X Games 15 - Street Qualifying Results, Highlights, & Photos

FatTony

• July 30 2009
• 13 comments

Words by Fat. Photos by Jeff Z.
Out of 12 riders, the field has been narrowed down to just six for tomorrow’s finals. Check out who made the cut and will be going after that gold medal at X Games 15. Plus we have all the highlights and photos you need to make you feel like you were there at the Home Depot Center!

The format today in Street went a little something like this:

The 12 riders were split into two heats of six. The course was divided into three sections. One heat hit a section, and in that heat each rider hit the obstacle of their choice a total of ten times. Then the next heat hit the same section of the course, again taking turns until each rider tried a trick ten times. Then the two heats moved on to a different section of the course and did the same thing. Sure it is a little confusing, but what really matters is that in the end the riders that rode the best today made the cut and will be in the finals.

Here are some of the highlights:

- Garrett Reynolds has won a total of six X Games gold medals in street, (It may be five, but who is counting.) and it looks like he may win another this year. He qualified first and I know he still has some tricks up his sleeve.
- Nathan Williams had lots of huge moves, and some tech moves too like a hang five to double peg grind to 180. He also locked into an icepick, then an over icepick down the biggest rail on course.
- Van Homan tailwhipped down a big set of stairs and did a ton of other huge bangers.
- Ty Morrow was on the bubble going into the last section of the course, but came through with enormous 360s down the huge stair set and off the big ledge (in both directions).
- Corey Martinez did a gap to backwards rail to 180, and also did a backwards rail to 180 on the huge rail. So dialed both times.
- Brian Kachinsky did a bunch of nolli to grind variations and manualed the huge, round rail.
- Sean Sexton got knocked out of the finals at the last minute by Ty Morrow, but not before he did all his super creative and smooth moves like hang fives, a flair, and 360 no-handers.
- Dakota Roche rode as amazing as we anticipated, but several failed attempts at a huge 180 over the big rail at the end of the contest kept him out of the finals. One of his bangers was an awesome manual up a ledge to gap to nose manual down the other ledge.
- Seth Kimbrough felt a little out of place on the course but still put his freecoaster to use and did some creative moves like a 180 up to backwards manual across a ledge.
- Brad Simms and Chase Dehart were both riding with injuries, and even though they both threw down some awesome moves, they ended up sitting out most of the contest.

Expect a ton of crazy footage in the video from this qualifying round to be posted late tonight! Right now we are off to park qualifying!

X Games 15 - Street Qualifying Results (Top Six Ride In Finals)

1. Garrett Reynolds - 410
2. Nathan Williams - 394
3. Van Homan - 391
4. Ty Morrow - 390
5. Corey Martinez - 390
6. Brian Kachinsky - 386
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7. Sean Sexton - 383
8. Dakota Roche - 368
9. Aaron Ross - 348
10. Seth Kimbrough - 255
11. Brad Simms - 183
12. Chase Dehart - 156

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