AT's Showdown - Finals (Watts wins it!)
1st Greg Watts
2nd Ryan Howard
3rd Andreu Lacondeguy
4th Linus Sjöholm
5th Martin Söderström
6th James Visser
2nd Ryan Howard
3rd Andreu Lacondeguy
4th Linus Sjöholm
5th Martin Söderström
6th James Visser
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 The previous day's rain made a mess of the slopestyle course. AT & crew were on hand early this morning to get it buffed back out for the competition. |
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| R-Dawg, Linus Sjoholm & Niki Leitner help dial in the course after the first day's heavy rain did some damage. |
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| Contest promoter & professional mountain bike stunt pilot: Andrew Taylor |
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| Andrew Taylor & Randy Spangler lay down the law in the rider's meeting. |
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| Mitch Chubey's practice crash scored him the best crash award: a pair of size 20 Adidas sneakers with custom carnage paint job. |
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| Martin Soderstrom & Andreu Lacondeguy assess the course before the finals. |
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| Brayden Barrett hits the step down at the start of the course. |
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| Niki Leitner kept it smooth all day. |
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| Linus Sjoholm secured 4th place in the head to head finals with smooth front flips like this one. |
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| Anthony Messere leads the pack to the start. |
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| Andrew Taylor and James Visser go richter on the first jump line in the finals. |
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| Anthony Messere was on fire during the qualification jam but wasn't able to make it through the first round of the head to head finals. |
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| This kid would have a better chance of flying with a mountain bike. |
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| Speaking of flying... |
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| Reece kept it smooth all day. |
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| Cody Gessel spent his day getting steezy. |
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| Unfortunately, Cody also spent some time sliding on the ground with his face. |
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| Andreu Lacondeguy and Cam McCaul: synchronized backflips. |
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| Martin Soderstrom was on fire all day. His qualifying runs were untouchable but he was only able to keep it together enough for 5th place in the head to head finals. |
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| Andreu Lacondeguy spent most of his day wicked corked, especially over the first kicker. His efforts in the head to head finals landed him in 3rd place. |
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| Cam McCaul was looking super smooth in practice, but a hard fall kept him out of competition. |
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| "Mountain Biking's Big Daddy" Jeremy Weiss and Greg Watts go head to head during a practice run. |
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| Andreu Lacondeguy battled James Visser in the finals and won this round. |
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| Bend, Oregon's Jamie Goldman goes head to head with BC's Ian Killick in the finals. |
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| Watts, Soderstrom & Lacondeguy head back to the start. |
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| Greg Watts deep bag of tricks & consistency earned him a solid 1st place in the finals. |
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| Watts repeats last year's win at AT's Showdown. |
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| And to the victor, go the spoils. |
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