Bud, I’ll tell ya what! What a contest! It seemed pretty tame, right. Well, Daniel Dhers killed it as usual with a flawless run for a straight minute. It’s crazy because I joked in practice, the only thing different about Daniel’s riding from practice to contest is the people in the stands. He layed everything out from day 1.

Scotty Cramner surprised all of us because he was struggling in practice but then when it came down to it he really stepped it up. Scotty threw a perfect triple whip over the second set and finished out in second.

For me, I was off to a good start and then out of nowhere I flipped over the bars on a flair. That was the last thing I thought I would crash on but, oh well. So I squeaked my way to the podium.

One more year down at X and hopefully the crowds keep growing. I had a good time this year and I really felt good competing in only one event. Overall, it was a mellow X-games in terms of commitments for the media and I really didn’t get a chance to see much of the other events, but in the end I’m healthy.

Well, I guess I’ll see ya in Portland for the next Dew tour in two weeks.

Later.

dm

Pic by: Lloyd Ramsay

Watch Dave Mirra’s run in LA at the X-Games: