin, no-footed-can-can-to-tailwhips, double-whips, truckdrivers, and 720's over the big box and flip-whips. The trick of the day was his Cash Roll. It was a 180 then you do a flair over the box jump. It was c
razy! He landed on the deck but it is insane!1st: Ryan Guettler is on top of his game. He flowed the course and had the bag of tricks to go with it. When you start with perfect double-flips then go straight into a flair-whip you know you have a great start. Add a no-footed can-can flair, double-whips, a big tailwhip transfer, and a turndown-360 over the box backwards plus more. You can bet you have a run that will be hard to beat. Ryan earned a well deserved first.
This was an amazing event and I hope it happens again next year. I've never seen so many bikini's watching a contest before!
Leigh Ramsdell
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