The first of the Finals events of the PlayStation® Pro went down on Friday, with twelve of BMX Verts best riders taking to the big ramp in Orlando. Jamie Bestwick went into the comp with a sizable points lead and came out in first place, which gave him the overall Dew Cup award, as well.

Kevin Robinson had a great first run, throwing a big alley-oop 540, a switch-handed one-footed 540, opposite and no-handed flairs, and a switch-handed to no-handed flair. He was sitting in third when he dropped in for run number two, where he pumped a few set-up airs before launching a double flair attempt. He came up short, ejected, and smashed his hip into the coping. Amazingly, he got up without so much as a limp; his weight-training definitely paid off on that crash. He gave it a couple more attempts, but didnt have as much luck as he did last month in San Jose.

The main battle went down between Chad Kagy and Jamie Bestwick.

Kagy dropped in and spun a flatspin 540 whip on his first air, setting the pace for the rest of the run. His other highlights were a superman seatgrab Indian air, a barspin flatspin air, and a barspin superman seatgrab over the channel. Bestwick threw a downside whip flair on his second wall, then pulled a perfect barspin to no-handed 540, an opposite 540, a fastplant opposite flair, and a certifiably nutso alley-oop 540. Even with one solid run in the bank, he didnt rest on run two. After another flair whip, he launched a barrage of back-to-back tricks in both directions; first flairs, then 540s, then whips, but he slid out on the opposite whip. His first run was still enough to keep him on top, though. Kagy used run two to make an attempt at a double tailwhip flatspin, but couldnt get it done in the time allowed. He still came back and nailed one for the Orlando crowd, though.

With his win, Bestwick repeated his four-win record from last year and earned the overall Dew Cup and a fat deposit in his bank account. Not bad for riding a kids bike.

A few too many crashes happened throughout the course of the event (and when youre talking about BMX Vert, even one is too many). John Parker slammed on a downside whip and Mike Mancuso went down on a no-handed flair, but Tom Stober took it the hardest. After a great run featuring a double tailwhip, a flair, and a topside one-footed seatgrab barspin, he crashed on an opposite flair and smacked his head on the flatbottom, opting not to take his second run. Riding vert on a bike is no joke.

There were plenty of clean landings, however. Jimmy Walker carved around the ramp in both directions, dropping turndowns to tables, barspins to turndowns, flairs, and tabletop 540s. Francisco Zurita spun a clean double tailwhip and blasted smooth, stylish airs high above the coping. Jay Eggleston stuck to his customary 12-foot airs, peppering in big 540s and turndowns over the channel.

Simon Tabron crashed in his first run on a 900, earning a hipper that kept him on the flatbottom for a few minutes before he could walk it off. He returned in his second run with a perfect 900 followed by a turndown 540, and added a flair and an alley-oop 540 to earn fifth-place bucks. Dennis McCoy dropped in for his second run and uncorked the biggest, smoothest 900 of his career. He was so amped up for the rest of his run he could barely control himself, but he managed to squeeze out a flair and an x-up 540 before flying out on the deck for fourth.

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