| Date: july 27-august 4, 2002 Place: Cleveland Ohio Sport organizer: Dennis McCoy. | |
| RIDING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DIRT FINALS | |
| Stephen Murray barley edged out Allan Cooke for the dirt win. Competing against the best bike dirt riders in the world, Stephen Murray stepped up his last run and pulled a double back flip and a back flip 360 to lock in his first place finish. "Unbelievable, coming in here knowing all eyes were on me. Feeling the pressure. I am so lucky," stated Murray after his final run. Despite popping out his left knee, Murray kept his focus the whole run. "Flow is really important and I rely on keeping it consistent all the way through." | 2002 DIRT FINAL RESULTS 1.Stephen Murray 2.Allan Cooke 3.Chris Doyle 4.Mike Aitken 5.Corey Bohen 6.Cory Nastazio 7.Ryan Nyquist 8.Brian Foster 9.Adam Baker 10.T.J. Lavin |
| RIDING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE STREET FINALS | |
| Dave Mirra put in an outstanding last run to take first place in the final Gravity Games event. With a storm blowing in, Mirra kicked into high gear and proved he still has what it takes to bring home a gold medal. Sitting in fourth place going into his last run, Mirra set the tone by opening with a 720. From there the show continued: tailwhip 360, tailwhip 180 to revert to a Decade air. Mirra ended his run with a victory lap and went for a 540 blindside tire-tap on the wall. After his first run, Ryan Nyquist knew he had secured a medal when he completed a back-flip and double bar-spin truckdriver. After two crashes that would have sent most riders home, he was able to land a backflip 360. Third-place finisher Tom Haugen was the most consistent rider of the night, with two very impressive runs. On his final run, Haugen completed a bunny-hop tailwhip, 720 tire-tap to X-up, 360 tailwhip over the spine, Superman seat grab, and 360 tailwhip tire-tap transfer to secure his place on the podium. |
2002 STREET FINAL RESULTS 1.Dave Mirra 2.Ryan Nyquist 3.Tom Haugen 4.Mike Parenti 5.Colin MacKay 6.Chad Kagy 7.Rob Darden 8.Brian Foster 9.Mike Laird 10.Dave Osato |
| RIDING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE VERT FINALS | |
| Simon Tabron took gold in vert with 540 variations, a 900 and a list of othe trickery while Mirra followed up a super close second. The 540 whipping madness from Jay Miron was out of hand and then Jay went for a double tailwhip 540. He finished a respectable third. With a big dose of bad luck, Jamie Bestwick broke his arm between the elbow and the shoulder, which means he'll be out for a while and will miss the X-Games again this year. It's a double bummer because his run was amazing and looking like a winner until his washed out a flair and broke the arm. | 2002 VERT FINAL RESULTS 1.Simon Tabron 2.Dave Mirra 3.Jay Miron 4.Dennis McCoy 5.Jimmy Walker 6.Chad Kagy 7.Koji Kraft 8.Jamie Bestwick 9.John Parker 10.Jay Eggleston |