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The finals are something you never want to miss. And being a judge I have to say that we have the best seats in the house. There were ten guys to watch and we knew this was going to be a great event. The four judges-Dave Brumlow, Clay Brown, Christian Rigal, and myself-waited for Catfish to drop the first rider. When he did, it was on! I'm now going to give you the standouts of the ten finalists in the Nike HB BMX Pro. 10th: In the 2nd place qualifying spot, Diogo Canina had problems in his first run and had to rely on his second. He started off with a 360 over the big wedge-to-wedge straight into a huge, craving flair from quarter to quarter. He ended his run trying to truck the box backwards and ended up in a pretty nasty crash. Diogo is a beast, though, and got up.

9th: Marcus Tooker has been making moves in the pro class. We're seeing him in a lot of finals these days. What else would you expect with 720's over the box backwards and trucking the big box. In his second run he tried a huge 360 transfer but had to bail out of it early.

Nike 6.0 HB BMX Pro - Day 4 Final Results
1. Ryan Guettler - 95 - $10,000
2. Daniel Dhers - 93.5 - $5,000
3. Andy Buckworth - 91.75 - $3,500
4. Mike Spinner - 90 - $3,000
5. Scotty Cranmer - 89.75 - $2,500
6. Garrett Reynolds - 88.5 - $2,000
7. Allan Cooke - 88 - $1,500 

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Nike 6.0 HB BMX Pro - Day 3 Results
1. Scotty Cranmer - 92
2. Diogo Canina - 92.5
3. Ryan Guettler - 91.25
4. Daniel Dhers - 91.25
5. Andy Buckworth - 89.75
6. Allan Cooke - 88.25
7. Craig Mast - 88
8. Mike Spinner - 87.5
9. Josh Perry - 87.25
10. Garrett Reynolds - 87
11. Marcus Tooker - 87
12. Austin Coleman - 85.75
13. Chase Hawk - 84.75
14. Dennis Enarson - 84
15. Nicholi Rogatkin - 81.75
16. Trey Jones - 79.5 

Today was a big one. It was the last day for the riders to qualify for tomorrow¹s final event. Riders earn points for each day depending on how they place, and then those points are added up to get the top ten finalists. So you could say that today was pretty important and you would be correct, my friend. Let have a look at today¹s recap, shall we?

There were a few guys that were on the bubble and today was the day to make it all happen. Dennis Enarson had some amazing tricks like the no-footed seat grab barspin and triple-whips, but a few falls kept him out of the finals. Austin Coleman was another guy in the running but a real hard slam in practice seemed to slow him down a bit. He still nailed a perfect downside-double-whip on one of the big quarterpipes. Today, Josh Perry made it into the top ten with a Pile Driver, which is a barspin, catch the bars, then do another barspin, and then do a tailwhip all in a 360! But it still wasn¹t enough to get into Sunday's final.

The hardest part of judging is pretty much all of it. You have 20 guys competing against each other, all with different styles and all with a huge bag of tricks. It’s pretty much anyone’s game. Clay Brown even told me the hardest part of judging today’s event was Rob Darden and Diogo Canina because they had similar runs. But they ended up with 3rd and 2nd, which was a huge jump from yesterday. Who won? You’ll have to wait to the end of this little story…or just jump to the bottom and see if you’re really impatient. Another thing about contests is that not placing well does not necessarily mean you didn’t do great things on your bike. Sometimes things just don’t go as planned. One of the crowd’s favorite, 13-year-old Nicholi Rogatkin, had a few falls but nailed a flip-whip over the box! Did I mention he was 13? He’s frickin’ 13 and does flip-whips! Another standout was Chase Hawk. He’s not known for doing the craziest stunts, but man he can make bike riding look soooo good. His style is something most riders wish they had.