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Written by: Alistair Whitton
HEY, well sept has been really busy. I have been at Camp Woodward hanging out but had to fly to cali to race dirt bikes in the GOPRO Pala Crossover Event. First moto went well, I got 12th -44. The second moto not so well, I got a top ten start then out of nowhere I got landed on and caused me to highside and crash at high speed. I got rocked and nearly run over by the rest of the field but walked away. Next we had VANS TM Jerry Badders wedding in long beach, it was a beautiful wedding and every thing was perfect,congrats. After that i drove to LA to film a VANS/YO GABBA GABBA commercial for there upcoming shoe. We did a remake of the movie RAD. I had alot of fun riding my bike that day dressed in 1980 bmx gear. Then i jumped on a plane and flew to SLC, we had a BMX/MX crossover team race, fuzzy& Aaron Cooke put on a great event at the 215 moto track. We raced dirt bikes and raced a bmx pump track. My team came in 2nd and everyone walked away healthy …later that week I entered the Dew Tour. I put 2 soild runs in and sat on the bubble for the whole 2nd heat riders but then got bumped to 17th. The Monday after dew tour I signed up for a 2 day street bike school at Miller Raceway with Bestwick and Kagy. I had a blast riding for 2 days and learned a lot about racing on a road track,they also let us rip the Mustangs around for a few hot laps. Back in PA now and switched up my bmx bike, I’ve loved having raw bikes so I stripped my paint for a fresh look. Wow looking back on this month it has been epic, thanks to everyone, check the video for a slideshow i put together,
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Enarson is Third Athlete to Pull a “Double-Win” in Dew Tour’s History
Salt Lake City, Utah – Sunday, September 19, 2010 – As a follow up to yesterday’s BMX dirt victory, Dennis Enarson of La Mesa, Calif. continued his winning streak in today’s BMX park final at the Toyota Challenge. The last time an athlete has won two disciplines at the same event was with Ryan Nyquist in 2006. Ryan Guettler originally accomplished the same feat in 2005, with all three BMX riders winning both the park and dirt disciplines.
Enarson, 19, threw out his winning run early on in the final with tricks including a flip whip over the spine, an opposite truck driver and a superman seatgrab barspin for a score of 93.25. Defending Dew Cup Champion Garrett Reynolds, age 20 of Toms River, N.J., came in second with a score of 91.25. Venezuela’s Daniel Dhers, 25, came in third with a 90.50, which is enough to keep him in first place in the overall Dew Tour rankings heading into the Championships in Las Vegas.
“I honestly didn’t expect to win both finals,” said Enarson. “I coincidentally rode more dirt jumps recently and I really liked the park course, so it all just came together.”
Dhers, a three-time Dew Cup champion, leads the race for the coveted Dew Cup with a total of 272 points. Reynolds trails close behind with 232 points and Great Britain’s Mark Webb is third in the overall rankings with 212 points.
Over the four-day skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross event, 60,576 people experienced the Dew Tour’s Toyota Challenge at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Dew Tour will continue on to Las Vegas for the final event of the season – the Dew Tour Championships this October at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Dew Tour Toyota Challenge
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Salt Lake City, Utah
BMX Park Finals
1. Dennis Enarson, La Mesa, Calif., 93.25. 2. Garrett Reynolds, Toms River, N.J., 91.25. 3. Daniel Dhers, Venezuela, 90.50. 4. Scotty Cranmer, Jackson, N.J., 89.50. 5. Brain Hunt, Derry, N.H., 89.50. 6. Casey Patrick, Yorba Linda, Calif., 89.25. 7. Mark Webb, Great Britain, 89.00. 8. Jeremiah Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio, 88.50. 9. Dave Dillewaard, Australia, 87.38. 10. Andy Buckworth, Australia, 86.00. 11. Ronnie Napolitan, Youngstown, Ohio, 84.38. 12. Mike Spinner, Miami, Fla., 80.00.
BMX Park Tour Rankings
1. Daniel Dhers, 272 2. Garrett Reynolds, 232. 3. Mark Webb, 212. 4. Mike Spinner, 208. 5. Andy Buckworth, 186. 6. Dennis Enarson, 181. 7. Scotty Cranmer, 177. 8. Brett Banasiewicz, 168. 9. Jeremiah Smith, 160. 10. Patrick Casey, 159.
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Banasiewicz and Brandon Dosch Separated by a Mere Thirty Points Heading into the Dew Tour Championships in Las Vegas
Salt Lake City, Utah – Saturday, September 18, 2010 – Nineteen-year-old Dennis Enarson of La Mesa, Calif. won the BMX dirt final at the Toyota Challenge in Salt Lake City, landing on the podium for the first time during the 2010 Dew Tour season. This marks Enarson’s first BMX dirt victory since the Dew Tour’s season-closing event in 2008.
Enarson ended 15-year-old Brett Banasiewicz’s winning streak with a run that included a flip whip, barspin tuck no-hander, double whip, no-footed seatgrab bar and a switch double whip for a winning score of 92.94. Brandon Dosch, 21 of Lake Orion, Mich., came in second with a 90.62 and South Bend’s Banasiewicz followed in a close third with a score of 90.44.
“A lot of guys were going really big today and looking to throw never-before-seen tricks,” said Enarson. “I’ve learned that doesn’t really work for me, so I just went out there and really focused on my technique.”
One such athlete looking to go big was Banasiewicz, whose third-place finish was enough to keep him atop the overall Dew Tour rankings with 282 points. Only 30 points behind is Dosh with 252 points, with Enarson trailing just 22 points behind Dosch, accumulating 230 points over the course of the season. With more points on the line at the Dew Tour Championships, the race for the Dew Cup has heated up.
“I think I still have a chance at the Dew Cup, and it’d definitely be crazy to get it,” said Banasiewicz. “Both Dennis and Brandon rode amazing today, so Vegas should be a great competition.”
The four-day skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross event will continue today with skateboard park finals and freestyle motocross. Sunday’s events include skateboard vert finals and BMX park finals. The Dew Tour will continue on to Las Vegas for the final event of the season – the Dew Tour Championships this October at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Dew Tour Toyota Challenge
Saturday, August 18, 2010
Salt Lake City, Utah
BMX Dirt Finals
1.Dennis Enarson, La Mesa, Calif., 92.54 2. Brandon Dosch, Lake Orion, Mich. 90.62. 3. Brett Banasiewicz, South Bend, Ind., 90.44. 4. TJ Ellis, Moreno Valley, Calif., 89.31. 5. Corey Bohan, Australia, 89.25. 6. James Foster, Redlands, Calif., 89.13. 7. Luke Parslow, Australia, 88.35. 8. Jaie Toohey, Australia, 86.81. 9. Seth Klinger, Kansas City, Mo. 84.56. 10. Ryan Nyquist, San Jose, Calif., 84.44. 11. Josh Hult, Idaho Falls, Idaho., 82.37. 12. Colton Satterfield, Salt Lake City, Utah, 81.00.
BMX Dirt – Tour Rankings
1. Brett Banasiewicz, 282. 2. Brandon Dosch, 252. 3. Dennis Enarson, 230. 4. Luke Parslow, 222. 5. Ryan Nyquist, 202. 6. TJ Ellis, 188. 7. Corey Bohan, 168. 8. Jaie Toohey, 165. 9. Andy Buckworth, 157. 10. James Foster, 155.
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Competitions with FMX Legends Mike Mason, Adam Jones, Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg and Nate Adams
Burr Ridge, Ill. – September 13, 2010 – The Dew Tour returns to Salt Lake City for the fourth consecutive year for the Toyota Challenge, September 16-19 at EnergySolutionsArena. The four-day event will feature competitions with the best skateboard and BMX athletes, along with the largest FMX competition on the 2010 Dew Tour. Reserved tickets, which guarantee a seat at Final competitions on the day of purchase, are available for $35.
Freestyle motocross returns to Salt Lake City bigger and better than ever, with two exciting competitions on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s Open Qualifiers will showcase new talent in FMX, where those that advance will face off against the legends in the sport on Saturday in a winner-take-all final. The best talent in FMX has been invited to the Toyota Challenge, including Adam Jones, Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg, Mike Mason and Nate Adams.
The star-studded field of skateboard and BMX athletes competing in this weekend’s Toyota Challenge includes reigning Dew Cup champions, Olympic gold medalists and X Games 16 gold medalists. Among them are:
Athletes are pre-qualified based on their 2010 Dew Tour rankings. The full list of pre-qualified athletes is as follows:
| Skateboard Park | Skateboard Vert |
| Dave Bachinsky* | Pedro Barros |
| Chad Bartie* | Marcelo Bastos |
| Aquil Brathwaite | Sam Beckett |
| Kurtis Colamonico | Bob Burnquist |
| Carlos De Andrade | Sandro Dias |
| Ryan Decenzo | Anthony Furlong |
| Danilo Do Rosario | Pierre-Luc Gagnon |
| Adam Dyet* | Rune Glifberg* |
| Sierra Fellers | Ronaldo Gomes |
| Tyler Hendley | Juergen Horrwarth |
| Jordan Hoffart | Bucky Lasek |
| Timmy Knuth | Rob Lorifice |
| Jani Laitiala | Andy Macdonald |
| Greg Lutzka | Renton Millar |
| Robert Lopez Mont | Alex Perelson |
| Chaz Ortiz | Paul-luc Ronchetti* |
| Andrew Pott | Elliot Sloan* |
| Rodolfo Ramos | Josh Stafford |
| Eli Reed | Adam Taylor |
| Paul Rodriguez | Shaun White |
| Jereme Rogers | |
| Mario Saenz | |
| Bastien Salabanzi | |
| Fabrizio Santos | |
| Austen Seaholm | |
| Ryan Sheckler | |
| Anthony Shetler* | |
| Chris Troy* | |
| Kody Wright | |
| Philippe Zwijsen |
| BMX Park | BMX Dirt | BMX Vert |
| Rob Armour | Brett Banasiewicz | Jamie Bestwick |
| Brett Banasiewicz | Nate Berkheimer | Jason Branham |
| Alessandro Barbero | Corey Bohan | Vince Byron |
| Drew Bezanson | Andrew Buckworth | Austin Coleman |
| Andrew Buckworth | Diogo Canina | Jay Eggleston |
| Vince Byron | Scotty Cranmer* | Brian Hunt |
| Diogo Canina | Rob Darden | Jorge Jovel* |
| Patrick Casey | Dave Dillewaard | Chad Kagy |
| Austin Coleman | Brandon Dosch | Bob Kohl |
| Scotty Cranmer | Chris Doyle | Mike Mancuso |
| Dean Cueson | TJ Ellis | Steven McCann |
| Rob Darden | Dennis Enarson | Dennis McCoy |
| Daniel Dhers | James Foster | Zachary Newman |
| Dave Dillewaard | Chris Gerber | John Parker* |
| Brandon Dosch | Tim Hall* | Ben Snowden |
| Dennis Enarson | Josh Hult | Tom Stober* |
| James Foster | Seth Klinger | Simon Tabron |
| Josh Harrington* | TJ Lavin | Jimmy Walker |
| Brian Hunt | Colin Mackay* | Zachery Warden |
| Craig Mast | Steven McCann* | Francisco Zurita |
| Steven McCann | Anthony Napolitan | |
| Dave Mirra | Cory Nastazio* | |
| Ronnie Napolitan | Ryan Nyquist | |
| Ryan Nyquist | Luke Parslow | |
| Joshua Perry* | Kevin Porter | |
| Garrett Reynolds | Colton Satterfield | |
| Jeremiah Smith | Jaie Toohey | |
| Mike Spinner | Morgan Wade | |
| Marcus Tooker* | Ben Wallace | |
| Morgan Wade | Gary Young | |
| Ben Wallace | ||
| Mark Webb | ||
| Alistair Whitton* | ||
| Scott Wirch* | ||
| Gary Young |
*Indicates wild cards
Taking place in conjunction with the Toyota Challenge are the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Finals, the official amateur series of the Dew Tour. Over 70 of the best amateur skateboarders and BMX riders will be in Salt Lake City vying for a chance to compete against the pros at the Dew Tour Championships in Las Vegas this October.
In addition,
The Toyota Challenge schedule of events is as follows:
Thursday, September 16th – Gates Open at 3:00pm
3:30PM – 4:30PM BMX Vert Prelims
4:30PM – 6:30PM Skateboard Park Prelims
7:00PM – 8:30PM BMX Dirt Prelims
Friday, September 17th – Gates Open at 1:00pm
1:00PM – 2:30PM Skateboard Vert Prelims
3:00PM – 4:30PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour Skateboard Park Final – Round 1
4:00PM – 6:30PM BMX Park Prelims
5:00PM – 7:30PM Freestyle Motocross Open Qualifier
7:30PM – 8:30PM BMX Vert Final
9:00PM – 11:00PM Neon Trees and Paper Tongues Concert
Saturday, September 18th – Gates Open at 11:30AM
12:15PM – 1:30PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour Skateboard Park Final – Round 2
2:00PM – 4:00PM BMX Dirt Final
5:00PM – 6:15PM Skateboard Park Final
6:15PM – 7:00PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour BMX Dirt Final
8:00PM – 9:30PM Freestyle Motocross
Sunday, September 19th – Gates Open at 11:00AM
11:30AM – 1:30PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour BMX Park Final
2:00PM – 4:00PM Skateboard Vert Final
5:00PM – 6:00PM BMX Park Final
6:00PM – 6:45PM Gatorade Free Flow Tour Skateboard Vert Final
***SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
In addition to world-class competitions, the four -day event will include a live concert by Neon Trees and Paper Tongues as part of the MTV2 Rock N Jock Concert Series on Friday starting at 9pm. Onsite at EnergySolutions Arena, there will be the interactive Festival Village featuring Mountain Dew and FUEL TV’s Green Label Experience, the Nike iD program where fans can customize their own pair of shoes, the NERF Dart Tag World Championships, free product giveaways, demos of the latest Sony and PlayStation games and electronics and athlete autograph signings.
Tickets for the Toyota Challenge are available through Smith’s Tix, Smithstix.com and the EnergySolutions Arena Box Office or by phone at 801-476-8499.Visitwww.Allisports.com for more information.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday Action Zone tickets cost $100 for adults and children and provide access to priority reserved seating for all finals. Additionally, Action Zone ticket-holders receive Dew Tour merchandise, a behind-the-scenes tour, athlete autograph session, merchandise discount coupon, Fast Pass access into all venues and interactive areas and cold Mountain Dew. Reserved seating tickets are $35 for children and adults and guarantees seating for all finals competitions. Grounds Pass tickets cost $15 for adults and $7.50 for children ages 2-10. Receive a FREE Thursday grounds pass ticket with every Friday-Sunday ticket purchased. Family 4 packs and 3-day ticket packages are also available.
The complete 2010 Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Event Date Location
Skate Open, June 25-26 Boston, Mass. – TD Garden
ISF Skateboarding World Championships
Nike 6.0 BMX Open July 23-24 Chicago, Ill. – Soldier Field South Festival Lot
Wendy’s Invitational Aug. 12-15 Portland, Ore. – Rose Quarter
Toyota Challenge Sept. 16-19 Salt Lake City, Utah – EnergySolutions Arena
Dew Tour Championships Oct. 14-17 Las Vegas, Nev. – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
In its sixth year, the top athletes in the world will take part in the 2010 Dew Tour, all competing for the highly coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded at season’s end to champions in each of the five disciplines, culminating at the Dew Tour Championships at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The 2009 Dew Cup champions include Chris Cole (skateboard park), Bucky Lasek (skate vert), Garrett Reynolds (BMX park), Jamie Bestwick (BMX vert) and Ryan Nyquist (BMX dirt).