Austin Coleman Doing a Backflip.
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Diogo Canina Wins Round One of the Big Air BMX Triples presented by ASA Entertainment
The Top Six Men Qualify for Thursday's Finals including Placentia, Calif.'s 14 year-old Pat Casey
LOS ANGELES (July 29, 2008) - The Big-Air BMX Triples kicked off tonight from the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, California with an extraordinary display of bike-riding talent and skill from an international roster of the world's top BMX athletes. Sao Paulo, Brazil's Diogo Canina flew higher than his fellow competitors to land six technically clean and awe-inspiring runs over the 165 ft. course before a packed bandstand to capture the round one win and qualify for Thursday's final round.
Chester, England native Alistair Whitton, turndown back flip over the first set. Alistair will compete in Thursday evening's final.
Tonight's top three finishers included Sean Logan of San Clemente, Calif. and Ricky Moseley of Mason, Tenn., placing in second and third respectively.
The head-to-head format pitted competitors against each other for two runs with judges determining which rider had not only the most technical run, but also the most consistently spectacular performance. After the first heat, six men earned qualification to the Finals. These men are: Tony Campos (San Francisco, Calif.), 14 year-old Pat Casey (Placentia, Calif.), Alistair Whitton (Chester, England), Ricky Moseley, Sean Logan and Diogo Canina.
Tony Campos eased through the night's quarter-final but was eliminated in the semi-final by eventual winner Diogo Canina. Look-back air on the quarter-pipe. Campos will ride in the event finals on Thursday.
The Big-Air BMX Triples is an ASA Entertainment Production that will air on CBS Sports and various cable networks this year.
For more information on the Big-Air BMX Triples presented by ASA Entertainment, please contact Denise M. Abbott at 310 430 0496 or via email at abbott@asaent.com, or visit www.bmxtriples.com.
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About ASA Entertainment:
The leader in the action sports industry since 1994, ASA Entertainment, headquartered in Culver City, California is the largest action sports event and television production company in the world. The company produces more than 200 events and 100 television programs annually around the globe that feature skateboarding, freestyle BMX, inline skating, freeskiing, freestyle motocross, snowboarding and music. Its events are broadcast on CBS, VERSUS, Spike, Fuel and Fox Sports Net domestically and distributed to more than 1 billion HH globally throughout Asia, Europe, USA, Africa, Canada, South & Central America and Australia. ASA's properties range from large-scale international competitions such as the LG Action Sports World Championships to grassroots amateur contests, lifestyle and branded entertainment events, demonstrations, exhibitions and mobile tours. As one of the oldest and most established organizations in action sports, ASA Entertainment leads the market in developing premium content around the fastest growing sector of American sports. For more information visit www.actionsportstour.com or www.asaentertainment.com.