AFMXA Amateur Event Am / ProAm / Pro footage. Pala Raceway, Freestyle Competition

description of event taken from AFMXA website:

The first ever AFMXA Amateur Freestyle Motocross contest went down at Pala Raceway over the weekend and it was a huge success! Amateur FMX riders traveling from all around the United States, with some coming for as far as Canada and even Japan, made it to Southern California, the Mecca of the FMX industry, for their chance to shine on a big stage. The big stage being a FMX course built with the safety of up-and-coming riders in mind, and the once rare opportunity to show their skills to a judging panel of FMX legends.

The judges were Ronnie Faisst, Blake Bilko Williams, Nate Adams, Ronnie Renner, Jeremy Twitch Stenberg, and Mike Metzger. You couldnt even begin to count the X Games medals collectively hanging from these guys walls! With that star-studded panel judging your ever jump and trick, its safe to say the pressure was on for these amateurs, who for most it was their first time competing in a contest.

The best of 2 run qualifying round narrowed down the 18 riders to the top 9 for a 1 run final. Top qualifier Rob Sakai of Japan rode his momentum into the finals where he tied for 1st place with Jimmy Hill out of Bakersfield, CA. Rob and Jimmy both agreed that they dont like ties and the only way to settle it was with an old school run-off! Jimmy won the coin flip and decided to go first. Unfortunately for Jimmy, a dead sailor really cost him in the judges scoring. Rob followed up with a near flawless run that made it obvious that he was the winner.

Congratulations to Rob Sakai on the win, Jimmy Hill in 2nd and Bryce Hudson 3rd!

After the amateurs tore up the course it was on to the Pro-Am division. The Pro-Ams are the guys that have ridden in paid demos, have some sponsors, and some can backflip, but theyre still new or little known in the sport and havent competed in any pro level contests. Its a fine line between Pro-Ams and the real Pros, but you can bet some of these guys will be competing in the big leagues real soon.

Lance Coury came out on top of the Pro-Ams. With a bag full of big tricks, and some solid backflip tricks to boot, Coury rode smooth and consistent, all things the judges love to see. Very close behind Coury in 2nd palce was Destin Cantrel, who has some of the best tricks in the game but is not backflipping. To pull off second place without the backflip in a field of guys with the backflip says a lot for the quality and extension of Cantrels upright tricks. Rounding out the podium in 3rd was Keith Sayers of Butte, Montana.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• afmxa
• freestyle
• competition
• dirty
• 530
• brad
• jones
• pala
• raceway
• motocross
• fmx

[The00Mustang]

@2phoxx yea

[2phoxx]

danielson? as in nikki danielson?

[jwctex14]

2:25 That Holy Man was sick, but He must have blipped the gas before he let go. That remount was gnarly.

[TheDirtball69]

does pala have a permanent fmx course?

[fmxrider66]

how do u sign up?



[yz4501000]

why is there people flipping in proam

[Absolutentertainment]

AFMXA Freestyle Moto Contest video:.youtube.com/watch?v=CLK­LSj2m9CM

[ExtremeEverything809]

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[mxmatt34]

@larryt14 actually your just dumb. its in the background noob

[TheZachCrooks]

@LVRidaZ oh yeah you can race anything i race a 98cr250 no probs so far