2001 Invited Athletes
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Bike Stunt Invited Athletes - Dirt
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
USA
5th place
USA
qualifier
Baker, Adam
USA
newcomer
Chalk, Ronnie
USA
qualifier
Cooke, Allan
USA
BST park - 8th place
Darden, Rob
N/A
newcomer
USA
8th place
Foster, Brian
USA
hiatus
Hall, Tim
USA
qualifier
USA
3rd place
USA
qualifier
AUS
qualifier
McCann, Steven
N/A
newcomer
Murray, Stephan
GBR
newcomer
USA
2nd place
USA
1st place
USA
4th place
Porter Kevin
USA
newcomer
USA
10th place
USA
qualifier

Bike Stunt Invited Athletes - Flatland
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
USA
qualifier
GBR
qualifier
Cerra Stephen
USA
qualifier
Degroot, Chad
USA
hiatus
GBR
3rd place
Gomez, Jorge
N/A
newcomer
JPN
9th place
FRA
7th place
FIN
1st place
USA
4th place
CAN
5th place
USA
qualifier
CAN
qualifier
Rose, Matti
GER
8th place
GER
2nd place
USA
qualifier
JPN
10th place
Valin, Leif
USA
newcomer
USA
qualifier
Yamamoto, Ryoji
JPN
newcomer

Bike Stunt Invited Athletes - Park
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
ESP
10th place
USA
qualifier
Cooke, Allan
USA
8th place
Chrisman, Bruce
USA
qualifier
Darden, Rob
N/A
newcomer
USA
qualifier
USA
6th place
USA
4th place
AUS
7th place
Martinez, Cory
USA
newcomer
McCann, Steven
N/A
newcomer
USA
qualifier
CAN
9th place
USA
1st place
USA
qualifier
USA
3rd place
CAN
5th place
Whitton, Alistair
N/A
newcomer
GER
2nd place
USA
qualifier

Bike Stunt Invited Athletes - Vert
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
GBR
1st place
Burgess, Jim
USA
qualifier
GBR
qualifier
USA
qualifier
Eglington, Shaun
N/A
newcomer
GER
hiatus
Harrington, Josh
USA
newcomer
USA
3rd place
Kraft, Koji
USA
qualifier
Kujawski, Achim
GER
newcomer
USA
7th place
CAN
8th place
USA
2nd place
USA
4th place
USA
6th place
JPN
qualifier
Shaw, Zack
N/A
newcomer
GBR
5th place
Terreros, Eduardo
ESP
newcomer
USA
10th place

BMX Invited Athletes - Downhill BMX *NEW*
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
Abbadessa, Erik
USA
Newcomer
Allier, Thomas
FRA
Newcomer
Bennett, Kyle
USA
Newcomer
Bootes, Wade
USA
Newcomer
Contes, Andy
USA
Newcomer
Cullinan, David
USA
Newcomer
De Wilde, Robert
NED
Newcomer
Donnell, Jason
USA
Newcomer
Foster, Alan
USA
Newcomer
Foster, Brian
USA
Newcomer
Leveque, Christophe
FRA
Newcomer
Loffredo, Justin
N/A
Newcomer
Meadows, Brandon
USA
Newcomer
Melton, Mark
USA
Newcomer
Miranda, Robbie
USA
Newcomer
Mulligan, Keith
USA
Newcomer
Nelson, Danny
USA
Newcomer
Pohlkamp, Matt
USA
Newcomer
Purse, John
USA
Newcomer
Roebuck, Zack
N/A
Newcomer
Romero, Greg
USA
Newcomer
Royal, Kevin
USA
Newcomer
Sanchez, Chris
USA
Newcomer
Schmith, Brian
USA
Newcomer
Staff, Jamie
GBR
Newcomer
Streiby, Brian
USA
Newcomer
Stumpfhauser, Randy
N/A
Newcomer
Tomko, Kevin
USA
Newcomer
Turreson, Travis
USA
Newcomer
Veltman, Steve
USA
Newcomer
Wood, Neal
GBR
Newcomer
Yoquelet, Scott
USA
Newcomer

Skateboarding Invited Athletes - Park
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
Bartie, Chad
AUS
newcomer
USA
qualifier
Brummet, Dayne
USA
qualifier
Cannon, Colt
USA
newcomer
USA
qualifier
BRA
5th place
de Araujo Jr., Rodil
BRA
2nd place
Dyrdek, Rob
USA
6th place
Fernandez, Chad
USA
newcomer
Gayle, Cain
USA
4th place
USA
3rd place
Hackl, Roman
N/A
newcomer
Johnson, Ryan
USA
qualifier
USA
1st place
CAN
qualifier
Ramos, Rodolfo
N/A
newcomer
Santos, Willy
USA
7th place
Sarmiento, Javier
ESP
newcomer
USA
8th place
Svitak, Kristian
N/A
newcomer

Skateboarding Invited Athletes - Street *NEW*
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
Campbell, Kareem
N/A
Newcomer
Cannon, Colt
USA
newcomer
BRA
SKT Park - 5th place
Fernandez, Chad
USA
SKT Park - qualifier
USA
SKT Park - 3rd place
Kalis, Josh
USA
Newcomer
USA
SKT Park - 1st place
CAN
SKT Park - qualifier
Oyola, Ricky
USA
Newcomer
USA
SKT Park - 8th place

Skateboarding Invited Athletes - Street Best Trick
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
Campbell, Kareem
USA
hiatus
Cannon, Colt
USA
newcomer
BRA
5th place - park
Fernandez, Chad
USA
qualifier
USA
3rd place - park
Kalis, Josh
USA
newcomer
USA
1st place - park
CAN
qualifier
Oyola, Ricky
USA
newcomer
USA
8th place - park

Skateboarding Invited Athletes - Vert
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
BRA
6th place
USA
qualifier
BRA
qualifier
Dove, Matt
N/A
newcomer
CAN
qualifier
USA
qualifier
USA
qualifier
CAN
2nd place
Gentry, Chris
USA
7th place
Glifberg, Rune
DEN
5th place
USA
qualifier
Hassan, Omar
USA
newcomer
USA
qualifier
Korhonen, Jussi
N/A
newcomer
USA
1st place
USA
4th place
AUS
9th place
Ueda, Lincoln
BRA
qualifier
Way, Danny
USA
hiatus
Zitner, Paul
USA
newcomer

Skateboarding Invited Athletes - Vert Best Trick
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
BRA
6th place
USA
qualifier
CAN
2nd place - vert
Glifberg, Rune
DEN
qualifier
USA
1st place - vert
USA
4th place - vert

FMX Invited Athletes - Freestyle
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
USA
4th place
Carter, Jeremy
USA
qualifier
USA
2nd place
USA
3rd place
Homan, Justin
USA
newcomer
USA
qualifier
USA
hiatus
Miller, Dustin
USA
newcomer
Parsons, Doug
USA
newcomer
Pastor, Dan
USA
newcomer
USA
1st place
USA
qualifier
USA
qualifier
USA
8th place
Urek, Luke
AUS
newcomer
Vines, Trevor
USA
6th place

FMX Invited Athletes - Step Up
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
USA
9th place
Carter, Jeremy
USA
qualifier
USA
1st place
USA
3rd place
USA
10th place
Homan, Justin
USA
Newcomer
USA
qualifier
Morrison, Colin
USA
qualifier
Parsons, Doug
USA
newcomer
USA
8th place
Pierce, Adam
USA
6th place
Renner, Ronnie
USA
newcomer
USA
2nd place
USA
qualifier
USA
4th place
Walls, Billy
USA
newcomer

FMX Invited Athletes - Big Air *NEW*
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
Adams, Nate
USA
newcomer
USA
Step up - 9th place
freestyle - 4th place
USA
Freestyle/Step up qualifier
USA
Step up - 1st place
freestyle - 2nd place
USA
Step up - 3rd place
freestyle - 3rd place
USA
hiatus
Homan, Justin
USA
newcomer
USA
Step up qualifier
Kargola, Jeff
USA
newcomer
USA
hiatus
Miller, Dustin
USA
newcomer
Pastor, Dan
USA
newcomer
USA
Step up - 8th place
Freestyle - 1st place
USA
Step up - 2nd place
Vines, Trevor
USA
Freestyle - 6th place
Windham, Jake
USA
newcomer

Agressive Inline Invited Athletes - Men's Park
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
VEN
9th place
Beck, Dominic
N/A
newcomer
NED
1st place
USA
Vert - 9th place
Dawes, Ryan
USA
Newcomer
AUS
qualifier
USA
4th place
Fleener, Chris
N/A
newcomer
AUS
3rd place
USA
2nd place
Huber, Beni
SUI
newcomer
Julio, Jon
N/A
newcomer
Kitada, Ken
N/A
newcomer
Lallemand, Thierry
FRA
newcomer
Morales, Franky
USA
newcomer
USA
qualifier
Rossignol, Wilfried
N/A
newcomer
AUS
qualifier
Stinsmen, Jason
USA
newcomer
Tassorn, Jeerasak
THA
5th place
Zamora, Louie
USA
qualifier

Agressive Inline Invited Athletes - Women's Park
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
BRA
1st place
Heffernan, Fallon
N/A
newcomer
Matthews, Kelly
USA
3rd place
Svobodova, Martina
LO
2nd place
Winter, Anneke
N/A
newcomer

Agressive Inline Invited Athletes - Men's Vert
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
Billiris, Manuel
AUS
qualifier
Boekhorst, Sven
NED
1st place - park
GER
7th place
USA
9th place
Englehart, Andre
USA
newcomer
Englehart, Marc
USA
qualifier
Fathi, Lamine
N/A
newcomer
AUS
10th place
Grob, Jaren
USA
2nd place - park
Hills, Carl
USA
qualifier
Huber, Beni
SUI
Newcomer
Iboulalen, Anis
FRA
Newcomer
FRA
4th place
USA
qualifier
Marino, Randy
USA
Newcomer
Martin, Nel
ESP
8th place
Aus
3rd place
AUS
5th place
JPN
1st place
JPN
2nd place
AUS
6th place

Agressive Inline Invited Athletes - Women's Vert
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
BRA
1st place
JPN
2nd place

Street Luge Invited Athletes - King of the Hill
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
USA
1st place
USA
Mass qualifier
USA
3rd place
USA
2nd place
USA
5th place
USA
6th place

Street Luge Invited Athletes - Super Mass
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
USA
5th place
Chaput, Chris
USA
newcomer
USA
12th place
GBR
2nd place
Dekeyser, Brent
USA
newcomer
USA
6th place
Duffield, Nick
N/A
newcomer
Eliot, Peter
GBR
hiatus
USA
17th place
Holsenback, Scott
USA
newcomer
USA
21st place
AUT
20th place
Lewis, John
USA
hiatus
Lott, Darren
USA
8th place
USA
4th place
USA
qualifier
USA
24th place
Moody, Pat
USA
newcomer
USA
10th place
USA
18th place
USA
1st place
USA
14th place
USA
3rd place
Ruhman, Robert
USA
hiatus
Shaffer, Erek
USA
newcomer
USA
15th place
USA
9th place
USA
qualifier
Wagner, Oliver
SUI
13th place
USA
qualifier

Wakeboarding Invited Athletes - Men's Freeride
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
USA
qualifier
USA
3rd place
Eisenhaur, Brett
AUS
4th place
Hansen, Trevor
USA
Newcomer
USA
6th place
Law, Chris
N/A
newcomer
Mawyer, Wayne
N/A
newcomer
USA
2nd place
USA
5th place
AUS
qualifier
USA
10th place
USA
1st place
USA
11th place
Vinh-Tung, Rodo
N/A
newcomer
AUS
9th place
Wynne, Ryan
USA
newcomer

Wakeboarding Invited Athletes - Women's Freeride
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
DEN
6th place
USA
5th place
USA
2nd place
USA
1st place
Harf, Lauren
USA
Newcomer
Kent, Leslie
USA
8th place
Lutgert, Buster
USA
4th place
USA
3rd place

Sport Climbing Invited Athletes - Men's Speed Climb
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
USA
2nd place
Chaoulski, Alexandre
RUS
newcomer
Firmansyah, Toni
INA
newcomer
RUS
8th place
Soubbitine, Iakov
RUS
newcomer
Stenkovoy, Maxim
UKR
newcomer
UKR
7th place
UKR
1st place

Sport Climbing Invited Athletes - Women's Speed Climb
Name
Representing
Last Year's Standing
Collins, Heather
USA
newcomer
INA
1st place
UKR
4th place
POL
5th place
RUS
6th place
UKR
2nd place
Rouiga, Tatiana
RUS
newcomer
UKR
3rd place

Because of schedule conflicts, injuries, last minute invites, and whatever else, this list is subject to change. Check back for updates.

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