Ryan Guettler leads the Round One Finalists

Round one of ASA Entertainment’s Big Air BMX Triples played out last night before an enthusiastic Orange County crowd and measured up to everyone’s expectations.  After several intense match-ups, Ryan Guettler (Beenleigh, Australia) had laid down a run that bested his final head-to-head competitors Colton Satterfield (Salt City, Utah), and Josh Hult (Idaho Falls, Idaho), and advanced to the Finals on Friday night as the winner of the round.

Earlier this season, Guettler captured the Big Air BMX Triples title in Minneapolis, Minn., beating Satterfield along the way.  But Satterfield, who debuted in the Big AIr BMX Triples at that event, seems to be a changed rider these days, and the effort he made tonight pushed Guettler to a level reminiscent of championships. “I’ve been training really hard lately,” said Satterfield after his second place finish.  “I had a friend of mine build me a box jump similar to the first jump on this course and I’ve just been hitting it hard.” Satterfield nailed his first run of tonight’s finals and enjoyed the lead after Guettler and Holt missed on their first attempts.

Guettler was feeling the pressure.  “I saw Colton’s run and immediately began thinking about what I should do – Change my run?  Do something more difficult?  Leave it the same?” He explained.  “I hadn’t decided what to do by the time I started my run, so I missed my tricks.  But, when I saw that Colton’s second run was basically the same as his first, I just tried to focus on only what I needed to do; I threw tricks I knew I could do well.”

As one of the six men advancing to the Finals on Friday night, Satterfield will have another chance.  “I have a little something left up my sleeve, “ he said.  Qualifying tonight along with Satterfield for Friday’s finals are the following men:  Dennis Enarson (San Diego, Calif.), Luke Parslow (Melbourne, Australia), Rob Darden (Greenville, North Carolina), Guettler, and Hult.  For complete results, please visit ActionSportsTour.com.

Tomorrow night 18 more men, including last year’s second and third place finishers, Austin Coleman (Los Angeles, Calif.), and TJ. Ellis (Moreno Valley, Calif.), will compete, as well as Cory Nastazio (Flushing, New York), Mike Spinner (Greenville, North Carolina), and Koji Kraft (Addison, Illinois), all looking to advance to finals on Friday. 

Friday night's competition will be webcast live at BFD.com starting at 7:55 p.m.  Please visit http://beta.bfd.com/profile/BMXBigAirTriplesCostaMesa for more information.