The X Games are over. We definitly saw some of the biggest tricks and most amazing wins in X Games history. Here are highlights and results from the X Games XII.
X Games XII provided fans with amazing action and some of the biggest tricks ever pulled in action sports history. Extreme sports fans gathered in LA from August 3-6 for the 12th installment of the X Games.
Two new events debuted this year; BMX Big Air and Rally Car. In addition to the excitement of the new events, anticipation was high for the big tricks that were rumored to be attempted.
Travis Pastrana satisfied the speculation when, on his second run in MotoX Best Trick, he pulled the first ever double back flip in competition history. As amazing as it turned out, Travis said "I hope I never have to do it again." He wasn't talking about winning the gold though, Travis went on to compete in three more events (SuperMoto, MotoX Freestyle, and Rally Car) and win two more gold medals.
Shaun White was also under a lot of speculation. The US Olympic Gold Medalist had already pulled a 1080° on snowboard and everyone was eager to see if he would be able to duplicate it on skateboard. During the Skateboard Best Trick competition, Shaun made 18 attempts at the 1080 (three complete rotations), coming so close but couldn't quite finish it off. Shaun deserves major respect for the level of determination he showed.
Final Results of X Games XII...
Skateboard
- Men's Vert:
- Gold- Sandro Diaz (was considered an underdog to win)
- Silver- Bob Burnquist
- Bronze- Bucky Lasek
- Men's Street:
- Gold- Chris Cole
- Silver- Ryan Sheckler
- Bronze- Andrew Reynolds
- Vert Best Trick:
- Gold- Bucky Lasek (1st Best Trick medal for a frontside cab varial heel-flip)
- Silver- Max Dufour
- Bronze- Bob Burnquist
- Big Air:
- Gold- Danny Way
- Silver- Jake Brown (getting his 1st X Games medal)
- Bronze- Bob Burnquist
- Women's Vert:
- Gold- Cara-Beth Burnside (2nd consecutive gold)
- Silver- Mimi Knoop
- Bronze- Karen Jones
- Women's Street:
- Gold- Elissa Steamer (3rd straight gold)
- Silver- Lauren Perkins
- Bronze- Lacey Baker
BMX
- Freestyle Dirt:
- Gold- Corey Bohan (the first 3x Gold winner in BMX dirt history)
- Silver- Ryan Nyquist (Back after 2 year absence to win his 13th medal)
- Bronze- Anthony Napolitan (X Games debut)
- Freestyle Vert: Previously the only winners of gold were Dave Mirra and Jamie Bestwick
- Gold- Chad Kagy (finally earned "the shiny one")
- Silver- Jamie Bestwick
- Bronze- Simon Tabron
- Vert Best Trick:
- Gold- Kevin Robinson (the 1st Double Flair)
- Silver- Chad Kagy
- Bronze- Simon Tabron
- Freestyle Park:
- Gold- Scotty Cranmer
- Silver- Morgan Wade
- Bronze- Daniel Dhers (X Games debut)
- BMX Big Air:
- Gold- Kevin Robinson
- Silver- Chad Kagy
- Bronze- Allan Cooke
MotoX
- Best Trick:
- Gold- Travis Pastrana (first double backflip in competition history)
- Silver- Mat Rebeaud (first Best Trick medal)
- Bronze- Blake Williams
- Step-Up:
- Gold- Matt Buyten (cleared 23 feet)
- Silver- Brian Deegan
- Bronze- Jeremy McGrath
- Freestyle:
- Gold- Travis Pastrana
- Silver- Adam Jones
- Bronze- Mike Mason
- SuperMoto: Amazing race to the finish with just 0.57 seconds separating the top two
- Gold- Jeff Ward (at 45, the oldest X Games athlete and gold medalist)
- Silver- Mark Burkhart
- Bronze- Doug Henry
Rally Car: New to X Games. Driver and navigator team. 9 stage event.
- Gold- Travis Pastrana &Christian Edstrom
- Silver- Colin McCrae & Nicky Grist
- Bronze- Ken Block & Alex Gelsomino
Surfing: After a 3 year reign, the East Coast team succumbed to the West Coast
- Gold- West Coast
