It is with a heavy heart that we bid a fond farewell to Patrick this weekend. He is leaving Portland for pastures new. Of course we wish him the very best on his adventure but we will really miss him at the lot. I have had some great sessions with him there and at the bar.

If you are in town and would like to celebrate with him and say your goodbyes head down to Yurs tonight around 8pm.

Best of luck to you Patrick. You my friend are a gentleman and a scholar!

Happy Birthday Patrick

BMX riders Anthony, Codie and Patrick

Everyone that came out got a jam t-shirt and we had gift bags with lots of goodies from our sponsors to hand out. Fish Johnson walked away with a brand new set of Primo cranks after winning the B.I.K.E. contest.

I will be posting more photos and videos this week. For now check out Jared Souney’s blog, www.jaredsouney.com, he has some nice photos and a video posted up there.

A big thank you to all the people that came out to the jam, our sponsors (see below) and all the locals that made it possible.

This was the last jam that Joe and I will be putting together.  Justin and Anthony will be taking over from here and I know they are going to do an amazing job. Good luck to them. A big thank you to Joe for all the work he has put into these jams over the years. He has done a great job.

Cheers.

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Another fun day at the Dew Tour.

Dirt qualifiers was my first stop of the day. It was a hot and windy day down by the Willamette River. I love watching dirt and the qualifiers did not disappoint. Although the strong head wind seemed to cause some issues the riding was impressive. From what I saw the semi-final and final should be amazing.

Justin from FlatWebTV was down there and got some great photos. You can check them out on the Freestyle5 website. Look for a video edit from him soon.

In the evening it was time for the BMX Park semi-final. Lots of riders laid down some top notch runs in front of a packed house. Really looking forward to the finals tonight.

So the Dew Tour kicked off yesterday and BMX Park Qualifiers was the first event I got to take a look at. The course looks killer and the riding was impressive. The Aussies are out in force this year and were tearing up BMX Park. Ryan Guettler managed to barely edge out Joshua Perry to finish first. Dave Dillewaard came in a close third. Chris Hughes and Alessandro Barbero rounded out the top 5 that will move on to the semi-finals to compete against those who have pre-qualified.

I hung out with Justin from FlatWebTV and he got some great footage. There should be some good stuff coming your way from FlatWebTV.

BMX Park Qualifiers

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There was a practice session on the new Dirt course, down by the Willamette River, in the morning. I did not get a chance to get over there but I am looking forward to the qualifiers today.

Freestyle5′s Roman Tencza is riding in the Dirt qualifiers today. Good luck to him. It would be great if he could make the finals.

BMX Dirt First Look with Nate Berkheimer

Park

Dirt

Jared Souney was there and snapped some great photos. You can check them out over at  his blog.

Shad also posted some nice photos on the Goods BMX blog.

Looks like a great event that was well attended. I hope I can make it out there next year.

Anyone else got a photo or painting of Joe they would like to share?

Jump over to the MacNeil site to check it out.

Photo by David Lang

If you are not familiar with Travis and his riding. Here’s his section from Same Thing Daily.

These jams get better every year and I am sure this year will be no exception. Everyone is welcome. Bring your bike or just chill on the grass and watch the riding.

Here are the details:

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2010
Time: 12:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: 6046 W Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast Redmond, WA 98052-4801

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Here’s some photos and videos from previous years:

2010 Seattle BMX Flatland Jam from Justin Hoey on Vimeo.

If you are in the area please come out and make this one even better than last year.

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