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BMX “Big Air” competition on the MegaRamp starts at 5:30pm on July 28th
Skateboarding “Big Air” Competition on the MegaRamp starts at 5:00pm on July 29th
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Douglas Silva wins the High Air contest in Brasil for Oi MegaRampa, 2011
Bob Burnquist and Danny Way Sao Paulo, Brazil 2011
NESCAU MegaRamp 2011, Brazil
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
July 11th
Bob Burnquist three-peats in Brazil and 14 year old Mitchie Brusco lands four 900s in 3 days
Results in from NESCAU MegaRampa, the second event in the inaugural MegaRamp Championship Series.
Los Angeles (July 11, 2011)—The best MegaRamp athletes from around the world converged on Sao Paulo for what turned out to be three days of historic MegaRamp competition.
Results in skateboarding:
1st Bob Burnquist
2nd Mitchie Brusco
3rd Adam Taylor
4th Edgard “Vovo” Pereira
5th Ronnie Gomes
Lincoln Ueda went out to injury on the Friday. Dropping 15 ft thigh first to coping to flat, saw Lincoln out with the mother of all bruises and a fractured wrist.
Bob Burnquist confirmed his status as the best MegaRamp rider out there with his second win in this year’s MegaRamp Championship Series (he also won the MegaRamp Open at Woodward West). This was also his third straight Brasil event win in front of 12,000 screaming Brasilian fans. The event was also seen live on Sport TV and GloboTV in [x million households]. Bob Burnquist was even a trending tag on Twitter on finals day. Bob’s Christ Air Backflip across the gap was possibly his insanest trick.
The real story in skate was teenage phenom Mitchie Brusco. Four 900s across three days, two of them in contest and the first one coming off a 50-50 boardslide on the insane MegaRail. Mitchie came second and has won himself a spot at X Games Big Air on July 29. He wasn’t that far off nailing a kickflip 3 across the gap before hitting the 9. If he pulls that one at X Games he might well be looking at a gold medal in LA.
São Paulo (SP) – Douglas Leite, the only Brazilian in the BMX NESCAU ® Megarampa, gave a concert on Saturday and won the Big Air (air staff). In his third day in a megarampa, “Doguet”, 6.20 m and flew up the audience, estimated at 8,500 people packed the stands of the Sambadrome Anhembi. The Australian Steve McCann and Vince Byron finished second and third places.
After the victory, Doguet has been welcomed by rivals and fell into the arms of the crowd. “I went through many difficulties in career and get to this point is wonderful. Thanks to those who always believed in me,” said the biker who teaches Extreme BMX Park, City Hall in St. Bernard.
On Thursday, Doguet made 10 jumps and impressed the organizers and judges coordinator Kevin Robinson, one of the biggest names in world sport. Robinson would compete, but was injured and ended up judging the maneuvers and Milk Douglas was invited to join the NESCAU Megarampa ® 2011.
Colton Satterfield is the best maneuver – With a mixture of 720 ° in hand with back flip 360 degrees in hand, the American Colton Satterfield won the contest for best trick.
“Jump and take your hands off the handlebars is exciting and I felt confidence in me when I saw the audience. I have competed in many places and certainly the Brazilian fans are the most passionate. Everyone understands our maneuvers,” said Satterfield.
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Bob Burnquist three-peats in Brasil – McCann rolls away with the Gold in BMX – 14 year old Mitchie Brusco lands four 900s in 3 days!!!
Results in from NESCAU MegaRampa, the second event in the inaugural MegaRamp Championship Series.
Los Angeles (July 6, 2011) – The best MegaRamp athletes from around the world converged on Sao Paulo for what turned out to be three days of historic MegaRamp competition.
Results in skateboarding:
1. Bob Burnquist (BRA)
2. Mitchie Brusco (USA)
3. Adam Taylor (USA)
4. Edgard “Vovo” Pereira (BRA)
5. Ronnie Gomes (BRA)
6. Jake Brown (AUS)
7. Elliot Sloan (USA)
8. Robert Lorifice (USA)
9. Martin Andre (BRA)
10. Marcello Bastos (BRA)
Lincoln Ueda went out to injury on the Friday. Dropping 15 ft thigh first to coping to flat, saw Lincoln out with the mother of all bruises and a fractured wrist.
Bob Burnquist confirmed his status as the best MegaRamp rider out there with his second win in this year’s MegaRamp Championship Series (he also won the MegaRamp Open at Woodward West). This was also his third straight Brasil event win in front of 12,000 screaming Brasilian fans. The event was also seen live on Sport TV and GloboTV in 40million households. Bob Burnquist was even a trending tag on Twitter on finals day. Bob’s Christ Air Backflip across the gap was possibly his insanest trick.
The real story in skate was teenage phenom Mitchie Brusco. Four 900s across 3 days, 2 of them in contest and the first one coming off a 50-50 boardslide on the insane MegaRail. Mitchie came second and has won himself a spot at X Games Big Air on July 29. He wasn’t that far off nailing a kickflip 3 across the gap before hitting the 9. If he pulls that one at X Games he might well be looking at a gold medal in LA.
The action in BMX was just as crazy as the skateboarding.
Overall contest results:
1. Steve McCann (AUS)
2. Vince Byron (AUS)
3. Anthony Napolitan (USA)
4. Colton Satterfield (USA)
5. James Foster (USA)
6. Morgan Wade (USA) (injured)
Best Trick
1. Colton Satterfield (USA) No handed cork 720-1st ever on the 60ft gap
2. Vince Byron (AUS) 360 tailwhip-1st ever over 60ft gap
3. James Foster (USA) double back flip
Anthony Napolitan also pulled off the first no-handed double front flip on MegaRamp
High Air
1. Douglas “Dougie Fresh” Leite (BRA) 20.5ft
2. Steve McCann (AUS) 19.5ft
3. Vince Byron (AUS) 19ft
Event favorite and the Open at Woodward winner, Morgan Wade got taken out in practice in a fall on the quarter which resulted in a broken rib lacerating his spleen. After keyhole surgery to stop bleeding, Morgan left hospital this afternoon and is expected to fly home on Monday after resting up in his hotel.
The BMX story of the event was the arrival on the world stage of previous unknown Brasilian, Douglas Leite. A friend sent Kevin Robinson (BMX contest organizer and 3x X Games BMX Big Air gold medalist) video of Dougie blasting a backyard halfpipe. He got invited to practice, then got voted by the riders into the high air contest. He then battled it out to win, blasting 20.5ft out of the 27ft high quarterpipe – on only his second day ever riding Mega. The riders were stoked and christened him Dougie Fresh. The Brasilian crowd and media went totally nuts for one of their own. A great day for BMX in Brasil. Expect to see a lot more from Dougie Fresh.
The NESCAU MegaRampa contest was the second event in the MegaRamp Championship Series taking place on full-sized MegaRamp structures. Athletes accumulate scores based on their results at each stop. The athlete with the highest overall scores from each of skateboarding and BMX will be crowned the overall winner of the MegaRamp Champion Series in their sport.
About MegaRamp: The MegaRamp structure is the brainchild of Danny Way and was unveiled to the world in The DC Shoes Video in 2004. The first MegaRamp skateboarding contest debuted at the X Games in 2004 with the BMX event following in 2006. The world’s best athletes ride MegaRamp structures and continually push the boundaries of athletic excellence. MegaRamp is a registered trademark of MegaRamp Events LLC who controls rights in all things MegaRamp. MegaRamp Productions produces MegaRamp live events. For more information visit: www.megaramp.com
About Zoo Bam Boo Do Brasil: An action sports company created by professional skater athlete Bob Burnquist, Jorge Kuge, legend of the industry and founder of URGH, and Valter Vale, former professional skateboarder and current brand manager of Hurley in Brazil. Zoobamboo is the Brasilian license consultant for Hurley, Flip and Burnquist. ZBB is also an consultant on events including: Gas Festival, Nescal Street Skate and Megarampa.
About NESCAU MegaRampa: The MegaRamp event in Brasil is being run for the third time at Sao Paulo’s Sambadromo. The event is produced by Brasil 1, Max Sports and MegaRamp Productions. The event is televised by Globo TV and Sports TV Official event website: www.nescaumegarampa.com.br
About BrasilOne: Brazil1 Sports & Entertainment is a company based in Rio de Janeiro. Our main events include UFC Rio, Volvo Ocean Race (Brazil Stopover), LPGA Tour Brazil, Megaramp, Match Race Brazil, Elton John and The Police Tour. Our main clients are HSBC, Nestlé, UBS, Motorola, Nokia, Rolex, Oi and Vivo. “Brazil1 specializes in delivering first class production, valuable customer experience and unique branding platforms”, said the CEO Alan Adler.
About MaxSports: is on of Brazil’s leading event company MaxSports produces events including MegaRampa, King Of the Beach, Oi Vert Jam, FMX Brasil and Brasil Surf Pro For More information www.maxsports.com.br
