After falling on his first two runs, Shaun White lived up to his reputation as a fierce competitor to earn a first place finish in the Skateboard Vert competition on Saturday, July 21 at the Right Guard Open, the second event on the 2007 AST Dew Tour
SHAUN WHITE WINS AST DEW TOUR RIGHT GUARD OPEN, photos by John Centi
CLEVELAND, Ohio. – After falling on his first two runs, Shaun White lived up to his reputation as a fierce competitor to earn a first place finish in the Skateboard Vert competition on Saturday, July 21 at the Right Guard Open, the second event on the 2007 AST Dew Tour at Cleveland’s North Coast Harbor.
White, 20, of Carlsbad, Calif. drew cheers from the capacity crowd with his flawless final run, which earned him a score of 90.25. Defending Dew Cup champion Bucky Lasek of Baltimore finished second with 89.00 points and Brazilian Bob Burnquist took third with a score of 87.00.
“I just dug as deep as I could,” White said. “This is unbelievable. I'm off to a great start. I can't wait to get a chance to keep this going."
With back-to-back wins in the first two events of the Tour, White plans to keep the momentum going into next month’s stop in Portland.
"This is exactly how I imagined it, but for it to actually happen is just unreal,” White said.
White currently leads the standing with 200 overall points, followed by Burnquist at 138 and Lasek at 130.
Final AST Dew Tour Results AST Dew Tour-Right Guard Open Results Saturday, July 21, 2007 North Coast Harbor - Cleveland, Ohio
Skateboard Vert Final Results 1.Shaun White, Carlsbad, Calif., 90.25. 2. Bucky Lasek, Baltimore, Md., 89.00. 3. Bob Burnquist, Brazil, 87.00. 4. Rune Glifberg, Denmark, 81.75. 5. Andy Macdonald, Boston, Mass., 80.75. 6. Mathias Ringstrom, Sweden, 80.75. 7. Lincoln Ueda, Brazil, 80.25. 8. Rob Lorifice, Carlsbad, Calif., 79.00. 9. Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canada, 72.00. 10. Danny Mayer, Omaha, Neb., 61.75.
Bob Burnquist frontside blunt on the vert ramp.
Matieas Ringstrom with a sick boned out indy grab. I think you would call this a stiffy.
Overview of the madness. Wonder what it looks like from up there.
Bucky Lasek and Shaun White were stoked for each other.
Bucky Lasek hangin on. Look at the crowd just in ahh.
This kid is focused in on PLG's technique.
Rune Glifberg is SICK, he was boosting all day.
Little kid, BIG DREAMS. Rune Glifberg shows him how its done.
Shaun White is king and check him out here to see just why.
Shaun White is so stoked he landed everything in an insane run, definitely a first place run.
