September 2005: Guettler Wins PlayStation Trick of the Week. $5G Boyee!

Sep 06, 2005

Written by Bart de Jong

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The Dew Action Sports Tour, the first-ever, season-long professional multi-sport tour in action sports, announced the winner of the PlayStation(r) Trick of the Week Award from the Vans Invitational. Voting began after competitions at the Dew Action Sports Tour's Vans Invitational ended Sunday, August 21. Fans were able to view video clips and vote online at dewactionsportstour.com. Ryan Guettler won the Trick of the Week after he performed a flawless front flip en route to winning the BMX Dirt Finals. Guettler also leads the Dew Cup points standings in BMX Dirt and BMX Park. "This is motivation to keep on pushing the rest of the season," said Guettler. "I'm happy to be consistent this year across two disciplines and leading the points standings in both. I'm also thrilled that the front flip won - it was just a part of my normal routine."

Guettler beat out BMX Vert competitor, Jamie Bestwick, who completed a flair tailwhip during Vert Finals. That trick was enough for him to win the competition, but not to take the PlayStation Trick of the Week. BMX Park winner Ryan Nyquist was also nominated for Trick of the Week after he nailed a 720 over the box during Park Finals. In the end, the online community chose Guettler's trick as the best. Guettler wins $5,000 and will compete for the PlayStation(r) Trick of the Year versus all the other Trick of the Week winners from other Dew Action Sports Tour events, including the upcoming Toyota Challenge (September 8-11). Online polls open on the last day of each event. Polls will be open throughout the week of October's PlayStation Pro, when online voters will choose the PlayStation Trick of the Year winner from the four Trick of the Week winners. The winner will be announced during the Dew Action Sports Tour NBC broadcast on Sunday, October 16. This athlete will take home $10,000 in cash as well as other PlayStation prizes.