LXVI INVITATIONAL AT ECSC

It all begins today in Virginia Beach, Virginia. For the first time, the LXVI Invitational Box Jump contest is going down at ECSC. Vans BMX stars Scotty Cranmer, TJ Ellis (pictured), Cory Nastazio, Ryan Guettler, Kyle Baldock and more will compete today at 12 -2 in a qualifying round.

Saturday 12-1 is the final round. Riders are competing for a portion of the $25,000 purse.

There's also Vert Demos going on all weekend with Simon Tabron, Coco Zurita and DMC Dennis McCoy.

The event is free to get into, and you can also keep up with us on @vansbmx66 on Instagram and twitter.

Dew Tour park finals

Six riders made the main in Maryland and they all stepped it up from the preliminary rounds.
The last rider to go was Scotty Cranmer, he had to drop in knowing Brett Banasiewicz, Ryan Nyquist and Kyle Baldock had already posted scores in the 90's. Scotty rose to the occasion beginning his run with a flip double whip over the sub rail, something he hadn't done yet in the competition.

Scotty gave his all and ended up in 3rd place. Kyle Baldock is riding really tech and everything he does he does it seemingly with ease. 360 whip to whip back and upside down 900's every try.

Vans young gun Daniel Sandoval made the main and finished in 5th with moves like a giant triple whip on the drop down hip.

A great performance all round for the Vans crew at the first stop of Dew Tour for 2012. Stop 2 is in October in San Fransisco, check HERE for more info.

Cranmer qualifys first for Dew Final.

Scotty Cranmer has been looking forward to this day for some time. He had to sit through a tough qualifying round yesterday, as a reward for being the 2011 Dew Tour champion.

Today he got to ride park semi final and he got it done first run of three. He was flowing and tricking all over the course to the sounds of Bruce Springsteen and the result was a 92.63!

Scotty qualified first for Sunday's park final along with Aussie, Kyle Baldock and young gun, Daniel Sandoval.

Other Vans pro's in the semi final were Andy Buckworth 7th, Gary Young 8th, and Pat Casey 10th.

Watch the final Sunday on NBC 2pm - 4ET or follow the Vans team @vansbmx66

26 become 11, Dew Tour park prelims

Today in Ocean City, Maryland twenty six riders dropped in for three, forty five second runs. Best run counts and now we have eleven riders for tomorrows semi final. Scotty Cranmer watched today as a bonus for his 2011 season. He will compete tomorrow.

Pat Casey had a flat rear tire just a couple minutes before his name was to be called for run 0ne, with a pit crew on hand, the tire was ready to go and he literally picked up his bike, dropped in and qualified 2nd! Unreal!

Kyle Baldock messed up his first two runs, leaving all the pressure in the world for run three. Kyle pulled it though and qualified in 6th.

Saturdays semi final looks like this. Top 6 will go to Sundays final.

Scotty Cranmer (VANS)
Brett Banasiewicz
Pat Casey (VANS)
Drew Bezanson
Harry Main
Daniel Sandoval (VANS)
Kyle Baldock (VANS)
Ryan Nyquist
Gary Young (VANS)
Garrett Reynolds
Chad Kerley
Andy Buckworth (VANS)

The semis kicks off at 5:30pm ET and televised on NBC Sports at 11pm ET.

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For more info click HERE for the Dew Tour site

Vans’ Inaugural LXVI BMX Invitational Hits the Beach at the ECSC August 24th and 25th

The first LXVI BMX Invitational presented by Vans hits the beach on August 24th and 25th at the historic Virginia Beach Oceanfront alongside the Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships presented by Vans. The LXVI BMX Invitational challenges twenty of the world’s best BMX riders including Scotty Cranmer, Ryan Guettler, Ryan Nyquist and Cory Nastazio as they compete in a triple box jump contest for their share of a $25,000 prize purse.

Expected Riders Include: Scotty Cranmer (2012 X-Games Gold BMX Park, 2012 Dew Tour Champion BMX Park), Ryan Guettler (2005 Dew Tour Champion BMX Dirt and Park, X-Games medalist), Pat Casey, Gary Young, Kyle Baldock, Cory Nastazio (X-Games medalist), Ryan Nyquist (numerous X-Games medals and Dew Tour championships), Brett Banasiewicz, Dennis Enarson, Jeremiah Smith, and Brandon Dosch.

Expected Judges Include: Robbie Morales (Cult), Keith Mulligan (Ride BMX), Ben Crockett (BMX Plus!), Dave Brumlow and Allan Cooke.

Contest Schedule – Best 2 out of 3 Runs
Thursday, Aug. 23rd 2PM – 4PM - Open Practice
Friday, Aug. 24th 12PM – 2PM - Qualifiers
Saturday, Aug. 25th 12PM – 1PM - Finals

Prizes: 1st place: $5,000 2nd place: $3,750 3rd place: $3,000 Runner ups will receive a portion of the $25,000 purse.

Dew Tour Stop 1 Begins Thursday

The Vans BMX team has arrived in Ocean City, Maryland for stop one of The Dew Tour.

Competition begins on Thursday, August 16 with BMX Vert. Simon Tabron, Coco Zurita and Dennis McCoy will take on the Half Pipe and try to make the six man final for Friday.

The Park discipline runs from Thursday through Sunday, with 2011 the Dew Tour Park Champion Scotty Cranmer advancing to Saturdays semi final as a reward for his 2011 season.

Look for other Vans pros in the Park preliminary rounds trying to move into the finals including Kyle Baldock, Pat Casey, Ryan Guettler, Andy Buckworth, Diogo Canina, Rob Darden, Ben Hennon, Josh Harrington, Chase Hawk, Daniel Sandoval, Mark Webb, Gary Young.

This stop also includes Mini Mega Ramp and Flatland. Vans Europe and French Flatland Pro, Matthias Dandois will be in Ocean City!

For more information on the Dew Tour and this first stop for 2012, check HERE

Keep up with the Vans BMX crew live on Instagram and twitter. @vansBMX66

Baldock wins BMX Worlds Dirt in Germany

Kyle Baldock wrapped up BMX Dirt at The Worlds in Cologne, Germany after some truly amazing runs.

Kyle's first run had a 360 flip first set easily the highest air of the event, straight into a 720 truck next set. He was riding so smooth and consistent.

TJ Ellis, Cory Nastazio, Daniel Sandoval and Rob Darden also made the final.

The crowd was loving the dirt final
with the DJ cranking Pennywise and The Romones in classic "Worlds" fashion.

The Street contest went down Saturday afternoon and German Bruno Hoffmann took the win, fresh of a stay in Southern California. Unfortunately Park and Vert rained out today and was cancelled.

HERE'S a video from Ride UK.

X Games LA... Now!

Well the event has arrived a little earlier than usual but the X Games starts later this week in LA. The Vans team have arrived and will begin practice today!

Competition begins June 29 with the first BMX event Street on Friday at 3pm. June 30 Saturday morning Park will get under way at 10am and Vert at 4:30pm. July 1 Big Air at 6:30pm

Street - Dakota Roche, Bruno Hoffman, Sean Sexton (Ty Morrow out with injury)

Park - Scotty Cranmer, Gary Young, Chase Hawk, Kyle Baldock, Pat Casey, Diogo Canina, Rob Darden, Bas Keep, Ben Hennon, Daniel Sandoval

Vert - Dennis McCoy, Coco Zurita, Simon Tabron

Big Air - Simon Tabron

Look for alternates Josh Harrington and Dan Foley to ride if someone is injured.

@vansbmx66 will be in LA so join them on instagram and twitter if you haven't already!

If you can't make it, you can watch it all go down on ESPN HERE. And HERE is the official X Games site for the latest.

Baldock in Slo-Mo

This has been talked up for over a week now and for good reason when you rent a movie set and use a video camera worth $250,000!

No filler in this one. All bangers. And I'm not even sure how to describe the last move, switch whip 360 flip????

Kyle does look at the landing mid double flip and I wouldn't recommend anyone else trying that!

Kyle has X Games next week in LA. Get em kid!

Baldock Ultra Slow Motion Drops Thursday

This Thursday, Kyle Baldock will be releasing a super slow motion video by his sponsor Unit and you'll be sure to see it. This video was filmed with a Phantom Flex camera worth $250,000, and as far as we know it is the first time such a shoot has been put together for BMX. It was all done inside a movie studio at Warner Brothers Studios on the Gold Coast. The official video drops Thursday, here are a couple behind the scenes photos.

X Games Invites, Vans Team Coming in Hot!

Vans just made a big splash in the X Games list with riders invited from every BMX discipline. Simon Tabron will be kicking it in Big Air and Vert with DMC and Coco Zurita teaming up on the vert ramp as well. BMX Park is pretty stacked with Scotty Cranmer, Gary Young, Chase Hawk, Kyle Baldock, Pat Casey, Diogo Canina, Rob Darden, Bas Keep and Daniel Sandoval. Chances of an all Vans podium are pretty good for that one! Street will be a treat with Dakota Roche, Ty Morrow, Bruno Hoffman, Sean and Sexton throwing down, but look for a few more Vans riders to make it in before everything is said and done.

Vans BMX Riders Stacked in Dew Tour Finals

BMX Park Finals should be a non-stop drag-out blockbuster tomorrow with Baldock, Cranmer, Young, Harrington, Casey, Webb, and Buckworth all qualifying into Dew Tour Park finals. Baldock and Cranmer got to watch the rest of the dudes shred the course today during prelims and some wild moves went down. Park and Dirt Finals are back-to-back tomorrow from noon till 3pm so sit tight and enjoy the madness.