X Games 15 - BMX Park Final Results & Highlights

FatTony

August 01 2009
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The 10 guys that qualified on Thursday put on an amazing show today in BMX Park finals at X Games 15. The big surprise of the day was that Daniel Dhers didn’t make it on the podium. Check out the final results along with these quick highlights and look for the video later tonight!

Before I get into anything, I have to call this out… The riders AND announcers were both confused on the format. There were two heats of five riders and each heat got a 15 minute jam session. After those two heats they announced that Diogo Canina won the gold medal. However, there was still another round of finals to go! The top five from the first ten went on to ride in another jam session. Diogo celebrated for a few minutes as if he just won gold (and $50,000), then they had to deliver the news…too funny.

Yesterday’s top qualifier Gary Young hit all the same gaps and transfer lines as he did on Thursday, but since the other riders knew they had to find the flowing lines too, they were tracking them down in practice over the past two days. And it paid off. Just about every rider had new lines today and threw out bigger tricks than they did in qualifying too.

Scotty Cranmer did a flip whip and a flip double whip up the setup up jump. He also did the flair across the capsule, a frontflip, a flip turndown, and 360 whips over the spine. He also did a big turndown gap from the pool coping into the box jump lip, literally jumping across the park.

Diogo Canina did a 360 flip and a 720 out of one of the hip flyouts. He also did the big flair across the capsule.

Ryan Guettler rode amazing in the first round of finals, but didn’t keep it together as much in the final finals. He did a flip no-footed can-can, a frontflip, back to back 720s, double whips, and a flip transfer on a hip.

Corey Bohan rode brakeless, padless, and smooth as hell. His bangers included a frontflip up the step up, a one-footed x-up flip, and stylish 360 variations.

Two-time defending X Games gold medalist Daniel Dhers had new lines today and big tricks, but the park layout just wasn’t suitable enough to his riding style for him to make it in the top five. He did a flair whip, whipped over the capsule, 270 double whips, corked out 720 variations, and more.

Chase Hawk is such a treat to watch on this courses and had the great, flowing lines that you’d expect from him including his unmistakable 360 x-ups and 360 inverts.

Jeremiah Smith did a barrage of tech and burly tricks all combined together. Bar to whip, bars to no-hander, superman seatgrab, 360 whips…

Rob Darden also had great lines and threw down 720s, his signature one-handed tables, 360 variations, and more.

Dennis Enarson did a flip whip over the box straight into a double whip on the quarter.

X Games 15 - BMX Park Final Results
1. Scotty Cranmer
2. Diogo Canina
3. Gary Young
4. Ryan Guettler
5. Corey Bohan
6. Daniel Dhers
7. Rob Darden
8. Jeremiah Smith
9. Dennis Enarson
10. Chase Hawk

Photo by Fat.

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19 Comments For This Post

Sass. Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 4:34 pm

yeah! i’m so stoked that scotty won! i’m really glad to see that he’s back bit bummed though that guettler got 4th boo, he should have gotten 3rd, but whatever.

oh and 50 000$.. damn

me Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 5:13 pm

hell yeah scotty is back and im stoked for gary also.
heck u can say vans took xgames park.hahaha all vans boys.lol

ham Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 5:15 pm

reynolds and cranmer.. nj represent

van homan also… damn nj got the bangers

voice Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 5:42 pm

fake results fake judges

even mickey mouse deserved the gold because he s from usa

so from the entire world : we love you USA people NOT american you dont represent north and south america

but amazing comp

lol

actually Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 5:54 pm

actually i watched the whole thing and scotty deserved it for sure. sickest runs of the day for sure. congrats scotty

james Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 6:19 pm

fuck yeah scotty

mike g Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 9:07 pm

Glad to see Scotty puttin in work. East coast represent.

david Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 9:53 pm

yer scotty didnt go last year now hes back

Sean Hanni Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 11:37 pm

I’m a bit bummed that they put chase in 10th, I think that course really fit well with the way he rides and its a shame that the judges didn’t place him higher. I am super stoked on Gary’s podium. San Diego represent! haha but stoked for him, and diego, and jeremiah whos coming off an injury right now.

Caio LA Says:
August 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 am

I don’t thing the mistake made with the announciment was funny. I was, instead, a big fucking frustraiting mistake. Made a few peopple very imbarassed. Its not about the judges, but the mistake made by the announcer and the producing team.

Shame on them…