Moto X Best Trick was defined by not who was in the competition but who pulled out due to injury. For what was once X Games most hyped and anticipated events., this year was a different story. The biggest names with the biggest tricks were all absent from the event, Travis Pastrana pulled out Wednesday, Jimmy Fitzpatrick was hurt in training, Blake Williams was unable to compete, and 3 time raining champion Kyle Loza was a last minute scratch from competition.
Cam Sinclair got his redemption against the double backflip that nearly cost him his life last year. In his first run, Sinclair  … Details
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It’s February 2001, and 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning. I’m at the beach listening to crashing waves, and watching surfers. The weather is cool, and the sky is blue. It looks to be a great day. Just three months prior, former Internet darling Pets.com shut its doors with less than two years as a public company. This was one of the final casualties of the dot-com bubble.
Many hoped that the year 2000 was just a market correction. As co-founder of a venture-capital-backed Internet company with two months of cash remaining, I knew better. Times had changed, and my dream was crashing along with the market.
So, I find myself watching surfers, wondering … Details
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Pietermartizburg, South Africa (July 30, 2010) – Four more medals will be coming home to the United States after day two of the UCI BMX World championships in South Africa. Fifteen-year-old Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill.) dominated her Challenge Class division to earn a world title as did Nathan Padilla (Lakewood, Calif.) in the 16-year-old boys division. With amateur class competitions complete, attention will now turn to the junior and elite superstars as they compete for the title of world champion on Saturday. Â
Day two consisted of the 14-and-over junior challenge classes as well as the masters events. American wizz Felicia Stancil wrapped up her seventh world title at only age 15, sweeping each moto round and romping to a lopsided win in the 15 Girls class. Countrywoman Shayona Glynn (Norco, Calif.) took third in that age division to nearly complete an American sweep … Details
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Heading into the Skateboarding Vert at X Games 16 all the pre-event hype was focused on Shaun White’s long-awaited return to the skateboard halfpipe. The golden boy of the Vancouver games was hoping to come back and put on a show…which he did. But White was outdone by skateboarding’s most dominant vert rider today, Pierre Luc-Gagnon, aka PLG, who took home two gold medals from the Staples Center Friday night: Skateboard Vert and Best Trick.
All the while, the Canadian did all he could to emerge from White’s giant X Games shadow. There, however, he didn’t succeed  … Details
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