AT's Showdown 2012: Anthony Messere Wins Best Trick

Nov 12, 2012
by Paris Gore
 
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While the big kids were doing there thing their was plenty for the little ones as well. Pump track skills park and even a giant Jenga game.
  While the big kids were doing their thing, there was plenty for the little ones as well. Pump track, skills park, and even a giant Jenga game.

Huge tobaggan over the gap on the street course. On a fixie...
  Huge toboggan over the gap on the street course. On a fixie...

The fixed gear street thing is taking off big time and these guys have some serious skill...
  The fixed gear street thing is taking off big time, and these guys have some serious skill...

Cody Gessel fashion king. Cody was pullng huge transfer lines in best trick all afternoon he and Bafus were pretty much running zigzags down the course...
  Cody Gessel, fashion king. Cody was pullng huge transfer lines in best trick all afternoon, he and Bafus were pretty much running zigzags down the course...

Judges and announcers getting it done...
  Judges and announcers, getting it done during the am comp.

The legend himself Randy Spangler was one of the judges this weekend and kept the scores in check.
  The legend himself Randy Spangler was one of the judges this weekend and kept the scores in check.

Chris Duncan taking the mic for the weekend.
  Chris Duncan taking the mic for the weekend.

Connor Gallant still only 14 years old...
  Connor Gallant, still only 14 years old...

Shane was throwing tricks in Am that would have won a pro contest a few years ago. 360 1 foot x-up
  Am winner Shane was throwing tricks that would have won a pro contest a few years ago. 360 1 foot x-up

So close to landing a decade more than once...
  So close to landing a decade more than once...

Lunch Patrol
  Lunch Patrol, pro hecklers

Last run in Am was a giant train and things got a little sideways pretty quick. Theo got all of it but he was pretty close to getting landed on more than once.
  Last run in Am was a giant train, and things got a little sideways pretty quick. Theo got all of it, but he was pretty close to getting landed on more than once.

The Am podium
  The Am podium

Brett Rheeder getting his morning fix in before the best trick.
  Brett Rheeder getting his morning fix in before the best trick.

Hitcase was one of the bigger event sponsors. It s an indestructible iPhone case with various mounts. Lauren models the chest mount for us.
  Hitcase was one of the event sponsors. It's an indestructible iPhone case with various mounts. Lauren models the chest mount for us.


Best Trick Top 3:

1. Anthony Messere - Bar to tailwhip
2. Casey Groves - Tuck to tailwhip
3. Tom Van Steenbergen - Front flip tuck


Cam McCaul and Carson Storch doing what they do best..
  Cam McCaul and Carson Storch doing what they do best..

Steven Bafus with a huge no foot can transfer between the black and the orange lines...
  Steven Bafus with a huge no foot can transfer between the black and the orange lines...

Wyper was running this sick new Artist Series Boombotix bluetooth speaker on his bike. Tunes while you re riding...
  Wyper was running this sick new Artist Series Boombotix bluetooth speaker on his bike. Tunes while you're riding...

James Visser flipping down in some nice Mountain Dew pajama pants. Style...
  James Visser flipping down in some nice Mountain Dew pajama pants. Style...

  Cam McCaul

Up on the charts for best trick of the weekend Steven Bafus tail whip transfers the big sender continuing to transfer the rest of the course.
  Up on the charts for best trick of the weekend, Steven Bafus tail whip transfers the big sender continuing to transfer the rest of the course.

Double transfer time with Steven Bafus and Cody Gessel
  Double transfer time with Steven Bafus and Cody Gessel

Garrett did this big ol front flip that was so slow and bonered out at first I though he was going to land on his head. Quick tuck to bring it around and he stuck it. Sick
  Garrett did this big ol front flip that was so slow and bonered out at first I though he was going to land on his head. Quick tuck to bring it around and he stuck it. Sick!

Tom Vansteenbergen was throwing front tuck no handers over the big set all afternoon. I think he did three of them.
  Tom Vansteenbergen was throwing front tuck no handers over the big set all afternoon. I think he did three of them.

Casey Groves second place with a tuck to tailwhip...
  Casey Groves second place with a tuck to tailwhip...

Casey Groves
  Casey Groves

Anthony Messere bar spinning to tail whipping his way into winning best trick
  Anthony Messere bar spinning to tail whipping his way into winning best trick

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Andrew Taylor tallying up todays scores from best trick. It was a hard choice with so many riders putting down insane runs.
  Andrew Taylor tallying up todays scores from best trick. It was a hard choice with so many riders putting down insane runs.

Bafus Gessel and Trautman had this to say after best trick..
  Bafus, Gessel and Trautman had this to say after best trick..

Best Trick winner Anthony Messere.

47 Comments

  • + 77
flag kyle-white (Nov 11, 2012 at 23:01)
 Im not gonna say, I promised myself I wont say it, ok im saying it, front tuck over the biggie and a bar to whip takes the cake?
  • + 22
flag vixie (Nov 11, 2012 at 23:03)
 That's immediately what I though when I saw this!!
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flag cmacdougall (Nov 12, 2012 at 0:04)
 @kyle-white somebody finally updated their username
  • + 8
flag keeganquiroz (Nov 12, 2012 at 0:13)
 best trick was judged by the riders
  • + 17
flag jomne (Nov 12, 2012 at 6:59)
 Bar to whip is harder to do than frontflip tuck! May not seems very hard, but try it and see by yourself!
  • + 13
flag Lilshredman (Nov 12, 2012 at 7:19)
 i can't do either, they both are really hard...Smile
  • + 9
flag Andrew-Taylor (Nov 12, 2012 at 9:15)
 Bar to whip is more tech than a fronty tuck in my opinion...both are super banger
  • + 25
flag kanioni (Nov 12, 2012 at 9:34)
 I wonder what kind of stuff Söderström threw down cause he eats bar to whips for his breakfast...
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flag willy94 (Nov 12, 2012 at 11:17)
 in my eyes a tuck to whip is way more tech than a bar to whip, but casey could have been sketchy whereas messere could have done it clean. i guess mike didnt get his bike in time, was hoping for a 1080.
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flag AidenCrocker (Nov 12, 2012 at 12:02)
 bar to whip is ALOT harder than fronty tuck
  • + 1
flag ryanme (Nov 12, 2012 at 12:15)
 mike posted a picture of his bike saying he would be riding Frown aidens right, front tucks are a similar motion, bar and whip is completely different and is soo much harder
  • + 4
flag DaninBC (Nov 12, 2012 at 13:12)
 I can frontflip tuck, and still struggle with single bars and whips. doing them both in the same jump is insane, and definitely deserved the win.
  • + 2
flag kanioni (Nov 12, 2012 at 13:35)
 I can hop bar and hop whip but still can't backflip, let alone frontflip. People are different and that's what makes it so hard to judge these kind of comps.
  • + 2
flag willy94 (Nov 12, 2012 at 15:30)
 seems my comment was misread, i said tuck to whip, not front tuck. throwing bars is fast and you end in the perfect position to whip. with a tuck no, you have to pull the bike up into your lap, throw the hands, then bring the bike back horizontal before the whip. just seems way more technical.
  • + 2
flag adamlaycock (Nov 12, 2012 at 18:33)
 The way I see it is you can make the no hand as big as you feel you can, where as a barspin, you've gotta get the bars around, and hope you have enough time to fit in a tailwhip. Also, you have way more control of the bars after a tuck no hand as apposed to a barspin. I think it's pretty accurate
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  • + 29
flag kerberos (Nov 12, 2012 at 1:00)
 Plus 1 if you clicked the picture, hoping for a vid.
  • + 3
flag larryssman7 (Nov 12, 2012 at 21:50)
 i did, but that kind of prop hunting is dumb on youtube, dont bring it here.
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flag matteosignorelli (Nov 11, 2012 at 23:11)
 Those don't really sound like a Bach of wining tricks but I'll have to see a video before I can call it
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flag ruckusrider74 (Nov 12, 2012 at 17:31)
 Big THANKS to Lauren for modeling that "CHEST" mount. I'm sure there's a bunch of mounts to use, but the chest mount is just right for her. Definitely best trick of the day. Not as tech as a bar spin to whip, but nice to look at!...hahah... is there a video of the video from her CHEST CAM?
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  • + 9
flag henryfitzgerald (Nov 11, 2012 at 23:10)
 Ya Canada represent
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flag LeToux (Nov 12, 2012 at 2:00)
 Damn, those tricks aren't new and few people can do the bar to whip into 3.6 and backflip ( Greg watts, genon, benny philip, pavel vishneviy, medhi gani,...).

Just i was expected a crazier level but big props to the top 3. Nice idea that riders judge too.
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  • + 4
flag HMBA106 (Nov 11, 2012 at 23:43)
 Judging by how hard each of these tricks are to do on my tramp bike, I'm feeling like frontie tuck should've taken it Wink
  • + 6
flag Rideuse67 (Nov 12, 2012 at 0:39)
 I think that is it much harder to do a tailwhip after a bar, than losing hands on a frontflip.
The front flip tuck is much more impressive, but I think that Messere won because he was more technical.

And the judging was made by the riders apparently so they know what is more difficult to do. Maybe we'll see a video to help us get an opinion ! Wink
  • + 2
flag everchop (Nov 12, 2012 at 2:58)
 Well said Rideuse67.
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flag onemanarmy Plus (Nov 13, 2012 at 23:46)
 I'm really starting to wonder how long it's gonna be before we start seeing a flood of BMX pros coming over to mtb and stomping on everyone. I'm trying to talk my buddy in to it but he gets mad... really mad. Dude is bmx to the core.
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  • + 4
flag Jimmy0 (Nov 11, 2012 at 23:20)
 not a lot of progression in mtb tricks this year. also weird judging through the year. messere is raw though
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flag Lilshredman (Nov 12, 2012 at 17:46)
 is there going to be a video of this trick contest? just saying, isn't a bar to a tail whip a bit easier then a front tuck, not like i can do either, but i was just saying...
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  • + 0
flag tmargeson (Nov 12, 2012 at 9:07)
 Not saying I can do a barspin to tailwhip, or that it's easier than a tuck front flip, but I've seen that trick done sooo many times in soooo many BMX vids, on smaller jumps with less air time...10 years ago. That's a "best trick" in 2012?
  • - 1
flag cyrix (Nov 12, 2012 at 16:18)
 Yeah, and a mountain bike is heavier, less easier to flick around, etc..... etc... There's a reason you don't see a lot of bmx tricks being done on mountain bikes. WHOLE different ball game kiddo.
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  • + 4
flag swylier (Nov 12, 2012 at 8:21)
 thats a normal sized check he's standing next to....
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  • + 4
flag connorshredshotrock (Nov 12, 2012 at 19:18)
 im actually 13
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flag akula (Nov 12, 2012 at 17:25)
 Best Trick ! Lauren with the chest mount!!!
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  • + 0
flag vt6spd (Nov 12, 2012 at 10:02)
 Eh, the prize money wasn't much- "Let the kid have it"...Hahaha. not to say its not earned, Anthony is bad ass, but for 1k...what do you expect.
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  • + 1
flag slaythenight (Nov 12, 2012 at 19:58)
 No one was staring at the phone case.
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flag jtorlando25 (Nov 13, 2012 at 13:15)
 WTB: Hitcase. And I don't own an iAnything........iBoobies :-O
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  • + 1
flag faceplantkid (Nov 12, 2012 at 10:13)
 i cant say im surprised that he won
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flag jeff77 (Nov 12, 2012 at 10:15)
 is there a video of the best trick contest?
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flag omnicell (Nov 12, 2012 at 21:29)
 ' Lauren models the chest mount for us"
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  • + 0
flag cbyrd3 (Nov 12, 2012 at 0:35)
 doesn't look very sunny...
  • + 1
flag The-Banders (Nov 12, 2012 at 9:08)
 This picture was taken around 5pm, the sun had started to go down behind the huge trees surrounding the event.
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  • + 1
flag darren853 (Nov 12, 2012 at 3:22)
 where is Montgomery? Frown
  • + 1
flag swindelhurst (Nov 12, 2012 at 4:27)
 probably out filming for his 1080 project...
  • + 2
flag ryanme (Nov 12, 2012 at 6:54)
 hes there, he broke his bike in practice, posted a picture with a different frame and forks and said he would be riding the best trick ..
  • + 0
flag darren853 (Nov 12, 2012 at 7:42)
 yes I heard the same,that's why I'm asking..he's good enough to win competitions like this ,so I'm sad that I don't see him on a podium..
  • + 0
flag ryanme (Nov 12, 2012 at 12:04)
 wish he was riding properly Frown hes got soo close to some 1080s and his cali rolls are soo sick !
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  • + 0
flag SnowProDuck (Nov 12, 2012 at 6:42)
 why did he won with such an "easy" trick?
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flag justanothermtb (Nov 12, 2012 at 19:15)
 does anyone know Lauren's last name?
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