Pro Park FISE 2009. By BdJ

May 26, 2009

Written by Bart de Jong

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What makes the FISE contest so good isn't really the course set up or rider treatment. It's the humongous crowd that is into seeing some of the best Pro riders go off just for them. And when the crowd cheers, the riders push it a little extra. Would Ben Wallace have cranked his ass off towards the quarterpipe for a boost to the sky if only 100 people would have been watching? Probably not, at least not at the same height. Please somebody, show me a photo of how high he really was, if it looked photoshopped

I can tell you that it was not. Or would Alessandro Barbero have pulled his 3 triple whips in the finals, yeah, maybe but in front of the crowd he could put on his show including throwing his sweaty T-shirt, gloves and headphones to the public that filled the concrete bank. Ryan Guettler pushed his superman flip

to the max (the furthest he has ever done it) which resulted in a loud applause. Daniel Dhers was on it and unwrapped some of his new 720 variations over the step-up box. You know how he rides, it's non-stop and a big move on every ramp he finds on his way. It was very close though on the top but what sealed the deal was Mark Webb's decade air to three-sixty over the box. His first one ever on a box actually and Mark was just as extatic and the loud crowd was. Go find movies on youtube to see what all went on. It doesn't make sense to describe everyone's runs here. The level was raised, Josh Perry experienced a European contest for the first time and Bruno Hoffmann is the most consistent rider on earth. 100 pros entered this year. Here are the finalists and the position they ended up with:

Results Pro Park finals FISE 2009

1 Mark Webb
2 Daniel Dhers

3 Alessandro Barbero
4 Ryan Guettler
5 Ben Wallace
6 Josh Perry
7 Bruno Hoffmann
8 Rob Darden
9 Maxime Charveron
10 Tobias Wicke
11 Paul Ryan
12 Jason Phelan
13 Alistair Whitton
14 Leon Perkins
15 Sergio Layos
16 Daniel Penafiel
17 Aaron Nicholson
18 TJ Ellis

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