Friday, June 20th, 2008
Bob Burnquist cr. AST
A trio of well-seasoned skaters led the field Thursday as the Skate Vert finals went down at the Pansonic Open in Baltimore. Danny Mayer, Bob Burnquist and Andy Macdonald rounded out the top three, who will join Bucky Lasek and Pierre-Luc Gagnon in the finals. ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
The AST Dew Tour will have a decidedly international flavor this season based on the results of Thursday's prelims in Baltimore at the Pansonic Open. With three Americans already advancing to the finals thanks to their finish last season (Nate Adams, Adam Jones, Mike Mason), Aussies Robbie Maddison ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Weather was an issue again in Baltimore as wind bothered riders as much as the course, which featured a step-down after the drop-in. The end result was some riders managed to put down one strong run but had trouble putting down two and riders only get two runs in ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Chad Kagy cr. AST
Chad Kagy returned to the form that made him one of the athletes to beat in BMX Vert last season -- at least until a broken collarbone knocked him out of one AST event last season plus the X Games. Recovering from the injury held him back ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Austen Seaholm had moments of brilliance on the AST Dew Tour in Skate Park last year but usually stumbled in the jam session portion of the contest. Now he's started off strong in 2008 taking the top spot in the qualifers in Baltimore's Panasonic Open Thursday.
He was helped, of ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
On June 20, 2007, Stephen Murray suffered a horrific crash while competiting in the BMX Dirt finals at the Panasonic Open, the first stop of the AST Dew Tour. Now, one year later, he will be back in Baltimore to be at the event for the finals. While ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
When the AST Dew Tour kicks off tomorrow in Baltimore with the Panasonic Open the FMX prelims will close out the day alongside the Skate Vert prelims. Nate Adams has been the man to beat in FMX for the last two years on the tour but one rider, now ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Shaun White is expected to miss at least two events of the 2008 AST Dew Tour, which kicks off next week in Baltimore with the Panasonic Open. AST President and General Manager Wade Martin told reporters on conference call Wednesday that White was not going to be at the ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
When the 2008 AST Dew Tour kicks off on June 19 in Baltimore with the Panasonic Open, look for two changes in its format. The most significant change gives the top three athletes (as currently ranked) in every discipline a "bye" straight into the finals where they will make be ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
The AST Dew Tour will kick off in about three weeks and Interstate reports that Paul Rodriguez, Rodney Jones, Chad Fernandez and ChaZz Ortiz have been granted wildcards for this year's tour -- the top 16 from the previous year's tour are automatically invited, with four wilcards rounding out the ...
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