On January 31, 2009 the very first Red Bull Fight with Flight was unleashed on the United States. It was the brain child of Jake Jackson and James Newton. It was a concept contest that had not been done before. The amateur  portion was a team concept. The top 10 qualifying riders were paired as a team. The 1st with 10th,2nd with 9th and so on. The teams then were placed into a battle format. Each team member had 1 minute plus 1 last trick. In theory the strongest team would be the team in the middle.

     There were was  a accident during the Pre Jam when Chris Armstrong bailed out of a trick. He

Amateur Teams
Isiah Jordan/Brant Huges
Andrew Musil/Chad Carpenter
Parsheel Gopal /Avram Moorey
Bryan Huffman /Daniel Burnett
Alex Poirier/Lee Edwards

competed in the qualifying rounds but then took him self out of the competition due to the injury that he received during the pre jam. He suffered a fracture in his arm. Get well soon Chris! Chris had qualified in the 6th spot. This left a position open for Avram Moorey who was in 11th place. The Teams were as Follows in no particular order.

Isiah and Brant teamed up and with a combined effort came out on top. Andrew and Chad took 2nd Place. They each one prize packs from all of the sponsors. Congratulations to all the riders in the am class. Everyone rode well and gave 100% on the floor and left nothing behind.