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ELITE 8 NAMES

Sweet Sixteen turns into the SHRED SIXTEEN, as we edit our way towards finding the best action sports fimers in the Midwest. The online, social media world has spoken and the following names have been submitted for bragging rights as the area's top action sports filmers. 

We start this Saturday with BMX pitting 2 filmers against each other. One will advance and compete against the winner of other bracket.

From Snowboard to ski to wakeboard, skateboard to BMX, here are your nominees:

SNOWBOARD/SKI

1. Baily Scott   2. Jordan Gasper 3. Jonah Henckel  4. Molly Siko

SKATEBOARD

1. Adam Shomsky- MI  2. Logan Rice- MI  3. Jordan Huffman MI  4. Corey Hagelstein- MI

BMX

1.  Alex Burnside-MI  2. Tony Loconte - IL  3.   Grant Castelluzzo- WI 4. Paul Dybas IL

WAKEBOARD

1. Alex Weeks- Michigan  2. Chris Laske-  MI  3. John Ledford- MI      4.Ryan Taylor

AGANATION.COM ONLINE OPEN - NOVEMBER WINNERS

THEME DATES                           WINNERS                            ANSWER                                           PRIZES

Great Debate Mondays - 1st winner - Randy Smith - Gave best summary for selecting Corey Wiergowski. Won NEFF backpack

2nd week winner Nick Cooper - Wins Skate Deck for his Will Ferrell favorite movie selection - Step-Brothers!

3rd winner - Ryan Miller wins NEFF watch selecting Chenga or best indoor skate park

4th week - Jon Handy wins a FREE  event entry pass to winter event in 2013!

Action Caption Tuesdays - for best pic caption on AGA Nation's Instagram, Twitter and Facebook pages-

Chris Hartman takes home the NEFF watch!

Cathy Lorenzo-Morgan takes home some sweet swag for her Action Caption!

Kyler Wells - Sharing the love earned Kyler an AGA Nation t-shirt.

Watch n Win Wednesdays - Ryan Bezemek  on AGA Naton's You Tube page provided the correct answer - Larry Taylor @McDonald's Wake Jam - 1:24 You Tube video 

Watch n Win Wednesdays - Josh Dohnal on AGA Nation's You Tube page identified filmers, camera lense used and more first!

Watch n Wednesdays - Chris Barron captured some swag for correctly identifying Wake Jam adv winners Nick Mechigan and the Delong brothers!

Watch n Wednesdays- Josh Dohnal is a 2 time Online Open winner. Picked 3 skaters from Shomsky's slo mo edit from Grand Haven.

Throwback Thursdays - NO winner - correct answer - Patrick Ronan; AGA Big Air champ @ Mt. Brighton

Search for Shred - Hunting season underway on AGANATION.COM as  Eric Lee wins pair of Supras

Ryan Miller and Cathy Morgan win some great NEFF prizes!

Facebook Fridays - Matt Kucera - correct answer - Greg Flowers (AGA Nation Facebook Friend); wins NEFF hoodie/snow cap

Facebook Fridays - wake park pics posting - NO WINNER

Action Sports athletes are some of the most fearless, some might say crazy, humans on earth. They are driven by pure adrenaline, and the fact they they’re risking life and limb on a daily basis only seems to fuel their fire. The unrelenting pursuit of progression leads these athletes to push the boundaries and test the limits of what’s possible, sometimes resulting in serious or fatal accidents. But you can only have ONE TRUE badass of the bunch and Krush set out to find who that is.

Infographic by Krush.com

Don't miss the first ever Wake 'Em Back event at Placid Wake Park, 8180 Placid Waters Drive on the corner of 84th Avenue and Lake Michigan.

Ton of prize giveaways including NEFF Headwear, vitaminwater, Glik's, ITT-Technological Institute, metroPCS, and more!  There will be open cable riding, DJ, SUP, and beach volleyball.

Fun starts at 1 p.m. Shuttle service from Grand Valley State University to Placid Wake Park starts at 12:30 p.m. Special $15 entry for GVSU students includes shuttle service, entry into Placid Wake Park and automatic entry into the AGA Nation raffle giveaway. Only $10 if you drive to Placid!

Be sure to check back to AGANATION.COM for photos Sunday night and video on Tuesday!

Slo Mo special recap from Adam Shomsky

AGA Nation heads into the second half of the McDonald's Adrenaline Games campaign with two events in August including the first ever 'Wake 'Em Back' at Placid Wake Park, Sunday, August 26 and 4th annual Peach Jam in Romeo, Michigan. 'Wake 'Em Back' welcomes back college students for the Fall season including special shuttle service for Grand Valley State University (GVSU) students.  AGA Nation is working closely with Placid Wake Park and GVSU student services to create a one of a kind wakeboard party at one of the Midwest's top cable parks, Placid Wake Park (corner of Lake Michigan/84 Ave) located just 15 minutes from the Grand Valley main campus.  Beach volleyball, SUP, food/drink specials, big air demos and some of the best cable park competition to close out the summer!

AGA Nation returns once again to the Michigan Peach Festival hosting the 4th annual Peach Jam, Friday, August 31, featuring a competition for intermediate and beginner skaters as well as skateboard clinic. New location this year at TNT Martial Arts in downtown Romeo, Michigan, right off Benjamin and Main Street.  Event will start at 4:00 p.m. with the skate clinic followed by skate competition for NEFF, Glik's, DC prizes and more. For more information, check back to www.aganation.com for more details.