Garrett Reynolds wins BMX Street in Austin

— -- AUSTIN, Texas -- Garrett Reynolds reclaimed his reign as king of BMX Street on Friday in the first X Games event at Austin's Circuit of the Americas.

"Garrett's one of my favorite riders," said Dakota Roche, accepting defeat even before the scores from Reynolds' third and final run were announced. Roche ended with the silver medal, his best X Games finish after winning bronze in 2012 and '11. Dennis Enarson won bronze, his sixth X Games medal.

Reynolds had previously won every BMX Street event at X Games from its introduction in 2008, until Chad Kerley unseated him at X Games Los Angeles in 2013. He was back in top form in Austin, where he advanced to the finals as the top qualifier and seemed at home on a course that was bigger and less linear than last year's setup in L.A.

Kerley, meanwhile, failed to advance to the finals, leaving Reynolds as the odds-on favorite. 

"I was really surprised [Kerley] didn't make it," Reynolds said, after the rematch with Kerley was cut short. "He's probably one of the most consistent riders and he's one of my favorite guys to ride with."

Roche gave Reynolds a run for it with a first-run score of 89.33 that held up until the final seconds of the competition and one of the biggest lines of the day with a 180 drop to flat to perfect rollback.

Reynolds overcame difficulties in his first two runs with a nearly flawless final run featuring trick combos like a rail ride to opposite tailwhip out, and 180 barspin to crooked grind to 180 out and a big 360 to fakie at the buzzer.

"It's so hot, and street riding is so much about using your muscles to pull and pop tricks," Reynolds said, explaining that the biggest challenge of the day was staying cool and hydrated. "By the time you do like five tricks in this heat your muscles start to lose it."