All rights reserved. The once X Games bad boy Brian Deegan has come a long way since his days of wearing spikes and stirring up controversy. Today he is a husband, father, racer, and successful businessman.
Brian's list of accomplishments to look back on throughout his dominant run in action sports and motorsports is a long one. Deegan is a true journeyman of X Games, first competing in the late s, pictured here performing during Moto X Freestyle in San Francisco, taking home bronze beneath the Bay Bridge.
This is the , aka Mulisha Twist at the time, from Deegan laid claim to landing it first. With the necessary tools for success, from two to four wheels, the Deegan garage is ready to take on the competition. Brian has a collection of X Games bikes, but these two are the most significant. Following an almost career-ending injury the year before, Deegan returned to Aspen in to win Moto X Best Trick gold under the lights of Buttermilk Mountain.
To this day, Brian uses number 38 in all his racing endeavors. The significance comes from the late Brett Downey, who passed away at the age of 11 in in a motocross accident. Brian was very close to Brett and his family, and wears the number as a sign of respect. Pictured is one of Brett's dirt bikes. The late great Jeremy Lusk's bike is also in Brian's garage. Mike Metzger landed the first back flip in motorcross freestyle X Games history over an 80 foot gap.
He also pulled off two consecutive flips in a competition run for the victory. Danny Way won the first ever skateboard big air event. Jeremy McGrath made his first appearance at the X Games, winning gold in motorcross step Up, and bronze in supermoto.
Shaun White failed to land the in skate best trick after 29 attempts. Travis Pastrana won gold in motorcross freestyle again and became the most decorated athlete in motorcross ESPN signed a contract to keep the X Games in Los Angeles through Kevin Robinson landed the double flair for the first time. Chad Kagy landed the first flatwhip double tailwhip Skateboarder Nyjah Huston became the youngest athlete to compete in X Games at 11 years old.
The force of the fall knocked his shoes off. After 8 minutes laying motionless, he walked away with help. He suffered a fractured wrist, bruised lung and liver, whiplash, ruptured spleen and a concussion. Ricky Carmichael won the first ever motorcross racing circuit. Mat Hoffman returned to competition in BMX big air. After spending a few minutes with paramedics, Way limped back to the ramp and went on to nail the trick he had fallen on, coming in second place.
Ryan Sheckler won gold in street skateboarding, his second gold medal at the X games. Kyle Loza won his second gold medal in the motorcross best trick competition in two appearances by performing a never-before-seen move named "the electric doom". The street eliminations involved 20 athletes in four heats of 18 minutes. Each athlete had a run of 45 seconds or two falls, whichever came first.
Each heat included about four runs per athlete, and the top score was counted as 10 athletes advanced.
From 16 riders, these top eight advanced to the Final Round One that will be held in the Coliseum at p. Travis Pastrana In Final Round One, these eight will compete in two heats of four riders.
In each heat of four, a rider will take three second runs. The top two run scores for each rider and then added together for their final score.
Scoring is based on overall impression, tricks, execution, use of course and landings. Moto X Freestyle Round One - 5 p. Moto X Freestyle Final - p. Skateboard Big Air Final - p. And FYI, there is a shuttle that will take you from the L. Glifberg gave tips to other riders.
They exchanged hand signals and talked about the angles at which to take off and land tricks. The year-old has 10 X Games medals and has competed in each since its inception in Rhode Island 16 years ago.
Live on Thursday morning. PDT: Skateboard street riders practiced just before their contest at noon Thursday. Ryan Sheckler, the street favorite, was among those riding the transitional tea cup and pulling kick flips on the many ramps at the street course.
They each completed their first run of the elimination round. The first- and second-place finishers from each heat, as well as the higher scoring third-place finisher from each heat, will advance to the finals. Smith got some of the highest air of any of the first 10 riders and landed an impressive double tailwhip along with a barspin into tailwhip during one of his runs.
He has now won two straight skateboard park gold medals and will seek a third Friday. In a Wednesday X Games press conference, Gilfberg said he expects tougher competition in his try for a three-peat. Gilfberg is one of only three skaters to participate in every X Games and has won 10 X Games medals. PDT: One of the reasons X Games organizers wanted to centralize all the events in downtown Los Angeles was to ease the overall commute for fans and to take advantage of the parking, eating and entertainment that the L.
Live area offers. As X Games 16 kicks off Thursday morning, the crowd is already starting to pour into the area. Most fans are checking out the vendors that line the street between L. Live and Staples Center, but some are staking out good seats at the event deck here, where the BMX Freestyle Park Elimination, the first event of the day, is scheduled to begin at a.
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