MANILA, Philippines - James Lang, Jon Castillo and Paul Diaz flashed top forms to dominate the Urban Extreme Sports Challenge of the Red Horse Beer Pambansang Muziklaban grand finals in Pasay City recently.
Lang bested six riders in the finals for the BMX half pipe crown while Castillo and Diaz ruled the mountain bike box jump and the BMX box jump, respectively. The three won cash prizes courtesy of Red Horse Beer, the country’s No. 1 extra-strong beer.
Participants were judged based on style, consistency, number of tricks and difficulty of tricks.
Lang bested the likes of Hanry Chan, Dan Lopez, Paul Diaz, Johnty Claraval, Eboy Farr and Taj Trinidad while Castillo lorded it over Farr, Trinidad, Max Galsim, and Ej Serabia.
Diaz foiled Lang’s bid for a second title on the same day. Aside from Diaz and Lang, Noli Baga, Mike Oliveros, Daboi Pineda and Dairella Elias also made it to the finals of the BMX box jump event.
Meanwhile, A Music Theory romped away with the P500,000 grand cash prize and an exclusive recording contract at the Red Horse Beer Pambansang Muziklaban 2012 grand finals. The band is composed of Cholo Pabalan, JC Santos, Lorce Manaois and John Jo Presingular.
Other bands in the finals were Katulad (Northern Luzon), Memoronnie (Mindanao), Disengage (Visayas) and Fidortchi (Southern Luzon).
The event also gathered the country’s top rock acts, including Pepe Smith, Ely Buendia, Slapshock, Wilabaliw, Greyhoundz, Kjwan, Razorback, Mayonnaise and 2011 champion David versus Goliath.
Walther Calderon, a resident of Taguig, won the Vulcan 900 cc motorcycle worth close to P1 million. The motorbike, which features an original Red Horse airbrush paint job, is equipped with a bobber fender, Vance and Hines exhaust, Cobra Chrome Powerflo Air Intake custom rev-meter.