Heat 1, Run 1 highlights included
Mike Escamilla who started off with a 360, 360 table top, tail tap, and a shaky flair which earned him a score of 74.00. Next up was
Chris Gerber who pulled a 360, tail whip, tail whip 360, flip whip, and a tail whip to earn a score of 84.50.
Chris Doyle comes next with a can-can, tail tap spin to peg stall to earn a score of 79.75.
Diogo Canina pulled a huge 720, 360, 720, turn down, flair, turn down, tail tap, wall ride, tail whip earning a score of 84.25.
Dennis McCoy comes next with a flair, wall ride, tail tap, 360 tail tap, he fell attempting something, 360 tail tap to earn a score of 83.50.
Dave Mirra comes out next with a huge flair, tail tap, back flip, x-up bunny hop, turndown and flair earning a score of 88.50.
Mike Laird hit's the course next with a tail whip, turn down, wall ride, and ice pick to earn a score of 88.00.
Ali Whitton was next with a superman, back flip, 360 turn down, another 360 turn down, 360, turn down, 360 and then something else to earn a score of 88.00.
Ryan Nyquist, the hometown boy, came out on first with a wall ride, turn down, bar spin, 360, another 360, 360 turn down, another 360 to something to earn a score of 86.75. Rounding out Run 1 is
Scotty Cranmer who pulled a tail whip, ice pick, front flip, 360, tail whip, 360 flair, 360 turndown, wall ride to tail whip earning a score of 93.75. Run 2 began with Escamilla pulling a bar spin, tail tap, 360, front tire tap, bunny hop to stalling earning a score of 73.50. Gerber's second run was a 360, tail tap, back flip, and then attempted a flair whip but fell earning a score of 73.50. Doyle's second run was a tail whip tail tap, turn down fakie, 360 tire tap, ice pick and ice pick fakie earning a score of 81.00. Canina's second run was a 720, 360, another 360, another 720, front flip and a no-handed front flip earning a score of 74.50. DMC's second run was a bar spin, wall ride, fell on a 360, got up and did a 360 something to earn a score of 83.00. Mirra's second run was a 1-footed flair, backflip turn down, wall ride, turn down, tail whip and something else big earning a score of 90.00. Laird's second run was a bar spin, double tail whip attempt, front tire tap, wall ride, and then overshot a 720 attempt to earn a score of 77.75. Whitton's second run was a superman, back flip,
360 turndown, opposite 360 turndown, wall ride, foot touch on the wall, back flip turn down, 180 and another 180 to earn a score of 88.25. Nyquist's second run was a wall ride, 360, flair, double bar spin, back flip, 360 but clipped his back tire earning a score of 87.00. Rounding out Run 2 is Cranmer with a back flip, tail whip tail tap, ice pick, front flip, 360, double tail whip, tail whip 360 which he fell on then got up and pulled a flair earning a score of 89.25.
Heat 2 Run 1 highlights include
Cameron White pulling a turndown, barspin, backflip turndown, turn down, 360 and tail tap earning a score of 77.50.
Dave Dillewaard pulled a tire tap, something, 360 turn down, 720, flatty, 360, tail whip, tail tap, turn down, flatty, table top earning a score 87.00.
Morgan Wade pulled a 720 but fell, and then decided to pull about 6 flairs in a row haha, and then a look back to earn a score of 79.50.
Mike Aitken pulled a 180 fakie, flatty, turn down, 360, 360, foot touch on the wall, 360 to earn a score of 84.25.
Chad Kagy's first run was a tail whip, barspin turndown, fell, flair, 360, tail tap.earning a score of 80.50.
Allan Cooke's first run was a back flip, peg grind, tail whip, wall ride, no handed backflip, peg stall, wall ride, turndown to peg grind earning a score of 85.25. Rounding out the first runs is
Guettler who pulled a 360, 720, wall ride, 360 whip, turn down, flair, turn down, 360 tail tap, tail whip, 360, flair, 360, tail whip, wall ride, 360 turn down to earn a score of 88.75. Run 2 began with White pulling a turn down, double barspin, double tail whip, superman, tail tap earning a score of 77.25. Dillewaard pulled a bar spin, 360, barspin turn down, 720, tail whip tire tap, 360 turn down, turn down, bar spin, 360, wall ride, tail whip tail tap earning a score of 87.25. Wade's second run was a flatty, 360, ice pick, turn down, 360, tail whip can-can, wiped out earning a score of 78.50.
Gary Young pulled a bar spin, flatty, wall ride, 360, tail whip, flatty, turndown, wall ride, tail whip 360 earning a score of 81.75. Aitken pulled a turndown, wall ride, fakie, can-can, 180 fakie, flatty, wall ride, tail tap, 180 turndown and then fell earning a score of 85.75. Kagy's second run was a barspin, tail whip, 360 turndown, tail tap, backflip whip, flair, wall ride, 360, can-can earning a score of 86.75. Cooke's second run was a backflip, wall ride, peg grind, tail whip 360, wall ride, no handed backflip, x-up, turndown, wall ride, 360, can-can, front tire tap. Rounding out Heat 2 is Guettler with a 360, 720, wall ride, 360 tail whip, turndown, flair, turndown, double tail whip, wall ride, 360 tail tap, tail whip, foot touch on wall, turndown, 360 earning a score of 87.25.
At the end of it the riders advancing onto the finals from 10th to 1st are:
Nyquist (87.00), Delaware (87.25), Darden (87.50), Laird (88.00), Harrington (88.00), Whitton (88.25), Guettler (88.75), Haugen (89.75), Mirra (90.00), and Cranmer (93.75).
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