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With four REDLINE Global Team members - Damien Godet (France), Manuel DeVecchi (Italy), Rob van den WILDENBERG and Raymon van der BEIZEN (both from The Netherlands) in the Semi’s, there was the rare possibility that Flight bikes could’ve filled half of the gate in the Olympic main. But REDLINE would gladly settle for 2 out of the 8. 

Summer Session!!! Rain on Saturday, Rain on Monday but the sun showed up on Sunday for the T-Mobile Extreme Playground Summer Session. The Miniramp contest was part of an event with bands (Antiflag, Pennywise, Mando-Diao) and a World Cup wakeboarding event. The actual contest was planned for Sunday which was the only day that it was dry. With the event being live on MTV and Freecaster.tv it was good that some riding got done. It would have been a shame to send the following 14 riders home without hitting the IOU spine mini: Ben Hennon, Brad Simms, Sergej Geier, Bommel, Harry Main, Alex Bourbignon, Dave Osato, Arthur Dietrich, Brian Kachinski, Anton, Kevin Liehn, Sprosse, Ondra Slez and Mark Koenig.

The head to head system kicked off in the afternoon with Sven "Sprosse" Lehmann (GER) riding against Alex Bourbignon (Fra). 

Hop on the bus with 13 of the world's most talented BMX riders as we trek across the desert of the Southwestern United States in search of the best riding spots this hell on earth has to offer -- plentiful street spots, unreal cement parks, backyard ramps, and merciless heat are all on the agenda. . . . after we do some push-ups and fill out the police report for all of the stolen goods from the motel. Join the crew as we hit up Phoenix, Tucson, and San Diego in 110 degree heat that never lets up but doesn't even begin to slow down this crew.

Road Fools 16 crew:
-Anthony Napolitan
-Brett Walker
-Brad Simms
-Corey Bohan
-Chester Blacksmith
-Aaron Ross

Daniel Dhers continued his bid for a fourth consecutive Dew Cup and defeated defending event champion Mike Spinner Sunday in the Wendy's Invitational. Dhers took the lead from Spinner in his flawless first run which included a 720 into a flair, a can can 720, and a 360 tailwhip transfer, to finish with a 93.83 score. Spinner attempted to knock Dhers out of the lead on his second run, but his feet slipped off the pedals when landing a triple tailwhip. He finished second at 92.67 and Rob Darden, of Greenville, N.C. was third at 91.33.

"I like to win contests but I thought winning in Portland would be redemption," Dhers said, who battled injuries at this event in the previous two years. "Spinner has been up in the mix for a while. So, after he did his first run I was like, 'OK, I'm up for the challenge.'" 4.

Spinner's first run included a triple tailwhip on the quarterpipe, a 1080, a 540 tailwhip and a quad whip. Dhers has won eight of the 10

In BMX vert, Kagy won the event, ending Jamie Bestwick's season-opening AST Dew Tour winning streak at two. The 29-year-old Kagy, from Gilroy, Calif., earned 95.00 on his final run, which included a flatspin 540 double tailwhip and thrust him into first place. Bestwick, the only rider remaining, fell in his run to finish second at 94.17. Australia's Steven McCann finished third at 91.50.
"The top of the podium is always your goal coming into a competition," Kagy said. "The first two events I was in second place behind Jamie. There was only one place for me to go and that's ahead of him."

Bestwick still holds the lead in the points standings, but Kagy is eager to surpass him.
"Tightening up the points at the third stop means I've got two