For a while Dave Mirra was in the hot seat at the Vans Invitational contest, the third stop of the Dew Action Sports Tour. Dave had put a terrific first run together that included a long no-handed three-sixty, wild 720, 3-whip up he step-up, flairs and downside whips all over the course and a big 540 air. He was in a solid lead until team mate Mike Spinner started his second run. With his dad in the crowd (first time he saw his boy ride at a big contest) Mike wasn’t going to let anyone down, including his dad. Spin to win? You know it. Mike 360-d a bunch of ramps, then added 180 more degrees on a 540 (with tailwhip). Spinner also did 720-s with a tailwhip or a turndown and an x-up. You want more rotations? What about a 900 air on a quarterpipe? That’s two and a half rotations. Enough to get dizzy? Not really. Mike pulled another 1080 in a contest and he couldn’t have done it at a better time. This trick gave him half a point more than Dave Mirra’s score and noone beat that. Congrats to Mike Spinner but also to Dave Mirra for making the top spots in Park at the Dew Tour in Oregon. Kicks ass. Final results Park Vans Invitational, Portland, Oregon. 1. Mike Spinner 2. Dave Mirra 3. Daniel Dhers 4. Scotty Cranmer 5. Ryan Nyquist 6. Diogo Canina 7. Ben Wallace 8. Steven McCann 9. Garrett Reynolds 10. Allan Cooke 11. Josh Harrington 12. Colin Mackay A turndown over a long and fast set followed by a perfect 720, a double tailwhip and a double backflip gets you sixth place at dirt events these days. It’s hard to do double rotations around your axis, around the headset and upside down. Ryan Guettler did it clean and got sixth at dirt. Results Dirt Final Portland: 1. Dennis Enarson 2. Diogo Canina 3. Anthony Napolitan 4. TJ Ellis 5. Ryan Nyquist 6. Ryan Guettler 7. Chris Doyle 8. Cory Nastazio 9. Colin Mackay 10. James Foster 11. Corey Bohan 12. Morgan Wade
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