X Games
BMX Freestyle Vert Final Results
Final standings from the ESPN X Games 14 BMX Freestyle Vert event held at The Home Depot
Center in Carson, CA on August 2, 2008.
Name Hometown Score
1. Jamie Bestwick Derbyshire, Great Britain 111
2. Chad Kagy Gilroy, Calif 105
3. Steve McCann Melbourne, Australia 103
4. Dennis McCoy Kansas City, Mo. 90
5. Jimmy Walker Chicago, Ill. 78
6. Kevin Robinson East Providence, R.I. 84
7. Coco Zurita Santiago, Chile 83
8. Zack Warden St. Louis, Mo. 82
9. Jay Eggleston Denver, Colo. 75
10. Simon Tabron Newquay, Great Britain 26
Rally Car Racing Final Results
Final Results from the Rally Car Racing competition held at The Home Depot Center in Los
Angeles, Calif. on August 3, 2008.
Driver/Driver Hometowns
1.Travis Pastrana/ Carolyn Bosley Annapolis, Md./ South Burlington, Vt.
2.Tanner Foust/ Chrissie Beavis Capistrano, Calif./ San Diego, Calif.
3.Dave Mirra/ Alex Kihurani Greenville, N.C./ Philadelphia, Penn.
4.Ken Block/ Alex Gelsomino Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./ Los Angeles, Calif.
Travis Pastrana and Co-Driver Carolyn Bosley Make a
Great Team; Win the Rally Car Racing Super Special
Final
Dave Mirra is Unstoppable as He Wins Yet Another Medal
LOS ANGELES –
It was an electrifying head-to-head race against X Games veteranPastrana and last year’s Rally Car Super Special champion Tanner Foust. Pastrana was
forced to make an eleventh hour swap in his co-driver, choosing the late Rally Car legend
Colin McRae’s former co-driver Bosley. The decision was ultimately fruitful as the two took the
final and seized the gold.
“It’s tough because it’s single round elimination. You have to really push. It’s all about going
for it,” Pastrana said about his winning rally.
Foust came out of the gate blazing and cleared the immense dirt jump with no problem, but
ran into trouble as he exited the arena and drove onto the tarmac, sideswiping his car
against the safety barriers. It was at that point Pastrana seized upon the moment to take the
lead. Foust finished the course successfully, but still behind Pastrana to take home the silver
medal.
“Now that we’ve had two years in this event we feel we can build a car that better suits this
event and come back even stronger,” Foust said.
Perhaps one of the most unexpected occurrences in the Super Special final was Mirra tying
for bronze with Ken Block. Both qualified into the bronze medal match, but both experienced
mechanical problems that kept both of them from driving in the match. A tie was declared
which subsequently awarded Mirra his 23rd X Games medal, a seemingly untouchable record
for most medals ever won at X Games.
“Just to be here to try and do this is great. Medaling after less than a year of doing this is
amazing,” Mirra said. Mirra began practicing and competing in rally in late 2007. This is his first
X Games Rally Car Racing appearance and his 13th X Games.
Rally Car Racing Elimination Results
Elimination Results from the Rally Car Racing competition held at The Home Depot Center in Los
Angeles, Calif. on August 3, 2008.
Top four advance to Super Special final with last year’s top four Foust/Beavis, Block/Gelsomino,
Pastrana/Bosley, Comrie-Picard/Horsey.
Driver/Driver Hometown/Hometown
1. Travis Hanson/ Terry Hanson Littleton, N.H./ Williamsburg, Mich.
2. Matthew Johnson/ Jeremy Wimpey Apex, N.C./ Blacksburg, Va.
3. Dave Mirra/ Alex Kihurani Greenville, N.C. / Philadelphia, Penn.
4. Kyle Sarasin/ Mikael Johansson Gainesville, Fla. / Ludvika, Sweden
5. Kenny Bartram/ Dennis Hotson Stillwater, Okla. / Stillwater, Okla.
6. Antoine L’Estage/ Nathalie Richard St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu,Canada/ St- Jean-Sur-
Richelieu, Canada
7. Niall McShea/ Marshall Clarke Donegal, Ireland/ Enniskillen, Great Britain
8. Pat Moro/ Mike Rossey Dublin, Ohio/ Rochester, Mich.
BMX Freestyle SuperPark Elimination Results
Elimination Results from the BMX Freestyle SuperPark Elimination competition
held at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. on August 1, 2008.
(Top 10 advance to the final beginning tomorrow at 1 p.m. PT)
Name/Rank Hometown
1. Daniel Dhers Caracas, Venezuela
2. Gary Young San Diego, Calif.
3. Diogo Canina Amparo, Brazil
4. Ryan Guettler Beenleigh, Australia
5. Alistair Whitton Chester, Great Britain
6. Chase Hawk Austin, Texas
7. Rob Darden Greenville, N.C.
8. Corey Bohan Brisbane, Australia
9. Dennis Enarson San Diego, Calif.
10. Morgan Wade Tyler, Texas
11. Ryan Nyquist Greenville, N.C.
12. Mike Spinner Miami, Fla.
13. Brian Foster South Plainfield, N.J.
14. Chris Doyle Pittsburgh, Pa.
15. Jamie Bestwick Derbyshire, Great Britain
16. Dave Mirra Greenville, N.C.
17. Chad Kagy Gilroy, Calif.
18. Steve McCann Milbourne, Australia
19. Dave Dillewaard Redcliffe, Australia
20. Josh Harrington Greenville, N.C.
Venezuelan Rider Daniel Dhers Is Untouchable
Dher’s Wins Second X Games Gold Medal in First Ever BMX SuperPark Competition
LOS ANGELES- The action is swelling on the third day of X Games 14 as the BMX Freestyle
SuperPark Finalists took to the distinctive course. The field started with 10 riders and was
narrowed down to the top five in round one.
The top five moved on to the final, but it was apparent from the get-go that Dhers was going to be
the man to beat. Dhers showed up to the SuperPark this year already with an X Games gold
medal in his pocket from last year’s BMX Freestyle Park competition.
Each rider was given three 30 second runs, each one judged separately. The rider at the end of
the competition with the most points was the winner. After an overwhelmingly technical and
exciting performance out of Dhers, including a 540 bar spin, it was clear that he had swept the
competition.
“I get to go to sleep happy tonight,” Dhers said with a smile. “I’ve been wanting this gold medal for
the past year and now I have it. It’s as rewarding as winning the gold last year. It’s always
awesome to win a competition like the X Games.”
The astonishing medalist from the BMX Freestyle SuperPark final today was second place
finisher Diogo Canina, who until last week was not even sure if he was going to make the trip out
to the X Games from his home country of Brazil.
“I didn’t even think I was ready for this competition. Winning silver is like gold to me with a
competition like the X Games,” Canina proclaimed excitedly. “This past week here was the
greatest week of my BMX career.”
Perhaps having the most fun on the SuperPark course was third place finisher Rob Darden.
Darden utilized the entire course completing multiple transfers from the quarterpipe to the box set
and rallying through the bowl corners at mock speed.
“I always liked to go fast as a kid,” Darden grinned. “I felt like a kid in there. It was awesome.”
BMX Freestyle SuperPark Final Results
Final standings from the ESPN X Games 14 BMX Freestyle SuperPark event held at The Home
Depot Center in Carson, CA on August 2, 2008.
Name Hometown Score
1. Daniel Dhers Caracas, Venezula 101
2. Diogo Canina Amparo, Brazil 90
3. Rob Darden Greenville, N.C. 85
4. Ryan Guettler Beenleigh, Australia 82
5. Gary Young San Diego, Calif. 61
6. Chase Hawk Austin, Texas 81
7. Alistair Whitton Chester, Great Britain 79
8. Dennis Enarson San Diego, Calif. 75
9. Corey Bohan Brisbane, Australia 60
10. Morgan Wade Tyler, Texas 59
Chad Kagy and Dave Mirra Battle for the BMX Big Air
Gold
Kagy Goes Deep into his Bag of Tricks to Take First
LOS ANGELES-
There was no holding back from the competitors in tonight’sBMX Big Air final as the riders progressively stepped up the difficulty and height
after each run and pushed each other’s limits.
It all came down to the wire during the final of four runs. Mirra was holding the
top position with a score of 94.66 from a no-handed 360 backflip over the 70 foot
gap to a lofty, flair whip on the quarterpipe, but was knocked down to second
place when Kagy dropped into the ramp for his final run just moments later.
All eyes in the stadium turned to Kagy as he launched off the gap jump into a
back flip tail whip and then layed out a boosted flat whip on the quarterpipe,
earning a score of 96.00 and clenching the gold medal.
Kagy may have won the gold, but his respect went to Mirra. “Mirra surprised the
heck out of me. Good job, Dave. He was motivated to do this the right way and it
pushed me.”
Trailing in third place behind Kagy and Mirra was former two-time BMX Big Air
Champion Kevin Robinson who put up a good fight with a solid no-handed 360
into a no-handed 540 on the quarterpipe.
“I can go home happy with a bronze because I landed my new tricks in my
second run,” said previous champion, Robinson. “The double flair in my last run
didn’t work, but I’m so happy for Chad for his well deserved win tonight.”
Catch more BMX excitement tomorrow during the BMX Freestyle SuperPark and
Vert starting tomorrow at 1 p.m. PT.
Skateboard Women’s Street Final Results
Final Results from the Skateboard Women’s Street Final competition held at The
Event Deck at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Calif. on August 1, 2008.
Name/Rank Hometown Score
1. Elissa Steamer San Francisco, Calif 87.83
2. Marisa Dal Sonto Chicago, Ill. 81.50
3. Amy Caron Huntington Beach, Calif. 80.00
4. Rachel Reinhard Colorado Springs, Colo. 78.00
5. Leticia Bufoni Sao Paulo, Brazil 77.00
6. Vanessa Torres Silver Lake, Calif 65.08
7. Evie Bouilliart Huntington Beach, Calif. 60.33
8. Lorena Lima Sayreville, N.J. 46.83
9. Lauren Perkins Huntington Beach, Calif. 42.83
10. Sophie Poppe Destelbergen, Belgium 23.25
Elissa Steamer Reclaims Her Skateboard Street Gold
Medalist Status
Steamer Overcomes Last Year’s Gold Medalist Marisa Dal Santo to Reclaim
First
LOS ANGELES- Steamer bumped X Games 13 gold medalist Dal Santo into
second place to win her fourth Gold Medal in Women’s Skateboard Street. Until
last year, Steamer had held the gold medal title for three years running.
“I’ve been living and breathing skating everyday the last couple years, not just
skating when I felt like it.” Steamer said, “Obviously it paid off.”
Obviously it did. Steamer’s grueling training showed as she attacked the
obstacles throughout the three heat final with relentless consistency. During the
second heat she stuck a lofty, kick flip over the China gap with less than three
seconds on the clock, bringing the crowd atop the LA Live Event Deck to an
uproar.
In the third and last heat of the final it was second place finisher Dal Santo and
bronze medalist Amy Caron’s time to shine as they both landed tough kick flips
over the double set of stairs and nose slides down the handrail.
“When I first saw skate videos there was only one girl in them and it was Elissa.”
Caron (who’s won her second consecutive bronze medal in street) said. “To be
on the podium with her and competing on her level is awesome.”
The girls of X Games 14 are just getting warmed up. Check back tomorrow for
the action at the Skateboard Women’s Vert Final and the Moto X Racing
Women’s Final beginning at 11 a.m. PT.
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Skateboard Street Men’s Final Results
Final Results from the Skateboard Street Men’s competition held at The Event
Deck at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Calif. on August 1, 2008.
Name Hometown Score
1. Ryan Sheckler San Clemente, Calif. 92.00
2. Paul Rodriguez Northridge, Calif. 90.91
3. Greg Lutzka Huntington Beach, Calif. 87.50
4. Chris Cole San Marcos, Calif. 86.00
5. Rodolfo Ramos Florianapolis, Brazil 81.91
6. Jereme Rogers Los Angeles, Calif. 77.33
Ricky Carmichael Wins Moto X Step Up
He Claimed It, and Then Made It Happen
LOS ANGELES- This past April at ESPN’s debut of the Moto X World
Championships Ricky Carmichael made a claim that he would come back to win
X Games Gold in the Moto X Step Up Final, and tonight he made that claim a
reality.
After nearly an hour of raising the bar, literally, Carmichael cleared 33 feet to
beat out Ronnie Renner who only cleared 32 feet. It was apparent that
Carmichael was more than thrilled about the win.
“It was an awesome night!” He said excitedly “It was an awesome crowd. The
atmosphere was amazing. Thank you! I hope everyone had a great time!”
Nearly 13,000 spectators packed the Staples Center seats tonight as Carmichael
took the Step Up title and wowed the crowd.
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BMX Freestyle SuperPark Elimination Results
Elimination Results from the BMX Freestyle SuperPark Elimination competition
held at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. on August 1, 2008.
(Top 10 advance to the final beginning tomorrow at 1 p.m. PT)
Name/Rank Hometown
1. Daniel Dhers Caracas, Venezuela
2. Gary Young San Diego, Calif.
3. Diogo Canina Amparo, Brazil
4. Ryan Guettler Beenleigh, Australia
5. Alistair Whitton Chester, Great Britain
6. Chase Hawk Austin, Texas
7. Rob Darden Greenville, N.C.
8. Corey Bohan Brisbane, Australia
9. Dennis Enarson San Diego, Calif.
10. Morgan Wade Tyler, Texas
11. Ryan Nyquist Greenville, N.C.
12. Mike Spinner Miami, Fla.
13. Brian Foster South Plainfield, N.J.
14. Chris Doyle Pittsburgh, Pa.
15. Jamie Bestwick Derbyshire, Great Britain
16. Dave Mirra Greenville, N.C.
17. Chad Kagy Gilroy, Calif.
18. Steve McCann Milbourne, Australia
19. Dave Dillewaard Redcliffe, Australia
20. Josh Harrington Greenville, N.C.
Information on all X Games events can be found on
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BMX Freestyle Big Air Final Results
Elimination Results from the BMX Freestyle Big Air Final competition held at The
Staples Center in Carson, Calif. on August 1, 2008.
Name Hometown Score
1. Chad Kagy Gilroy, Calif. 96.00
2. Dave Mirra Greenville, N.C. 94.66
3. Kevin Robinson East Providence, R.I. 91.00
4. Steve McCann Melbourne, Australia 90.00
5. Allan Cooke Greenville, N.C. 89.00
6. Morgan Wade Tyler, Texas 86.66
7. Anthony Napolitan Youngstown, Ohio 85.00
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Chad Kagy and Dave Mirra Battle for the BMX Big Air
Gold
Kagy Goes Deep into his Bag of Tricks to Take First
LOS ANGELES-
There was no holding back from the competitors in tonight’sBMX Big Air final as the riders progressively stepped up the difficulty and height
after each run and pushed each other’s limits.
It all came down to the wire during the final of four runs. Mirra was holding the
top position with a score of 94.66 from a no-handed 360 backflip over the 70 foot
gap to a lofty, flair whip on the quarterpipe, but was knocked down to second
place when Kagy dropped into the ramp for his final run just moments later.
All eyes in the stadium turned to Kagy as he launched off the gap jump into a
back flip tail whip and then layed out a boosted flat whip on the quarterpipe,
earning a score of 96.00 and clenching the gold medal.
Kagy may have won the gold, but his respect went to Mirra. “Mirra surprised the
heck out of me. Good job, Dave. He was motivated to do this the right way and it
pushed me.”
Trailing in third place behind Kagy and Mirra was former two-time BMX Big Air
Champion Kevin Robinson who put up a good fight with a solid no-handed 360
into a no-handed 540 on the quarterpipe.
“I can go home happy with a bronze because I landed my new tricks in my
second run,” said previous champion, Robinson. “The double flair in my last run
didn’t work, but I’m so happy for Chad for his well deserved win tonight.”
Catch more BMX excitement tomorrow during the BMX Freestyle SuperPark and
Vert starting tomorrow at 1 p.m. PT.
Information on all X Games events can be found on
www.expn.com for fansNew Jersey’s Reynolds Continues His X Gold Streak in BMX Freestyle
Street Final
The Veteran Homan Faces Off Against the Rookie Reynolds
Los Angeles -
X Games 14 kicked off this afternoon as two of New Jersey’sfinest BMX Street riders dominated the Event Deck at LA LIVE street course in
the BMX Freestyle Street Final. Rookie rider Garret Reynolds bested the veteran
Van Homan to win the debut BMX Street final.
Reynolds has been on an international X Games winning streak, topping the
podium at X Games Brazil 2008, X Games Dubai 2007 and X Games Mexico
2007.
“I just ride my bike, it’s what I love to do.” Reynolds shrugged humbly as he took
the podium. “This course is everything I like to ride and the energy of the crowd
was awesome.”
Reynolds threw out an unbeatable 180 bar-catch-bar down the double set of
stairs that helped him clinch the title. As usual, Homan came out blazing with
over-the-top combo set, including a manual to tire ride to bar spin combo.
“Garrett is a hard guy to beat. To get the silver I’m not disappointed,” said 28-
year-old Homan about taking silver behind fellow New Jersey native Reynolds,
who is 10 years his junior.
Homan added, “I’ve been around awhile, my first X Games was 10 years ago
and I’ve never won a medal until today. I’m so psyched.”
Sean Sexton respectfully took the bronze but not before giving Homan a run for
the silver throughout the final as he lofted into multiple impressive flares on the
quarterpipe and put together a truckdriver no-handed 360 over the gap section.
The BMX action continues Friday with the Freestyle Big Air Final starting at 5:45
BMX Freestyle Street Final Results
Final standings from the ESPN X Games 14 BMX Freestyle Park competition
held at The Event Deck at LA LIVE in LOS ANGELES on July 31, 2008.
Name Hometown Score
1. Garrett Reynolds Toms River, N.J. 91.33
2. Van Homan Pennsville, N.J. 90.44
3. Sean Sexton Tempe, Ariz. 88.88
4. Brian Kachinsky Chicago, Ill. 87.55
5. Dakota Roche Huntington Beach, Calif. 85.11
6. Nathan Williams Hartselle, Ala. 85.11
BMX Freestyle Elimination Results
Results from ESPN X Games 14 BMX Freestyle Elimination Results held at the
Event Deck at LA LIVE on July 30, 2008.
(Top six advance to finals.)
Name Hometown Score
1.) Garrett Reynolds Toms River, N.J. 90.55
2.) Van Homan Pennsville, N.J. 89.66
3.) Sean Sexton Tempe, Ariz. 86.77
4.) Brian Kachinsky Chicago, Ill. 86.66
5.) Dakota Roche Huntington Beach, Calif. 85.55
6.) Seth Kimbrough Hartselle, Ala. 85.22
7.) Nathan Williams Nashville, Tenn. 84.88
8.) Brad Simms Indian Head, Md. 83.88
9.) Aaron Ross Corpus Christi, Texas 83.55
10.) Rob Wise Layton, Utah 83.55
11.) Corey Martinez Decatur, Aa. 80.22
12.) Josh Harrington Greenville, N.C. 49.00
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