AT's Showdown - Dust has settled!
Nov 24, 2009
This past Saturday in San Fransisco, the first annual AT’s Showdown happened at the SF Bike Expo! With a large list of premier riders and some of the biggest dirt jumps known to man, it was sure to be an epic day! Some of the riders in the Showdown included The McCaul's, Watts, Goldman, Montgomery, Bass, Lawrenuk, Gullevich, Chubey, Fogel, Lunn and many more.
Look inside to see what went down at "The Showdown!"
Look inside to see what went down at "The Showdown!"
To say the least, the jumps at the Showdown were massive. Andrew Taylor and Greg Watts were out building these jumps the week before the event. Talking with AT after the event he said, "I could not have had the course ready without Greg Watts, that kid helped me out so much!" So big thanks goes out to Greg Watts!
The day before the competition, it had to rain. The jumps were built in the Cow Palace parking lot. AT and Greg had to cover up the drains, so no dirt would get in there. As a result, the rain had nowhere to go. The morning of the competition the course was a disaster. Mud was everywhere! I got to the jumps at 8am and AT and Greg were out there with the tractor and shovels dealing with the mess already. Within minutes of my arrival I see this crazy white Toyota truck come ripping though the parking lot! It was Jamie Goldman. The three of them made things happen. Greg said, "This sucks cuz we just had this course running perfect, and now the morning of the comp it's in needs to be rebuilt!" The guys had to move all the dirt/mud from the transitions, open the drains for the water, go get fresh dirt for the transitions, and pack it all down. As time went on more riders showed up and started working. To my amazement the Showdown was on schedule.
The course was open for practice! All the riders had to first man up and get down the 14ft vertical drop by 20ft out step down, into the 35 foot double, followed by two more large dirt jumps! "It is going to separate the men from the boys really quick to trick the 35 footer," said Pat McCaul, Cam and Tyler's dad. Since Greg and AT have ridden the jumps a bit during the week after building them, they had some stuff dialed early on in practice, which got the other riders pumped.
All the riders started killing it. It was amazing to see some of the younger riders, who have never hit this size stuff just pin it! Here is a picture of Aptos rider Cob boosting it!
Then followed by Aptos legend Cam McCaul T-whipping it!
The list goes on. So many riders going big! Here are a couple of other killer shots from the 35 foot double.
The contest went down like this! The riders had a Jam sesh for 1 hour. The judges picked the top 16 riders to move on from the Jam. In the finals, the #1 qualifier went against the 16th qualifier for a one run "showdown", loser is out. The 2nd against 15th qualifier and so on. After the hour Jam was over the judges came to the list of sixteen contenders in the Showdown!
Here is the list:
1. Tyler McCaul
2. Cam McCaul
3. Brian Miller
4. Eric Lawrenuk
5. Greg Watts
6. Mike Montgomery
7. Paul Bass
8. Ryan Howard
9. Jamie Goldman
10. Mitch Chubey
11. Geoff Gullevich
12. Jodie Lunn
13. Christian Wright
14. Jack Fogelquist
15. Logan Peat
16. Jacob Hyde
Some photos of qualifications and finals. I have included some photos from photographer Long Nyugen.
After all the action, The final Showdowns of the day proved the victors! Congrats to all the riders. The jumps were massive and you all slayed it!
The winners are:
1st- Cam McCaul $1000
2nd- Jamie Goldman $750
3rd- Brian Miller $500
4th- Jordi Lunn $250
5th- Tyler McCaul $100
6th- Eric Lawrenuk $100
Here is a video Jack Fogelquist put together from the comp. The first part of the video is Jack's week before the Showdown, riding around Aptos. This video happens to be the third part in a series of "Fogelsodes", so check his profile for more!
Big thanks goes out to Andrew Taylor for putting this event on. The jumps were massive and very innovative for the sport. I believe it is the future of slopestyle/dirt jumping competitions. So much airtime and the tricks are insane when being pulled on a 35 foot double! Thanks AT!
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The day before the competition, it had to rain. The jumps were built in the Cow Palace parking lot. AT and Greg had to cover up the drains, so no dirt would get in there. As a result, the rain had nowhere to go. The morning of the competition the course was a disaster. Mud was everywhere! I got to the jumps at 8am and AT and Greg were out there with the tractor and shovels dealing with the mess already. Within minutes of my arrival I see this crazy white Toyota truck come ripping though the parking lot! It was Jamie Goldman. The three of them made things happen. Greg said, "This sucks cuz we just had this course running perfect, and now the morning of the comp it's in needs to be rebuilt!" The guys had to move all the dirt/mud from the transitions, open the drains for the water, go get fresh dirt for the transitions, and pack it all down. As time went on more riders showed up and started working. To my amazement the Showdown was on schedule.
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The course was open for practice! All the riders had to first man up and get down the 14ft vertical drop by 20ft out step down, into the 35 foot double, followed by two more large dirt jumps! "It is going to separate the men from the boys really quick to trick the 35 footer," said Pat McCaul, Cam and Tyler's dad. Since Greg and AT have ridden the jumps a bit during the week after building them, they had some stuff dialed early on in practice, which got the other riders pumped.
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All the riders started killing it. It was amazing to see some of the younger riders, who have never hit this size stuff just pin it! Here is a picture of Aptos rider Cob boosting it!
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Then followed by Aptos legend Cam McCaul T-whipping it!
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The list goes on. So many riders going big! Here are a couple of other killer shots from the 35 foot double.
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The contest went down like this! The riders had a Jam sesh for 1 hour. The judges picked the top 16 riders to move on from the Jam. In the finals, the #1 qualifier went against the 16th qualifier for a one run "showdown", loser is out. The 2nd against 15th qualifier and so on. After the hour Jam was over the judges came to the list of sixteen contenders in the Showdown!
1. Tyler McCaul
2. Cam McCaul
3. Brian Miller
4. Eric Lawrenuk
5. Greg Watts
6. Mike Montgomery
7. Paul Bass
8. Ryan Howard
9. Jamie Goldman
10. Mitch Chubey
11. Geoff Gullevich
12. Jodie Lunn
13. Christian Wright
14. Jack Fogelquist
15. Logan Peat
16. Jacob Hyde
Some photos of qualifications and finals. I have included some photos from photographer Long Nyugen.
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After all the action, The final Showdowns of the day proved the victors! Congrats to all the riders. The jumps were massive and you all slayed it!
1st- Cam McCaul $1000
2nd- Jamie Goldman $750
3rd- Brian Miller $500
4th- Jordi Lunn $250
5th- Tyler McCaul $100
6th- Eric Lawrenuk $100
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Here is a video Jack Fogelquist put together from the comp. The first part of the video is Jack's week before the Showdown, riding around Aptos. This video happens to be the third part in a series of "Fogelsodes", so check his profile for more!
Big thanks goes out to Andrew Taylor for putting this event on. The jumps were massive and very innovative for the sport. I believe it is the future of slopestyle/dirt jumping competitions. So much airtime and the tricks are insane when being pulled on a 35 foot double! Thanks AT!
Adidas
Marin Bikes
RideSFO
Gamut
SDG
X-Fusion
Skullcandy
Happy Trails,
Justin Brantley
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charleyboy14
(Nov 23, 2009 at 17:51)
verry good Brantly i will be refering to this when im doing write-ups
I think it was even better that he landed with the stem facing him and the bars closer to him haha. That's way cooler than a triple barspin.
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sick course! Thought the judging was alittle backwards! Paul B should have advanced over Chubey. Dead sailors should not beat flips!
flipping those jumps is gnarly, dont discredit a flip when its on a 35 foot gap that most people in the comp straight air or do no handers on
I'm not saying that flipping a 35 foot gap isn't hard. I'm saying that almost every rider can do a flip these days, so when someone throws in something out of the ordinary (a dead sailor in this case) it catches the eye of the judges.
Dude!!! I was going to throw that in there! I have a sweet picture that a friend of mine took of it as well! Check it! http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/4306681/. I should have put it in there but no biggy!
wat they didnt show was some random kid on a bmx throwin a 360 on that drop in, none of the pros even did that. it was crazy bad ass
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you'e an idiot, he didnt even shape the jumps just roughed them in. the jump layout of that cobble hill park is great,
don't be so damn lazy and build them up, that spot has lots of potential to be really nice with abit of hand work.
don't be so damn lazy and build them up, that spot has lots of potential to be really nice with abit of hand work.
well for one your not allowed to build them up its a rule you have to get permission and stuff and the spot has tons of roots and all sorts of stuff it needs tons and tons of work and a different lay out would have worked out better
just dont talk shit on jordie cause you're not happy with a jump park the city GAVE you.
The best jumps are secret anyways so get off your ass and build your own jumps somewhere else. there's lots of areas to build around cobble hill.
The best jumps are secret anyways so get off your ass and build your own jumps somewhere else. there's lots of areas to build around cobble hill.
New Video of Andrew Taylor's Mountain Bike Dirt Jump Showdown at the Cow Palace
Also featuring Brian Miller, Cam McCaul, Christian Wright, Eric Lawrenuk, Geoff Gulevich, Greg Watts, Jack Fogal, Jacob Hyde, Jamie Goldman, Jordie Lunn, kevin Sorichette, Logan Peat, Mike Montgomery, Mitch Chubey, Paul Basagoitia, Ryan Howard, and Tyler McCaul!
Filmed in High Def!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM6iN8FvFp4
Also featuring Brian Miller, Cam McCaul, Christian Wright, Eric Lawrenuk, Geoff Gulevich, Greg Watts, Jack Fogal, Jacob Hyde, Jamie Goldman, Jordie Lunn, kevin Sorichette, Logan Peat, Mike Montgomery, Mitch Chubey, Paul Basagoitia, Ryan Howard, and Tyler McCaul!
Filmed in High Def!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM6iN8FvFp4
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