Van Doren Invitational Archives

Vans US Open 2016 – BMX Finals

August 2, 2016

Ryan Guettler dropped a video that he put together from the Van Doren Invitational finals that went down on Sunday. This starts out with a little bit of his trip to the contest, followed up by a ton of crazy riding. This contest definitely kicked a ton of ass, so make sure you give this a look.

You can check more from the contest here — Van Doren Invitational

“What a fun day, Thanks Vans shoes for putting this event on and inviting the worlds best to ride the course. Massive congratulations to Matt Cordova, Rode unreal all day and took home a massive stack of money!! This might be over kill for some to watch but I hope some can crack a beer sit back and enjoy some fine BMX riding!!”
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Scotty Cranmer – Van Doren Invitational 2016 Finals

August 1, 2016

Scotty Cranmer dropped his final video from the trip out west for the Van Doren Invitational. This one gives you a look at a ton of the action that went down during the finals, along with a few final thoughts on the way to the airport. Hit play and take it all in!

“Our final day of the California trip was the day that we were all waiting for, competition day! My little brother Matty was riding amazing all week and qualified for the finals and he came ready to give it all he had! It also happened to be Trey Jones’ birthday! While waiting for the event to start Matty and Trey almost died!! They were leaning against a scaffold railing when the lock broke and Trey and Matty were pretty much holding on for dear life! As the competition began it was insane seeing some of the best skatepark riders in the world riding that concrete bowl as hard as they possibly could! But only one man could walk away the champion and $12,500.00 richer! During the event some drunk beach tweaker started problems in the stands and turned into a bloody mess! He got arrested and the show went on. After the competition Vans held a high air competition where my little brother Matty and a few other riders started blasting the deep end and Crazy Larry was the winner and he did the highest air on a bMX bike that i have ever seen out of a concrete bowl at a skatepark! It was insane! Even though the trip is over I am already getting excited for next year! Huge shout out to Vans for the great times!”
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2016 Van Doren Invitational – Finals

August 1, 2016

Did you catch the live stream of the Van Doren Invitational yesterday? If not, you missed out on one hell of a show! But that’s okay because the first of what we’re assuming will be multiple highlight videos has arrived! Hit play to watch just under 7 minutes of amazing riding from everyone that made it into the finals! The riding is in this is amazing throughout, so make sure you watch this one from start to finish!

“To say the finals from the 2016 Van Doren Invitational were crazy would be putting it lightly. With 20 of the best bowl riders in the world, all of whom have their own unique style and approach to riding the course, it was really anyone’s contest. In the end, style, speed, flow, and the ability to go super high ruled the day, with Matt Cordova, Clint Reynolds, and Dylan Lewis taking home the top three spots respectively.

Music: Photography Is Over” by Jet Trash, “Supersonic On The Shore” by Dead Beach” – Ride BMX
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Scotty Cranmer – Vans US Open: Day 7

July 31, 2016

If you caught Scotty Cranmer‘s video that he dropped yesterday, Scotty Cranmer – Vans US Open: Day 6, you would have saw that Big Boy was sending a crazy front flip off a drop onto the beach that didn’t quite work out. Well, he decided to go back at it again and see if he could make it happen. Hit play to see what went down!

“Day 7 of our California trip was an off day for competition but Big Boy took on his own challenge and decided he was going to battle it out with a new trick the front flip drop in! After coming really close the day before, his confidence was sky high but still he had a couple things he wanted to change to prepare for the front flip. We went to his favorite breakfast place then headed over to the beach to relax and become one with the beach/front flip. After that we took the ride over to the location of the trick. Big Boy got straight to business and started getting mentally ready for the challenge he tried the front flip and came close but he slid out on the sand so w decided to dig in a little deeper to the harder dirt so he can ride away easier. But what we didn’t realize was that the harder the ground is the harder the fall was going to be… Big Boy came charging the drop in and didn’t get the best jump but it was too late for turning back so he tried his best and landed directly on his butt! It was rough! He was making crazy noises and he was in a lot of pain for a few minutes and he was nervous that he had pooped his pants! After using a port o potty he decided he was all good and wanted to try it again! I said NO WAY and we both decided to wait another day! We will see if Big Boy can finally settle the score soon enough!”
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Matt Cordova Wins Van Doren Invitational 2016

July 31, 2016

The Van Doren Invitational finals went down today with some of BMX’s most stylish and craziest ramp riders going to work on the bowl in Huntington Beach. Once the dust settled, Matt Cordova landed himself the top spot with Clint Reynolds and Dylan Lewis rounding out the top 3! Matt absolutely CRUSHED the course with his big lines, super clicked tricks and style for miles. Above is a look at Matt’s riding footage, with Clint and Dylan’s before courtesy of Ride BMX. Expect to see plenty more footage popping up tomorrow!

“The 2016 Van Doren Invitational is over, done, and awesome. Here’s Matt Cordova’s winning runs as decided by the judges who were looking for an overall impression, not a single run score. ”

Clint Reynolds took 2nd place with his smooth lines and some creativity like the backwards bars 360 over the spine!

Dylan Lewis took 3rd place with his insanely high airs and big, stylish tricks. We’ve been big fans of Dylan for a little while now and it’s safe to say he finally put himself on a lot of peoples radars with his riding this weekend. Stoked for Dylan!

Expect to see plenty of highlight videos popping up tomorrow!

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Scotty Cranmer – Vans US Open: Day 6

July 30, 2016

The 6th video from Scotty Cranmer‘s trip out to California for the Van Doren Invitational is now online. This time around most of the video gives us a look at what went down during the qualifiers for the contest. Hit play to check out a TON of amazing riding that went down, along with some ridiculous Big Boy time at the end! We’re pretty sure that’s the first front flip drop to sand.

“day 6 of the california trip starts at he course but this time it’s show time! The day of the qualifying for the Vans BMX bowl competition! We all brought our A game and we let the good times roll! I did a few tricks that i was pumped on including a 720 flair tailtap and a corked 720 over the volcano! Trey Jones rode without any shoes on and did a flair and back flip! Matty Cranmer rode amazing with high speed runs and huge airs and ended up qualifying for the finals on sunday! After the event we did an autograph signing for Vans and a woman brought a parrot and let us hold her! We all took a ride to the beach to watch the sunset and Big Boy decided that he wanted to attempt a new trick that he had just learned but never attempted on street! Big Boy almost landed a bunnyhop front flip from a cement side walk into the sand on the beach! He tried it a few times and decided it was too dark so we are heading back tomorrow to try and land it! This trip has been insane!”
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Van Doren Invitational 2016 – Qualifying Highlights

July 30, 2016

Over the course of the past few days we’ve been seeing plenty of BMX videos popping up with footage from what has been going on during practice and outside of the Van Doren Invitational. Yesterday was the qualifier for finals that put some of the most stylish and craziest ramp riders in the bowl to try and make finals! Hit play to check out a highlight reel of all the action that went down! It will be interesting to see what goes down in the finals!

“30 of the best bowl riders doing the damn thing at the Vans US Open, Van Doren Invitational Bowl Jam in Huntington Beach, CA. Finalists are as follow.

1. Clint Reynolds
2. Dylan Lewis
3. Corey Walsh
4. Matt Cordova
5. Kris Fox
6. Pat Casey
7. Corey Bohan
8. Kevin Peraza
9. Greg Illingworth
10. Dan Foley
11. Matty Cranmer
12. Tyler Fernengel
13. Alex Hiam
14. Jason Watts
15. Tom Dugan”

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Scotty Cranmer – Vans US Open: Day 5

July 29, 2016

Scotty Cranmer dropped is day 5 video from his time in California for the Van Doren Invitational. This starts out with some riding during practice, followed up by a little street cruising, then a good look at Coco Zurita‘s current GTR and Big Boy trying to set some interesting records. Check it!

“Day 5 of the California trip starts off once again at the concrete bowl where the Vans BMX completion is being held this weekend! This time Matty finds out that he will be competing!! Matty is going to destroy this comp! After that we hopped on our bikes and pedaled over to a local Huntington Beach middle school to see what kind of fun stuff we could ride! We found some crazy ledge set up that we rode for a couple hours and i did one of the craziest manual to tail whips that i have ever done! Then I got my good friend and his crazy Nissan GT-R to come meet up with us so we can check this insane godzilla out! The car has 700WHP and has a rocket bunny wide body kit with gorgeous bronze Volk TE37s!! The car is the craziest Nissan GT-R ever! Co Co took Big Boy for a ride and his reaction was priceless! I think he wet his pants! such an awesome day and we are all excited to ride the competition tomorrow!”
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