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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Adam Jones won the freestyle motocross event Saturday in the Toyota Challenge for his first AST Dew Tour victory in 13 months, and 14-year-old Chaz Ortiz took the skateboard park competition.
The two competitions drew 25,996 fans, the highest single-day mark in the tour's four-year history.
The 24-year-old Jones, from Minden, Nev., took the lead in his first run with a turntable to no-handed, no-footed can can, a dead body and a stripper flip to earn 94.17 points. Australian Robbie Madison was second at 92.13, followed by Jeremy Lusk of San Diego at 91.50. "I try to keep my runs unique," Jones said. "I know there are a couple big tricks that everybody is doing out there that you have to have. Apart from just one or two of those, I try to do stuff that other people aren't doing. The ones that people don't see. Even if it doesn't pay off it is still cool to do your own thing. Luckily, this week it paid off."
Jones leads the Dew Tour standings with 245 points. "I am pumped to be on top," Jones said. "It has been a while since I felt this good on my bike and have been this confident riding. It is an awesome way to finish the week."
The four-day competition is the fourth of five stops of the AST Dew Tour that features skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross. Sunday's action features the BMX park and skateboard vert finals.
Ortiz, from Chicago, went trick for trick with three-time defending Dew Cup champion Ryan Sheckler and they were tied after their first runs.
Sheckler, from San Clemente, Calif. surpassed Ortiz with his second run, but the 7-minute jam session that decided the win.
Ortiz executed a kickflip frontside boardside and kickflip out on the rail and earned 93.05 points. Sheckler was second with a score of 90.00, and Brazil's Rodolfo Ramos was third at 85.90. "I landed all the tricks I wanted to," Ortiz said. "After my first run I was feeling pretty confidant. I just wanted to get top three and obviously the results were better than I thought. I'm feeling good. I'm super happy. I guess today was my day."
Sheckler gave Ortiz high-fives between his runs and congratulated him on his first win of the AST Dew Tour season. "We're all friends," Sheckler said. "If you're not friends in skateboarding and you compete against these guys, there's no future in it. It's not a team sport but if you have fun with everyone, it makes it a lot easier. And we do, we all have fun together."
The four-day competition is the fourth of five stops of the AST Dew Tour that features skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross. Sunday's action will feature the BMX park and skateboard vert finals.
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