Dew Tour - UNREAL!

Saturday we went to the Dew Tour in Cleveland, which is a combination of BMX, FMX (Motorcross) and skateboarding, and we had an awesome day!

The comp started at 1pm. Earlier that day we tried to buy tickets to the event from Ticketmaster at a local supermarket. What we thought were $15 tickets soon turned in to $78 for the 2 of us. We decided not to buy the tickets and wait til we get to the event to buy them. Good thing we did, cause we ended up getting them for $13 each!

The first thing we went and watched was the BMX preliminaries, which featured some Aussies which we cheered extra hard for. These guys were really good.

One of the pro bmx-ers

When that was about finished, we headed over to the skateboarding vert ramp, like a half pipe, to watch the finals. On the way, we got heaps of free stuff from all the sponsors, like food, drink, bags, etc.

The finals featured some of the best skaters in the world, including the number one snow boarder and skate boarder in the world (and who we were going for) Shaun White, along with Bob Bernquist, Andy McDonald and Bucky Lasek. There was also a European skater whose last name was Ringstrom, but to us it looked like Ring Storm, so that was his name for the day, which we thought was really funny. The first round saw these top four skaters in the bottom 5, the second round all players, except Shaun White improved and moved up to the top 3 spots. The third and final round saw our man Shaun come through and clinch the win from Bucky with an awesome ride! This guy gets so much air and has so much skill, its amazing! It was a great comp.

Shauno getting some air!

Nice trick - it looks better when the picture is enlarged

Go Shaun!

While we were walking around, some guy heard our accents and we told him we were from Australia. He asked Ryan if he was into skateboarding or bikes. Ryan said skating, and the guy asked if he was famous! Ryan (much to his regret) said no. He loves the story though!

You wish you could afford that X Star!

Next up was the FMX, although this had mostly been called off due to the wind, however there were 4 or so riders still out there having a practise. These guys are freaks! The photos below show why!

WOW!

How good is that?

After this we watched some armature skate boarding - these kids were really good, and will probably be stars in a few years time.

Up and coming for sure

It was then home time for a nice grill and some drinks (after a quick look through the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)!

We have some pretty good footage of Shaun and Bucky, along with some moto and bmx stuff if anyone wants us to send some files through.