The first Metro BMX Jam outside of Canada took place in Singapore last weekend. Mirraco riders Rob Wise, Dave Mirra and Ryan Guettler made the trip to the Asian heat. Unfortunately Dave had a crash in practice and had to sit out the contest. Even with the qualifying moved up to Sunday morning 8am., Dave’s ankle had not healed up enough for him to get on his Blend. With Dave Mirra out it was up to Ryan Guettler and Rob Wise to show what they’ve got. Rob Wise had some very original tricks that nobody else did. The street rider grinded up a rail instead of down and threw a barspin in for good measure. Rob tailwhipped down ramps, did turn downs and one-footed tables over the hip and qualified in 17th. With Josh Harrington out with an injury this meant that Rob was moved up to spot 16 and got the last spot in the final. Ryan Guettler had chosen his lines in practice and went big, fast and furious in his qualifying jam session. A 720 over this transition to transition box lengthwise was sick and it was followed by a no-footed cancan flair on the quarter. Ryan continued with a 630 over the hip, a wallride to tailwhip, 450 turndown, tailwhip transfer and double whipped the box. He qualified in 6th. Wise’s part of the jam session in the finals was fairly short. After a lookback he went down on a tailwhip drop and called it quits. Ryan Guettler’s riding was intense and the “all or nothing” attitude was working out for him in the finals. He started off with a huge 720 followed by the no-footed cancan flair like we’ve only seen Ryan do. He continued with a 630, a wallride to turndown, tailwhip, flair, and dabbed down on a wallride to flair. He continued to do a tailwhip transfer, lookback, a sick double tailwhip over the box and one tech move up and down the platform that included three 360-s. When it was time for last trick Ryan had his mind set on the big box. He got the most speed he possibly could and did a double backflip! Doing it over this set up was insane. Ryan finished 6th in Singapore. As soon as the finals were over it was time for the Oakley best rail trick. Wise’s pain had faded enough for him to join the riders who were ready for the 20 minute rail session and the Best Trick check. When time was up Rob had won the Best trick prize with an Over Ice - back over fakie barspin. We understand that you need to do some riding yourself to figure that one out but the Metro contest was filmed for Rush HD so you will be able to catch it on TV (September-ish) in the three hour long Metro show.
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 - 12:17 am