Bestwick dominated from the start and there was no doubt that the reigning king of XGames BMX Vert would prevail. His scores of 47 and 44, total of 91 were the two highest of the event and bettered the rest of the field by a significant margin. Included in his first run were tricks with lots of amplitude, including a massive alley oop downside tailwhip and candy bar and continued throughou
t to dominate and make his mark in action sports history. Unfortunately, teammate Vince Byron, who could have been a threat, broke his handlebars and only took two runs, settling for fourth. Byron did land a double tailwhip 540 in his first run, a rarely seen BMX Vert trick.
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After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.