Manchester Jam

LG Action Sports Championships BMX Street Prelims Recap
By Chris Mitchell

Allan Cooke throws a back flip.

Josh Harringtom hits the handrail in prelims.

Tom Haugen whips the spine.

(October 21, 2005) The BMX pro street comp featured great riding from big names, and amazing riding from guys we‘d barely heard of. English pros Chris Mahoney and Ben Wallace made a good showing, but didn’t quite make the cut. Neither did 15-year old Garrett Reynolds who still has many years of great riding ahead of him.

Of the guys who did make the cut, honorable mention goes to Allan Cooke for his flip over the spine - and to Koji Kraft , who was the only guy to drop in on the-24 foot roll-in. Mark Webb from Portsmouth, UK represented for Queen and country with a tail whip to ice pick on the sub box.

Josh Harrington did a very conservative run (for him), throwing tricks like a double truck driver over the box, a toe jam nose pick over the sub and a jump over ice pick on the sub box.

Diogo Canina from Amparo, Brazil did a solid first run to land in 5th place, while Rob Darden went huge to take 4th. The top three guys, however, rode at another level altogether.

Mr. Debonair, Dave Dillewaard.

Tom Haugen did what was probably the hardest trick of the day: a 180 whip over the spine to finish 3rd. Tobias Wicke finished 2nd with the rare, but popular front flip and a whole lot of tech stuff like a downside whip on the quarterpipe and a double whip over the box.

And Dave Dillewaard finished in 1st place, doing tricks over every bend and angle on the street course.