The elimination heats where fought out hard, many of the heats become down to photo finishes.

Maryhill Festival of Speed is perhaps the biggest event on the downhill skateboard and street luge calendar world-wide. Located on the first ever paved road in Washington state, the historic Maryhill loops road, over five days the worlds top competitors in their class battled in out through time trials and elimination heats to try to win the MFOS 2011 championship title.