2hip.com, 2012: BMX contests started with the AFA organizing cement skatepark contests (Pipeline, Delmar, etc.), and then after all the original parks closed down, contests mutated to 6-8' Quarter-pipe and opposing Kick-turn ramp(Wedge Ramp) contests. The early days of BMX Freestyle saw the contests involving each riders' run mixing flatland, Kick-Turn-Ramp, and Quarter-Pipe trix in one 90 second run. As Freestyle evolved, the riding became more specialized with the event of 'Ramp' runs, 'Flatland' runs, andthen combining the scores for the 'Overall' winner.
2HIP CONTEST HISTORY
2hip.com, 2012: (When Freestyle REALLY started…hahaha) Vert Half-pipe Ramps with bigger transitions were becoming more and more of a common for BMX riding. The top pro's like Ron Wilkerson, Mike Dominguez, Brian Blyther, and other were riding these bigger Half-pipes when at home, but the contests of the day still only involved riding kick-turn ramps and the small tranny quarter-pipes... Searching for a safer type of event, and one more reflective of what the pro's were riding REGULARLY (the Enchanted Ramp, Buff's backyard, MikeD.'s ramp, the TOL ramp), Ron went to Bob Morales of the AFA and offered to organize AFA half-pipe jams with him, but Bob was not interested- so the 2-HIp KING OF VERT JAMS were born!
Ron Wilkerson, Ride BMX US february 1996: No one had done halfpipe contests. We were tired of riding sketchy little quarterpipes. The first one I set up was with Freestylin' at the T.O.L. Then I made a whole schedule. It was pretty risky at first, because I didn't know how a halfpipe contest would go. Then the AFA disappeared, and it was only the 2-Hip. Then everyone was riding street, so we organised the first street contest in San Diego. That was the first street contest ever.
Mat Hoffman, The Ride of my Life, 2002: The KOV was a rider-conceived and rider-run vent series put together by Haro team pro Ron Wilkerson and his all-volunteer crew. Ron's comps went down on halfpipes and were the first contests of their kind. (He later pioneered the sport's first street contest series, called Meet the Street). Often the KOV ramps would be assembled on-site the night before the contest, with harrowing tales of trailer trouble and a thirty-hour drive just to get there. Sometimes the halfpipes were incredibly solid and fast; other times the ramps flat out sucked. (One comp was held on a floating barge, which bobbed and caused the ramp to absorb your entire pump.) But one thing that was a given at any KOV was a great vibe -the atmosphere was loose, fun, and the whole thing operated from a rider's perspective. Ron would casually ask everyone on deck, "Hey, um ... should we start yet?' before the event officially began. A mix tape of the latest hip-hop, hardcore, or vintage new wave would be jacked into the tape deck, and Ron's right-hand man, Kevin Martin, would hop on the mic and start barking at the crowd to get loud. The contests felt more like a demo or a backyard session, but with the top guys and the most innovative riding. The pros who followed Ron Wilkerson on his KOV series -Mike Dominguez, Josh White, Brian Blyther, Dennis McCoy, and handful of others- were the effortless rulers of their domain. The contests operated in a jam format, so riders had as much time as needed to finish their runs in the finals. Most people could go for about two minutes, tops, but at a KOV in Colorado Springs, Bob Kohl (inventor of the superman air) took a lung-busting, eight-minute run.
2-Hip King Of Vert, LaSueur Minnesota, november 8, 1986.
2hip.com, 2012: The very first 2-Hip BMX event. The scheduled Ramp City park lost its lease, so we moved it to be held on a semi-portable half in verrrry cold barn. The KOV introduced the 'Jam Format' to BMX contests. "The Pro jam most intense 20 minutes of Freestyle I've ever seen." Lew, Freestylin Mag. (Most Memorable Moments: Rafter footplants by Mike Dominguez and Ron Wilkerson; Mike D's 540's inbetween the rafters; the first snow of the season outside the barn; the Energy INSIDE the barn=ELECTRIC, and even in the cold Josh White, Mike Dominguez, Ron Wilkerson + others were setting the audience on FIRE.)
Report, pic, videos, results.
2-Hip King of Vert round 2, december 13, 1986, The Enchanted Ramp, Encinitas, California.
www.2hip.com, january 2009: The second King Of Vert jam...held on ronw.'s infamous ‘Enchanted Ramp’. (Most Memorable Moments: Who's this 'Hoffman' amateur guy?, Dominguez' 900 attempt)
Report, results.
2-Hip King of Vert round 1, april 18, 1987, Houston, Texas.
2hip.com, 2012: Everything's big in Texas, including the BIG BLUE VERT RAMP (MMM: The very BIGGG blue ramp- bigger w/more vert than most of the riders had ever ridden---TWO FEET of vert---!) (Who's this 'Joe Johnson' amateur guy?)
Report, pic (1), results.
2-Hip KOV round 2, may 30, 1987, Flint, Michigan.
www.2hip.com, january 2009: PLAYLAND JAM (MMM: THRONGS of spectators + Dominguez' 900 attempt, the hype and Energy was out of control)
Report, results, pics.
2-Hip KOV Pepsi jam round 3, august 8, Colorado Springs, CO.
www.2hip.com, january 2009: PEPSI JAM (MMM: The crowd in the bleachers were too far away from the ramp!!!)
Report, pic (1), results.
2-Hip KOV round 4, october 23-24, 1987, Washington D.C.
www.2hip.com: OCTOBER 23, 1987 WASHINGTON DC—KOV—ROCKVILLE JAM. "The innovation level in the air has doubled since the innovation of the 2hip series." Andy Jenkins, Freestylin'. (MMM: See the 2hip HOME VIDEO!!!)
Report, pics (2), results.
2-Hip KOV finals, december 5, 1987, Enchanted Ramp, Wilkerson's house in Encinitas, California.
Craig Grasso rides naked at the King of Vert finals. He dropped in and did a full run at a 2Hip KOV completely naked... see Dorkin' 10 for thankfully grainy, unclear footage. His motive: money for car repairs (circa $200). Grasso gets dropped like a hot potato by all his sponsors.
Maurice Meyer, www.vintagebmx.com: For some reason, my memory still plays Matt Hoffman's dad chasing Grasso around the yard in fast motion like a Benny Hill skit.
Mat Hoffman, The Ride of my Life, 2002: Craig Grasso took the casual atmosphere of the KOV to new heights. He introduced a different kind of riding -the naked kind. Desperate for cash to get his broken-down car running again, Grasso dropped in at the KOV finals and did a run wearing nothing but shoes, a helmet, and a wild grin. It was pretty funny; however, my dad and mom had flown out with my aunt, uncle, and cousins to watch me compete. My father was furious that Grasso had tarnished the sport and scarred the innocent children (myself included) for life by subjecting the crowd to blazing no-footed airs and scrotum-dangling can-cans. Grasso's performance got him $250 in deviant spectator donations to revive his ailing Honda Civic. His sponsor dropped him like a hot potato the following day. Craig never rode another KOV again but went on to help pioneer street riding.
Brian Blyther, www.vintagebmx.com: ... Oh my Grasso riding with only shoes on. I know that I put money in the pot when you need a radiator you could do anything.
www.2hip.com: DECEMBER 5, 1987 LEUCADIA, CA—KOV—THE ENCHANTED RAMP JAM II¬Ron Wilkerson's backyard returns. (MMM: Dominguez going BIG and ANOTHER amazing 900 attempt; Who's this 'Hoffman' amateur guy?; Awards at Juanitia's; And the never to be forgotten contest run- Craig Grosso getting on the deck, taking off his clothes, and rolling in. Imagine –no footers– THE FUNNIEST THING EVERSEEN IN BMX!!!) (But much to Mr.Hoffman's chagrin…)
Reportage, results, pics, video.
Initialement prévu sur le half dans le backyard de Mike Dominguez et annulé suite à l'arrivée de la police, ce King of Vert a finallement lieu à Vista près de Carlsbad en Californie.
www.2hip.com: MARCH 4, 1988 CHINO, CA—KOV—THE BUST RAMP Mike Dominguez' backyard. (MMM: Roof transfers, shredding, the cops showup and it IS a bust, the Bust Ramp is just that, a BUST... ronw. scrambles and linesup Vista for that Sunday.) MARCH 6, 1988 VISTA, CA—KOV—Brian Sims' half is locked down for the jam. Dominguez + Hoffman out w/injury, and it's a good mellow backyard jam. Can't win'em all...
Reportage, pics, results.
www.2hip.com: MARCH 12, 1988 PARIS, FRANCE—KOV. Wow! 18 dudes on one flight to France... Imagine... A stadium full of 4-5,000 BMX fans for a BMX race and 2hip invitational KOV JAM... Imagine... The trip was an all-expenses-paid jam, Blyther, Johnson, Wilkerson, K.Martin, Hoffman, Voelker, Langlais, Potts, and others. Skaters Tony Hawk, Gonz, Danny Way, Kevin Staab, Hosoi, and others; Sightseeing with all your friends and SHREDDING, helicopter tours around Paris, and other things including a one-nite stay in a CASTLE. (MMM: A BMX-crew let loose alone for the nite in a French castle=trouble; girlie-shows at the Moulin Rouge=good; UK riders on the invite list: Lee Reynolds and Pagham legendary hero Carlo Griggs.)
Report, results, pics, video.
Ron Wilkerson of 2-Hip Promotions decided it was time to hold a streetstyle contest, so he set forth to organize one with a theme of "fun and enjoyment" instead of "rules, rules, rules."
www.2hip.com: APRIL 30, 1988 LAKESIDE, CA—MEET THE STREET#1. The dawning of a new era. A jam made for REAL street riders... With the progress of BMX Freestyle, Street riding had become a more 'specialized' type of riding for all. Of course it had always existed in every city for all riders for aslongas BMX Freestyle had existed, so Ron Wilkerson. had the idea to make a 2hip 'street' event for BMX, highlighting the skills of the riders that weren't really "contest" riders... The jams featured the even MORE real BMX 'STREET' riding, and the even more laid-back scene for riders AND fans... The MEET THE STREET series was born! "...I am smiling. A lot of people are smiling. I hear laughter and shouts of support. Though this is a contest and people are being judged for a final standing. I feel as though I am cleansed of the normal sticky contest coating. Do you understand?....People were having fun." Lew, Freestylin'. "It was easily one of the funnest contests ever – We just hope there will be more of them..." Scott Towne, Super BMX. (MMM: Craig Campbell's 540 wallride; the who's-who of BMX history in attendance; Dave Voelker's home-shredding-spot-gigantic-wallrides; Chris Moeller drinking a beer) {but there were no rules to break!!!} {He only drank a little.}
Report, results, pic, videos.
www.2hip.com: MAY 28, 1988 FLINT, MI—KOV—THE PLAYLAND JAM II. Energy as the year before X2, same crowd X2, same shredding X2. BMX was alive and well in Michigan. "Another 2hip event run effectively with action that left me speechless…" Lew, Freestylin'.
Report, results, pic, video.
It was a hot and humid day on Austin's Colorado River. Promoter Ron Wilkerson added an unusual twist to the contest by renting a barge for the contest and built the halfpipe on the barge. It was a novel location, but it did present some problems. the barge rocked every time the riders pumped for an air and every time they landed. Brian Blyther and Matt Hoffman were still able to push themselves up close the ten-foot level.
www.2hip.com: JULY 2, 1988 AUSTIN, TX—KOV—THE BARGE JAM. A ramp built on a barge on the water in Austin. It was amazing that anyone could even RIDE this ramp, it was so unstable...but using the water as a vert foam-pit on the hot day was very fun- BEFORE BMX had such things as 'foam-pits'...!... (MMM: Hottie Austin grrls in effect on the banks watching the jam; Kevin Martin driving the brand-new 2hip diesel-dualie towing the brand-new 30'long/10'tall inside-height 2hip trailer full of the contest-half and blowing it's engine en route, arriving the night before the jam...)
Report, results, video.
www.2hip.com: SEPTEMBER 3, 1988 ALBANY, NY—KOV—THE SCHENECTADY JAM. (MMM: No ramp-transpo problems!)
Report, results, pic, video.
www.2hip.com: OCTOBER 15, 1988 WASHINGTON DC—KOV—THE ROCKVILLE JAM. American University... The normal shredding going down for some 2000 spectators.
www.2hip.com: NOVEMBER 19-20, 1988 PALMDALE, CA—KING OF DIRT. Bartlett's backyard. The 1st King of Dirt ever held. Tim 'Fuzzy' Hall wins it. "The long-awaited 2hip King of Dirt was more of a free-for-all thrashin' festival than a jumping contest with judges..." James Cassimus, BMX Action.
Matt Hoffman: My first pro contest was in January of 1989 in Irvine, Calif. at the 2hip finals. And I competed amateur then pro the same day. I won two snowboards.
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www.2hip.com: JANUARY 14, 1989 IRVINE, CA—KOV—88 KOV FINALS. Matt Hoffman wins am, then turns pro(finally), and wins pro. Blyther is crowned the 1989 King of Vert. Highest air turned into sickest highest trick: Voelker 6' 540, Johnson 5' tailwhip, Hoffman 6' fakie. (MMM: Hypehypehypehype)
Toronto, Canada, march 25-26, 1989.
Report, video.
2hip.com: MARCH 25, 1989 TORONTO, CANADA—KOV—THE WATERLOO JAM. 2hip logo shirts IN EFFECT. Hoffman pulls the first 900!!!! ---Sorry Mike, haha. (MMM: Dennis McCoy rolled off the ramp after a 540- SURPRISE!; 20 riders in one 2hip hotel room.)
Meet The Street round 1, La Jolla, California.
Report, results.
2hip.com: APRIL 16, 1989 LA JOLLA, CA—MTS. Held in conjunction w/ the La Jolla Grand Prix road bike race -ha- what a DIFFERENCE in crowds! (MMM: The unveiling of the SUB ramp invented by Eddie Roman+Ron Wilkerson+others; Krnaich won the spectator-fueled $20 high-wallride prize- but he didn't hafto PULL it to grab the 20...)
2hip.com: APRIL 16, 1989 LA JOLLA, CA—MTS. Held in conjunction w/ the La Jolla Grand Prix road bike race -ha- what a DIFFERENCE in crowds! (MMM: The unveiling of the SUB ramp invented by Eddie Roman+Ron Wilkerson+others; Krnaich won the spectator-fueled $20 high-wallride prize- but he didn't hafto PULL it to grab the 20...)
2hip.com: MAY 27-28, 1989 WOODWARD, PA—MTS+KOV. Little ramp. (Even by THOSE days...) Miron won both the MTS AND KOV 'GOOD' class jams! Time for him to be in the 'GREAT' class? (MMM: What is this "Woodward" place? Greg Flowers proposed to his grrl on the deck of the vert ramp- are they still married? Karl Rothe was there.)
Joe Johnson went for a triple tailwhip.
Craig Campbell pulled the first nosepick ever.
PROS RESULTS: 1.Joe Johnson 2.Craig Campbell 3.Matt Hoffman
Joe Johnson on the cover of the 1990 GT catalog.
2hip.com: JUNE 18, 1989 RIVERSIDE, CA—KOD. Jones Track.
2hip.com: JULY 22, 1989 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—KOV—THE PEPSI JAM
(MMM: Pepsi sponsored the event bringing huge crowds; Pepsi girls; andyet the bleachers for the crowd were too far from the ramp!!!)
Meet The Street, Brooklyn Banks, September 2nd, 1989.
2hip.com: SEPTEMBER 2, 1989 NYC, NY—MTS—BROOKLYN BANKS JAM. The most amazing jam that will ever be held. Thousands of riders for the 2-HIp rebel-style jam... If you had the privilege of being there, you know. The Energy of this jam- a onceinalifetime occurrence...Enuff said... "You can do just about anything on the streets of New York and nobody will give it a second thought. Even hold a contest. Ron Wilkerson, 2hip series promoter and the Bill Cosby style of freestyle, decided to do just that."Lew, Freestylin'. (MMM: Voelker's 270 off the wall into a little bank; riders jumping from the bank over the wall strait-onto the bridge off-ramp.)
Long Island, NY, 4 septembre 1989
Dyno picked up the 15 year old Dave Mirra after seeing him ride at the New York King of Vert contest (september 1989).
2hip.com: SEPTEMBER 4, 1989 LONG ISLAND, NY—KOV—SOUTHAMPTON COLLEGE JAM. Dave Mirra- 4TH in AM class.
Report, results.
2hip.com: NOVEMBER 18, 1989 SALEM, OR—MTS. Street contest inside a building on the fairgrounds. Pure BMX, not pure STREET.
GREAT: 1.Dave Voelker 2.Craig Campbell 3.Eddie Roman 4.Craig Grasso 5.Danny Schow 6.Ron Wilkerson 7.Joe Johnson 8.Rich Barlett
GOOD: 1.Jess Dyrenforth 2.Mark Eaton 3.Jay Miron 4.Gary Pollack 5(tie).Ruben Castillo 5(tie).Joe Gruttola 7.Oscar Gonzales 8(tie).Mike Kerneich 8(tie).Spike Jonze 10.Kevin Jones
Newport, january 1990.
Report, reportage, pics (3), results.
2hip.com: JANUARY 27, 1990 NEWPORT BEACH, CA—KOV—KOV 88 FINALS. In a fairgrounds once again. (MMM: Another 900 by Hoffman; Who's this 'Jay Miron' amateur guy?; Joe Johnson was awarded a custom spraypainted GMC 'Pacer' automobile for winning the title.) (Which promptly broke-down while driving it home to San Diego and was left on the side of the road......)
PRO CLASS: 1.Matt Hoffman 2.Joe Johnson 3.Brian Blyther 4.Dennis McCoy 5.Ron Wilkerson 6.Dino DeLuca 7.Bob Kohl 8.Dave Voelker 9.Chris Potts 10.Joel Alamo 11.Mike Dominguez
EXPERT CLASS: 1.Garry Pollack 2.John Byers 3.Steve Swope 4.Jay Miron 5.Dave Mirra 6.Jess Dyrenforth 7.Kevin Gutierrez 8.Chris Potts 9.Eben Krachau 10.Brian Dahl 11.Rick Thorne 12.Oscar Gonzales
Go april 1990: Vision and Swatch both decline to sponsor 2-Hip events for 1990, and Wilkerson has begun working with other sponsors.
Bicross and Skate magazine june 1990: Le calendrier 90 n'est toujours pas établi et il se pourrait qu'il n'y ai pas de KOV cette année. Une fois de plus la faute vient des sponsors (Vision et Swatch) qui n'ont pas renouvelé leurs contrats avec Ron et Kevin.
2hip.com: APRIL 19, 1991 SAN DIEGO, CA—KOD. The third KING OF DIRT ever—Held at the legendary Mission Trails.
2-Hip KOV, july 14-15, 1990, Indianapolis IN.
Medias: GO november 1990, Invert february 1991.
2hip.com: JULY 14, 1990 INDIANAPOLIS, IN—KOV. Welcome Canook Jay Miron to the pro scene.
KING OF VERT PROS: 1.Matt Hoffman 2.Dennis McCoy 3.Jay Miron 4.Ron Wilkerson 5.Bob Kohl 6.Chris Potts
KING OF VERT AMS: 1.John Peacy 2.Jamie Shelley 3.Rick Thorne 4.Steve Swope 5.John Doyle 6.John Pequet 7.Eric Carl 8.Butch Wade
KING OF UNDER-VERT PROS: 1.Matt Hoffman 2.Jay Miron 3.Ron Wilkerson 4.Bob Kohl 5.Rick Moliterno 6.Dennis McCoy 7.Danny Schow 8.Chris Potts
KING OF UNDER-VERT AMS: 1.Mark Murphy 2.Mark Kirunchyk 3.Bill Nitschke 4.James Shepherd 5.Eben Krakau 6.Pat Miller 7.Chris Moeller 8.Erick Matais
Report, pic (1), results.
Report, results.
2hip.com: OCTOBER 20, 1990 PALM SPRINGS, CA—MTS. Another MTS held in conjunction with a big road-bike race. (MMM: Flipping the trailer full of ramps en route to Palm Springs from San Diego, then 20 guys flipping it back over and continuing to the jam.)
Media: BMX Plus! january 1991.
Results, report.
Matt Hoffman almost pulled a flip fakie on a borrowed bike. He won the comp and the 1990 year end title.
PROS: 1.Matt Hoffman
King Of Dirt contest at the Mission Trails in San Diego, Vert at Ron's ramp in Lemon Grove and Meet The Street round 1 in La Jolla.
Report, results.
Medias: BMX Plus! january 1991.
Report, results, photo, video.
Medias: Ride BMX UK #9
2hip.com: OCTOBER 30, 1993 SACRAMENTO, CA—2HIP PARK. The first 2hip PARK contest!
2hip.com: OCTOBER 31, 1993 NOVATO, CA—KOV. Hamilton Airforce Base The Miami-Hopper Drop-in LIVES!!!
2hip.com: OCTOBER 1, 1994 NEWBURGH, NY—2HIP PARK. (MMM: Ron + 2hip employee, John, driving 48hrs. straight to NY.)
date: october 30-31 1994
Place Sacramento, CA
medias: BMX Plus! february 1994.
date: august 16-17 1997
Place Toms river, NJ
medias: BMX Plus! sept98
date: 25 mai 1998
place: Escondido, CA
2hip.com: MAY 25, 1998 ESCONDIDO, CA—2HIP PARK+KOV+FLATLAND. Escondido Sports Center "Going to a 2hip contest was like a breath of fresh air after going to the big TV events." Mark Losey, RIDE BMX. (MMM: Rain ALMOST spoilt the day. Jason Davies, Gabe Weed, Gary Laurent in the house.)
2hip.com: AUGUST 16, 1998 TOMS RIVER, NJ—2HIP PARK+KOV+FLATLAND— A.S.S. PARK. Van Homan, Kenan Harkin, Littleman, K.Rob, and of course Ice Money shredding. "I don't know if it's the laid back attitude or what, but these comps are always memorable." Mark Losey, RIDE BMX.
Report, results, pics.
2hip.com: NOVEMBER 14-15, 1998 Phoenix, AZ—KOD+PARK+FLATLAND— BURNING BIKE #1— A SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE EVENT!. Fort McDowell Indian reservation. Voelker, Day Smith, Josh Heino, Nastazio ruled, but not to overshadow Jose Yanez pulling HIS backflip... It was a BMX'rs DREAM event- a BMX campout with an awesome dirt and park setup, and in the evening the bands 'Orange 9mm' from NYC, and Ron Wilkerson's band 'Cellophane Solution' played infrontof a massive pile of bikes burning in true Burning Bike fashion...and this most pure BMX weekend EVER was completely shadowed-out in the BMX press by the corporate(non-BMX)"MTV Sports contest"...but if you were there, you knew. (MMM: Riders campingout onsite were doing a bad job of hiding all their liquor in the dry reservation, almost getting the event called off; 2hip Crew 'After Party' by the river the night AFTER the contest- LEGENDARY.)
Medias: BMX Plus! october 1999
PRO STREET 1.Josh Heino 2.Mike Parenti 3.Cory Edelman 4.Colin McCay 5.Cameron Birdwell 6.Troy McMurray
PRO VERT 1.Jason Davies 2.Josh Heino 3.Tim Burges 4.Troy McMurray 5.Sean McKinney
PRO FLAT 1.Marcus Jesus 2.Ross Smith 3.Day Smith 4.Erick Stefano 5.Ruben Castillo 6.Stephen Cerra 7.Leo Dumlao
$2,000 each event (dirt, street, flat)
170 entries
Date: 25-26 sept 1999
Place: Derby Downs Akron, OH (dirt)
Chenga, N.Ridgeville, OH (street, flat)
Medias: ridebmx.com
DIRT: There were two sets of doubles, which utilized the track's starting hill for speed. Todd Walkowiak spun 360's in both directions, and ended up with the win.
STREETJoe Prisel did a crazy superman seat-grab transfers. Josh Heino's runs were filled with countless big tricks, including a downside footplant on a wall that was on top of a six foot quarter. Drake Miller flowed through the park like a local, with all kinds of wall-rides and transfers. Mike Ardelean jumped an unexpected gap into a double peg grind on the spine of the mini, in addition to all kinds of pedal flip tricks. Shaun Dorton made lines where there were no lines, and ended up with a well-deserved victory.
FLAT: Chenga is owned by Pro flatlanders Scott Powell and Dave Schaeffer, so it's no surprise that they set aside a flatland area in their park to help get them through the Ohio weather. The floor takes a little getting used to, but once you adjust you can spin your brains out. Being used to the floor paid off, as Scott got second in Pro flat. Ohio local Brian Ryback really impressed me with some incredibly original tricks, but he couldn't put it together during the contest. Chicago's Matt Wilhelm turned Pro for this contest and spun fast enough to make the crowd dizzy. Both Matt and Paul Palmer were doing a crazy pedaling upside down megaspin, but Matt was able to pull it together and ended up in second place. First place went to York Uno from Japan. York rides brakeless and does a lot of juggler type tricks, along with a few front wheel switches. He stayed off the back wheel almost entirely, but still managed to pull out the win.
Really Great Dirt 1. Todd Walkowiak $800 2. Aaron Bostrom $500 3. Ryan Jordan $250 4. Paul Kitner $125 5. Jerry Bagley $100
Great Dirt 1. Mark Flippowitz 2. Kevin Coffee 3. Beeler Van Orman
Really Great Street 1. Shaun Dorton $800 2. Mike Ardelean $500 3. Josh Heino $250 4. Joe Prisel $125 5. Jason Suchan $100
Great Street 1. Keven Salmon 2. Jake Finley 3. Brandon Stafford
Good Street 1. Shanton Wilson 2. B.J. Gruitza 3. Dacian Gingrich
Really Great Flat 1. York Uno $800 2. Scott Powell $500 3. Matt Wilhelm $250 4. Brian Tunney $125 5. Batoumeni Armin $100
Great Flat 1. Jeff DesRoche 2. Terry Adams 3. Michael MacPhaden
Good Flat 1. Dane Beardsley 2. Chris Abraham 3. Scott McIntyre
Results, report.
Results, report.
A Chevy Chevette was offered up to the masses with launchers on both sides with a rail to one side. There was a street spine, a grind box a weird corner piece from the X-Games street course. The new feature this year was the curved wall-ride.
Place: San Francisco, USA
Date: 26-27 October 2002
Medias: www.fatbmx.com
Really Great 1.Marcus Wilke 2.Kurtis Elwell 3.George Dossantos 4.Cameron Birdwell 5.Sean Emery 6.Ben Boyko 7.Ryan Occonnell (Puker) 8.Ryan Armstrong 9.Juan Carlos 10.Donald Pivec
Great 1. Ben Macpherson 2. Chad Bautista 3. Andre Murrillo 4. Joey Pierce 5. Tyler Guevara 6. Samar Carillo 7. Steve Anzel 8. Jay Sloan 9. Sean Stack 10. Ben Kellgren
Good 1. Ryan Rancator 2. Wes Rhoe 3. Jordan Wong 4.Tyson Fitzpatrick 5. Mark Kennedy 6. Mathew Weldon 7. Chris Savoy 8. Nick Rose 9. Jacob Counsel 10. Nick Chapman
Report, results.
The '2-HIp MEET THE REAL STREET' jam... also postponed 'til early spring
DATE: APRIL 2
BASIC DETAILS:
6-7 teams
4-10 riders per team (chosen in advance by the MTS COMMITTEE- teams need to send a rider list, and/or video, and/or fotos to 2-HIp to be chosen)
3 hour time period, 15 minutes at each spot
5-6 spots
A judge will be at each spot looking for: best team, runner up, best slam
After 3 hours there will be an AWARDS PARTY with ramps and bands at a S.F.
warehouse
There will be video editing going on during the party, with footy from each of the spots for the awards ceremony
AND FINALLY, there will be prizes and CASH MONEY for each spot! (ie. best team: $400-$1000-possibly more per spot; runner up: keg; another runner up: a tap for the keg)
THIS OCTOBER 11-12, 2008, CELEBRATING THE 25TH YEAR OF 2HIP, COMES THETREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO BAY 2HIP MEET THE STREET --- 2 GROUPS, 'GREAT' AND 'REALLY GREAT'--- 'GOOD' CLASS= PRIZES+NOTARIETY. 'REALLY GREAT' CLASS= $5000 PURSE+NOTARIETY. CAR, BRICKWALL WALLRIDE, SHOPPING CARTS, LEDGES, KITCHEN SINKS, MISC.
Ron Wilkerson, november 2008: Just in case you didn't see details from the recent MEET THE STREET event we held on Treasure Island SF on October 11-12 event, we have some photos and for video articles for you. The event was a MAJOR success, with all having a blast and some shredding going down. We'd like to give special thanx to R.O.G. TERRAIN PARKS for hooking up the course, and the TREASURE ISLAND DEV. AUTHORITY for letting us pay them to run our event on their amazing SF island- and wanting us back! SPECIAL THANX FOR PRIZES GOES TO: ETNIES SHOES, FRINGE CLOTHING, FAT WRECKORDS, PRIMO PRODUCTS, ELECTRA BIKES, INTENSE TIRES.