Prelims results Elevation comp, Whistler, Canada.

Jul 01, 2006

Written by Bart de Jong

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It's not even 9:30pm and I'm wasted. I'm in Canada so I guess that's okay. The top 20 top qualifiers got announced tonight over dinner and free pitchers so things were all good. I tape recordered the top 20 but I'm not sure I'll type out the full list as Jamie McIntosh is going to e-mail the exact copy some time tonight and I'm trying to get back into town for some more Elevation partying. I know that Corey Bohan qualified first. Damn, he's been riding awesome and did 360-s both ways, tricked every set and will be a good contender tomorrow in the finals. Chris Doyle qualified in second and he impressed me. You know, the thing with Doyle is that sometimes it looks so smooth that you forget how hard the stuff he does is. At the Elevation trails he raised to the occasion and completely stood out to the other riders. He's got the skills for the transfers and tricks that might bring something tomorrow. Correct me if I'm wrong (the state i'M IN RIGHT NOW _oops cap lock) but I believe Nyquist got third in qualifying.

Even though Ryan doesn't seem to be the true trails rider that it takes to ride these jumps, he's got the tricks that the judges are looking for. He had a bad crash in practice (you really don't want to crash on these big sets) but put i together like Ryan can. I believe the judges are Biz (injured still with a messed up leg), Ryan Barrett (injured with a shattered elbow), Matt Beringer and trail king Dave Osato. I'm stoked Paul Kintner made it too in 18th. He rode really well and was as wasted I as was when they announced the results tonight. Good thing I don't have to ride tomorrow but he does. Rob Darden was on the bubble and got 21st but he's got some JD7 support and wasn't too bummed about it. He rode well but the level of the top dirt jumping guys was so high that even Rob Darden did not qualify. It's been good times so far. The finals are scheduled for tomorrow but before that I'll be going back into town to meet up with friends I don't get to see every day. Over and out.

BdJ

Qualifying results Red Bull Elevation, Whistler Canada. Friday 30 June, 2006. Top 20 make it to the finals.

1 Corey Bohan 89.7
2 Chris Doyle 87.5
3 Ryan Nyquist 86.6
4 Anthony Napolitan 85.0
5 Luke Parslow 84.6
6 Brian Foster 84.5
7 Cameron White 83.1
8 TJ Lavin 82.9
9 Dane Searls 82.7
10 Alejandro Caro Ospina 82.7
11 Dave Dilleward 81.5
12 Romuald 'Bibi' Noirot 81.1
13 Kym Grosser 80.7
14 Darren Barrecloth 80.7
15 James Foster 80.3

16 TJ Ellis 79.4
17 Adam Baker 78.5
18 Paul Kintner 78.4
19 Kye Forte 78.3
20 Gary Young 77.6

21 Rob Darden 76.3
22 Michael "Hucker" Clark 76.2
23 Darin Read 75.5
24 KC Badger 72.1
25 Ryan Sher 68.7
26 Josh Stead 67.5
27 Alex Dropsy 67.1
28 Caesars Florez 66.0
29 Tony Cardona 65.3

30 Matt Beyers 63.7
31 Brad Bonar 62.2
32 Heath Pinter 35.1

Thanks to Jamie McIntosh for the qualifying results.

Enjoy the photos today of riders who did not make it to Saturday's final.