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10 unusual facts about X Games


Alliance for Climate Education

ACE presented their climate presentation in tandem with prominent professional winter athletes, including two-time Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott, Olympic silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler and five-time X Games gold medalist Nate Holland.

Bicycle motocross

Freestyle BMX is now one of the staple events at the annual Summer X Games Extreme Sports competition and the Etnies Backyard Jam, held primarily on the East and West coasts of the United States.

Cameron Pace Group

It also won a Sports Emmy along with ESPN 3D in the Team Technical Remote category for coverage of Winter X Games Fifteen.

Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place

“We Owe This to Ourselves,” another track from the album, was the main song used for the 2010 ESPN’s X-Games, Shift 2: Unleashed, and as part of Tony Hawk: Shred soundtrack.

Kristi Lee

Lee was also featured on ESPN and ESPN2 as a side line reporter, covering events like lacrosse, auto racing, and the first three X Games on ESPN2.

One Buck Short

They also appeared in local shows such as Rock the World IV, Rock the World V as well as the Asian X Games.

RDGLDGRN

In June 2012, the demo recording of "I Love Lamp" was used as the theme song for the world record Hot Wheels Double Loop Dare at the 2012 X Games in Los Angeles, California.

Vaughan Mills

An ESPN X Games Skatepark was also planned as the main entertainment venue on the site.

X Division

As such, according to Bob Ryder in The History of TNA: Year 1, they named the division after the X Games.

X Games Austin 2014

While the Summer X Games in past years have typically been held in California, this will be the first full X Games event to be held in the state of Texas.


2013 Global RallyCross Championship

The second round of the season was set to take place in Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, as part of the Barcelona X Games.

Global Inheritance

The organization is especially known for its work in making major events such as Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, ESPN X Games and Indy 500 more environmentally friendly.

Jagger Eaton

At age 11, Eaton competed at the 2012 X Games in Los Angeles, United States (US), becoming the youngest ever X Games competitor after Nyjah Huston held the record since the 2006 Games.

Neal Hendrix

Career highlights include five X Games medals, earning titles in 2005 at the Skatepark of Tampa Pro Vert Contest and Shanghai Showdown, ranking 2nd in the 2007 World Cup of Skateboarding Vert World Rankings, 11 years skating on the Vans Warped Tour, and skating with Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Huckjam.

Olav Zipser

Zipser received a Sports Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1995 for his performance and aerial cinematography of ESPN's inaugural X Games that summer.

Ryan Nyquist

Ryan Nyquist (born March 6, 1979 in Los Gatos, California) is a professional BMX rider who has won numerous gold medals in the X Games Dirt Jumping & Bike Park events.