The first round of heats were just to seed the competitors. Here are the results starting with the elimination rounds…. (Winners of the heats are underlined)

Round #2

1.    Dave Armstong vs. Pete Anderson

2.    Corbin Dull vs. Erick Rosenberry 

3.    Zach Hoag vs. Bryan Allen

4.    Brad Evers vs. Mike Coffee

5.    Marcos Paranhos vs. Russ King

6.    Troy Rhoten vs. Chris Elison

7.    Micah Cooper vs Aaron Astin

Some really big surprises from this round were Corbin Dull getting bumped out by Erick. Erick skimmed great throughout the day and really showed his ability. Another big surprise was Micah knocking out Aaron Astin. Aaron was favored to potentially win the event, and he ended up getting knocked out the first elimination round. Micah is a really good rider and definitely proved that today. 

Round #3

1.    Austin Keen vs. Erick Rosenberry

2.    Stephen Bradford vs. Bryan Allen

3.    Dave Scott vs. Troy Rhoten

4.    Jed Currington vs. Brad Evers

5.    Steve Boom vs. Micah Cooper

6.    Sean Rosenberry vs. Marcos Paranhos 

7.    Charley Daley vs. Dave Armstrong

8.    Max Smetts vs. Corbin Dull

Some really impressive performances in this round were Erick Rosenberry and Max Smetts for sure. AK was definitely favored to go far in the event (Erick actually told me that he was kinda expecting AK to win it all!) In the end, Erick stepped it up big time with some really choice waves and some super technical spins to beat AK by a margin of 4 points. 

Max Smetts really showed up big time and proved that he’s gonna be a competitor to deal with for years to come and advanced a few rounds after this one.