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Monster Recon Tour: Premises Park

July 24, 2013

The Monster Recon Tour made it’s way to Tucson, Arizona for the Premises Skatepark where it looks like a ton of awesome riding went down. It’s crazy to see how good kids are now days and this video is a good example showing you just how good the upcoming scene in Arizona is!

“The eighth stop of the Monster Army Recon Tour presented by Replay XD at Premises Park was insane! Three levels of screaming fans rattled the scaffolding throughout the building so hard that no one even realized they were in the middle of a full on monsoon. Ryan Guettler slayed it on the mic (as usual) and made sure everyone lost their voices by the end of the contest. We have never witnessed this much energy and excitement from the fans and athletes and Arizona definitely proved to us that BMX is here to stay.

The 13-15 age group kicked off the contest, setting the tone for a day all about good music, crazy riding and straight raw talent. Antonio Chavez from Chandler, AZ is one of the youngest cats around but knows how to win contests. Next up was the 16+ group where River Walden proved he was worthy of the top spot in a division full of flair whips and front flips. Finally we reached the Play Open division with 27 competitors all battling for the golden ticket to make the Recon Tour Play Am finals at Mike Spinner’s house. The energy and excitement in the building was bursting through the seams. Mother Nature wanted to get involved and say hello with a massive monsoon that put us in a rain delay for 30 minutes. This was the perfect time for the most insane product toss of the tour with the DJ dropping beats and Ryan Guettler even stage diving from the second story of the Park. The rain stopped and the contest continued with the most exciting and drama filled finals we have held yet. Everyone was putting their body on the line with huge transfers and endless combos of tricks. The drama continued with Wesley Hark and Alex Hiam going head to head throwing everything on the line. Wesley had the fire in his eyes and proved that he was not walking away without the golden ticket. He threw down the biggest barrel roll transfer anyone has ever done in the park to date. He earned his ticket and became the 8th rider to make it to the Play Am Finals.

Special thanks to our tour partners Monster Army, Hookit, Replay XD, A3, Vans, XRyderz, Madcatz, Pro-Tec, Movietickets.com, Hyper BMX, Mike Spinner, Ryan Guettler, David Peraza, Fat Tony, Ian Abbott and his Premises Park, and every single person who volunteered from the Premises staff to make this such an amazing event.

Final results from each division:

Play Open Final Results: 
1st- Wesley Hark
2nd- Alex Hiam
3rd- Corey Foster

16 + Final Results: 
1st- River Walden
2nd- Orus Bronson
3rd- Cory Clark

13-15 Final Results: 
1st- Antonio Chavez
2nd- Kirk Bratt
3rd- Trevyn Gibbs“

Monster Recon Tour – San Jose, California

July 3, 2013

Here’s a look at all of the wild riding that went down during the Monster Recon Tour stop in San Jose, California recently! The park is dialed and there’s definitely a ton of shredders that made their way out for this one. Even Colony‘s Alex Hiam, who has been hanging out in California recently, made his way out and took home the win!

“The seventh stop of the Monster Army Recon Tour presented by Replay XD was on fire, literally! Not only was the riding insane, but the temperatures reached well into the 100 + range. Despite the heat, all of the competitors were not backing down from the massive concrete park known as Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark in San Jose, CA. Competitors traveled from all over California and surrounding states to compete for the glory of being the best. The day started off with the youngest competitor the Recon Tour has witnessed yet. Four year old Mason Moreno showed us that the future of BMX will have very strong talent by impressing the well known judges Victor Salazar, Kris Fox, and Alex Landeros. Ryan Guettler didn’t let the heat affect his announcing skills and kept the energy of the crowd alive all day. As the day went on the riding kept increasing in skill level just like the heat. The Play Open division ended the day in a huge way with all of the competitors putting everything on the line. 14 year old Paul Shariff took home second place by destroying the course and tricking everything in his sight. He won over the crowd with huge tricks like his front flip and his intensity throughout his run. Alex Hiam from Australia took home the first place position by doing tricks no one else was throwing. Tricks like decades, 360 whip to bar, flairs, and his creative lines was the reason he walked away with the number one position and the all expense paid trip to Mike Spinner’s Play AM Finals in Florida.

Special thanks to our tour partners Monster Army, Hookit, Replay XD, A3, Vans, XRyderz, Madcatz, Pro-Tec, Movietickets.com, Hyper BMX, Mike Spinner, Ryan Guettler, Fat Tony, the City of San Jose, Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park, Cindy Rebhan, Andrew Freeman , and Josh Balogh.“

Recon Tour – Round 1: Albacoa

March 25, 2013

Check out this video giving you a look at what went down at the first stop of Mike Spinner’s Monster Recon Tour stop at the Albacoa skatepark. Looks like there was plenty of rad riding going down and it was a good time for the kids.