Guetter Brothers Akraix ATV Freestyle Team
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It’s after the event where BRP / CanAm comes to play its biggest role and that is from support they offer to this team. If there is an issue you need good, reliable and fast support. One of the things I found out was that the fans sometimes ask why the DS450, and they seem to think it will break more then other brands. Jon stated that he quickly informs those people of how many frames he has gone through on other models and there was no support if the worse did happen. That support has been there ten fold, even when tragedy struck and their entire rig was stolen from a show, the machines they need to perform on where quickly replaced and they were back in business, it just doesn’t get much better then that!

The Akraix brothers take their pick-up truck to shows with their ramp in tow

So we know that they have some great sponsors, have great people skills and their freestyle tricks have them at the top of the food chain in this particular discipline of riding, but what does it take to keep things going week after week? When the crew, all two of them, pack up the ramp and head out on the road, it comes down to teamwork. For the run to the east coast, a 17 hour run would be made as the pair passed off driving duties. Arriving in the mountains of Pennsylvania and ready to rip, they faced Mother Nature’s wrath as rain and mist set the stage for what would be two days of sitting and watching the event unfold around them.

Always optimistic, Derek quickly looked after the set up of the ramp and the all important landing that needed to be constructed. There is as much math and science that goes into this then most would consider. In between breaks from the construction, fans would show up and the questions began.

The Akraix team have landed a gem of a sponsor when they rolled out with Can Am/BRP backing. The DS450 ATV would serve as the model to be shown to hundreds of thousands of fans each year & be captured in the hours of video & countless photographs of them in action.

Now considering this was mainly a trail riding event, many of the people in line had no clue who these guys were. They did not know Jon had back flipped an ATV over a moving train for the Discovery channel, or that he was invited to join the Crusty Demons of Dirt worldwide tour. Many did not know much of anything about freestyle and when they did it was related to the bike riders. This wasn’t any big deal for the Guetters’ who chatted non stop with folks for 2 straight days all the while with a big smile and always an open hand to anyone who just couldn’t resist asking what they were all about.

Derek Guetter sign autographs for eager fans and chatted non-stop at the Fisher ATV World Reunion event held at the Rock Run riding area in Pennsylvania