12.14.09 UPDATE: King of The Animal House Report by Sean Hargrave This year's King of the Animal House Invitational crown went to Dennis Enarson. The battle for the car between Enarson and Nyquist was so close, nobody could call it. These guys separated themselves from the rest of the field with mind-boggling bangers never before seen in the Animal House. Our only wish is that Morgan Wade had not injured his ankle on his first trick (jersey barrier flair). Two of the biggest tricks we’ve ever seen would have to be Nyquist’s double bar out of the top of the pocket wall (he also 540’d out of the top as well) and Enarson's contest ending double whip transfer to the huge quarter wall. The video you see online does not do any of this stuff justice. It’s so much bigger than any of it looks on film. The reason the riding was so huge was the format and the overall atmosphere. The jam format is an absolute must to keep the energy flowing and the tricks bangin'.   Overall winner Dennis Enarson took home the biggest Christmas present of all: a brand-new Subaru WRX. Congratulations to Dennis, and thanks to everyone who helped make Dave's first invitational jam such an awesome success The festivities were capped of with an awards dinner in downtown Greenville featuring a tribute to one of the true pioneers of the sport, Ron Wilkerson. Mark Eaton put together an awesome retrospective of Ron’s BMX history in a 15-minute video that was followed by a cool “Legend of Legends” trophy presented to Ron by Dave. Ron spoke for a few minutes and seemed genuinely surprised and clearly stoked to receive the recognition long overdue to one of the original badasses of BMX.  Overall, this was an amazing event and an awesome way to end a hectic contest season. The level of riding was clearly off the hook with nobody holding back.

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12.07.09 UPDATE: HERE IS THE FINAL LIST OF THE 16 RIDERS INVITED TO THE KING OF THE ANIMAL HOUSE daniel dhers chase hawk dennis enarson drew bezanson ryan nyquist rob darden morgan wade ryan guetter mike laird craig mast mark webb harry main mike miller ben hennon jeremiah smith josh perry

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11.12.09 UPDATE: Dave's fleshed out the details for qualifying, prize awards and other details related to next month's King of the Animal House event. Here's how the program for both days of riding will work: FRIDAY NIGHT • Cash Jam: 16 riders compete for $8,000 • The rider with the most cash at the end of the Friday night cash jam goes last in the final group at Saturday's final jam • The winner of the cash jam will also win a Yamaha TTR125 pit bike with DC Shoe Co. graphics SATURDAY  • 4 groups with 4 riders in each group • The rider with the most cash from Friday night's cash jam will go last in the final jam • The rider with the least cash from Friday night will go first. Strategy will come into play in Saturday's final jam • Prizes for the final jam: 1st place: Subaru WRX 2nd place: Yamaha 250 with DC Shoe Co. graphics 3rd place: Breitling chronograph from Monster Energy There will be other prizes for biggest trick, best style, sickest line, etc. Stay tuned for more info.