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Stand out riders were Lee Robertson with big nose dive 360's over the massive first set, Ben Miels who was pulling double whips and David Baker who was flipping the dirt spine every run...

The Pro riders were up next and the level of riding was awesome. Dane Searles, PJ Mackellar, Shane Conlan and Cam Pianta were all throwing down some big tricks including front flips, 360 whips and back flip variations. It was also good to see Luke Weatherall back riding at a comp, Luke was a bar spin machine and had some really original tricks. The head to head format saw a few of these guys getting knocked out early in the rounds through a combination of crashes and unlucky runs.

When it all panned out the last two men standing were Adelaide's Dwayne Golding and Sydney rider Josh Stead. Josh just took the golden shovel with smooth trails style runs, opposite 360's and double variations like a big no-hander to turn down.

Last event of the day was the www.safreestyle.com best trick comp, the highlights were Cam Pianta trying to front flip the spine and Luke Weatherall pulling a triple truck driver.... But the winner of $250 of Dave Sayer's hard earned was Dane Searls with a huge double whip 360 over the first set.

Big thanks has to go out to Freestyle BMX and 2020bmxmagazine for organising the comp, all the guys who helped build the jumps, the judges, riders and everyone who came down to check out the riding. Also big thanks to Elite Cycle Imports, Federal Bikes, Proper Bike Co. BMX International, Maxis Tires and www.safreestyle.com for supporting the comp.

All up an awesome comp that set a new standard for dirt comps in Australia.

Mike Daly

Results:

Pro
1st Josh Stead
2nd Dwayne Golding
3rd Cam Pianta
4th Luke Weatherall
5th Damian Connolly
6th PJ Mackellar
7th Dane Searls
8th Shane Conlan

Am
1st Lee Robertson
2nd Ben Miels
3rd Stephen Cole
4th David Baker
5th Tim Dougherty
6th Dan Rosenthal
7th Dean Makey-Starr
8th Brock Viner

Photo credit: 2020bmxmag.com.au