The Action Sports world is in Portland this weekend for the Vans Invitational stop of the Dew Tour. Let’s get right to all the hot, hot action shall we:

Sheckler? Yeah, he won the skate park prelims, posting a 90.25. He also hurt himself slightly towards the end of the run. Here’s how the Dew Tour wordsmith phrased it:

“Assuming he’ll be back in action for the Finals, he’ll have his work cut out for him. In addition to Lutzka, Seaholm, and Ramos, he’ll have Danilo do Rosario, Fabrizio Santos, Danny Fuenzalida, Jereme Rogers, Chad Fernandez, Rodolfo Ramos, and Paul Rodriguez to contend with, on a course that favors the diverse styles of each of them equally.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

While we’re on the topic of Sheckler, why don’t we get a two-minute cringe in here?





Over on Vert? Shaun White, ah… yeah, he’s SO hot right now. Back to the Dew Tour scribe:

“Pierre-Luc Gagnon, and Andy Macdonald rounded out the top three, and a total of ten skaters are heading into Saturday’s Vert Finals, with Bob Burnquist, Bucky Lasek, Rob Lorifice, Danny Mayer, Jean Postec, Alex Perelson, and Rune Glifberg also in the mix.”


Just for the sake of symmetry, let’s get a Shaun White clip in here, eh?



I swear he set that newswoman up.

Now, if you’re interested in BMX, you should stop wasting your time reading this and go check Kosman’s edit of the prelims. Also an update from Catfish here. If you’re too lazy or stupid for those, here are the dirt prelim results:

1. Morgan Wade
2. James Foster
3. Diogo Canina
4. Ryan Guettler
5. Ryan Nyquist
6. Anthony Napolitan
7. Cory Nastazio
8. Chris Doyle
9. Colin Mackay
10. Dennis Enarson
11. TJ Ellis
12. Corey Bohan

Ah… Nyquist in fifth?
One last thing: if you’re itching for up-to-the-minute Dew Tour results AND you’re a jackass with no qualms about wasting money, click here.

That’s all the prelim results for now, but Banquet’s got a crack team of top-notch, professional journalists and photographers up in Portland, so check back real soon for all the heady Vans Invitational action you can handle.

(Photo Credit: Me. I did all the work ripping it off of the Dew Tour site.)