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Parker did have a killer first part of his run where he showed no-handers at height, huge tailwhips, a 540 but crashed on a decade air.  After seeing this, Jon Taylor decided not to ride his second run.

Riders had 2 one-minute runs with the best run counting. Parker’s run ended up being good enough for 5th edging out Jason Branham (USA) by only a quarter of a point and Eduardo Terreros (Spain) by another 0.25.

Places three and four turned out to be a USA-England battle. In one corner we had Tom Haugen doing it for the USA and in the other corner was Zach Shaw. Tom threw some punches with tricks that included switch handers, plenty of one-handed x-up variations and an insane superman seat grab air. Zach fought back with table topped 540s, flairs, sweet inverts and x-ups to x-ups. Tom answered with alley-oop no-handers and a toothpick to full barspin out. Zach didn’t give up as he dug deep in his bag of tricks but it was Tom Haugen’s double tailwhip that was the uppercut that ended the fight. Zach 4th, Tom 3rd.

Simon Tabron had a great first run while Jamie Bestwick messed-up a tailwhip flair that he did as his second trick. This left a lot of pressure on him to do well in his last run. Simon had already pulled an awesome run together where he showed how to ride a vert ramp well. Opposite airs, smooth variations at height, a mid-run flair and an alley-oop no-handed 540 were part of it. Simon gave the crowd something special by pulling a 900 too. Jamie was the last rider on the ramp. It was all or nothing.

Watching Jamie ride is special. You just feel he has the control. Next to his super high and smooth variations, he pulled a few big bangers and that includes the trick he crashed on in the first run (tailwhip flair). In the end the difference between the two was half a point. Advantage Bestwick.

BdJ

BMX Vert Finals Birmingham, England - July 29, 2006
Rider              Hometown    Age      Score    Sponsors

1 Jamie Bestwick Darby, England 35  94.50 Sponsors: Sobe, Zoo York, Etnies, Boost Mobile, Spy Sunglasses, Bell Helmets, Ogio
2 Simon Tabron Newquay, England 32  94.00 Sponsors: LG, Mongoose, Adidas, Bell Helmets, Eastpak
3 Tom Haugen Minneapolis, MN 30  90.25 Sponsors: free agent bikes, UGP clothing, Snafu components, Bell helmets, EVS pads, Osiris
4 Zach Shaw London, England 35  89.50 Sponsors: Vans, Oakley, Eastpak
5 John Parker State College, PA 32   87.00 Sponsors: LG Mobile Phone, Mad Croc Energy Gum, Paul Mitchell Systems
6 Jason Branham Chicago, IL 23   86.75 Sponsors: Amino Vital
7 Eduardo Terreros Getxo, Spain 32   86.50 Sponsors: Fly Bikes, Red Bull, Dagroove, Terremoto
8 Jan Valenta Prague, Czech Republic 21    83.50 Sponsors: Author Bikes, Alex Rims, DC, Electric, Nixon, Skateshop CZ
9 Shaun Egglington Worcester, UK 24   82.25 Sponsors: GT, Relentless, Odessa, Fuse, Motorsport Marketing
10 Ronnie Remo Portsmouth, UK 29    80.25 Sponsors: Mongoose Bikes, Odyssey, Team Extreme
11 Toby Gresswell Cambridge, UK 24   77.25 Sponsors: Eastern Bikes, Odessa Footwear, The Buzzbar
12 Jon Taylor Chester, UK 34   77.00 Sponsors: Hoffman Bikes, Vans, GGI, Seventies
13 Ricardo Roich Buenos Aires, Argentina 31    76.75 Sponsors: Snafu, El Raidero, Marpione Distributions
14 Mark Theaker Liverool, UK 37   75.50 Sponsors: Eastern Bikes, Odessa Footwear