This weekend BMX contests went to a whole new level with Red Bull Dreamline held at Coffee Mill Ski Resort in rural Minnesota. Straying from the traditional contest format Anthony Napolitan and Red Bull put together this project to promote progression of the sport by the riders pushing each other to try big tricks.

Here's the official contest recap from Red Bull.

Luke Parslow put on a non-stop BMX dirt showcase to win the top spot with a barrage of flip tricks. In a flawless two hour session he blasted a 360 backflip, a backflip tailwhip and a double backflip. That was enough to earn the respect of his fellow riders, who awarded him the prize in a contest Parslow called, "the best contest since Red Bull Elevation."

A first of its kind, Red Bull Dream Line features an unrestricted trails-style course that sent riders to skies and back down again. Sixteen riders hit 13 perfectly groomed jumps in a self-judged contest that encouraged skill and creativity, like Mike 'Hucker' Clark's opposite truck downside 360 whip, a trick which has rarely been seen before.

Red Bull Dream Line project was conceived by BMX pro Anthony Napolitan as way to privately train and develop his tricks. Given six weeks and complete freedom to develop and groom the course to their liking, builders Adam Aloise and Dave King (who previously worked on Red Bull Elevation) began to shape Anthony's private playground. The course proved to be so amazing he couldn't keep it to himself, and devised the contest to invite 16 of the worlds best BMX dirt riders to session and see what could be done on a course that includes a 35ft step-up and a first-of-its-kind near vert berm gap named "the shark fin". Top names in the sport made the trip to Wabasha to see the dream in person, including Red Bull Stomping Ground winner Brandon Dosch, young star Dennis Enerson, and sport legends like Chris Doyle, Cory Nastazio and Brian Foster.

The self-judged format allowed riders complete freedom to judge with no set criteria. On Friday, September 23rd, sixteen riders competed in two heats of eight. The eight athletes in the non-riding heat judged their peers. The top eight moved on to Saturday's Finals. During a 45-minute jam, Enerson landed a 270 tailwhip on "the shark fin" and Parslow and Hucker both closed down the session with a double backflip on a massive 35ft step-up.

While there is prize money up for grabs, the goal of the contest is take a step back and enjoy riding with freedom from timed runs and the pressure of live TV, on a course that had no rules or constraints. For Napolitan, the event proved to be a dream come true, "This contest made a huge impact on BMX dirt, the riders are psyched and I couldn't be more happy."

RESULTS*
1. Luke Parslow
2. Dennis Enerson
3. Mike 'Hucker' Clark
*Only top 3 were ranked. Other Finalists included: Brian Foster, Cory Nastazio, Gary Young, Chris Doyle, and TJ Ellis

Photo Courtesy of Red Bull Media House. Justin Kosman and Cody York

photo. Justin Kosman

photo. Justin Kosman

photo: Cody York

The Blue Falcon has probably influenced style riding more than anybody, even Ruben. This video is true testament to that, even after all the years. He talks about his signature stem from Fit and does some great skatepark and trails riding.

Watch the Fit teamsters hit the ramp setup outside of The Building and hang out with some local Fit fans. Homan, Foster, Aitken, Dugan, McIntosh, King, Cleveland? Just another day in the life at The Building, right?

If I was a judge at this event I may have just quit halfway through. The teams were so diversely talented and absolutely bringing it. In the end, I suppose Chad Kerley pretty much won this event for Team Enarson with some of the most ridiculous runs of the event, including a nose manual on the frighteningly high sub box. I think Harry Main's team would have won through overall impression if I were judging. Every rider on it did absolute bangers.

Other stand out riders were Chase Hawk and Bas Keep blasting everything and bringing the best styles to the course. Pat Casey, Michael Beran, and Kyle Baldock brought some of the most technical and difficult tricks to The Pool. Drew Bezanson just killed everything as per usual and did one of the biggest wallrides of the night, but not the best. Best trick goes to Brian Foster's quarter to curved wallride without any loss of speed or style. The Blue Falcon lives on!

As well as those accolades, there was the overall best rider which went to Dennis Enarson as voted on by the riders. What can you say? He IS the champ. Also was the best lines team, which basically refers to most creative ways to ride the environment, and this went to Ruben Alcantara's team that did a train consisting of Tom Dugan, Sergio Layos, Kevin Kalkoff, and Ruben himself.

1. Dennis Enarson, Chad Kerley, Jeremiah Smith, Josh Harrington
2. Drew Bezanson, Pat Casey, Michael Beran, Rob Wise
3. Harry Main, Alex Coleborn, Kyle Baldock, Ben Wallace
4. Bas Keep, Chase Hawk, Bruno Hoffmann, Dan Lacey
5. Garrett Reynolds, Sean Sexton, Paul Ryan

Here is a great trails edit by SEKT; more relaxing than banging. If you know what trails are like this video should get you in the proper mood for the season. If not, you can only dream of sessions like these.