The BS Series / X Trials made its final stop in Nashville, and arrived in the Volunteer State amid rain, chaos and almost no athletes on hand to compete. It was, in a nutshell, a nightmare weekend for travel and even worse plans to be outside all day. Let me explain.

Airline travel was precarious due to the extreme lack of visibility and rain that has plagued much of the country during the second weekend of June. Flights were canceled, riders got stranded and some were simply told that they could fly no further than Memphis, thus having to make a 4-hour journey by rental car to Nashville. (Ouch, I don't think Northwest Airlines made any new friends last weekend.)

Those that actually made it into town got to compete under the pressure of rain delays, rainouts and harsh winds. It was not a pretty sight, but year-end titles and X Games invites were at stake. Here's how everything developed?.

To the joy of all, Mat Hoffman is flying high again.

FLATLAND
The year-end title came down to a battle between Nathan Penonzek and Trevor Meyer, although the winner of the weekend was a very happy Canadian named Dan Rigby. Dan's win was long overdue, and rough considering that his run was postponed by rain for 1 and ½ hours during the finals. 8 of the 10 riders in the finals finished before a rainstorm. Dan and 2nd place finisher Martti Kuoppa, however, were forced to wait until the storms subsided to make their runs. I guess it was a good wait for both of them, considering their top placings.

The year-end title decision went to Trevor, for the 7th straight year, and Nathan finished a very close 2nd. Look for the battle to heat up in August, and log onto www.bsseries.com for the complete year-end listings.

VERT
Wind and rain made this class almost non-existent, on Sunday the skies cleared just long enough to run the pros, though it was still a windy mess. Condor Mat Hoffman took the win with a no-handed one-footed 540 at 7 feet, a rocket double barspin and too many other high and mighty variations to list. It was another well-deserved win for Mat, who also took home the year-end belt.

John Parker: Opposite air one footer

2nd place went to the Tough as Nails winner Dennis McCoy. Dennis let loose with a lookback 540 and a 900 air. He landed a tad hard straddling the bike on the 900, got back up and did a perfect flair, then walked off the ramp clutching his unmentionables. It may have hurt but it was incredible to witness. Not bad for a guy that separated his shoulder less than a month ago.

3rd place went to John Parker. John rode awesome all year long, and never held anything back. Here he went for the dreaded double tailwhip twice, but barely missed pulling it. He did pull the Parker signature framestand one-hander one-footer air at 10 feet, and did it all with a huge smile and the same shoes as the 4th place finisher Kevin Robinson (high top Reeboks). Kevin pulled a switch-hand 540 at height, but couldn't quite get his flairs to come back down in the wind. Again, go to the BS web site to get the full lowdown on the year-end standings.

Course overview

STREET
Again, it was thought that this class might not even happen. Rain welcomed us on Sunday morning and cleared up in time for qualifiers to get underway. There would not be time for finals, so all riders were given two runs each and qualifying was made into finals. It was all or nothing for the riders and this produced some interesting riding. 1st place went to Haro's Ryan Nyquist. Ryan, back from a thumb injury, made his presence known with huge runs including a 720 straight into a barspin 540 and a big transfer to manual line that no one else took on the course.

John Heaton: Backflip hip transfer/Seth Kimbrough: Seth looks for tricks that no one else sees

2nd place went to year-end contender Rob Nolli, who again went huge with barspin and tailwhip gaps, and interesting lines including fastplants from the box, over the grind ledge and into the mini. Rob ended up missing the year-end glory to Schwinn rider Dave Osato, who had an off day but still collected enough points to take home the belt.

Other noteworthy lines included: Van Homan's 180 to backwards grind over the jump box and down, Bruce Crisman's bunnyhop one-hand x-up gap, and Mike Aredelean's crankflip to pedal grind.

Although the pressure was on for everyone to ride fast and evade the rain, it was still a great contest. And I'm amazed that the rain actually held out long enough for the riding to finish. See you in San Francisco, and thanks for all the memories of the BS Series 2000. Now we just have to get home from Nashville. I'm thinking of trying to hitchhike.

Jeremy Fanberg: Jeremy can go big, but his forte is technical tricks like this g-turn over the grind box/Chad Kagy

Bicycle Stunt Flatland - Final
01. Dan Rigby, Edmonton, Canada, 95.40
02. Martti Kuoppa, Helsinki, Finland, 94.80
03. Matt Wilhelm, Chicago, IL, 92.20
04. Nate Penenzek, Vancouver, Canada, 92.20
05. Trevor Meyer, Chaska, MN, 91.80
06. Cory Stratychuck, Vancouver, Canada, 90.80
07. Brian Tunney, New Brunswick, NJ, 88.20
08. Takashi Ito, Osaka, Japan, 87.40
09. Scott Powell, Cleveland, OH, 85.50
10. Steve Mulder, Indianapolis, IN, 83.80

Bicycle Stunt - Vert Final
01. Mat Hoffman, Oklahoma City, OK, 95.10
02. Dennis McCoy, Kansas City, MO, 94.90
03. John Parker, Mesa, AZ, 92.90
04. Kevin Robinson, Providence, RI, 91.30
05. Jay Eggleston, Denver, CO, 89.20
06. Jimmy Walker, Chicago, IL, 89.20
07. Dave Osato, Vancouver, Canada, 88.50
08. Koji Kraft, Chicago, IL, 85.30
09. Jason Davies, Tempe, AZ, 0.00
10. Rick Thorne, Kansas City, MO, 0.00

Bicycle Stunt - Park Final
01. Ryan Nyquist, Los Gatos, CA, 91.30
02. Rob Nolli, Orlando, FL, 90.80
03. Ruben Alcantara, Malaga, Spain, 86.70
04. Bruce Crisman, Tigard, OR, 86.60
05. Van Homan, Drexel Hill, PA, 86.50
06. Dennis McCoy, Kansas City, MO, 86.50
07. Tom Haugen, Minneapolis, MN, 86.20
08. Colin Mackay, Brisbane, Australia, 85.80
09. Mike Ardelean, Westland, MI, 84.60
10. Colin Winkleman, Dayton, OH, 84.20