Just in case you've been living under a rock the last couple days, our guy Dennis got two silver medals at X-Games in BMX Park and Street this weekend. Yesterday was the BMX Park final, and Dennis made the most out of his second chance. As we mentioned before, Dennis finished just shy of a qualifying spot for the final, but Rob Darden blew his knee out shortly after he qualified through prelims. With Rob being unable to ride, Dennis moved into the hot seat and was a totally different rider in the final than he was in the prelims the day before. Coming out with a silver medal in BMX Park is a huge accomplishment.
Earlier today was the BMX street final where Dennis was 2nd qualifier in prelims behind his good friend Garrett Reynolds. Just before the contest started, Dennis mentioned that he was looking forward to getting home. Then he said, "Oh man we gotta wait around til 6:30 if Garrett wins a medal." I responded, "what do you mean, IF Garrett wins a medal? You're getting one too." His response was something like, "Me? I'm not winning a medal in Street, dude." When the comp began, Dennis set it off and was in second behind Garrett from the beginning and that looked to be how it would finish. In Dennis' second run of the jam, he blew his tire out on a big 540. Colin threw on the worlds ugliest rear wheel (photos below) and Dennis went back to work in run #3 and didn't skip a beat. As I write this, Dennis is downtown LA getting his two medals like a gentleman. We're proud of you Dennis you absolutely destroyed it this weekend. I don't think Dennis knows how good he is, and if he does, he doesn't seem to care. Win or lose, Dennis is always smiling. Gary Young said it best, "nobody has more fun than Dennis." X-Games 16 was amazing. Congrats D from everyone at Haro! We're psyched!
A few months ago, Dennis parked his SUV on my practice starting gate at work. Needless to say, it's bent to hell and permanently out of commission. Hey D, do you think you can bring me a new one some day, now that you've won in one weekend more money than most of us make in a year? HAHA.
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