It was 's No. Perhaps the best vert run in history, Bob Burnquist beat two-time defending champ Bucky Lasek for X Games Philadelphia gold, stunning the crowd and analysts. Chuck Carothers performed the impossible at X Games LA , earning gold with the first body varial in freestyle motocross history. The slam felt 'round the world. Then came a ft crash. But Brown somehow walked off, then returned for Big Air gold in The feat's so rare that only 3 have done it.
At X Games Minneapolis , Brighton Zeuner became the youngest gold medalist in history, 13 yrs, 1 day. It came in Women's Skateboard Park and broke a record older than she was. Colton Satterfield landed a double flair while his inspiration and only other person to do the trick, Kevin Robinson, cheered from the XGames announce booth. The gold came at Austin The first motorcycle double backflip in a competition and just second overall came in Best Trick and was 1 of 3 gold medals Pastrana scored in , along with Rally Car and Moto X Freestyle.
He became just the third athlete to earn 3 gold at one X Games; no one has done it since. Learn more. A Freestyle Snowmobile demonstration previously scheduled for next week at X Games Tignes in France had previously been canceled a month before Tuesday's announcement.
ESPN released a statement saying, "This change reflects our decision to focus on motor sports disciplines which feature athletes who also compete in multiple, world-class competitions [e. Over the past 18 years we have made more than 60 changes to our competition lineups at X Games events to capture the evolution of the sport and these continue that growth.
The Moto X Best Trick competition at X Games has driven progression in action sports since , when Mike Jones became the first to land a trick on snow where the rider gets inverted, kicking his feet high in the air while hanging on to his handlebars known to competitors as the "Kiss of Death" at Winter X Games in Mount Snow, Vt. Travis Pastrana electrified the audience inside the Staples Center in Los Angeles in with the first-ever double backflip, Kyle Loza won gold in with his "Electric Doom" body varial, and Australian rider Jackson "Jacko" Strong brought the first front flip in A lot of athletes would cross from other disciplines or learn a special skill specifically for best trick.
Usually these athletes were capable of landing their trick in a foam pit or on special set up but under pressure, they rarely did which added to the dangerousness of it. Either way I was a fan of this event and will be sad to see it go. Yet it's also been one of the most dangerous events from the beginning.
This is where she was happiest. Kaya Turski became the first skier to three-peat in Women's Ski Slopestyle, with three-in-a-row golds in Aspen and three golds in Tignes In spring , Turski became the first female skier to land a switch in a slope contest. X Games Aspen not only saw the first triple corks thrown in competition, in Big Air finals two snowboarders Sandbech and Smits landed the trick for the first time, and Torstein Horgmo and Mark McMorris landed two brand new triple variations.
Henrik Harlaut won gold with a perfect-scoring nose butter triple cork Learn more. X Games Aspen Schedule Announcement. X Games Aspen Returns Jan. X Games Aspen Is Back! Highlight Reel: X Games Aspen Best of Skateboarding: X Games Best of Moto X: X Games Highlight Reel: X Games Real Street Real BMX Real MTB
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