Bart de Jong
Out of the 31 riders competing in today's BMX Park prelims, choosing the top nine who will advance to Sunday's Finals has got to be a brutally hard decision for the judges. Everyone that rode went high and pulled a dozen tricks out of their bags. But the really difficult part was the fact that each rider had to pedal as fast as possible to make use of the whole course. Stamina was key. And each of these facets is taken into consideration when placing riders into the finals. Prelims were phenomenal. 
Tonight’s final event was bmx best trick brought to you by Ride Bmx and Dan’s Competition. 10 riders were hand picked by the sponsors to attend and… Here’s the scene—a plywood runway down a double set of stairs projecting riders almost immediately into a 6ft clay lip and over a 15ft gap. The time frame—half an hour jam style format. The prize--$1,000 in cash split up throughout the event for innovative moves. And $5,000 for best trick overall. Here is what went down…
2009 Orlando Dew Tour - Dirt Final Results1. Brandon Dosch - 92.87
2. TJ Ellis - 92.00
3. Rob Darden - 90.69
4. Cameron White - 90.19
5. Ryan Nyquist - 88.44
6. Chris Doyle - 88.19
7. Chris Gerber - 88.19
8. Luke Parslow - 88.12
9. Colton Satterfield - 87.00
10. Anthony Napolitan - 85.69
11. Ryan Guettler - 85.56
2009 Orlando Dew Tour - Park Qualifying Results 1. Ryan Nyquist - 93.50
2. Mark Webb - 90.88
3. Rob Darden - 90.88
4. Dennis Enarson - 90.00
5. Drew Bezanson - 90.00
6. Scotty Cranmer - 89.75
7. Ryan Guettler - 89.75
It’s yet another day in Florida when Mother Nature ushered in the rain. But lucky for the Dew Tour BMX Vert Finals, the Amway arena is indoor, nice and spacious with really high ceilings. That's a good thing, because you need high ceilings for Vert, especially when Jamie Bestwick is riding. How high he airs is unreal–plain and simple. But enough about Florida, let's cut to the chase: Jamie Bestwick took first. In doing so, he won the Dew Cup in Vert for the fifth year in a row, and became the first person to sweep all 
2009 Orlando Dew Tour - Vert Final Results 1. Jamie Bestwick - 93.25
2. Chad Kagy - 92.50
3. Kevin Robinson - 90.63
4. Steven McCann - 89.13
5. Francisco “Coco” Zurita - 89.13
6. Jimmy Walker - 89.00
7. Austin Coleman - 89.00
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