| Event: CFB 2004 round 1 Date: April 30 (practice) and May 1-2 (event days) Place: Woodward West, Stallion Springs, CA. | |
| If you have only caught one bit of the buzz about the X-games this year, it no doubt had something to do with the very limited about of open spots. In the past, all top finishers progressed onto X, while this year, only the top unqualified finisher would move on, in both vert and park. This knowledge was quick to break riders up into two categories; those who came to ride, have fun and treat things like any other contest, with total disregard of the X-Games, and then those who came to fire out everything they had, risking it all. While everyone rode well, and we love to see effort justly rewarded, it was good to see that it was none of the latter riders made the cut. | |
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| www.bmxplusmag.com: In vert we can't say that it was a big surprise to see Jamie Bestwick mopping the floor once again. Huge airs, a ton of flow and a clean flair tailwhip all pushed him into the top slot by a huge margin. With a few of the heavy hitters, like Kevin Robinson, already qualified and here just to participate, and big names like Hoffman and Mirra sitting this one out to avoid injury, much of the qualifying pressure was lifted, but far from nonexistent. Although already qualified, Kevin rode better then we have ever seen him, nailing all of his tricks, keeping the back to back flairs to a minimum and wrapping up with a can-can flair over the channel, there is no denying his second place finish. Third place and the X-Games spot went to John Parker who rode clean and smooth. Could some of that have to do with all of the Huck Jam practice he has been getting lately? We think so. Double whip, straight to pedals. Not to be left out, Koji rode amazing, with some serious new found flow and style that not only left him coherent after the comp, it also landed him the fourth place spot. | STUNTMEN VERT: 1.Jamie Bestwick 2.Kevin Robinson 3.John Parker 4.Koji Kraft 5.Tom Stober 6.Jimmy Walker 7.Jay Eggleston 8.Mark Whitfield 9.Dennis McCoy 10.Jeremy Fanberg 11.Lance McDermott 12.Ben Wallace 13.Brian Gavagan 14.John Rokos |
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| www.bmxplusmag.com: With two great amateur contests leading up to the Pro class, it was hard to believe that the riding could actually get any better then where it had left off with 17 and over amateur. The turn out for Pro was incredible, with just as many new names as old. While great riding was had by all, a few names jumped to the top of the judges lists very quickly. Last years odd cod, Morgan Wade, the Aussie Steve McCann and camp resident Ron Kimler were among the finalists. A newcomer who was eagerly voted to the top of the list was Texan, Danny Hickerson, tailwhipping anything and everything, both ways into and through the finals. With the X-games position up for the top spot only, there was some tension in the countdown. Third went to the high speed and nonstop flow of Ron Kimler, who proved he had even more lines to offer then last year, even though he had been off his bike for days prior as he worked to get the camp ready for the comp. Second went to the dialed 720's and "trick for every ramp" style of Steve McCann and the first place spot, and X-Games position went out to Morgan Wade. Morgan managed to outdo even himself, flairing the new "jersey barrier" gap, tailwhipping anything he wanted and doing what was quite possibly the largest pocket air ever, expect to see him goofing his way through the X-Games this August. | PRO PARK: 1.Morgan Wade 2.Steven McCann 3.Ron Kimler 4.Ryan Guettler 5.Gary Young 6.Colin Winkelmann 7.Danny Hickerson 8.Allan Cooke 9.Scott Cranmer 10.Quinn Semling 11.Larry Alvarado 12.Tom Haugen 13.Ryan Jordon 14.Mike Escamilla 15.Jonathan Greer 16.Ryan "The Dude" Barrett 17.Bruce Crisman 18.James Foster 19.Nate Wessel 20.Kye Forte 21.Mike Saavedra 22.Scott Foster 23.Aaron Ross 24.Clint Boisdeau 25.Axel Jurgens 26.Jon Taylor 27.Jack Johnson 28.Ryan Fowler 29.Travis Lyons 30.Jake Honesto 31.Ben Wallace 32.Mike Hernandez 33.David Healy 34.Adam Sanchez 35.Bill Franevsky 36.Lance McDermott 37.Joel Hulsey 38.Shawn Dorton 39.Seth Kimbrough 40.Samar Carrillo 41.Ryan O'Connell 42.Ryan Aldaco 43.KC Badger 44.John Rokos 45.Kyle Chamberlain 46.Marcos Torres 17 & Over Am Park Results: 1.Nathan Ramos 2.Jimmy Hale 3.Jeremie Infelise 4.Kyle Braswell 5.Matt Weldon 6.Brian Sterley 7.Brian Golembiewski 8.Nick Schest 9.Justin Nash 10.Arthur Galaviz 11.Michael Montgomery 12.Nolan Hensley 13.Jonathan "Woody" Gudino 14.Joshua Smith 15.Kelly Orsbun 16.Michael Hoder 17.Justin Wilgus 18.Tommy Paul 19.Leo Forte 20.Kevin Clark 21.Tyler Chamberlain 22.Alfredo Mancuso 23.David Bexley 24.Hernan Montenegro 25.Lance Harness 26.Christopher Roe 27.Lee Sherman 28.Erik.Catllin 29.Stacey Mulligan 30.Baldemar Vasquez 31.Wesley Dunham 32.Steven Bagby 33.Brian "Frog" Jackson 34.Mike Shirley 35.James Brom 36.Daneil Panzone 37.Jacob Counsell 38.Jon Bradley Collin 39.Anthony (Tony) Tucceri 40.Dan Dwyre 41.Drew Powers 42.Lou Uba 43.Joshua Ball 44.Doug Coffey 45.Shane Sischo 16 & Under Am Park Results: 1.Steven Thomas 2.Tony Campos 3.Jason Clark 4.Sean Doucett 5.Felipe Gonzalez 6.Jackson Ratima 7.Matt Ciccairelli 8.John Seferoglow 9.Justin Davis 10.Sean Kitt 11.Houston Harmsen 12.Lucas Montenegro 13.Matt Kaupp 14.Josh Cardenas 15.Anthony "Wings" Hess 16.Taylor Burnette 17.Robert "Jason" Slicker 18.Mike Johns 19.Hunter Burnette 20.Michael Handley |