Final Results Red Bull Dreamline. Guadelajara, Mexico:1. Ryan Nyquist EUA 89.00
2. AJ Anaya EUA 88
3. Leandro Moreira BRA 86.20
4. Rob Darden EUA 85.00
5. Maxime Charveron FRA 84.40
6. Corey Bohan AUS 82.60
7. Ryan Guettler AUS 82.20
8. Sergio Layos ESP 81.80
9. Ben Wallace GBR 81.60
10. Víctor Salazar EUA 81.00
11. Anthony Napolitan EUA 80.60
12. Michael Beran CZE 77.80
Best Trick: Mike "Hooker" Clark. Hang-5 up the hill
Best line: Rob Darden
Red Bull Dreamline invite: Ryan Guettler
Surprisingly the dirt course in Guadelajara dried up in time for practice to start yesterday. It had rained so much that the course turned into a one foot deep river. Thanks to the concrete and soiltac treatment the jumps held up fine and with that bit of moist in the dirt, it was even better than the day before. The extra traction allowed the riders to push it a bit further and they did. Sometimes you wondered if the contest had already started as 720-s, fronties, double whips and huge transfers were done. The riders were simply having fun riding the set up and the heat couldn't stop them either. With excellent rider treatment by Red Bull Mexico no one had any complaints. Even the DJ rocked all afternoon thanks to Corey Bohan's iPod playlist. What else do you need really?
Practice will start in a few hours followed by the contest. Make sure to check back in for more Guadelajara photos and results later on today. Adios amigos.
It's awesome getting to travel to Mexico for a BMX event. In fact, I almost made it to Guadelajara 23 years ago when Jay Miron, Kalle, Billy Newman and busy P Drove down there from San Diego to visit Alex Vasquez and friends. I would have had to change my flight to stay longer but after 11 weeks of Cali I was ready to go home. Fast forward 23 years and I'm in Mexico and got to meet up with Alex Vasquez again at the Red Bull Dirt Conquers event. Life is great. Dave King, Magilla, Clint Reynolds and some more riders worked hard in the beating sun to build a park out of dirt. In the beating sun it took them a little over three weeks to create something amazing. 24 riders showed up for first practice on Friday morning in 30 degree temperatures and they were off finding the lines and getting a feel of the transitions. Ben Hennon jumped in there right away and didn't stop riding as he was loving the course. If there was a top three podium for first practice AJ Anaya would be on there for sure as he didn't hold back doing double
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