2009 Wendy's Invitational: Vert Report - PLG dominated the 2nd stop of the Dew Tour in Portland, Oregon. Andy Mac comes in second and Sandro Dias high flies it into 3rd
PLG dominated the 2nd stop of the Dew Tour in Portland, Oregon. Andy Mac comes in second and Sandro Dias high flies it into 3rd
- The 10 finalist were determined by a elimination round on Thursday that whittled the field down to 7 riders that met the top 3 finalist from the first stop in Boston (Bucky, Andy Mac, PLG)
-The format for the finals was 10 riders, three runs each, 45 seconds a run
-Every rider except PLG fell in the first round
-All the younger guys, Alex Perelson, Rob Loriface and Adam Taylor look stronger and stronger each event
-Bob and Sandro Dias tied for 3rd. They break the tie by adding the 2 scores, dividing by the distance to Jupiter and multiplying by the next lowest score. Sandro’s highflying high sped run, included a gnar jar got him 3rd. Bob’s run, half amazing, half amazing and switch got him fourth
- 720’s who’s got em? PLG and Andy did 7’s and 1st and 2nd
The Dew Tour got a new vert ramp for the guys this year
Rob Loriface
Frontside bluntslide by Bucky Lasek
Renton Millar
Bucky almost had a full run but fell right before the buzzer, missing a wall or two and a potential medal spot – bean plant
Son of Chris, Zach Miller, is clearly inheriting some of pops style
One footed 540 by Sandro Dias on his way to 3rd place
Back Smith by Rune Glifberg
Neal Hendrix takes a break from hosting TV shows to shred
Lincoln Ueda prepares for re entry
Alex Perelson
Reach for it, Danny Mayer pulls it in
Bob is one of the most fun skaters to watch; pulling tricks out of no-where, always creative, cat like reflexes and half his run is switch - Rodeo
Anthony Furlong
540 by Adam Taylor
Andy Mac
Switch heel frontside 3 by event winner PLG
Bob Burnquist congratulates Sandro on his run that actually booted Bob out of 3rd place
Results:
1- PLG 90 2- Andy Mac 3- Sandro Dias 4- Bob Burnquist 5- Adam Taylor 6- Bucky Lasek 7- Rob Loriface 8- Alex Perelson 9- Anthony Furlong 10- Danny Mayer
Dew Tour Standings after 2 events:
1- PLG 190 2- Andy Mac 172 3- Bucky Lasek 168 4- Sandro Dias 158 5- Bob Burnquist 148 6- Adam Taylor 136 7- Rob Loriface 124 8- Anthony Furlong 112 8- Alex Perelson 112 8- Renton Millar 112
