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| Simpel Session Day OneAlright let's start off with a quick rundown of the qualifiers for the finals. These guys will be going to the finals tomorrow. Also tomorrow there will be a best trick contest for everyone. Game on! Also, I'd like to mention that Simpel Session is going huge for the riders and changing the lip on the box jump. I think the riders weren't getting enough pop/height for big tricks so the dudes are just going to make it steeper so the BMX guys can go HUGE for you! 1. Drew Bezanson CAN 2. Garrett Reynolds USA 3. Brett Banasiewicz USA 4. Diogo Canina BRA 5. Harry Main UK 5. Gary Young USA 7. Ben Wallace UK 8. Michael Beran CZE 9. Dan Norvell USA 9. Kevin Kiraly USA 11. Corey Martinez USA 12. Simone Barraco ITA 13. Ben Snowden USA 14. Kiattichai Wanitsakun THA 15. Sergio Layos ESP 15. Rob Darden USA 17. Andres Lainevool EST 18. Leandro Moreira BRA 19. Tony Watkinson UK 20. Mark Webb UK 20. Zack Williams UK 22. Georgy Doremus FRA 23. Andre Jesus BRA 23. Danny Hickerson USA Drew Bezanson is on top of the game recently. He did the typical whips and flips and spins necessary to get into the finals but also fufanu'd an intense railing. Garrett Reynolds was going huge. He fell quite a few times trying wild shit but got right back up and nailed these things. Ice grind to nose manual down the entire hubba. Feeble up to barspin to manual to barspin attempt. Plenty of barspins to ice grinds and truck drivers and such. He will go BIG tomorrow. Brett "Maddog" took 3rd at 15 years of age. He hit off flip whips, front flips, 3 whips, and pretty much became number one box jumper or quarterpipe rider this morning...  Diogo Canina killed it in the same group as Drew Bezanson. All kinds of whips and spins and creative lines to earn fourth. Harry Main also killed it in the same way though having trouble with the lip tricks. Gary Young had an insanely creative run that earned him high scores without the flips and whips and such. Ben Wallace is a UK rider that is coming up for sure and not only has big tricks, but has them smoother than anyone else. Michael Beran simply went big, without much regard to style or his physical well being. Hucking truck drivers with late tailwhips and such. Dan Norvell was in the number one spot early in the game and did it through a breakthrough performance of flips and spins. Kevin Kiraly also made it to the finals with very quality street riding. Bars to ice. Luc-Es to 180s. Jeez!  Corey Martinez did some amazing rail work like 180 to fakie grinds and luc-Es. Simone Barraco should have scored even higher. Seriously. This young gun seriously put things down. The gap bar to smith was nuts and unexpected. He finished the run off with a flair and other good street moves on the ledges and rails. Whew. I'm getting tired of this... Let's just end with the hometown hero, ANDRES LAINEVOOL. This kid from Estonia earned a spot in the final for sure. At first it looked like he was just another talented rider from Europe getting his name out there with this contest. He was firing off clean whips and flips and spins. However, at the end, pretty much at the buzzer, he came out with a 900 and landed it! First try insanity. Catfish went nuts on the mic, I fell out of my chair, the local crowd went crazy. Hope to see more from this young stallion tomorrow in the finals...  The contest format was kind of troublesome as some riders weren't used to riding contests and had a lot of dead time in runs and ate up the time of other competitors but the organizers did their best to give everybody a fair shot at two runs each essentially. Riders like Dan Lacey were having trouble with the quick format and couldn't advance due to some falls and lack of time. Riders that couldn't ride were Dennis Enarson, Hoang Tran, and Ty Morrow. It kinda sucks because those are the best riders right there pretty much. Like that could be the podium right there. Hope this day one update tied you over for the finals and best trick tomorrow. Make sure you tune in to their website to watch it live and if you like what you see book a flight next year because the Simpel Session has a lot more to offer than just the contest I tellz yaz... (photos from previous simpel sessions...) Channels: Bike BMX Post ThanksgivingLooks like Weeman is getting an early Christmas present... Weeman on a BMX!?  The list for Dave Mirra's KING OF THE ANIMAL HOUSE contest is complete... check the site. Here it is. 1. Daniel Dhers 2. Ryan Guettler 3. Mike Laird 4. Rob Darden 5. Ryan Nyquist 6. Chase Hawk 7. Dennis Enarson 8. Craig Mast 9. Jeremiah Smith 10. Morgan Wade 11. Harry Main 12. Mark Webb 13. Mike Miller 14. Ben Hennon 15. Drew Bezanson 16. Josh Perry I wish I could have made it to the Lake Forest contest. I was busy having NO money. That's life. Unfortunately, it looks as though the turn out was... okay. Nothing too special. However, it must have been fun. Here are the results... 10 & Younger: 11-16 Years Old: 17 & Older: Sponsored: High Air: ($500) Also, Defgrip and Thecomeup, most popular BMX blogs on the internet (?), both released exclusive web videos recently so you have to visit these links to watch them. Get at them! They're good! Hoang Tran of Subrosa's Edit on Thecomeup Owain Clegg of Fit's Edit on Defgrip Channels: Bike Nike 6.0 HB BMX Pro [DAY ONE] Vital BMX and Ride BMX both have coverage of the first day of the Nike 6.0 HB BMX Pro... click the names for their articles. Daniel Dhers is said to have dominated the first day. This is no surprise as his park riding prowess is always revealed at these big contests and he brings some of the biggest tricks to the table with the biggest mouth guard smile you will ever see. Mike Spinner follows closely behind with a performance true to his last name and Garrett Reynolds, with his more street-directed style, also stood on top of the game. Props out to Andy Buckworth whom entered the contest as sort of an alternate for injured riders. Funny because now he's in the top five, a potential podium rider. All the other top names are doing they're thing, battling it out in the Southern Cali heat. Stay tuned for day two, more to come... Channels: Bike |
