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X Games 14 may be history, but that doesn’t mean some of the drama surrounding the event is gone, an extension of the controversy that began months before a single sheet of plywood or Skatelite was delivered to the Home Depot Center. The cause of the tension came when X Games organizers attempted to […]
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Underdog Kevin Johnson Wins Moto X Speed & Style Comp
By Ryan Smith | Action Sports
Traditionally, racers and freestylers existed in completely separate realms, but not anymore.In the first X Games Moto X Speed & Style event, a brand new discipline introduced at the recent Moto X World Championships, riders are forced to combine motocross/supercross racing and the […]
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Kyle Loza, a 22-year-old from Trabuco Canyon, California, won his second X Games gold in just his second appearance in Moto X Best Trick, becoming the first two-time winner in the competition with a wild maneuver of his own invention, a full flip with his body while he keeping his bike flying upright.
Most tricks in […]
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Burnquist Wins X Games Skateboard Big Air In Dramatic Fashion. Again.
By Ryan Smith | Action SportsESPN X Games 14’s Skateboard Big Air event, one of the games’ most exciting competitions, did not disappoint the packed STAPLES Center house Thursday night.
Before the final, it was birthday boy Andy Macdonald and newcomer Adam Taylor who claimed the top two spots at the day’s Skateboard Big Air Selection Session, allowing them the opportunity […]
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ESPN’s X Games 14 kicks off this week, turning two of Los Angeles’s largest sports complexes into action sports utopias. Running concurrently at the Staples Center and Home Depot Center from Wednesday afternoon until Sunday, some of the world’s best skateboarders, motocross riders, BMX tricksters and drivers will showcase their lofty skills and fearless approaches […]
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