Future generations of action sports stars watched the best men in BMX meet the challenge of the ASA BMX Triples (Triples) ramps at Northern Illinois University’s Convocation Center tonight and saw Scotty Cranmer (Howell, New Jersey) take home the trophy as the winner. After three rounds of competition, Cranmer met Ryan Nyquist (Los Gatos, California) in the finals and prevailed over an athlete he considers an icon. “Nyquist is a legend – like Michael Jordan to me. I may have won, but we both did great runs,â€
said Cranmer. “I’m super pumped to win though, and excited for the next event.â€
The twelve-man field, which consisted of several X Games gold medalists, world champions and former Triples champions, was separated into two-man battles with the best man in each pairing advancing to the next round. Cranmer advanced to the finals as the winner of each of his battles, but Nyquist made his way to the finals via a new feature added to the Triples script in 2010 – the Battle Back Round  … Details & Pictures