Last Train to Tigard

Portland Oregon is seeing some action the last couple weeks. First it was Trifecta, and now the Dew Tour has rolled into Rip City. Part of the reason I moved up here is that it has some of the best BMX and Skateboarding in the world and this week is a good one.

The folks at Dew changed up the schedule a bit from what the riders are used to, leaving guys in town a day or two early thinking they would have practice. But with the course not yet complete, a slew of BMX riders took to the city by train, hitting up some of the areas incredible skateparks. Fortunately I have a car, but it’s a small car. So the shredders were stuck on the train, while I drove a car full of camera gear around.

After a train ride to Beaverton, followed by a six-mile bike ride, a group which included Brian Hunt, Anthony and Ronnie Napolitan, Andy Buckworth, Morgan Wade, Cory Nastazio, Luke Parslow, Roman Tencza, Zack Earely, Seth Klinger, and more made it to Tigard Skatepark, also known as “that park with the dinosaur.”

I shot a bunch of photos and got a bunch of good stuff, some of which is here, mere hours later. Ronnie Napolitan, for the record, is killing it. That kid was good before, but holy shit. Big Brother Anthony isn’t too shabby either. I think he actually “won” the session. And a good session it was.

Fortunately for those guys there is a train directly from Tigard to Portland later in the day (it only runs during rush hour) so they didn’t have to ride another six miles after the session.

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