Bucky Lasek Wins Skate Vert in Orlando; Takes Third Dew Cup
October 19, 2009 – 12:31 am PT by GregTags: Andy Macdonald, Bucky Lasek, Dew Tour, PlayStation Pro, PLG —
Bucky Lasek left no doubt Sunday that he deserved his third Dew Cup by taking the PlayStation Pro in Orlando, the fifth and final stop of the Dew Tour (only four events featured skateboarding).
Coming into Sunday’s final, Lasek held a small lead in the Dew Cup standings over Pierre-Luc Gagnon and Andy Macdonald, though he had won two events in the season to PLG’s one and Macdonald’s zero.
For Lasek, who won the cup in the tour’s first two years, victory came after losing the race to PLG last year.
Keep reading for the full release from the day’s action and the final standings.
BUCKY LASEK WINS SKATE VERT FINALS AND RYAN NYQUIST WINS BMX PARK FINALS AT THE DEW TOUR’S PLAYSTATION PRO IN ORLANDO
Bucky Lasek in Skate Vert and Garrett Reynolds in BMX Park Crowned 2009 Dew Cup Champions
Orlando – October 18, 2009 – Bucky Lasek of Baltimore, Md. won the skate vert finals and secured the Dew Cup in the closest race for the Cup in Dew Tour history. Fresh off the Dew Cup win in BMX dirt, Ryan Nyquist of San Jose, Calif. won the BMX park finals at the PlayStation Pro, while Toms River, N.J.-native Garrett Reynolds was crowned the overall Dew Cup champion in BMX park for the 2009 season.
Heading into Orlando, Lasek, Canada’s Pierre-Luc Gagnon and Boston-native Andy Macdonald were separated by a mere six points in the overall Tour standings. It was anyone‘s game heading into the finals, and the last five standing in the final jam session were the who’s who in skate vert – Lasek, Gagnon, Macdonald, and Brazilian shredders Sandro Dias and Bob Burnquist.
Lasek pulled into the lead in his last run with his switch 360 backlip, switch 540 and nollie flip stalefish to earn him a first-place score of 90.88. Macdonald followed with a score of 85.63 and Dias came in a close third with his crowd-pleasing varials, like a body varial 540 to tuck knee, earning him a final score of 84.74.
Lasek three-peats as Dew Cup champion, having won in 2005 and again in 2006.
“I just want to thank all of the fans for supporting me. I was walking around and meeting everyone, and it was a really uplifting experience, so thanks to Orlando for all of their support,” said Lasek. “Thanks to all of the fans who follow the Dew Tour, and I’ll be ready for next year.”
All eyes were on Tour points leader Reynolds and second-place Dave Mirra heading into the BMX park finals, but in a nail-biting twist of events neither riders made it on the podium. Mirra fell on his first run attempting his signature bunny hop backflip drop-in, however he redeemed himself and landed it in the second run, following it up with 720, placing him in fourth in the finals and second overall in the season-long rankings. Reynolds’ top run included a truckdriver to tabletop and a barspin 540, landing him in seventh place. However the run was enough to earn him his first ever Dew Cup.
“I’m psyched to win the Dew Cup, and it feels awesome,” said Reynolds. “I definitely didn’t expect to do it this way with my sketchy run tonight, but it’s awesome.”
Nyquist surprised everyone with his second run, which jumped him from tenth place to first and included a wall-ride to double barspin and a 360 double truck, earning a total score of 94.38. Venezuela’s Daniel Dhers threw out a corked 720 whip and a 720 over the box to earn him a second-place score of 93.75. Mark Webb, hailing from Great Britain, landed on the podium for the first time in his Dew Tour career and finished in third with a score of 92.38.
“I feel really good. This is the perfect way to end the season. It’s a really great feeling – two Dew Cups in dirt and a win in Orlando for park,” said Nyquist. “I really wanted to end the year on a good note, and I couldn’t ask for anything more.”
Dew Cup champions for the 2009 season are as follows:
· BMX vert – Jamie Bestwick (fifth Dew Cup of his career)
· BMX park – Garrett Reynolds (first)
· BMX dirt – Ryan Nyquist (second)
· Skate park – Chris Cole (first)
· Skate vert – Bucky Lasek (third)
The four-day competition featuring skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross is the fifth and final stop of the 2009 Dew Tour season. The second season of the Winter Dew Tour kicks off December 18, 2009 at Breckenridge Ski Resort, continuing onto Utah’s Snowbasin Resort in January and concluding at Mount Snow Resort in Vermont.
Dew Tour’s PlayStation Pro
Saturday, October 18, 2009
Orlando
Skate Vert Finals
1. Bucky Lasek, Baltimore, Md., 90.88
2. Andy Macdonald, Boston, Mass., 85.63
3. Sandro Dias, Brazil, 84.75
4. Bob Burnquist, Brazil, 80.75
5. Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canada, 70.76
6. Adam Taylor, Cocoa Beach, Fla., 81.01
7. Rob Lorifice, Carlsbad, Calif., 80.88
8. Alex Perelson, San Diego, Calif., 79.26
9. Paul-Luc Ronchetti, Great Britain, 74.26
10. Anthony Furlong, Tampa, Fla., 64.38
Dew Tour Final Season Rankings – Skate Vert
1. Bucky Lasek, Baltimore, Md., 368
2. Andy Macdonald, Boston, Mass., 352
3. Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canada, 338
4. Sandro Dias, Brazil, 322
5. Bob Burnquist, Brazil, 292
6. Adam Taylor, Cocoa Beach, Fla., 260
7. Rob Lorifice, Carlsbad, Calif., 260
8. Anthony Furlong, Tampa, Fla., 216
9. Alex Perelson, San Diego, Calif., 211
10. Renton Millar, Australia, 209
