Empire of Dirt Wrap-up Gallery
Here’s one last photo gallery of images from the week in and around the contest. Enjoy…
2008 Empire of Dirt Final Results
Bohan stole the show and was crowned the first-ever Empire of Dirt winner. Photo: Mulligan
Results:
1. Corey Bohan
2. Gary Young
3. Dane Searls
4. Kye Forte
An epic contest has come to a close, and the finals were nothing short of amazing and climatic. After 16 riders went through two finals runs, the four riders to transfer to the “Super Final” were Kye Forte, Dane Searls, Corey Bohan, and Gary Young. The one lap, no crap Super Final saw Kye go first.
Kye’s run consisted of a 360 drop-in to start, followed by a turndown, table, 360 x-up, a 360 turndown, a tailwhip and a one-footed table in the dirt half, a table out of one of the curved walls, and a flair on the quarter. Kye had some trouble towards the end of his run and placed fourth.
Dane was second to go and he dropped in with a one-footed x-up. The rest of his run consisted of a one-footed table, a 360, a no-hander-to-x-up, a tire grab-to-tailwhip, an x-up, an alley-oop table, a no-footed can-can over the spine, an alley-oop x-up on the quarter, a lookback, a tailwhip, a 360 tailwhip, and an x-up-to-table on the last hip. Dane’s strong last section placed him in third.
Corey Bohan skipped the drop-in, but brought it on the top section with a tailwhip, an opposite tailwhip, a 360 nosedive, an x-up, a flair in the dirt half (the only person to do that), a sweet nac-nac on the second dirt pipe hit, an insane no-footed can-can out of the first curved wallride, a cannonball over the spine, a one-footed table, a one-handed table, a nothing, a no-footed can-can tailwhip, and a seatgrab Indian air over the last hip. With a huge variety of tricks, a strong start-to-finish run, and style for miles, Corey’s run was good enough to beat out Gary’s for the win.
Gary’s Super Final run also started off without a trick on the drop-in, but quickly got heated with a 360, an opposite 360, a turndown, and a huge 360 double tailwhip. Gary’s feet blew off of the three-double whip, but he managed to keep it together and fire into the dirt half with an alley-oop lookback and a no-hander. Gary threw an ultra smooth 270 out of the first curved wallride, and after railing through the curved wall section, he blasted a one-footed table over the spine. Not slowing down, a 270 off the quarter hip was followed by a nosewheelie down the the ledge, and a 50/50-to-grizz air off the doubles rail. A euro table on the last hip ended his run, but all said, it wasn’t enough for the win.
Hopefully you were able to watch it live via the Internet as it truly was an amazing contest. I’ll be posting one final photo gallery of photos from the event soon.
Thanks go out to Kye Forte, his brothers Leo and Toby, the course building crew, and Red Bull for a brilliant contest. This one will go down in the history books, for sure. Check back soon for more photos…
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2008 Red Bull Empire of Dirt Qualifying Results
Today started off with a little rain and some wind, so there were some slight delays, but despite a mix of everything—rain, sunshine, wind, and clouds—qualifying went off without much of a problem. In practice, Leo Forte and Scott Edgworth had a bad collision, which took out Scott and sent Leo to the hospital for most of the day. Against all odds, Leo came back in time to throw down one run (cold turkey), and rode well enough to make it into the finals. His brother Kye, Mr. Empire of Dirt himself, qualified first with a mix of big air, great variations, smooth riding, and sweet style. The top 16 will compete tomorrow in the finals, with four moving on to the super finals with one run each determining the winner. Below are today’s qualifying results. Check back soon for final results and more photos, and don’t forget to check out the live video streaming (click the link on our homepage to see all the action).
Kye Forte; first place qualifier. Photo: Mulligan
2008 Empire of Dirt Qualifying Results
(Top 16 Transfer To Finals)
1. Kye Forte 91.60
2. Gary Young 90.00
3. Dane Searls 89.40
4. Chris Doyle 89.00
5. Corey Bohan 88.20
6. Alistair Whitton 87.80
7. Josh Stead 84.20
8. Bas Keep 84.20
9. Liam Eltham 83.60
10. Clint Reynolds 83.40
11. Ben Hennon 83.40
12. Leo Forte 82.40
13. Brian Foster 82.20
14. Sergio Layos 82.00
15. Brian Hunt 82.00
16. Darin Read 82.00
17. Arrash Saidi 81.00
18. Taj Mihelich 79.80
19. Patrick Guimez 79.40
20. Brian Yeagle 78.80
21. Martin Tambling 78.00
22. Heath Pinter 78.00
23. Paul Kintner 77.60
24. Francisco Palomo 77.60
25. Matt Priest 71.80
26. Tobias Wicke 69.40
27. Toby Forte 66.80
28. Ruben Alcantara 65.40
29. Javier Ortega 63.00
30. Tony Cardona 62.20
31. Robin Fenlon 62.00
32. Russel Ward 61.40
33. Jon Taylor 61.20
Today was the second day of practice here in England for the 2008 Empire of Dirt contest. Most of the day saw heavy gusts and steady wind, so there wasn’t as much going down as yesterday’s session. A little sheltered from the wind, the middle section of the course saw the most action—typically from the dirt half to the quarter. After today’s practice everyone went to the local trails (Decoy) and some heavy riding was logged in. Lots of tricks and style for hours. I’ll be posting a gallery from the Decoy jam shortly. Tomorrow is qualifying, so stay tuned. For now, here are some photos from today’s practice with a few randoms thrown in…
The 2008 Empire of Dirt contest has kicked off in Newton Abbot, England, and although today was only the first day of practice, the riding was going off. The variety of riders that are here and the diversity of style amongst them is as good as it gets. The course is like nothing else ever built and the riders are absolutely loving it—nothing but smiles all around. Here are two photo galleries, one consisting of course photos and the other is action from the day. Take a walk from top to bottom to see every obstacle and section, then see what the boys were throwing down on their first day of riding.
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