X GAMES IX: BIKE STUNT PARK FINAL: NYQUIST HITS IT OUT OF PARK CHAMP REPEATS TITLE WITH NEAR-PERFECT RUN, THEN HAS FUN.Byline: Steve Ramirez Staff Writer The Bike Stunt Park final at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. on Saturday seemed more like a coronation than a competition. The event once again belonged to reigning X Games X Games Sports medicine The official Olympics of 'extreme sports' sponsored by ESPN, held annually during the summer. See Extreme sports. champion Ryan Nyquist Ryan Nyquist (born March 6, 1979 in Los Gatos, California) is a professional BMX rider who has won numerous gold medals in the X Games Dirt Jumping & Bike Park events. He also was featured on MTV Cribs.
San Diego's Gary Young finished second, with five-time X Games gold medalist Dave Mirra Dave Mirra (born April 4, 1974 in Chittenango, New York) is an American BMX athlete and business owner. Dave Mirra is known as BMX's most dominant athlete and arguably the most dominant extreme athlete of all-time. third. ``I'm just so happy,'' said Nyquist, who also took first place in the Bike Stunt Dirt competition Thursday. ``To get two (gold medals) in one year is amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. . I'm just so stoked stoked adj. Slang 1. Exhilarated or excited. 2. Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug. right now. To repeat and get gold is very special.'' Young nearly stole the crown. The San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. resident, a relative newcomer to the class, used a variety of tailwhips to earn 90.80 points during his first run before raising the bar to 92.40 on his second. He then watched 18 other competitors fail to match his routine until Nyquist approached the course. ``I just wanted to have fun,'' Young said. ``I'm so psyched to do as well as I did.'' But Nyquist did him one better, scoring the 95.00 on his first run, which included three 760-degree spins and two 360 tailwhips. ``I just wanted to do a lot of semidifficult tricks, nothing really crazy,'' said Nyquist, who landed every attempt cleanly. ``I did that 720 (off the center ramp) and I was stoked. ``I knew I had to have a good run. I was confident in my routine, but you never know if it's going to be good enough. You never know what the judges are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. .'' Victory was secured for the Greenville, N.C., resident, who was the final rider, when Alistair Whitton could muster just a 82.40 in the event's second-to-last run. ``That was a relief,'' Nyquist said. ``It was huge because I could make that last run just about me, and do the stuff I always wanted to do.'' That included a move Nyquist calls a 540 Suicide No-Hander, in which he does a 540-degree revolution off the vertical ramp. Steve Ramirez, (626) 962-8811 steve.ramirez(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Dave Mirra, riding the rim on this maneuver, took the bronze medal at the Bike Stunt Park finals Saturday with a final score of 89.40. the gold went to repeat winner Ryan Nyquist, who earned a near-perfect score of 95.00. (2 -- color) Chad Kagy finished fourth in Bike Stunt Park on Saturday but crashed on this move during his second run of the finals. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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