Big Air BMX Triples Thrills Southern California Fans with Gravity- Defying Round Two Action Rob Darden Wins Preliminary Round Two

Aug 01, 2008

Written by Bart de Jong

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The second round of ASA Entertainment’s Big-Air BMX Triples included a “double back flip”, a few “front flips”, a “360° double tail whip”, and several “720°s” on the way to Rob Darden (Greenville, NC), winning preliminary round two and collecting $1000. The night’s top three riders, Darden, Austin Coleman (Los Angeles, Calif.), T.J. Ellis (Moreno Valley, Calif.), performed a variety of tricks that displayed the progression in BMX jumping and shocked the crowd into amazed silence. At evening’s end, it was Darden’s clean, confident, consistent execution of big-air stunts that surpassed even

the wildest combination of aerobatics attempted by Coleman and Ellis and left everyone eagerly awaiting Sunday’s finals.

Before Darden, Coleman and Ellis battled for the night’s top performance, three other men qualified earlier in the evening to join them in Thursday’s event finals. Mexico’s Ricardo Laguna, Illinois’ Koji Kraft, and Australia’s Josh Steed bested their head-to-head opponent to receive a spot in the final round of the Big-Air BMX Triples.

On Thursday evening, Darden, Coleman, Ellis, Laguna, Kraft and Steed will be joined by round one qualifiers Sean Logan (San Clemente, Calif.), Alistair Whitton (Chester, England), Ricky Moseley (Mason, Tenn.), Pat Casey (Placentia, Calif.), Tony Campos (San Francisco, Calif.), and Diogo Canina (Sao Paulo, Brazil), to compete for the $5,000 first place purse and two spots in the LG Action Sports World Championships.

The battle begins at 8:15 p.m. at the Orange County Fair’s Action Sports Arena. Reserved seats can be purchased via Ticketmaster.com for as little at $12.50, while limited General Admission seats are free, offered on a first come first served basis.

CBS Sports will feature highlights of the Big Air BMX Triples event later this year during ASA Entertainment’s Action Sports World Tour programming. Please check your local listings and stay tuned to www.bmxtriples.com for more details.