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X-Games 14 BMX gone nuts! |
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Written by Cody York
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
Well, the Big Air Finals just wrapped up and it was by
far the best Big Air competition to date. As predicted, Mirra unleashed
his exclusive helicopter flip over the Big Air gap—not once, but twice!
He landed both flawlessly; the second one he followed up with a huge
flair tailwhip on the quarter, which put him clearly in first place.
But
just when everyone thought Mirra had clinched the gold, Chad Kagy anted
up with a flawless run that will go straight onto the record books: He
flip-whipped the 70-foot-gap and followed up on the quarter with his
massive signature trick, a flatspin flair-whip that went almost 20 feet
into the Staples rafters.
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Cody York
Kagy, showing off his signature flatspin flair-whip to all the people sitting in the nosebleed seats of the Staples center.
All I know is that both Mirra's run and Kagy run were so ridiculous I'm
glad I'm not one of the judges. They both deserved gold. Here are their
comments on the night:
Dave Mirra
"Overall on the action, I'm really, really psyched. Everybody rode
great. I'm psyched on silver. I thought that they judged the jump a
little low, though. I thought that that was pushing Big Air, the gap.
Everything else was flipped; we all know that, we all flipped it. At
the end of the day, I think they judged the quarterpipe way too much.
Yeah, vert's one thing, but the gaps another thing, too. There are
jumpers in this world and there are vert riders, and there are people
that can do both. I was a little discouraged, but at the end of the day
what do you do? But I'm psyched that I pushed the gap—I didn't really
see anyone do that. I guess I just gotta go a little bit higher on the
quarter next time!"
Chad Kagy
"I'm stoked everything worked out well for me, but what I'm actually
more excited about is that all 7 of us are walking away from that
massive ramp. Dave, as always... I can't tell you, it surprises me 100
percent. He came in so motivated... Dude, a no handed 360 flip,
50-foot&perfect,
two times! He's never even tried that thing before! I'm amazed. I'm
just stoked everybody's safe, and 20-foot flair whips don't suck!"
(expn.com)
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