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The only BMX event that's left in Orlando is the Park Finals. The following twelve riders made it to the finals and it looks like it will be a tough battle between championship leaders Daniel Dhers (qualified in first) and Mike Spinner (qualified in second). With the wedding stress behind him Ryan Nyquist is picking up steam. He had just won the Dirt title of the year and then qualified third in park. Check out the AB pics.

Dew Tour Orlando Park PRELIM results.
1st Dhers, Daniel 93.67
2nd Spinner, Mike 92.67
3rd Nyquist, Ryan 92
4th Cranmer, Scotty 90.83
5th Harrington, Josh 89.33
6th McCann, Steven 89.17
7th Canina, Diogo 88.67

Veteran BMX athlete Ryan Nyquist claimed his first Dew Cup title with a fifth-place finish in the BMX dirt finals Saturday at the PlayStation Pro at Amway Arena. Veteran rider Nyquist, 28, of Greenville, N.C., entered the contest with a 50 point lead over Australia’s Cameron White in the Dew Cup standings. Nyquist fell during his first run and then executed two solid, cautious runs to finish with an 87.09 score. White fell midway through his first and third runs, scoring 86.59 overall. He placed sixth in the event and second in Dew Cup standings.

“I was definitely conservative,” a teary-eyed Nyquist said. “I wanted to get a first good run and I crashed. And at that point there were no throw-away runs... (Winning the Dew Cup is) one of the biggest accomplishments I’ve had so far, as far as winning a whole complete series, and winning the title.” 

Australia’s Luke Parslow won the event with three solid runs

ORLANDO, Fla. – Jamie Bestwick claimed his third straight Dew Cup title by placing second in Friday’s BMX vert finals at the PlayStation Pro at Amway Arena. Bestwick, 36, made a remarkable comeback after an unfortunate first run. On his initial drop-in, the crank arm of his pedal fell off his bike, thrusting him into the air as his bike fell down the ramp. Bestwick ricocheted off the ramp and slid down to the flat bottom.

"My crank snapped on my first run so I needed a huge second run to win the Cup,” Bestwick said. “Don't think it was planned that way for the dramatic. There was a lot of pressure going into the final run.”

Bestwick scored a 92.67 on his second run which moved him from last to second. Chad Kagy of Gilroy, Calif. won the event with a 92.67.

The Dirt field is so deep in Orlando that it's hard to make the finals. If you look at the names on the list that did not make it, you know what I'm talking about. Pressure is on at these things and sticking your tricks is what counts. Still, when you go on "save mode", you're not going to make it because the next guy might just bump you out of the top 12. Ryan Guettler is on top of things. He has been rolling the dice and it worked out in prelims scoring more than three solid points over second place finisher Dennis Enarson. Finals are on Saturday so let's see who of the 12 riders can claim it in Orlando. It's anyone's game.

Dirt Prelims results Dew Tour Orlando:
1st Guettler, Ryan 95.67
2nd Enarson, Dennis 92.33
3rd White, Cameron 91.5
4th Marks, Joey 90.33  

The last stop of the season in the Dew Tour series kicked off in Orlando yesterday with Vert prelims. The  top three from Salt Lake City qualified in that order for the finals but Chad Kagy is back and he can always throw down tricks when he wants to. You can never count out DMC, Walker and Robinson so watch this space for final results soon.
Vert Prelims results Orlando:

Youngster Bruno Hoffmann was surprised to hear he beat the 14 other pro riders at the final stop of the Playstation The Champ series in Germany. The series has now come to an end and Markus Braumann was crowned The Champ of the series which involved dirt riding, pool riding, mini riding and park riding. Cities that hosted a stop were: München - Wuppertal - München - Moers  and  Heidenheim and points could be scored at each stop. Without furter delay we bring you some photos of the final stop and the pro results from Wuppertal and the year end pro results of the series.

PRO PLAYSTATION THE CHAMP WUPPERTAL - FINAL
1. Bruno Hoffmann 14 Siegen
2. Björn Mager 22 Berlin
3. Tobias Wicke 25 Falkensee
4. Christian Ziegler
5. Robin Buck 21 Ulm
6. Markus Braumann 23 Berlin

Getting enough vert riders together for a proper halfpipe contest is not an easy task. Especially not one weekend before the last round of the the Dew Tour. But some riders came out of the dark (it was Zach Shaw's first contest of the year) and some used it as a trial contest going into the Dew AST finals (Chad Kagy). Throw in the mix Europe's top dogs and the Mancuso - Zurita duo and you've got one hell of a vert contest anyway. The LG ramp was taken out of the warehouse and with a roll in on each side it provided a good ramp for the big bucks competition. Simon Tabron was favorite going into the contest but how well had Chad Kagy recovered from his collarbone injury?

The vert contest was a straight head to head contest. There was no pre-qualifying contest where riders were added to the field. A total of 14 riders battled it out in round one. 7 moved on and one "Lucky Loser" got voted in via a Text Message contest.

T-mobile held three events this year. All of them involved BMX in one form or an other. The last event of the year in Berlin involved park and vert. The park section had ten invited riders who were automatically selected for the head to head contest. One rider (Rafael Adam) had pre-qualified through a special contest and three riders (Harry Main, Sven Lehmann and Luke Padgett) qualified on Friday for the main program.

After the enormous success of the first stop of the Red Bull Backyard Digger in Leende, the Red Bull Diggers and crew traveled all the way up north to Groningen. With the pleasant Sunday afternoon sun beaming down, the most northern trails of Holland were well on their way to become an often-frequented spot! 

When approaching the huge indoor iceskating rink Kardinge, a gigantic artificial mountain rises up from behind. This mountain was once supposed to become an artificial ski course, but these plans have been changed drastically. Right now, a four cross mountainbike course is occupying the mountain, with a downhill course right next to it. Recently, they added a dirt course to it. Stichting Bikepark Groningen brought this to the attention of Red Bull, who decided it would be the perfect location to host the second stop of the Red Bull Backyard Digger. 

Traveling is the best thing ever. It´s been a great week on Props Megatour. Everyone from the team had a blast and really enjoyed all the spots we went to. We had so much luck with the weather over here so we could explore so many new spots during the trip - go figure. In 7 days our team of 6 riders from 6 different countries traveled 7 countries and rode 5 of them. Any questions? Unfortunately Arthur Dietrich got hurt on a savage fronflip at Markus Hampl's trails and Ben Hennon twisted his knee a bit and might have even snapped his PCL. Get well soon boys. Team Eastpak is