With 68 Pro riders entering the FISE in France it was tough to make the 20 people cut. The level of riding is so high these days that the difference between making it and not making the finals is tiny. Dave Rytell entered his first contest since he got picked up by Mirraco a few years ago at the Local Exposure tour and was the only Mirraco rider to not make the pro finals.

Maxime Charveron didn’t have the best run he’s ever had so there’s room for improvement there. Mike Laird lost his bike over the fence and it fell into the water. He picked up Mirra’s ride and pulled every trick he wanted to do on it. Good enough for 16th place in qualifying. Dave Mirra placed fifth and made his presence known by pulling the no-handed-360-backflip first try. The crowd (an estimated 100.000 total) went nuts. Alessandro “Trick machine” Barbero did his program and used the riding he did recently at Woodward to his advantage. 3rd in qualifying went to Mike Spinner. This should make for an interesting final round tonight.

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