It has been 8 long months since the last Dew Tour, the premier action sports series in America.
This first stop in 2009 in Chicago was a bike only event; including the disciplines Park, Dirt, Vert and for the first time Street.
In park, Haro team rider and fresh high school graduate, Dennis Enarson competed along side teammate Ryan Nyquist and the pair did their best in the humid mid-west weather to finish 10th and 8th respectively.
Dennis mixed it up with multiple variations notably a bar-spin to late tail-whip over the step down hip, and triple whip over the box. Nyquist threw out some big airs, an awesome Back-Flip transfer and also a nice 360 down-side whip over the box jump.
In the dirt competition, Haro team rider’s Cory “Nasty” Nastazio and Ryan Nyquist made it through qualifying into the finals to join Dennis Enarson who had a free ticket to the finals based on last years results.
“Nasty” went big on the cement based jumps, pulling a clean 360 flip on the last jump in run one and a dialed front flip on the last set in run 2. “Nasty” finished in 7th position and is looking forward to the rest of the series where he hopes to unleash some new moves…
Dennis pushed bar-spin to no-hander’s on the step down first set and in run 3 managed a triple whip mid set, followed by a new trick for Dennis, a no-hand one-foot, to late tailwhip. Dennis finished 5th.
The captain of the Haro squad after representing the Haro brand for over 10 years, Ryan Nyquist showed the other competitors and the judges that he still has some fight in him. He twisted 720’s mid set, and a run that included Truck Drivers in both directions. Ryan ended up on the podium in 3rd at the first stop and it’s a great start with a Dew Cup in the plans for 2009.
The new inclusion of “street” to the tour was a popular event. Dennis Enarson was chosen by Premium rider and current X-Games gold medalist in street, Garrett Reynolds as part of a team challenge where the riders had to film on the street based obstacle course over 2 days.
The videos where judged on the rider’s performance and also the videographer’s talent on the final edit which is available to view online at here .
The first stop was successful for the Haro Team, and all the guys look forward to the next stop in Portland, Oregon, August 13th-16th.
Colin Mackay
