Dew Tour Vert: July 15, 2006

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July 15 2006
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The history books got a new entry tonight after Keith McElhinney pulled the first-ever frontflip flair on vert—what a wild move! He went for one in his qualifying run, but hung up and crashed it.Although his runs were over, he took another go at it and pulled it to the amazement of everyone. He’s been working on them for a while and tonight it all came together. Congrats Keith. Check ridebmx.com on Monday for the video proof—you’ll definitely want to see this—it’s crazy looking.

Now for the finals… The Jamie Bestwick show was in full effect tonight. Jamie threw down some serious tricks to take the win ahead of Chad Kagy and Kevin Robinson. Absent from the comp was Dave Mirra after a crash in Park practice banged him up a bit. Dave may have pulled out of Vert, but he’s still expected to ride in Park tomorrow.

A few of the highlight tricks from the finals include Chad Kagy’s barrel-roll-style tailwhip flairs as well as his barspin-to-tailwhips, Jimmy Walker’s flair turndowns, Dennis McCoy’s 900, and Jamie Bestwick’s flair turndown-to-x-up.

All that’s left now is the Park competition which goes down tomorrow (Sunday). We’ll have the highlights, results, and photos shortly after, so stay tuned.

2006 Dew Action Sports Tour
Denver, Colorado
Vert Finals

Jamie Bestwick - 94.00
Chad Kagy - 92.50
Kevin Robinson - 92.25
Dennis McCoy - 91.50
Jimmy Walker - 90.25
Jay Eggleston - 89.50
Tom Haugen - 89.00
Josh Harrington - 87.75
Francisco Zurita - 86.50
Jeremy Fanberg - 84.50
Danny Williams - 84.25
Dave Brumlow - 82.75