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*** Jamie Bestwick Wins LG In Seattle Wa ***

Seattle, Washington -- 11/02/2008



There's no arguing it: Jamie Bestwick is the best BMX Vert rider
in the world. His win here in Seattle marks his fifth LG Action Sports
Championship title, capping off a huge year that also included a gold
medal X Games 14 and the Dew Cup championship.


Photo - Jamie Bestwick Wins.

Bestwick edged out his closest competitor and 2006 champion
Chad Kagy for the win on the huge ASA vert ramp tonight at the
2008 LG Action Sports Championships, with Simon Tabron taking
the bronze medal.

So what's driving the man who is nearly impossible to beat?

"The main thing for me is that is that I actually enjoy riding bikes,"
says Bestwick, clutching the gold medal hanging at his chest. "Not
that nobody else does, because we all do, it's just that I gave up
everything to ride my bike. I gave up my job, my family, and the
country I lived in all my life to come over here and ride my bike,
and that's what drives me forward: Just to enjoy riding ramps like
this, hang out with the best vert riders in the world, and put on a
great show for fans who come to see us."

Bestwick's been having a hell of a year living out his dream life.
Between contests he lives and rides in State College, PA, training
at the Woodward Camp, but he's at his best when the pressures is
on. He says he's proud of all of his accomplishments in 2008, but
that the LG Action Sports championship and ASA hold a special
place in his heart for one very important reason.

"This ramp is probably the best ramp I've ever ridden in my life,"
says Bestwick. "It's 14.2 feet tall and it just works. It's effortless:
You don't need to pump super hard but when you do you get
massive rewards and just boost to the moon. It's that feeling
that I love, to never be restricted on a ramp and get maximum
results. If you want to go high, this ramp will let you go high."


Photo - Jamie Bestwick in action.

Bestwick boosts higher than anyone else in BMX Vert competition,
and when he's on he's awfully hard to beat - even when his competition
has huge tricks like Kagy's flare whips and Tabron's 900 spins. Bestwick
admits to being hugely competitive, but says there's more to it than that.

When close friends like Kagy and Tabron are on the ramp, Bestwick
is their biggest fan, cheering them on as hard as anyone in the stands.

"There was a time when there was such a cutthroat attitude on top of
the ramp, you know, everyone for ourselves, but I think we all figured
out that to have a great contest that doesn't necessarily work," says
Bestwick.

"In our sport we're so driven by the new talent and fresh ideas
coming in that everybody lightened up a bit and we all started to
have more fun. Look at the results: we put out great contests and
you see some of the best tricks thrown down every time.

It's stressful enough what we're doing, riding this huge ramp and
trying to beat 9 of the best guys in the world. If everybody's at each
others' throats mentally and verbally it just doesn't help the cause out.

For us to all be great friends and to hang out and do our thing and
cheer each other on at these contests, it's a huge positive and it
really shows that we're a different breed of athletes."

CC - http://www.lgactionsports.com

ACCC -
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11/02/2008 - D. Dhers Flairs Into the Win In Seattle
11/01/2008 - The LG Action Sports Day One Recap
11/01/2008 - Photos Of The Action Sports KeyArena
10/31/2008 - Action Sports Championships KeyArena
10/29/2008 - LG Action Sports World Championships
10/18/2008 - LG Action Sports World Championships
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