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Twitch & Potter Kill it at Moto X World Champs!

Posted by: Cropley | Monday, April 14, 2008 | 2 comments

Congrats to Twitch and Todd Potter for bringing home 3 medals, err helmets, this weekend at the first ever Moto X World Championships!

Twitch went head-to-head in the semi finals with Metal Mulisha teammate Jeremy Lusk to determine who would make it into the finals against Nate Adams. Twitch had a smooth run with some huge tricks that Lusk couldn't match and Twitch advanced to the finals. Twitch and Nate both had their runs dialed in and it was just up to the judges. In the end it was really close but they gave it to Nate...next time it's on!

Twitch took home 3rd in the Speed & Style event. He probably should have won it, but while leading Ronnie Renner by a mile in the semi final, Twitch got squirrely in a rhythem section and wend down pretty hard. But he came back for the 3rd place race versus Kevin Johnson. Johnson won the speed portion (he races Supercross), but Twitch killed it on the style and it was enough for the win a the bronze helmet.

Potter threw down big in the Best Trick competition! Potter did a big flip cliffhanger on his first run and was planning on doing a better one for his second run, but when he saw Mat Rebeaud get into podium position with a KOD flip he changed his game plan. He knew he could do the KOD flip way better than Rebeaud, so he made the last second decision to switch it up and it payed off!

Kyle Loza was the big favorite coming into Best Trick after everyone saw him pulling the Electric Death in the foam. Loza came out swinging and went for the trick to dirt! Unfortunately the landing was super dry and slippery and caused him to slide out on both attempts. That kind of stuff can happen when your pushing the limits of what's possible on a dirt bike! Don't worry, though, he'll be back at Summer X to pull it off.

Nicky Danielson can do a lot of tricks upside down. He's really good at them, too. Nicky chose to bust a Shaolin Barhop Flip for best trick. The fact that it only landed him in 8th place shows just how gnarly all the tricks are and that sometimes judges suck.

Taka was on hand and riding in Freestyle. He injured his shoulder only a couple weeks before so he definitely wasn't at 100% like the Taka we all know. That didn't stop him from going for it though! Had Taka timed his run a little better he might have made the finals since he threw some of his biggest tricks after the time was out. Live and learn.

KOD flip over the 115 footer!

Jason Lawrence showed face for the Moto X racing event. He was looking really fast on the under powered 250F and easily won his qualifying heat by a mile. In the main Lawrence got a poor start and then dropped out due to mechanical problems. No biggy, he's still got that little West Coast Supercross Lites title to look forward to!

All in all it was a great weekend and the etnies crew kicked some ass!