Ya know, not all that goes on during a busy contest weekend is flips and whips. There are also lots of rad dudes hanging out, some cute chicks wondering about, and of course wild nightly parties. Amidst all the insane action we were filming we also caught some of the behind the scenes stuff that went down last weekend in Chicago, so check out these 40 photos to see very few people ever get to see from a Dew Tour.

Athlete Recovery Fund kicked off the Dew Tour season with a lot of involvement at the first stop. We started out Thursday night with an athlete meeting which the Hyatt Regency Hotel donated a banquet room and negotiated a special menu for...

Fifty-five clicks of hefty tricks from the Vert Finals in Chicago. One-handed one-footed 900? Can-can x-up 540? Nac-nac seatgrab barspin? Yeah, you might want to take a look...

Here's the last of our Dew Tour videos form the first stop of this year's Tour in Chicago's Grant Park. This one features Corey Bohan, Luke Parslow, Cam White, Nasty, and all the other riders that were skilled enough to make it to the finals. Just remember when the Portland stop comes around this August that ridebmx.com is the only place you can find all the action that goes down at Dew Tour!

After big crashes from both Mike Spinner and Daniel Dhers none other than the man, the myth, the legend...Dave Mirra dropped in and swooped the win in park. Check out all the bangers from each of the 12 guys in the finals including Mirra, Garrett Reynolds, Marcus Tooker, Mark Webb, and all the rest.

Where else can you see all the action footage that you can't see on TV? Nowhere...except right here! Check out Steve McCann, Simon Tabron, Chad Kagy, and Jamie Bestwick along with the rest of the guys in the finals as they destroy the big ramp (and themselves).

Here are three highlight videos (dirt, vert, and park) from the Dew Tour finals this week in Chicago. These videos were put together by the people who put on Dew Tour so the video quality is great, but of course they don't show everything...

Today was vert prelims and finals so there was a ton of action that went down on the big ramp here in Chicago's Grant Park. Only seven of these 17 riders made it to finals so everyone had to lay down their biggest tricks. Lots of hot moves in this video, so check this out until we can get up some footage of the finals!

Well, the first stop of the 2009 Dew Tour has come and gone. All the results are in, and we have them for you right here. As always, expect photos and videos very soon!

X Games street bronze medalist Sean Sexton didn't have to look far to find his riding partners for the weekend... All three riders live in Austin, Texas so all of them were used to riding in the heat and humidity that Chicago had waiting for them. Sean, Aaron, and Danny are pretty much machines on street and they had no problem bringing their insane tricks to the Nike 6.0 street setup.